Is Automatic Content Generation Ruining the Internet?

Hi Guys

Recently, I have come across a number of sites (actually 3 different sites) that all offer an automatic content generation service. There is even one service that says you can take one if its own autogenerated articles and use it to reseed the system to generate further unique articles.

Perhaps they have been around for some time and have only recently come to my attention because, these days, I am putting a lot more effort into Article Marketing. Anyway, these services sound pretty similar. They all essentially offer to generate original unique articles - automatically. I have to admit I was - and perhaps still am, to some extent - tempted. But, so far, I have resisted the urge to get involved.

Let's face it, we all want to succeed - that's why we are here having our discussions about making money after all. But at what cost? There is nothing wrong, in my book, with seeking to gain competitive advantage by using tactics we are all aware of such as bookmarking, link-building, article distribution, press releases etc, but the whole idea of filling-up the internet with (forgive me) ... garbage seems to me to be something I don't wish to be party to.

Surely, I am not the only person who feels this way. I would think the guys at Google, for example, would be well-aware of these sorts of sites and services; and that they would be discussing - probably right now - how they could combat the problem for the long-term good of the internet. Who knows - perhaps it will never be done. But the point is - what kind of an internet are we building for this and future generations? And is it something we would be proud to be a part of?

I would be very interested to hear what other Warriors think on this subject.

Will