25/03/2010
Everything You Need To Know About Article Spinning Software
It is often said that imitation is the highest form of flattery. However, when it’s your content that’s been stolen and someone is putting their name to it I doubt if many people will feel flattered. Article Spinning Software has made it simple for spammers and plagiarists to steal and alter content to their hearts content and there is plenty of great content online to choose from.
If you are writing informative well researched content that gravitates around high paying keyphrases, your work is at the greatest risk. This type of content is a magnet for spammers attempting to maximize their earnings from advertising networks like Adsense. Spam is getting more sophisticated and it’s unlikely that any self respecting spammer will simply copy and paste your content, that would be far too easy to detect and would limit possible earnings. To cover their nefarious activities and maximize their earning potential today’s spammers make use article spinning software.
The tactic is simple yet effective, identify suitable content based on a specific keyword, once found put the content spinner to work. Within half an hour or so a new article, or should I say hundreds of articles, can be produced that paraphrase the original. It should be pointed out that altering the original document without approval and then uploading it to the web as your own work is deemed plagiarism. The laws of Plagiarism are based on stealing the ideas of others and passing them off as your own.
All that a spammer has to now is to put one spun copy on his money site and syndicate the rest through article directories. The copies sent to article directories contain links back to the copy on money site to help improve search engine rankings.
This tactic is unethical and illegal yet for the time being seems to work. It requires every webmaster or anyone who publishes content on the web is vigilant and regularly checks for inappropriate use of their content or that of others. Although Google have yet to voice an opinion about article spinning they have announced that they are working on a new algorithm to better detect link spam which, coincidently, is precisely the type of spam generated by article spinning software. Matt Cutts, often referred to as Google’s Spam Tsar, has also requested that you help by reporting any instances of link spam that you encounter.
Although the marketing that surrounds article spinning sounds believable any benefits will be short term. If you are looking for long term success online the worst possible approach is to adopt a tactic that could ear mark you as a spammer and the pages, posts or articles that you publish as spam. Inevitably they will be spotted and removed from the index and perhaps the site you were promoting will be penalized.
Filed under Technology and Gadgets by Sandy James


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