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Will Google Hate this Content Creation Strategy?

by FaisalKhan
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I have read a lot of articles about thin content and feeling scared. In fact, two of my sites received thin penalty message from Google. Will try to recover them soon. (I hope I will be successful)

So, I need help from the experts. I really need your input. I am going to launch a new site. For example, it is a remote control site. I am planning to write articles like the way stated below. Is the strategy fine? Please share your experience. I don't want to receive the frightening thin content mail again.

My Plan:

article 1: remote control with xyz feature
product reviews of a, b, c, d, e

article 2: remote controls under 50 dollars
product reviews of f, g, h, i, j (different products from article 1 and 3)

article 3: remote control with abc feature
product reviews of k, l, m, n, o, p (different products from article 1, 2)
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  • Profile picture of the author Taniwha
    I think the better question is whether your readers will hate it.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheWriteOne
    If your target audience would read it, and if those that read is substantial enough, your content would be good. Maybe go deeper on the subject and provide more related articles to your content.
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  • Profile picture of the author rsto95
    If the articles are quality and not practically a copy of another article than Google won't hate it. But you have to make sure the long tail keyword will generate traffic. Based on your post I am going to guess that you will be using affiliate marketing with these posts and that the website will rely solely on search engine traffic for visitors. A website about remote controls doesn't seem to be a website that people will go back to unless they want to buy another remote control.

    So really focus on those keywords, but don't overdo it or Google will hate you. And don't clog the articles up with affiliate links like crazy.
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  • Profile picture of the author wfletch24
    It looks fine as you displayed it in your post but the key will be how you actually create the content. If your basically repeating content from the product page you are sending the customer it will probably eventually be viewed as thin content. However, if you are adding a valued opinion to your content and expanding on what the sales page delivers I don't see any reason you would have to worry with your strategy.

    You could also add additional content to your site that isn't focused on selling a product. That way every post on your site isn't sending people to an affiliate link. With these content posts you could link out to your reviews and not directly to affiliate link. Hope this helps!
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    • Profile picture of the author FaisalKhan
      Originally Posted by wfletch24 View Post

      It looks fine as you displayed it in your post but the key will be how you actually create the content. If your basically repeating content from the product page you are sending the customer it will probably eventually be viewed as thin content. However, if you are adding a valued opinion to your content and expanding on what the sales page delivers I don't see any reason you would have to worry with your strategy.

      You could also add additional content to your site that isn't focused on selling a product. That way every post on your site isn't sending people to an affiliate link. With these content posts you could link out to your reviews and not directly to affiliate link. Hope this helps!
      Thanks for your elaborate reply. Could you clarify the section below?

      "If your basically repeating content from the product page you are sending the customer it will probably eventually be viewed as thin content"

      My site is focused on Amazon products. As Amazon product reviews and user reviews are now very elaborate, I use them to write articles. Obviously, I don't copy them; I rewrite them. Usually, I add videos and table. Do you think still my site will be considered thin content site?
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      • Profile picture of the author David Rosam
        Originally Posted by FaisalKhan View Post


        My site is focused on Amazon products. As Amazon product reviews and user reviews are now very elaborate, I use them to write articles. Obviously, I don't copy them; I rewrite them. Usually, I add videos and table. Do you think still my site will be considered thin content site?
        Make sure you are really rewriting them, not spinning them or tweaking them, or lightly editing them.

        Then check that you're writing plenty of content, and there is no internal duplication on your site.

        If you are truly creating quality content for your readers, then you should be fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author st0nec0ld
    Originally Posted by FaisalKhan View Post

    I have read a lot of articles about thin content and feeling scared. In fact, two of my sites received thin penalty message from Google. Will try to recover them soon. (I hope I will be successful)

    So, I need help from the experts. I really need your input. I am going to launch a new site. For example, it is a remote control site. I am planning to write articles like the way stated below. Is the strategy fine? Please share your experience. I don't want to receive the frightening thin content mail again.

    My Plan:

    article 1: remote control with xyz feature
    product reviews of a, b, c, d, e

    article 2: remote controls under 50 dollars
    product reviews of f, g, h, i, j (different products from article 1 and 3)

    article 3: remote control with abc feature
    product reviews of k, l, m, n, o, p (different products from article 1, 2)
    I believe, and as per Google, as long as it is not spammy or doesn't look spammy its ok.
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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    Write for people and forget about impressing Google or any SE.
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  • Profile picture of the author @tjr
    Google doesn't want to buy your remote controls.
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  • Profile picture of the author We Sell Sunglasses
    The hardest lesson I've had to learn was to not depend on Google for anything. Build for your users, don't worry about the fickle finger of Google. Anything you do today could be penalized tomorrow and what do you have then?
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  • Profile picture of the author Slade556
    As long as you are offering something useful for the readers, and as long as you don't copy paste information, you shouldn't be worried about penalties. You should worry about making your reviews interesting for the readers.
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  • Profile picture of the author davidpham
    Belong to your readers, you need to make some functions to get feedbacks from readers and see what is going on
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