Is Article Spinning Software Killing Article Writers

I agree with Tony. My experience has been mixed with both outsourcers and software. However, finding great tools is worth taking the time running through bad ones.

I think the strategy to focus on and this has been said in this thread in various ways is to write an original article that is HIGH QUALITY (key point) and then spin it into other variations to submit to other sites.

That way you get a great original article to submit and a bunch of "good" clones. Best of both worlds.

Just my thoughts,

Cheers,

Brad Spencer

I have been playing with article spinners lately, and I find that the article looses its "voice" when it is spun. I have to make the article too generic in order to be able to be spun well.

If all you are doing is spamming for backlinks, spinning works well. If you want people to read your article and react to it, write it or get it written by someone who knows how.


joel

I think there needs to be a sticky here at the WF that explains the difference between *fully automatic* article spinners (the Baaaaad ones), and *manual* article spinners (the Goooood ones).

Judging from all the 'article spinner' posts on this forum (especially lately), it seems that about 80-90% of all internet marketers simply don't understand the difference between these 2 types of spinners, and just automatically assume that all of them are "bad".

Perhaps the confusion exists because when article spinners first became popular, they were pretty much all of the *fully automatic* (bad) variety. In other words, fire up the program, click a button, and a couple seconds later out pops your article. OF COURSE the output quality from that kind is complete garbage!

But most modern article spinners are NOT that kind. Most of the ones developed in the last few years are the *manual* (good) kind. Which means, the user manually types in ALL of the possible variations for each individual part themselves, and the spinner simply randomizes each variation part, leaving the exact article structure intact. Which means the output quality depends ENTIRELY on the *user*, not the software!

In other words, when using a good article spinner, the quality of *properly* spun articles are EVERY BIT as good as the quality of the original versions!

Garbage in = garbage out
Quality in = quality out

So when people just blindly assume that all article spinners are worthless, it's just plain ignorant. It's like someone who goes out and buys a brand new Ferrari, puts water in the gas tank, then goes to a mechanics forum and complains of how badly Ferrari's drive, and that surely all Ferrari's suck!

It is really tough to beat a well written article placed on EZA.

Spinners are great for getting backlinks with good longtail anchor.

The problem with spinners is the fact that you still need to review them and some of the even "so called" good spinners can spit out junk. So if you can type at about 40-50 wpm your time may be better spent creating each article unless you can find a good spinner you can trust.

I don't think people need to submit 1000 copies of 1 article to the article directories. It was just an exaggeration on my part. The problem I was trying to highlight was the people who sell these article spinners often overlook the challenge of spinning an equivalent number of unique article titles as the number of unique articles generated.

It is harder to create unique article titles from longer keyword phrases. My example "how to get pregnant" is a good example. You could make 5 unique titles easily but if you're the type that likes to submit to a few hundred article directories, you see the challenge in that? Like, I said, I submit to only 4 article directories and I do not need any article submitter software or service to do that for me.

I am not 100% sure what you mean by the manual, automatic, non-human, human spinners. I have spun articles that ended up being really really good because I made sure the words and sentences I was spinning made grammatical sense and the flow was smooth. It really depends on how you use it.

I added tracking links to my articles and I always see the same 4 article directories bringing me sales and traffic. So I decided to scrap the other article directories. Nowadays, I do not even bother spinning my articles because I only submit to 4 article directories. I just use different titles and it is easy to come up with 4 different article titles.

The best use of an article spinner is to create quality replacement paragraphs that flow with the rest of the article when the spinner goes to work. It's important when writing those pieces that you stay focused on the article - what goes before and what comes after the piece you're working on.

Once you've done that, the spinner will take each paragraph and inter-mix them to create new articles.

It does take a bit of time to go through your original article and, in essence, rewrite it a paragraph at a time, perhaps as much as 3 times - depending on the spinner you are using.

The work is worth it in the end if you're using a good spinner. That's really the challenge. Your ability to rewrite well and having a quality spinner. Some end up causing you more work because they don't work properly.

Don't confuse spinners with rewriters. The rewriters replace words and phrases in your document (using synonyms) but that doesn't work (unless you are doing the replacements manually). Spinners take your exact words and simply rearrange and inter-mix the paragraphs.

As far as finding quality writers, you have to do your homework. First, it's best if you can get a referral from someone you trust. Next, check out their credentials and ask for samples. If you feel relatively satisfied, give them a small order of say, 5 articles on your topics, to see how well they do. Make your decision from there. Once you find quality writers who deliver, pay them well because they will be worth it - saving you tons of time in many ways.

If you decide to write the articles yourself, make it easy by doing a short intro, a list of tips and a closing paragraph. You'd need 6-7 articles a day to reach 200, but tips lists can be done very fast, ie: 5 Ways to Improve Your Love Life

Regarding ethics... the only concern in this regard is whether you are passing the spun articles as unique. If you submit one to a site in your niche as part of a JV exchange or something, then they should be getting a quality article that isn't scattered all over the internet and that isn't just a rehash of someone else's article.

Sylvia

True story: I was visiting my parents last year. My mother was teasing my father. I said, "Pop, she's just playing with your head."

He replied, "That's okay, she can play with it. I'm not using it!"