Does spun content still work for you? (Esp after the update)

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Sup, so people say spun content doesn't work, and it does work.

Honestly, writing 400 words of unique content constantly is tiring (I'm sure you will suggest that I hire someone).

Do any of you guys still use spun content to create backlinks? Do you guys still see results?

Or should I just suck it up, and just write them on my own. Obviously it's going to take a lot of time, and time is money.

Please let me know, thanks.
#search engine optimization #content #esp #spun #update #work
  • I use it to create backlinks yes.

    Does it still work? Yes

    I also put spun content on my website during the ranking process. This works as well
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    • Interesting. I don't think I'd put spun content on my websites at all. Just cause I really want to give value to the customers. But that's just me.
  • It doesn't matter if it's spun. As long as spelling and grammar is good and it passes copyscape, it's just as good as any piece of unique content.
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  • It really depends on how well the content is spun. Some are ultra horrible and cannot be read. Taking time, to properly spinning content is well worth it.
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  • Your question sound like is Google read content like a human..Let me explain, Google is a complex robot software system NOT a human and it will never be able to read content and understand exactly meaning of sentence as the human, spinning words into sentences are simply the combinations of words that people still use every day typing into search engine to find what they looking for,the only way Google can detect spin content if contain bad grammar that is difficult to read or makes little sense, also if you don't know Google doesn't speak English either,Google is pretty good at parsing out the most important words used on a page as well very good at knowing what words are related to other words based on the frequency which they appear in the same page, at the end if you read article which was spun but very good spun that looks like as original article,if a human being can't know that article was produced with the help of a content spinner, neither can Google...
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    • To add to that, really, even if YOU can tell, but still have to sort of think about it, then a computer definitely cant tell. A few tips though:

      Spin well, on all paragraph, sentence, and word levels

      Test your spin, making sure it is gramatically correct and not garbage

      Don't use obscure words that nobody uses, or has used since the renaissance.. sometimes too many synonyms are not a good thing.

      Gotta trot back to occupation now! :p
  • Yes it works, yes I use it, no I don't really like to.
    Necessary evil.

    Don't use it on my own sites no.
  • Hey I need some help with this too. I am utilizing essentially garbage spin that is hard to read by human. It actually works. But I am noticing that the top sites in google ranking are
    #1 - hand written articles, probably very expensive
    #2 - spun articles that are hard to read, but not gibberish they make sense and seem to be grammatically correct

    Can someone confirm from experience if grammar is a factor. The consensus seems to be yes.
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    • If Microsoft Word can see your grammar mistakes, Im pretty sure Google can too at this point in time.:rolleyes:

  • First of all I have two questions to you..

    1) Who said "spun content doesn't work"?
    2) What do you mean by WORK?

    Well spun articles are working. I mean these can be indexed by google easily.

    If you are meaning indexing and ranking by the word "WORK" then sure, as said above spun articles can be indexed by google and they still good to rank keywords.
  • Spun articles are still working, but it would be better to write unique content. Also, each article which contain a link back is a "vote" for your website, so it will help you get a better SERP for your keyword. So, you can continue using it, but do NOT overuse it and submit more than 30 spun articles per month (the content is almost duplicated...)
  • If you are going to use spun content, I would not put it on your site at all. The other thing that you need to keep in mind when you are using spun content is that if it does not read well, then you may lose out on a potential client, customer, shopper, when they read the article and are not able to decipher what they are reading. I Highly suggest that you take the time to hand spin and not just hit the spin button like so many others do.
  • I've been wary of using spun content since the last Panda update. Agreed that it does depend on the quality and level of spinning.

    I'll probably do some experiments on some of my minor sites to see what impact it has (if any)
  • Banned
    I have never used spun content. In light of the slaps that have been coming down since the update, talks of more updates, and Google themselves saying that quality content is the premium for their search engines, I won't start using it either.
  • I personally don't use any spun content on the actual website itself, but i do use it for back linking. I have not had a problem with it... I agree with most of the people above.. if you spin the content good enough your not going to have too many problems
  • I have a few blogs running, but I have never used it. I try to maintain a certain degree of quality and uniqueness to all the posts I write. Very often I also buy articles, but I check for uniqueness before accepting or publishing them.
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    • I fully expect to get hammered for this, but I really don't understand why anyone would spin anything ever.

      I don't consider myself an exceptionally quick typist, or a great article writer by any standard, but if quality wasn't high up on my priority list, I could write 2,300-2,500 words in an hour, as I have done so in the past for Ezine submissions.

      That gives 6-8 completely unique articles that are on topic, legible and don't immediately give any accidental human visitor the idea that you can't give two dead rats about who reads articles you put out.

      The other reason I'm flabbergasted is because I believe unique content works better as a backlink fodder. In these articles you naturally use contextually and semantically related terms instead of your keywords (no spinner software would ever accidentally add to the text). We know Google loves that, because when you feed it these articles they have content to match with unexpected alterations on common main keywords. Batsh*t longtail traffic is another expression I'd use.

      Second, and probably more important reason to not use spun content anywhere, in my opinion, is that you value these... pieces of text... lower. You're more likely to develop work habits that don't help your business by skimping on parts of the process. What I mean is that if it takes you 2 minutes to spin an article, but 15 minutes to write it from scratch, you're more likely to make damn sure the latter gets put on sites that are higher up in the chain of command.

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      The point I'm getting at is that I don't understand the logic behind spinning content, let alone using it anywhere a search engine sees it.

      I'm not trying to sound like a white knight here, I'm simply looking for landmarks so that I can see where you're going with all that spun stuff.
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  • There is nooooo way I will ever put spun content on the money site. Absolutely NO way. I've read spun content before and it's frustrating. But yeah, I'm just talking about using it for backlinks.
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