I first posted this article about a week ago.  However, my hosting provider had to restore the site and it was lost.

Here it is in its entirety.

Article Spinning — Good or Bad?

When I started this post, it was in response to Ken Envoy’s article, Article Spinning Good or Bad, on SiteSell blog. But, the more I read his article, the more confusing it became. His article is titled “Article Spinning…” and his first two sentences leads you down the path of your personal website.

“If you are not adding value to the Web by creating your own original article content, you’re on the wrong track.

“If you are doing something purely for the Search Engines, you’re on the wrong track.”

I would have thought this set the stage for the discussion, but instead, the third sentence starts about Article Marketing.

“If you are duplicating content, making small changes here and there so Google won’t realize it, and submitting it to a variety of locations, you’re taking the wrong track off the wrong track. “ Read the rest of this entry