Article Writing Software - Does It Work?
Continuation of Lesson 13 from You Can Make
Money Writing
This is another of those over-hyped tools. The idea here is
not that article writing software can actually write an article
for you - although some of them almost claim that too. They are
actually what is sometimes called "article spinners,"
which take an article that you have written (or one you buy),
and rewrite it into 20 other versions.
For example, suppose a sentence reads:
"One good way to make money with your articles is to
recycle them as pages for your website."
Article writing software which is programmed with all sorts
of synonyms can easily replace "one with "a" and
"good" with "great" and "recycle"
with "reuse." Thus, we get:
"A great way to make money with your articles is to reuse
them as pages for your website."
It's a great idea, isn't it? A simple program that recognizes
words and phrases which can be replaced with other words and
phrases. Well don't hold your breath. I will show you how to
properly rewrite your articles in another lesson. For now, let
me show you what these things really do to an article.
My articles are stolen all the time - I'll take that as a
compliment about the quality. But when I track them down on the
internet, they are often still in my name, yet changed. Everyone
is looking for "unique" content, so article spinners
are commonly being used now on articles taken from directories.
This is strictly against the rules posted where they find my
articles of course (no changes allowed), but it happens.
Now a true story:
For my website http://www.GoodLuckSecrets.com, I wrote an
article titled "How to Be a Lucky Guy." I found one
version that still had the right title, and even my name as author,
but no link to my site, which is technically a copyright violation
since the link is a requirement for use.
I try to take a broad and non-angering perspective on these
things. The article was at least on a lousy blog that probably
had three visitors per month. So it wasn't like they were going
to get much value from their theft.
And though the article had been altered, the thief had used
an "article spinner," which made the results more hilarious
than upsetting. Here is just one of the original paragraphs,
followed by the "new and improved" version that they
were using.
Original:
In whatever area of your life you want
to be a lucky guy, start preparing. There are always things you
can do to allow for more luck. When you want to be lucky in love,
you comb your hair, right? If you want to have good luck as a
singer, start practicing, make a list of places you can audition,
read up on how other singers became successful. Start getting
ready for good luck.
The "Spun" Version:
In the little Atlantic of your account
we misery to be the serendipitous man, suggest scheming. There
have been ever things we crapper do to appoint for some-more
fitness. When we misery to be serendipitous in adore, we design
your hair, right? If we misery to strike blissful materialisation
as the thespian, suggest putting in service, achieve the make
clear of places we crapper try-out, underline up upon how an
additional singers became successful. Start bid primed for blissful
fitness.
That's for real. I couldn't make that up. Now there are two
things to say about this.
1. It is safe to assume that the users of this article do
not speak English as their first language, or they couldn't think
that their "spinner" was worth a dime.
2. There must be better "article spinners" out there,
or why would anyone ever buy one, and why do some people have
good things to say about them?
I have visited webmaster forums where people talk about their
experiences with these tools, and most agree that they just don't
work. Others say that the good ones do - as long as you go through
the "new" article and correct all the silly mistakes.
Now, if you have to do that, how much time are you really saving?
I'll show you how to do a proper rewrite in twenty minutes or
less in Lesson 17, and you won't need any software.
Those who like these things seem to be (mostly) a particular
type of internet entrepreneur - the type that will do anything
to make money - as long as it's easy. They don't even write.
They buy "private rights" articles cheap - and these
are probably poor quality to begin with. They use their software
to spin out a dozen versions that are of even lower quality,
and then distribute all of these as "unique" articles
just to generate incoming links to their websites, for optimization
purposes.
You see, they know that readers will not say, "hey -
great article!" and then click through to the website in
the (pretend) author's resource box. They also know that many
directories don't review submissions, but allow any garbage in.
And the search engines spiders can't judge quality very well
(yet), so they'll get higher rankings for having more incoming
links. In fact, I have seen several of them recommending using
a "pen name" so your real name isn't associated with
the articles.
That's a crappy way to do business. It offers nothing of real
value to anyone. It may work in the crudest sense. But those
who are always looking for "shortcuts" without regard
to ethics or quality seem to have short-live success. And fortunately,
there are more than enough honest and decent ways to make a lot
of money on the internet.
Obviously I don't like these things - but only because they
don't work. If they could rewrite an article in a way that kept
its high-quality style and content, I would buy one tomorrow.
And who knows, there might actually be some time savings if you
can "spin" an article in a minute and correct the resulting
humor in less than ten.
But before you get your hopes up (though it's not likely that
my assessment will do that), here is look at an article of mine
that has been stolen and "spun" eighteen different
ways. I collected the following eighteen titles from all over
the internet during the course of the summer. The original title
was:
Is Milk Good for You?
Here are eighteen other versions I found, most of which are
probably still online somewhere today:
Is Milk Angelical for You?
Is Milk White for You?
Is Milk Worthy for You?
Is Milk Beautific for You?
Is Milk Saintly for You?
Is Milk Righteous for You?
Is Milk Sainted for You?
Is Milk Moral for You?
Is Milk Beneficient for You?
Is Milk Right for You?
Is Milk Gracious for You?
Is Milk Sainted for You?
Is Milk Virtuous for You?
Is Milk Saintlike for You?
Is Milk Redemptive for You?
Is Milk Redeeming for You?
Is Milk Saving for You?
Is Milk Goody-Goody for You?
There are possibly another dozen I haven't found yet. I'm
surprised their weren't versions with other words for "you"
and even "milk." Think you'll find an article writing
software that works? Good luck, or should I say, "Right
luck!" or "Moral opportunity!" or "Worthy
Circumstances!" or "Virtuous serendipity!"
Note: the issues of article theft, copyright violations
and what to do about them are covered a little later in the book.
Continues with Lesson 14 here... Where
to Submit Your Articles
Note: This is part of the book, You Can Make Money
Writing. There are links to all the all the lessons/chapters
on the home page.
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