Google is god (and other nonsense)
February 11, 2010
I apologize in advance if you find the title of this post offensive, but I can't think of a better way to describe the way some folks seem to view Google these days. This post is to dispel the sheer nonsense of what these people are posting all over the web and to give you a more realistic view of the number one search engine in the world.
First, some background: when I launched The Best Spinner February 1st, I got a few people at the forum who were not customers posting nonsensical drivel that read (basically) like this:
"Spinning your content to make it unique won't work because Google knows everything, sees everything and has prepared for everything. They are smarter than you. You can't possible make a living online by writing and spinning articles because they are too brilliant for you to ever do that."
(Okay, so I exaggerated it a little — but not as much as you might be thinking I did!)
Now, after posting this hogwash, the posters did not offer some alternative method for succeeding in driving traffic to their own sites. They didn't post any information about their own success with any other method, and certainly gave zero evidence that anything they were saying was true or factual.
In fact, many of my Best Spinner customers and active forum members are very successful article marketers. Clearly what they are doing with spinning and article marketing works well.
I see this all the time.
Internet Marketing forums are littered with worthless drivel from failures and wannabes who for some reason are determined to try and drag everyone else down. They assume that because they have failed at some endeavor, no one else could possibly succeed, and so they go around bashing everyone who offers any information in regards to anything that's working for them.
Now for a more realistic view of Google.
1. Google is run by human beings, not divine entities.
This will come as a shock to the above-mentioned wannabes, but Google is just a piece of software written by lowly human beings. Smart and skilled lowly human beings, but human beings just the same.
That means it has flaws. The fact that it is an incredibly complex piece of software means it contains a very large number of flaws.
Is it good at what it does? Absolutely! Can it read the minds of the people who created the content which it indexes? Um, no.
2. Google boils down to simple equation: content + links = traffic
To rank well in Google, you need two things: Content for it to index and links to make Google think your content is more important than everybody else's. The more links you have to your content, the more important Google thinks your content is and the higher it will rank your content over the competition.
That's a simplistic way of putting it, but that's the basic gist of how Google works. It has always worked that way, and at least for the foreseeable future will continue to work that way.
That's because links are the only external factor that really gives a good indication of the popularity of a web page for any given set of keywords. It's not perfect, and so Google's results are not perfect, but it works generally well most of the time.
3. "If you work to get links to your site you're a fraud and a scammer." (Wrong!)
I've read this a lot. Folks who claim that the only "white hat" (pure) method for getting links is to let other people find your content and link to it on their own.
Okay, here's a question: if you never actively recruit links to your site, how is anyone else ever going to see it in order to add their own links to it? Um, they won't, and your site full of top-notch wonderful "white hat" content will never get indexed or ranked in Google.
Meanwhile, those of us who actively get links to our sites from other sites will be laughing all the way to the bank.
Is it somehow deceptive or wrong to build links in order to rank well? Think about it this way:
Let's say a businessperson creates a stellar product (we'll call it The Perfect Widget). They set up shop down a dirt road off a major highway and never do one ounce of advertising.
Let's say another businessperson creates a pretty good product (we'll call it The Good Widget). The Good Widget is not even close to being as awesome as The Perfect Widget, but the creators of The Good Widget set up shop right off the major highway and put up a massive sign to draw in customers who are traveling down the highway.
The Perfect Widget goes bankrupt and closes down, crying foul at The Good Widget and saying that The Good Widget somehow did something underhanded or wrong because it dared to take active steps to advertise its inferior product — whereas The Perfect Widget did nothing.
Would you agree with the owners of The Perfect Widget? Of course not. You'd say, "Get off your backside and do some advertising if you want to succeed!"
So to all of the nay-sayers who think that acquiring links to get traffic from the major highway that is Google, I say, "Get off your backside and do some advertising if you want to succeed!"
In Conclusion
Don't listen to the nay-sayers. Don't let losers and wannabes drag you down. Work at your business, work hard, and when you find a little bit of success, explore that method and improve on it. In time you will get where you need to be.
Good rule of thumb: if somebody bashes some method of traffic generation or business building but offers you no alternative, they're a loser or a wannabe. Ignore them.
However, if somebody speaks against one method while offering proof of their point of view and proof that an alternative method works better, pay attention.
Please post your thoughts and questions in a comment below.
Comments
192 Responses to “Google is god (and other nonsense)”
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Jonathan Leger has been earning his living online full-time since the fall of 2004. He regularly posts advice about search engine optimization (his current passion), AdSense and Internet Marketing. He is the creator of a suite of popular software tools, including: Jonathan L Leger 
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Couldn't agree with you more. Bravo for this post.
Kevin
For real Jon, I have been waiting on a software like this for a long time. What I want now is for you to create a way for it to pull in the content Spin it and then spit it out naturally.
Ahh… when will that be ?
Software that collects articles, spins it with Best Spinner (which by the way is the best spinner - but let them rant the less people who know about it is the Good - Better -Best for me) then automatically posts to article websites like Ezine….
Jon Id pay a cool USD$1000 for that software right now.
Keep on doing what you are doing KID!
Jonathan,
People who can't or don't want to succeed are always going to look for an excuse to why they didn't succeed.
If someone else "walks the walk", not just "talk" about it like happens at some very huge boards, that will go unnamed, they automatically think they're doing something wrong.
What children!
Great Post Jon,
I agree 100% Percent You Say.
In order to succeed you can't be with everyone jumping out the windows. You have to be a leader not a follower.
What a great post. Plus your spinner changes a lot of things. Word count, sentence structure. And if you do a little bit more, the article you spun with your spinner will be somewhat unique. Plus just add a bit of your own content and bam, you got a good article.
I love the post, keep it up
Steve
Agree 100% - could not have said it better. Keep up the great post!
Jonathan,
As always, 100% common sense.
I don't think the matter is helped by constant news updates of Google's latest innovations and lab tests, all of which adds credence to the opinion that they are becoming ever more God-like.
I've had similar arguments before with people about advertising, and basically, if something works for somebody else but the whinger didn't think of it first, then it's "morally wrong" in their view.
But Google will not approve the practice of same articles spinned in thousand ways to fill its index. What value does it provide to somebody who is not into online marketing. Thank Gods a large internet population is not using this kind of software to spin articles and filling Google index. Otherwise, Google will be showing articles that will make somebody puke while reading it.
I really don't understand negative people. All I can say is when you released "The Best Spinner" I instantly go it. I tested it out on a keyword I had, the I wrote "1" article and spun about 8 more. I then went to several popular Web2.0 sites and added the spun content.
I did some bookmarking and submitted the RSS feed but nothing to dramatic and in a few days 3 or 4 I had 3 of the Web2.0 sites listed on page 1 of Google for my keyword.
Now I will say the keyword was not that competitive but that was not the point of me testing the spinner. I wanted to see if I could get any of these spun articles on the same page of Google and it worked.
For me I have never been able to get spun content on the same page as Google maybe other have, but by using this tool I did it.
Frankie Allen
Here! Here! I found best spinner while it was still in beta and it saved me A LOT of time coming up with unique articles on my own. I think the only people who bash linking without actively recruiting either (1) don't recruit well or (2) link really well but don't want others to know about it.
Either way, they are not worth listening too. If they did any search whatsoever, they would have learned that Google likes links and doesn't care how many go to one site, one page, one post. In fact the more links to said site/page/post the better ranking they get. And, oh, yeah, the traffic you get too.
Awesome post Jonathan…
That's so true.. If you let others drag you down, then you're a loser, especially those who haven't done it or don't off some other solution.
It's tooo easy to be negative these days.
Good points Jonathan. I am using your new spinner. Rankings are certainly all about good content and links, and spinning articles is simply a way to get good content in front of people who are looking for it. Following good Google webmaster guidelines means everyone wins.
Rhys Coffin
www.InternetNewZealand.com
Let 'em have it John!
The Best Spinner has not only made life easier,
it's saving us money by not having to spend money
to have article spins written for us, and also saving time
not having to spin articles on our own, freeing up time to
concentrate on running a successful home business!
We will save at least $90 a month now if not more,
developing content for our clients!
Howard
I admit that most of my traffic comes from Google, but I realize that my financial well-being comes from a higher being than Google! Also, I've tested article spinning and know for a fact that it works. I mean, if done correctly, how could it not?
I tend to agree with you Jonathan. If a good article can and is indexed by Google then it is fairly certain that a spun article as done by The Best Spinner will hold the same weight. I was amazed with the qualities of The Best Spinner. I haven't had the time yet to use it to the full capacity, but when I viewed the Video I was sold.
Jon,
Once again, you're dead on and I totally agree with the other commenters who feel that people who fail have the toughest time looking in the mirror for the reason. Beyond that, accepting that their system doesn't work or even needs adjusted is beyond them.
Everybody who succeeds must be cheating, they think.
Too bad because I really believe the difference between success and failure lies in your attitude.
Jeff
Fully agree with you Jon. There are people that think that you shouldn't purchase links. Maybe, they are too lazy to work. With the Best spinned, its easy to get unique content with minimum effort.
I hope Google stays that way.
Thanks for the great post!
Obviously, backlinking building it's the way to go.
Hoping for recognition of your content when nobody can reach you is nonsense.
Congratulations for your post.
Don't you just love forum trolls? They know dam near everything. I follow a few forums. One is a great place to buy those links you need to really rank a website. Those "trolls" are making money so there is none of the above BS being posted there.
Waiting for natural links. That's soooooo funny. At least we won't be competing with those morons.
Btw, is the Best Spinned compatible with the se nuke? I use TBS and it seems great to me..
Very well said. I agree. Do not go with Nays….
Just the other day I read article '13 Reasons You Will Never Get a Job' by Colin Daymude from The Job Genius and many slam the author for being negative.
Jonathan, I hear it loudly what you say.
You have my vote on this.
Siddique
You commited the moral sin!
Having your own opinion on a forum.
Today I posted on a forum about guy who was losing his house after spending over $20,000 on IM products,
What did I get? Someone slating my product after not reading the first post.
Don't stress on forum trolls!
Enjoyed your post. It's time these things were said. There's a bit too much complaining and not enough action with some people.
Another view I've seen people take about Google is treating Google like it is their competition. Google isn't your competition.
Google simple indexes content (on a scale of content+links=traffic)
If you have no competition and are the only content in town - you will get traffic - no matter what!
Thanks Jon for the great insight!
Contrarianism has served me well. The only time I listened to the pundits I FAILED! Since I went back to following my own course and listening to selected Internet marketers such as Jonathan I am doing just fine thank you very much.
The man who says he can and the man who says he cannot are both right. Which man are you going to follow?
I like blunt expression of opinion so I like what you said. Negativity is the biggest "health problem" in the world.
Your example of perfect widget and good widget is a very good one. A major problem for so many beginners is that come to the Internet with an anti business attitude largely picked up from the media.
And then they find it hard to understand why they fail…
Thank you for this great post.
I use The Best Spinner to rewrite my articles and i do not feel bad about it.
As a Norwegian girl with limited English skills you tool is a blessing!
I also build links but unfortunatly they disappear after a short time.Link building is so HOT that many comanies watch extra carefully after who`s on their website these days.
Great post anyway Jonathan.
Your Biggest Fan.
Annette.
As usual Jon, you're right on target and I wholeheartedly agree with your views. I'd also like to add, that Google isn't the only game in town, it may be the biggest, but it's not the only player out there. I think people spend way too much time and focus on Google to the exclusion of other profitable marketing and SEO possibilities. By using ALL of the tools available the odds of success increase.
Hmmm…..I personally do not use or like article spinners. I use my own writing skills. Using my own words and writing what really matters will always out rank anything that has been spun.
This does not mean article spinners do not work for others. It is just another tool for marketers to quickly advance their ongoing promotional efforts.
Paul
Yes there is a lot of junk in these forums and newbies are led down the wrong path that just wastes their time.
Speaking of the Spinner, I purchased it and am loving it. Lets be honest here Spinning articles is a boring work, the spinner reduces that boredom by cutting short the time required to spin. The output of the articles is readable and of good quality
Sam
Thanks for a very good post,
people will always say what they want to, good or bad.
Very true. It's just hard from an SEO perspective not to be suspicious of big brother, aka Google. And there is a big difference between working to acquire links and gaming the system, however hard it is to define.
I agree with you entirely. I have been doing SEO for 9 years and there has always been a quick and easy way to rank if you are in the know.
One thing though that I have noticed recently is that google seems to be getting much better at detecting auto generated sites from sources like AMA & UAW. I track where my links are coming from so I can build BL to them and the autoblogs that used to be PR1-4 that held my link are now PR 0 on root or even grey barred.
I have no way of knowing why this has happened to those sites, it could possibly be a penalty from linking out to questionable sites as the content has unvalidated outgoing links in it. Or it could be detecting that they are using content generators.
I Love the best spinner, I use it daily. Spun content is definately the best way to get backlinks but the real trick is knowing where to put the spun content and not interlinking your whole network.
Jonathan, when are you going to create a content distribution network ?
Yes I completely agree. In fact there is a lot of hype on top forums about content spinning not working.
This is my advice: Spin your content with 1 unique and 2 rewritten version and then use best spinner on them and submit it to top 50 article directories for link building - All of them will be INDEXED.
I have done it and it works. Unless you have not tested it do not claim anything.
Thanks for this post…sometimes it scarce me as well and then I go and see if my articles are indexed… lol
Looks like you have another interesting topic out for bashing. Google VS the world of advertising.. Okay.. I'll bite!
I agree that Google is not flawless, but they do a great job of marketing and SPIN to make their product work. The two people who created it put a great deal of time into marketing, and now Google is a household name. They are the most popular search engine out there. Trust me.. you didn't find Google by accident!
In order for Google to like your website, someone has to like you and post that "thought" somewhere Google can find it. Somewhere that Google feels is relevant to your website. Keywords that are used to find you should also find your linking partner. Why? Because they know that similar business sticks together. No rocket science here at all. Just great HUMAN logic!
How do you make a difference and get noticed? You can do a lot of marketing, PPC advertising, print and radio campaigns, and of course put a little SPIN on things, just like Google does!
Remember though.. If you lie Google will know.. well maybe not, but you will sell nothing if you have nothing to sell! what I am saying here is make sure you really have a product before you try to sell it. Next, market the hell out of it!
As Jon would say "Here's to your success!"
-Al Thiel of Your Data Center Incorporated, New York.
Here here! The main thing is to trust your own data. There are a lot of things that I do that the wannabees would say doesn't work.
As a fellow programmer Jon, I'm right there with you. I amazes me at times what some people think Google (or any SE) can do. "Oh, they sort and scan billions of pages and are able to single out your article because it matches (industry secret) spinning patterns". When I think of the resources, and time, and effort, and people, and testing, and scope involved to accomplish some of these fantasies it makes me giggle.
It's magical, I tell ya, magical!
I really enjoyed using your promo for the Bestspinner. While some of the articles spun did not make sense, it was more my fault than the spinner's. I am still interested in purchasing your product. it is the best one I've tried.
Ultimately, this is all about business risk. The risk of poor google rankings versus the risk of punitive action by Google. Nothing more. Google is not the law.
I disagree with you a tad on one thing you said Jonathan.
You implied that someone who builds a site and never advertises (i.e. builds links to it proactively) will ever become known. That's not quite true Jonathan. I've seen lots of sites become known and indeed well known just by building high quality content.
Many sites get build thousands of natural backlinks just from their content alone. They never did or do a thing to get backlinks.
I've seen this with my own eyes in discussions on this topic with others.
Also Google does a very good job of finding sites where there are few of any backlinks to them with respect to indexing them so it's not true either that one MUST get linked to somehow for Google to find them.
But…for the majority of sites passive linking is just not workable. Why? Because the majority of sites do not have such unique and compelling content that backlinks to their site will get built naturally.
So I think you analogy holds true for many, many sites. Probably the majority but not for all Jonathan.
Carlos
Thanks for the inspiring post. I agree with all you have said but sometimes the whiners and complainers just get you down. I
t's so nice to hear a bit of positive encouragement.
I have been using the Best Spinner for a few months now. I love it. Never thought that spinning an article could actually be fun.
Thanks Jonathan
Good points- i thing when some people try something, with a little action, and it doesnt work (a small amount of spinning of an article) they blame the tool, rather than looking at what they did!
Paul
http://www.digitalawol.com/
Well Said Jon!
Quite frankly - One method of driving traffic that works for me is to be actively involved in forums…. BUT
One of the main forums where I've seen people 'critiquing' Best Spinner is so full of negatives about anything and everything - That I seldom bother to add my own comments!
I know that I may be missing some traffic possibilities - But then do I really want so many negative opinionated visitors coming to my sites… I think not!
Nor do I wish my own brain to be influenced by the repeated uneducated opinions that are made to sound like some sort of authority on things they actually know nothing about.
Hence I tend not to waste time on that particular forum, and I genuinely feel the time is better spent on smaller forums with real people who are trying and testing products and reporting back genuine results.
And that allows me the time to pop along and read informative blog posts like I am now. - And even commenting, which I'm sure will probably do better for my own link than the ones from the forum in question
Warm Regards
Randy
http://www.RandolfSmith.com
You never spoke a truer word. Losers always look for someone else to blame. Better to try and when (not if) you make a mistake
learn from it and move forward.
I have to agree with you. Their are always people like that wanting to bash ideas or thoughts. Then their are people like you that are trying to help others. Thanks you for what you do.
Great article. Advertising/promotion/recommendation is always the route to success. Link building is a key to online business success. Losers tend to be negative people always blaming others never accepting responsibility
Jon:
If you could be 110% right, then you are.
Anyone who doesn't think it can work has no intestinal fortitude (I'm trying to keep the language clean). The least they could do is try it, and if it doesn't work, then comment.
There are several 'spinning type' packages out there and I've used some of them. The Best Spinner really does it best!!!
It is that simple.
Now, reach around and give yourself a pat on the back. Then let the rest of the negative comments blow in the wind.
Ric
what you say is perfect and the truth Jonathan.
I am with you and having the best Spinner has helped me speed up my "advertising in a major way. Good way of describing the process. jealousy abounds out on the web. i am with you on this.
I love the analogy of the perfect widgets vs. good widgets if you dont contact similar sites and others to reference you than it is very hard to get the word out.
I call them the dream killers and they are all around you IF AND ONLY IF you let them coming into your world.
It happens also to me when i start 7 years ago."blabla what are you doing all day online bla bla"
Now that they know i am banking good money they still do not believe it but only to do not admit they where heavily in wrong!
Keep up the good work!
Paul
Well said Jonathan. I sometimes forget that Google is just a big lump of software too. Got my copy of The Best Spinner the other day. Looking forward to learning to use it and put it in to action. I mainly want it to spin my own original articles to give them a bit more life and spread.
You are right - all those who have never truly stuck with a method are often the first to give a negative oppinion of a method.
since i bought the best spinner software I've been trying to get my head around the possibilities - they are huge. Write original content - spin it and post on another one of your sites - that's cool and ethically great. Spinning someone else's work is a bit more on the edge but it's very tempting.
I totally agree, when it comes to backlink building for some site I think that it is better to divide it thru time than create 1000 links i one day, beter do it little slower in 30 days, this will make better effect for seo…. we have to work, yeas, but smart…wish You all great succes in online business, and thanks for the bestspinner……really great tool….too bad that paypal is the only way for affiliates
Perfectly said! I've run into these people often … all the while I'm thinking, "When was the last time you successfully pushed a website to number 1?" Likely never.
I myself started off as a so called "White Hat" SEO. At some point however, I found myself performing tasks and doing things that would help to draw attention to my site. Then I realize … I can automate all this work by doing this or that. Is that wrong? No way!
Good work.
Jon, and there are some people that are even scared what Google might do to them if they write something like you did! Am glad you put it all in perspective. Thanks!
Excellent article and well written. I totally agree…and that's why I don't have forums for my products…because they can be a voice for nay-sayers….
I think it becomes very hard for someone to criticize something if they are not even willing to give it a try. I have used IAW. another one of your products, for quite a while and have never had a problem with any of my articles being rejected. So, for someone to make an accusation without first trying it out is just not right. Some people carry a chip on their shoulder and it is imbedded so they will always be like that.
I also tried the beta version of Best Spinner and also found it to be interesting. I would like to have worked with it a bit longer. But hopefully I will be able to purchase it soon so I can really get a good look at it. I think it holds a lot of potential.
It's all about quality content + quality backlinks.
More and more backlinks doesn't mean that higher ranking
I agree with Carlos, I have a website and fill it with unique and quality content, and I *never* promote the website nor trying to work to get backlink for that site, I simply just fill it with content and all unique. Now it has 10,000 to 13,000 visitors PER DAY to this website. Isn't that strange?
Your product, the best spinner is very good, I purchased it too, and recommend it to others. I use it to get backlinks for mini sites.
This is just my understanding after many tests, that if you happen to build a 'giant site' with thousands of unique handwriting article, Google will find and literally send traffic to that website about after a year IF you don't promote it at all.
But it seemed for mini sites we do have to promote it, to get backlinks, and the best spinner will really help!
I used to waste a lot of time on forums arguing with people about this topic…no more. Forums are the biggest waste of time and the biggest source of misinformation.
I just continue to do what works and let them waste their time complaining about everything.
Jonathan, I too absolutely agree with what you say and appreciate your candidness.
I also personally endorse thebestspinner and having been around since 1993, I believe that the bestspinner is the very best. available to date.
I totally agree with you. I am a fan and a user of many of your products. People think that if they buy a product, they can sit back and do nothing and make money. These are the losers who get nowhere but bark bark bark. I like your approach because you come out with research and show the results and it's all very transparent.
You are correct and by the way the best spinner is the best spinner that i've used.
very well put john. It seems people think that Google knows all and can tracks your every move.
As far as spinning i know for a fact it works, i ave some keywords that have 5-7 spots on the front page of google that are all spun variations of the same article.
They are low hanging keywords but still it shows me that all the articles are ranking and google likes them.
I love it when Jon writes with such honesty and intensity.
I especially loved the paragraph beginning with "Internet Marketing forums are littered with worthless drivel….".
@Carlos - While it's true that sites can earn links with high quality content, those sites have to do SOMEthing to get noticed first. Google doesn't have a magical text parser which identifies truly exceptional content for a specific subject.
Even those relying on the highest of quality content and are busting their butts to truly help people still need to engage in some kind of promotional activity to get started. This might be direct advertising, PPC, guest posting, getting friends to write about them… whatever… but ultimately they still have to do SOMEthing to get noticed, and a majority of that time that involves some kind of link building, whether they're conscious of it or not.
To Jonathan:
Agree! Do not listen to losers who is only saying what is bad to do and don't know or don't offer a solution on how to do it a good way.
To Carlos:
You say: "Many sites get build thousands of natural backlinks just from their content alone. They never did or do a thing to get backlinks."
It is just partially true. Good content helps BUT you have to get people to know about you and your content. That's why a huge advertising industry exists and the best example is TV. E.g. - How did you know about new iPad if Mr. Jobs don't make the presentation on TV and other media didn't spread out the word about it?
And one more - How long could it take to build backlinks to your site naturally in case you have nique and compelling content to get on the 1st Google page for your main keyword?
I can say you - maybe never if there is a big competition.
BTW, do you remember how Google did self promotion when just started? Did you read the book "The Google Way: How One Company Is Revolutionizing Management as We Know It"? How they still promote Gmail? And how the started promote Google Buzz yesterday? Check it out…
So help yourself to get what you want or hope and prey that you "deserve" what you want. Maybe you will get it?!
I personally prefer active SEO versus passive SEO that you are promoting here.
All the best,
Alexander
There must be a product of responses, both positive and negative. I think anyone you do not need to think things negative.
TBS which was launched by Joh Leager very helpful people who have deficiencies in English.
Success for you John
Jon, I totally agree.
This is a great write up, and also applies to all areas of life. There will be the losers who try to pull everyone back down into the mud, to help them feel better about their failures. Also, there are some people who dont even live by integrity, and when they think they see something that doesnt quite look right (maybe even an innocent mistake) they take up their divine calling and feel a strong urge of indignant righteous nobility, where they think they have to rise up and "warn the world" about something they've seen. As if it is their duty to do so, when really, all it is, is a self righteous judgemental attitude having an attack at someone whos trying to give things a go.
Usually I dont respond to posts like this, but it was so good I had to pay it a compliment. Well done.
Great postJon! you got to love the people how always think thye know what they are talking about. I am so grateful for the Best Spinner. As someone said earlier, we will be the one's laughing all the way to the bank! Thanks for this!
Well put Jonathan. Let others say what they like - the prof will always be in the pudding, as the saying goes. After being one of the beta testers for The Best Spinner, I'm absolutely convinced that its a tool I need.
I'm just saving my money to cover the annual cost, but once I have it - you have a guaranteed customer. As far as those that think spinning content is useless, well let them spend the hours it takes writing original content or paying someone to do it.
I will be way ahead of their game.
As usual - kind regards to you and yours,
Lee
Hi Jonathan,
What a great piece of content this post is in itself. Those who are crying foul are those who fail all the time and will continue to fail unless they change their thinking.
Successful people see opportunities in every challenge; poor people (i.e. failures) see obstacles in every opportunity presented to them.
So well done for this article; it's worth a read by all my Twitter followers.
Keep up the good work
YEs, to me the title is offensive.. However, if you would kindly change the capital G to a lower case g that would make all the difference in the world…..or should I say universe.
Thanks,
Dwayne
As you say Jonathan.. don't list to nay-sayers. I have several blogs that are climbing up the Google rankings, getting traffic & 1st page on Google, built entirely on auto-posted content (which I choose wisely). No evidence google is punishing me there & of course I've used Best Spinner to create a spread of articles as part of the build up…
BTW, I am a customer of yours and have purchased your product. If you want me to keep buying further offers it would help not to offend my religion like that. No, I'm not mad. But, this is your business. It is not a good idea to risk offending your customers. Some of us are Christians and take our Christianity seriously. Why say things that might offend some of us?
I've always wondered why is it that unsuccessful people always seem to want to drag other people down with them. Seems like they can't stand losing when others win. They should try harder instead.
Jon -
Thanks for your clarity. I always find the duplicate content and actively getting backlinks things very confusing and it is good to hear the opinion of someone who knows enough to actually be able to comment.
And I love TBS product - just a word of caution - I've had one or two "replace everyone's favorites" come up with phrases like "This software can be hacked by anyone with an ounce of technical ability" and references to frankly adult activities. I guess there will always be people who prefer to spoil the party than join it though…
Thanks for your comments.
Jon,
It never ceases to amaze me how people believe that Google is going to jump out of there computer screen and slap them back and forth. ( I know, I know a bit harsh, but you get the idea.)
Backlinks are the lifeblood to those of us dead serious about our Internet Marketing Business. That and of course our advertising, regardless of the methodology we use to implement it.
Best spinner has enabled me to take my original content, retain the same keyword and spin several articles out of one original article. Then I use my ArticleBot to submit to as many as 100 sites a day. That depends on how fast I want to accumulate the backlinks to my site.
The trolls seem to be the same type of people, regardless of what forum they post on.
Ken
Thanks for the great informaion. I read all those comments and was wondering if they were right or not. Your response was clear and to the point. More importantly it makes sense. Spinning has always been controversial but this new generation of spinners is easy to use and produces a quality article.
Thanks again for your clarification.
Jon,
You have nothing to prove to any of the naysayers, most of which have never ventured out of their comfort level to create unique products. If I've learned anything the last 6 months, it's that there's an Internet Marketing or SEO "expert" behind every bush. It would be illuminating to be a mouse in the corner, when they're discussing their income with their spouses. I'd wager that 95% of the wannabe experts are not making a dime…but still have the time to pontificate in forums instead of making money.
Best regards from your radio friend,
Steve Benedict
The best spinner is awesome. It truly is. For those who do not care about quality there is the one click and still getting amazing results button to create tons of content, for those who want perfectly spun content, there is the option to do it manually which brings even better results.
Did I use it?
No of course not. And so should nobody else.
It is mine, mine, miiine..
lol.
Highly endorsed!!
Jonathan,
You hit the nail on the head!!!
Too many people are scared to death of offending Google to the point that they don't do anything to improve their search rankings using valid backlink-building methods. And what is REALLY aggravating is when people claim it's "illegal" to build backlinks.
These people need to get a grip!!!
Just because you do something that Google hasn't fully sanctioned does not make it against the law. It just means Google doesn't like it. And they probably don't like it because they haven't figured out how to effectively police and detect it. Therefore, they try to scare you into not doing it instead.
It's amazing how many people fall for this gambit, and then preach to others that they should sit in a corner and hope Google rewards them for their inactivity.
Ok…I'm off my soapbox.
Tom
Hello Jon, great post informing people about the nay sayers, especially in forums.
If these people were to take their negative passion towards successful methods that actually work and applied that same energy to apply the techniques and NOTgive up, then many would see the light that you inspire in people!
Thanks for an informative , insightful post
mitch
Great post! Couldn't agree more!
We certainly have a lot of "Chicken Little's" in this industry.
As I tell my readers all the time -
When in doubt, take action and TRY IT FOR YOURSELF.
Jennifer
~PotPieGirl
Thanks for the post, Jon.
I have to second my love for your comment, "Internet Marketing forums are littered with worthless drivel…."
I'm not sure how these "nay-sayers" find the time to publish their comments. I'm too busy making money to actively protest one method or another.
When it comes down to it, I've learned to not knock something until I've tested it extensively myself. But, I suppose that as long as these "nay-sayers" publish their "drivel" as Gospel truth, then guys like me can step in and actually capitalize on the lack of competition they encourage.
Even though I don't use article spinners too much, give me one piece of content and I can re-purpose it until I'm blue in the face and I'll cash in handsomely. Because at the end of the day, as you stated, "content + links = traffic."
I've got duplicate content (it's good content, not litter) on web 2.0 properties and identical sites on my own domains that ranks very well for the same keywords. The key to my success in these instances has been a smart, consistent linking strategy.
Just my two cents…
Jon, there is no question that this tools saves time. I was "spinning" tons of articles on my own, and to sit there and think of all the alternative words and terms was tedious to say the least.
The Best Spinner comes up with the alternatives and you just choose them. Couldn't be any easier.
Thanks,
Don
You're right on target. I worked at TI in the early days of the PC. Our machine was much better than IBM's but our marketing was lousy.
You know everything is speculation as to what Google does and does not know. But if you really think about it there is only so much a computer program/algorithm can really do. Plus the shear amount of information available would be next to impossible to sort through, even for Google!
Good post John!
As a newbie I began to feel overwhelmed by the amount of content required to create both sites as well as articles for marketing. Just at the right time I was introduced to The Best Spinner and it's such a relief! Yes, I'm a pretty good writer, and could 'spin' (rewrite) articles but this puts my thesaurus on point in a paragraph, and saves precious time! Thank you for it!
Hey Jonathon,
You are so right. Google is still a piece of software, and even though it may be an advanced piece of search software, it can only do so much. Let the naysayers continue to believe what they believe while we do what works
I love The Best Spinner. For someone who doesn't really like to write much, I can now distribute so many more articles than I used to.
Mike
Hi Jon
I have been involved with you for many years now through your software releases and even your link services and I would have to say that The Best Spinner would have to be the most effective piece of software I have used.
I have been spinning articles for some time now with really good results however I too have experienced this same naive attitude to the extent of being called a spammer which really did not make sense with article marketing.
But you can see what you are up against online with all the B.S floating around.
Keep up the good work Jon I certainly appreciate it.
Hi Jon
I agree with you 100% google is just part of the mix.
By the way Jon, the best spinner is the best and
with all the updates keep getting better.
Keep up the good work
William
Great post Jon.
I remember a similar quote by Bruce Lee..
"If he criticizes or make fun of you but is not a master, run away.
If he criticizes or make fun of you but is a master then pay attention."
One of the problem with many new Internet Marketers is they read too much information, but do not "practice" them. How would we know if something works or not? You must take action and try it.
Is Google God? Does this traffic generation method work? Who knows? Why be afraid of backlinking? As long as you provide valuable content, Google will bless you for it.
Again, take action and try it out (duplicate sentence!)
I absolutely agree with this statement:
content + links = traffic
This is the basis behind Google's success and is hard coded into the whole concept of PR.
Thanks for The Best Spinner it is a valuable addition to the currently available tools for content spinning.
Robert
Nice post Jon.
Google IS NOT the internet and the webmaster guidelines are just that … guidelines.
Well said Jon,
These losers obviously got under your skin. I think you need to remember you are smarter than they are and just laugh at them. I do appreciate your conviction in making sure the facts are presented to those who are willing to listen.
I just started using The Best Spinner and have to say it's really a time saver. I'm really looking forward to some links heading my way very soon.
I have to agree with your comments about Google being good but not all-powerful. I've researched quite a few seo/linkbuilding techniques and found that you are absolutely correct, quality content + lots of quality links always scores high. TBS allows us to get lots of quality of links high PR article directories.
Good post Jonathan.
Great post, Jon!
Personally, I've practically given up on Forums, because of the negativity. I'd rather promote and work for traffic, elsewhere.
Keep up the good posting!
All the best,
Laurie
You tell'em Jon! I Don't see anything wrong with spinning original content and using it to drive traffic. I bought The Best Spinner about 2 weeks ago. I start writing original articles for my blog and I would dare anybody to tell me I am violating any law by spinning them.
The web is full of wannabe who go from forum to forum, from one blog to another to spread their "Gospel" without tangible facts or proofs. As you said it well, they are not successful online and want to drag anybody else with them.
I am done listening to those "chicken little".
Google may not be God but they certainly do hold the online world in their hands. Perhaps it's more apt to say: "Google is the one ring to rule them all" and some folks tremble in fear at that kind of power. Great article by the way.
Some new legislation is making Google seem more ominous. I just heard today that they are planning a new version of Google where they can track even more of what you do online, which would require to you run their software - leaving no open source options.
Not sure what this scary-sounding news means just yet or what is behind it, but there seems to be more to google than meets the eye.
wow, great article you post. you give great motivation for me in my effort writing a quality article in future. well, thanks a lot
A very interesting comment Jon. I am relatively new at Internet marketing and was using an expensive spinner for my articles and did get good responses and sales.
I then joined Best Spinner Beta testing and thought it was actually easier to use and would therfore save me time. The only thing it did not do (that the more expensive one did) was distrubute some of the spun articles to relevant and highly ranked blogs and directories.
But I have one problem - due to a glitch on my computer I have lost some email info and I now cannot find the work I have already spun and I am not receiving any response from the
'Ask jon' help desk.
Any help you could give me Jon would be appreciated.
I agree with you Jon. Some are just too lazy to take action.
the truth is Jon -
You are absolutely right, but……..have pity on those losers, last but not least they create room for the winners, but I feel sorry for them too
I thought about a new campaigne for those wannabes:
Spaghetti Trees for Your Garden
How To Grow Spaghetti in 2 DAYS
….
..
great blog
This was really informative.Thank you very much for sharing these information .I will definitely implement this in my work.I waish you all the best!
Jonathan, thank you for this post! I agree with most of these comments; TBS is a marvelous work and I feel it will get ever more useful. Here is a new take on all of this (although I've not read this entire page yet). Honestly the old saying that there is nothing new under the sun, really does have about 99% truth in it. It is how an individual relates to a piece of information that makes it unique. And if they have it in their power to express WELL, their take on it… then it becomes pretty much "truly new."
Much of academic publishing, perhaps for all of mankind's time on earth, has been learning from and then commenting on…. the solid works of those prior. New thought mostly could not have come about without the earlier works.
TBS is kinda/sorta like Microsoft Word on steroids! The synonym replacement tool in Word is a university student's strong right arm. All I can say is…. TBS is a universe above MS Word's tool! I would have given an arm, leg, or firstborn, to have had TBS while in my doctorate studies!!
It puts all writing tools, especially dictionary and thesaurus - right in your palm… er, fingertips. It makes putting together a stream of eleventy resources and citations much simpler. It makes organizing your own thoughts on a topic VERY much simpler.
And it beats the heck out of the hunt and peck system of a PRINT thesaurus and other tools… and even the online versions. Speedier than print, but still very sloooowww in light of new tools like TBS.
TBS has launched itself to one of my top 5, maybe even 3… research and writing tools. After an adult lifetime in the publishing world, I've seen and used some amazing tools… but I do think you've captured the mountain top! Thank you.
I am guessing you've already done this, and this posting was a gentleman's way of responding to the wannabees and losers… as well as to reassure anybody else. The Good Word tells us to not throw pearls before swine. So, let this flow off your back, and just keep putting out the good works you've been called to produce. Again, thank you.
Very good post.
I was looking for an article I wrote by using the primary keywords in a google search. The original was content researched and written by myself for my website. It was spun by 'The Best Spinner' and cleaned up some and posted as an article in different article directories.
The article was found but someone else had the #1 spot. They had spun my article and used some of the worst synonyms possible. It was so bad that if it had not been for the title (my same title), you would not even have known what the article was about. But there it was, #1. What sense does Google make? It only shows that Google has set parameters and they live by them.
By the way, no credit and no link for me, just my article looking pretty bad.
George Hollis
Well said Jonathan.
This is exactly the reason why I enjoy receiving your emails. Great information from an independent mind.
Ade
first of all google ain't god…your uncle bill is god an everybody knows it.
Now bout that hard work thing…it's true…I've written so much stuff just like it's supposed to be written…in an informative conversational manner…like talking to a friend…an guess what…
I've got more first page serp in google than I even knew that there're keywords for. Why…because I wasn't writing for serp, but rather for information…and the gorilla just picked uP on it…who knew…
gourmet coffee snob
always drink better coffee
So many people get caught up in the duplicate content trap. The internet is a huge place and Google accepts that when it comes to duplication.
As for link building, I've trying out your 3waylinks.net for about 4 months now on about 15 sites and it really is making a difference in my traffic and PR.
I'm a believer.
I don't ever wait for somebody else pickup my content and place on their sites. That way is not working to promote my site and you will lose in competition. I work hard to promote my website using lots of promote techniques; forum discussion, article marketing, blog commenting, bookmarking, etc.
Just like john said, you must work hard to promote your site if you want to win the competition.
Success for all of you.
Totally agree. Unfortunately google is god. Noone can truly compete with them.All bow down before the god named,"Google".
The best way to deal with google and the web in general is to make sure you diversify. In the kinds of sites you build, how you generate links and traffic, and everything else.
Be sure to maintain some distance between your projects, and maintain your privacy.
Google HATES privacy, that's why they force people to link all their accts. Adsense, GAN, Adwords, Mail, etc.So they can keep an eye on you.
Great post Jon. One can just not get it all. You need to spin articles or you don't. Google has succeeded in creating confusion by not giving not the slightest hints to how it ranks.
Article spinning can help you greatly depending on the level of your spun article. I mean how well you code it and then how good is the spinning software at generating articles without repetition. The percentage of uniqueness is very important.
I have spun articles with different % of uniqueness and have found that the higher your percentage the better. I have used articles with differing percentages for testing.
Do a split test and see what happens.
Let that not border you, there are a lot of lousy haters in the world. Full of envy and greed, and mad at everybody, but themselves. I run into them all the time. They are stagnant, and as such have no sense of direction, and no hope of progress.
Take care of yourself
I hav found that if I type in a search term for a program, strategy, system into my favorite search engine and add the word scam behind the term I will almost always have some returns to look at.
This is because John is right, you can always find the naysayers; the nattering nabobs of negativism (thank you Spiro Agnew). They will always be with us. We are left with no alternative but to ignore them and get to work doing whatever we are doing.
Good For You Jon:
Let'em keep hating and keep wacthing the money pile up !
It''s like that BIG ole HILL keep climbing you'll get over it (one day)
or just build yourself a bridge and that works too !! GET OVER IT- MOVE ON PEOPLE build something better(if you can), and wacth your money pile up but remember There's no cryin in the content game!!!
Awesome post, totally agree! It's easy to read someone's post and assume they're right and not move ahead with what you would have done. At the end of the day, doing something is better than nothing, even if all you get out of it is 0 profit, you still gain knowledge and experience. A friend of mine always says "except or reject nothing, only consider".
Perhaps if those that talk nonsense about Google and search engine optizimation techniques spent more time creating legitimate links and less time complaining about other people's methods, they would become successful in their own right.
Thanks for sharing.
I agree with you John, i use the best spinner and help me a lot for rewrite PLR to get unique content.
Thank
David
Jon:
I don't like nay-sayers, negative people after all. It's good to read your post in which you let us know the raw truth about what Google is and don't. In a personal point of view, I think this Google very often behaves like a god. But, as you say in other words, it is not perfect.
Thanks,
Jesus Moreno
Hi Jon,
Nice post.
It's true that a lot of people just want to drag you down so that you don't succeed and actually be like them who are failures.
Sad but true.
Like you said, Google is a software created by humans and there are flaws and Google does NOT know everything.
Your analogy using The Good Widget is funny but gets the point across.
Best!
Welly Mulia
Thank's for this post, I like the way you think…
Endless Blessings,
Gilles Vitu
Hi Jon
Well said man. In my 4 years IM life I have seen so many losers who are literally afraid of Google and saying that Google sees, knows everything. What a crap?? I pity on them who fear of G and doing nothing creative!
Matt
I'm agree with you Jon. Google is run by human. The are not God. There is no way they can detect and know everything that what we are doing. some friend of mine are using adsense for domain combine with blackhat to make more money every day and they still never get caught by google.
Most of the statement that heard about google is a just assumption.
We will learn the truth through experience
Spot on Jonathon!
Hi Jon, this is truly one of the best post I have ever read on getting backlinks, I am using your 3 way links for the majority of my site and then article marketing for deep linking.
I agree with you 1500% on all of your ideas and am very happy that there are so many naysayers, because it will mean bigger paychecks for all of us whu actually listen to you…
All the best,
Brett
Jonathan
I've said this to you before and it is time to repeat.
You are a breath of fresh air in the Internet Marketing circle.
Keep up your excellent work.
jim
1. Dearly Beloved Jonathan Leger:
2. True talk.
3. Keep up the good and great work that you do and more grease to your elbows.
4. Amazing products you roll out from time to time and always winners.
5. Still interested in the details of how you get them done though…
6. Thank you for being you and always looking forward to reading from you.
7. Remain blessed and a blessing with God speed.
8. Regards, Olakunle Solomon Fatoye.
9. Lest I forget…
10. Thank you for "THEBESTSPINNER.COM" Love it!
Firstly great thread.
I have the Best Spinner software and genuinely think it does everything it says on the tin (and more). I have used article promotion for some time with excellent results.
My concern is that with time (if not already) Google and others will de-value the links found in articles. Their algorithm evolved to de-value meta keywords back in the day, and from what I understand has now de-valued links found in the footer section of a site. This I think seems reasonable as site's with 1000's of pages and links repeated in all page footers should not have them all valued. Maybe it is not so difficult for their Googlebot to recognise an article site and eventually de-value any links found within. I hope they don't.
Great software and great thread.
John
Hey Jonathan,
your best spinner is great and so are your posts.
Have followed you for 2 years now.
Have a nice day
Urpo Salonen
Yes, can’t stop admiring Google. One heck of an amazing and unique company.
Nice article bad name.
Your spin rite Jonathan, the name "Google is god", makes me think, (seeing that some people actually & probably believe this crap) that google which is just another search engine, a good one and thats it. It can not think beyond programming, has no opinions and is nowhere close to IA. Many people go far to overboard when you "impose on their hero" and announce the facts, be it with a little spin, but who doesn't. thats when they are all of the sudden at their dumbest. They obviously feel threatened and feel the need to defend their cyber master. Oh well, to each His own..Keep up the good work Jonathan. Love it.
Jay
The Bestspinner is one of the existing software spin.
Good jobs.
I agree…:-) . Could be a consideration for me to build a better website and always visited. Thanks…
I've had the spinning argument myself - and from people who OUGHT to know better. The early spinners were software that turned out one click garbage, but the newer spinners require thought and human effort and aren't garbage at all. I've had people self-righteously tell me that they are purists and hand write or rewrite every single piece of content they product. Hmmmmmmmmm … wonder how much time they spend writing/rewriting 30 articles vs. the time it takes me to spin one article and produce 30? The mind boggles to think of the time they're wasting. Actually, though, I'm sure they simply don't produce that many articles. Who could stand to manually rewrite the same article that many times? Gag.
The trouble is with all you article spinners is you actually produce pure drivel 95% of the time.
You add NOTHING to the web (apart from crap conten) and you only have one goal - to get a crappy click.
That's why you're attacked and that's why most of you are socially useless.
Have you ever considered that the web would be a far better place with out you and the rubbish content you all produce?
Thanks Jonathan. This is so true and what you have mentioned is exactly what it boils down to.
They say… 'cash is king' but on the internet it is 'content that is king'
Keep up the good post!
Cheers and best regards.
lol, so true Jon.
Fact is nobody knows how Google works for sure. You can only go by experience and people have such conflicting experiences that I take everything said online with a pinch of salt!
Loving the best spinner by the way. Already got my brain whirring with idea's on how to make money with it
Best wishes
Al
It is indeed amazing what junk sites get the exposure due to massive backlinking. However, I believe the jury's still out on the quantity vs the quality of those backlinks.
I agree with your post. Content is what will get you ranked by Google. I really like the Best Spinner and will continue to create content with it.
Hi Jon,
There is much confusion over content, duplicate content, keyword density and how google indexes pages. In addition to unique content, I feel in the long run the number of backlinks [whitehat or blackhat] that a site attracts depends on only on the content quality but also the drawing power of the content the site presents.
I have come across sites that could benefit greatly from good editing or rewriting, so that the words 'reach out' to the reader instead of being ho-hum and clinical; and certainly not conducive to return visitors or whitehat seo.
If you don't have to read a sentence twice to understsand it, a great deal of thought had to go into its construction.
Great post Jonathan. I enjoy and appreciate everything you do. Anyone who thinks Google is perfect is kidding themself, or has never used it to try to find something.
I always wondered that too. Everyone says links should build naturally. Who is going to link to my sites on their own, if they don't even know they exist. I have always done article marketing, and it works, and the best spinner makes it even easier. Glenn
Your widget analogy says it so well.
A famous quote comes to mind:
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” -Albert Einstein
I could not agree more. Time reading worthless drivel at any forum is time that would be better spent getting more content on the internet.
The Best Spinner is aptly named. Well done!
Hit the nail on the head, great post! I hate those who talk trash with nothing to back up what they say. Screw em all lol
Jon
Great post with some home truths. There are far too many neersayers who are quick to ridicule and rubbish techniques and tips without offering any viable alternatives, wish there was a way of getting rid of them!! Luckily we can use them to drive us on in proving they are wrong….
Tom
Nice post! I agree with you, many people think Google is God or some type of divine being and that it knows everything. It is only something made by humans and has a lot of flaws and cannot detect "spun" articles, just pretty much duplicate content. The best spun articles have different HTML coding too. Also with getting links, that is not a wrong thing to do, as long as you do it properly and do not spam nor build 10000 in a day.
thanks for this post. I have been using the Best Spinner for a few months now. I love it. Never thought that spinning an article could actually be fun. Great!
As per usual Jon you have hit the nail on the head.
I have used spinners previously and they were awful…couldn't make head nor tail out of any article you put in it.
Now that you have spent the time to improve and actually create "The Best Spinner" the naysayers still want to continue to believe it cannot be done.
Well it has been done gentlemen… so move on to the next travesty in your boring little lives and let those of us that believe in perseverance and hard work carry on. Unlike them we KNOW where we are going!
If writing articles and posting them to various directories and blogs etc is considered anywhere near black-hat then guess what?
The biggest black hatters who wear the DARKEST of all CROWNS are the super BIG CONGLOMERATES who UNASHAMEDLY control all the MEDIA AND MARKETING WORLD with their DOLLARS:
IF you don't know the answer to this then boy or boy have you been sleeping…
BIGGEST OF ALL BLACK-HAT MARKETERS out THERE ARE the very manufacturers whose products you're using.
Why don't we send the buck toward them and tell them to take a hike.
HAVE a look around the house and see if you can pick 5 BRAND names.
They constantly bombard us on TV, on the back of BUS's, in Railway station's, posters, Radio, Internet, MAGAZINES etc.
The TRUTH of the matter is that the playing ground is getting more challenging for those manufacturers since we've entered 21st century.
Now, the guy with a small family who wants to earn his living in an alternative way can do it too.
WE NEED MORE SOFTWARE like these to make it more worthwhile for anyone to create business.
Anyway, the aim of the matter is to challenge with intellect not garbage advertising.
Ps: the big companies are holding favoritism anyway so they are the leaders in this world of online business and we are only following in their footsteps.
PPs: they call it blackhat when you do but they change the colors when they do it. Give me a break…
Go Jonathan, I really like what you're doing…
Jon,
As always, you deliver not only good software/scripts but you are setting new trends.
I am looking forward to the development of the system.
As an SEO marketer, I can see the value of your tool, maybe more than other people would…
Steve Lorenzo SEOVirtuoso
Ya I love the last part of the post and it can't be more true. For me That's a rule I will follow since now.
Thanks a lot!
That's a great Post. I believe no that no one should simply loose their mouth when then don't have enough facts to prove what they speak. I do believe you happen to be one of the most ethical marketers on the Internet and well if some one thinks you are not then i would doubt myself to continue marketing online.
Wow, thanks for making this so plain, and taking the power away from the fear of Google. Breaking it down to the simple elements and showing how what they say, does not match what they do, is great.
Thanks for just keeping it real!
Carolyn
Great post. The Best Spinner helps create human articles that read as well as the original. The articles being created are a variation on a theme, using the great choices of words thrown up by the software. It's my choice what words I want to use, not a machines. As a result I feel that every version of the articles I create relating to my wooden windows business are of a high standard and offer value - they just use some varied vocabulary!
Keep up the great work.
Jon,
Appreciate your practical answer to the Google question regarding duplicate content…
"To rank well in Google, you need two things: Content for it to index and links to make Google think your content is more important than everybody else's. The more links you have to your content, the more important Google thinks your content is and the higher it will rank your content over the competition."
After all is said and done, this is the bottom line when it comes to Google!
Again, appreciate the post,
James Artre
Surrounding yourself with positive-minded people works for me.
Distance yourself from those that waste your time and pull you down too.
p.s. I need to kick the habit of referring to Google as Big G
But they do hire an army of Phds to further improve their search technologies and preventing spam content and black hat search engine optimizations.
Another great post Jonathan. I couldn't agree with you more. People have some very strange assumptions about Google and the ethics of marketing. While links are such an important part of search engine rankings you'd be stupid to ignore them.
I think this 'fear' of Google is a result of 2 things: 1) It is undeniably the biggest search engine company. 2) No one knows exactly how it works. There are some things that work for many people but not for some, leading people to think that Google is doing something unpredictable, then mysterious, then godlike. What people fail to remember is whatever Google does, creating links will always factor into its ranking algorithm so you can't go wrong with building links towards your site.
Hi Jon
You've done it again - Gone against the grain
I agree with your view 100% and although I've doubled into the blackhat side of things, I still think even that works because of the 2 principles you stated above; content + links.
I agree Google is smart but it can be played the blackhat way (DONT DO IT) and one's content even if duplicate can be made to rank via links & quantity some times.
If google didnt rank duplicate content, many article directories would not be in the index for over a few weeks. So spinning your article as I do with The Best Spinner now, gives you even more power to rank owing to the uniqueness of your content even if its about the same topic as another online somewhere.
Spinning has saved me a great deal of time as I can now use the same article multiple times with little diminishing returns.
Thanks for the post and The Best Spinner
William
Agree with the fact that it might has so many flaws but Couldn't it be redesigned? I know it might not be easy at all considering the fact that it involves almost whole world in it and the other reason is they are eyeing other part of the business also.
Google, Google, Google
I was banned from Google about a week after I opened an account.
I never ran an ad.
Thanks Google, now I don't have to worry about you.
Thanks to Best Spinner I'm doing just fine.
Keep up the good work!
I've always found that by focusing on links and quality content, you can get traffic from Google. And as a customer of yours, I've found your tools to be helpful in getting links… and ranking higher. So thank you.
Another great post Jonathan. I couldn't agree with you more. People have some very strange assumptions about Google and the ethics of marketing. While links are such an important part of search engine rankings you'd be stupid to ignore them.
Though I'm a very big fan of Google…and in free time likes to learn and read more about it…..but reading this post was a very hilarious experience and I really don't agree with the explanation of the writer discussed over here.
Google has always been top of the game but of course it still meets its strong competitors in other areas apart of Search Engine, which needs working on. I guess your points are very true, that content + links = traffic. This cannot be more accurate!
I give this post two thumbs up! Really well written and the things that was stated was totally true. Google is no god and I totally agree with you with that. It hilarious to read about the one you quoted, it really gave me a laugh. Thanks for the great post! I can even use this later for my article reading, because its a really good topic.
I agree Google is smart but it can be played the black hat way and one's content even if duplicate can be made to rank via links & quantity some times. such a good one informatic tips. thanks for it.
I always like to emulate what successful people in my niche are doing and keep working at it until it succeeds for me. I don't think I've ever seen a successful Internet marketer who doesn't work at link building and other tried and tested marketing strategies. Do what works!
I agree with you completely. It's refreshing to see you put it in black and white. I often wonder why people look at Google as some kind of God. As if the Great and Powerful Oz himself were creating internet magic….. hahahahaha.
Keep the good stuff comming and I'll keep reading:)
Regina
People just like to stir up controversy and hear themselves talk.
Your real world analogy is spot on.
Google is god of internet…the biggest and the complete..
keep on write nice articles..
I would say successful people got success when they word hard and perfect ,so is Google.
All the successful people I've met in the past year online are doing everything you talk about in your post. I'm new to internet marking and trying to find my place in it for the past year. I've received great personal help from a few people with tips that have proven more valuable than the $297 programs I've purchased in the past. Great article Jon. I love your spinner too, keep up the nice work!
Oh my god you have actually hit the nail on the head!!
I have done a fair bit of article marketing and it does work and I have spun a few articles also however the best traffic generator has been building great sites using unique content and getting links.
Content is king and it will always be king!
Build your sites for the users not google…. no one else!!
Yvonne
Hello Again,
I have some very sucessful sites that only rank in Yahoo and Bing google does not like them!
Remember that although google is the biggest search engine, there are billions of searches going on in the others too.
Google is not the be all and end all of your website
Yvonne
Like many others here, I'm enjoying using your Best Spinner too Jonathan. On the Google thing, I heard recently from a good source that Google has started introducing big teams of people (in India at least) that manually critique websites .. and if those sites don't meet a certain standard - a de-ranking or de-indexing button gets pushed.
Hey Jonathon, great post as always. I believe that no matter what the search engine, content and links are the two most important things. They're the things that were true from the first day of the internet and they're still important today, that should tell us something.
The challenge however is creating 'good' content and finding 'quality' links so that's where I focus most of my efforts
Damn straight man, screw those trolls!
Keep up the good work Jon, I'm quickly becoming a fan of what you do… think I'm going to be a subscriber to your link networks VERY soon.
If you have no competition and are the only content in town - you will get traffic - no matter what. Thanks for this great post.
Jon, another really great post and great points that you brought up here. Google is far away from being God and I even think Google has to be darn careful not to fall of the high branch they are sitting on for the time being. I can remember several Search Engines they got big and now nobody talks about them anymore at all. I'm looking a little bit over our fence or the fence Google is thinking it has built around us and I can see Yandex and Baidu. Now most people probably never heard of them but with the internet being globally those two Search Engines might become a real competition to Google someday.
Now what concerns being successful or losing so you always will find sorry losers they blame everything and everybody on them to fail but never try to find out what mistakes they maybe made that lead to failing.
My business is fairly new, only 6 months and I'm still far away from where I would like to be. But instead of crying because things are not working as well as I hoped for, I do my homework and research and try to analyze what I need to change or what to improve. The sources of information are countless, too many actually and sometimes the more I read about a certain subject, the more I get confused. But I'm not going to give up, no way! I know, one of these days I will find the right track and I will see improvements. One I maybe did just find, TheBestSpinner!
I will not leave a overwhelming comment about it yet because I still need to give it a trial. I was looking for some help regarding article writing and marketing and I run out of ideas and time to write more articles with unique content. But I also know, I do need way more inbound links, and article marketing is one great resource for that. Tonight I will give your TheBestSpinner a try and already now I can promise, you will hear from me again with a feedback.
Regards
Paula Jo
Well Jon, I told you I'll be back and give you my feedback about the Best Spinner and here I am, even you deleted my first 2 post on your blog for whatever reason. It for sure were no spam post like I can read a few here. So thanks a lot!
Will just save my time to fill out the url to my site since I expect this post to be deleted again, but would really appreciate very much you to get back with me and tell me why my two posts on your blog were deleted so I won't post anything wrong again.
Anyway, my feedback to the Spinner:
The Best Spinner is a very well working and very helpful tool and it will save me quite a bit of time rewriting articles. I haven't figured or tested out all the features yet but for the first try I was very impressed. still, a little tweaking here and there manually is needed. But that's nothing in compare to the time the rewrite of an entire article would be.
Paula:
Your comments weren't deleted — I just hadn't reviewed them yet. I don't review comments very often unless I've recently made a blog post (something I REALLY need to do again soon!)
Jon:
thanks for the response. I really appreciate and I understand you have only so much time.
I was just wondering since it had been a while since I posted here and I always try to leave a relevant comment on any blog posts.
So, No hard feelings at all.
I worked a little more with the Spinner last night and explored more of the features and the more I work with it the more I like it.
Gosh Jon, you have no idea how much time this tool saves me.
The current price I think is very reasonable and even affordable for a small and new company like mine that has to watch it's budget very much. Once again thank you very much and please keep up with the good work and excellent posts, even if that means it takes a while for you to review your blog comments
Best Regards
Paula Jo
Google is run by humans? Hmmm…I thought there were magical little elves with special mind reading powers that had fun fiip-flopping my rankings and causing me distress and confusion. No?
Google's system actually makes pretty good sense and there goal really is to get the most relevant content at the top of the page, not an easy task.
I've got to admit, Google scared me a lot when I first started to learn SEO and I was influenced by a lot of the rubbish you've mentioned. Shame. It took me a lot longer to realise what Google really was, but thanks to a bit of perseverence and a realisation similar to what you've described I've been able to get past it. Pitty so much misinformation is still holding back a lot of 'wannabe' internet marketers who have great intentions, but fear their investment of time and money could come crashing down if they aren't careful.