Fellows, What Are Your Ideas about Content Generators?

Discussion in 'Copywriting' started by Mila, Aug 27, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hello,

    I understand that this question inevitably fuels a lot of controversies, but I'm still gonna ask:

    Could you recommend some Content Generating/Rewriting tool which is more or less decent? All in all, what are the types and kinds of them, and can I find some for free? For me, the more automatized it'll be - the better!

    Again, I know it's not the best solution to auto-generate content for sites, and the quality will suffer, however, at this point I need it urgently!

    Huge thanks in advance for your replies!

    Mila

    P.S. If such a thread already exists, please give me a link!! Thanks!
     
    Mila, Aug 27, 2007 IP
  2. jhmattern

    jhmattern Illustrious Member

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    There's no such thing. They're all crap. If you can't put either the time or money into creating quality content, then you don't belong in a content-oriented business model... simple as that.
     
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  3. Mila

    Mila Peon

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    Thanks for your reply, Jenn!

    You must be right, and I agree no quality content can be auto-generated.

    However, things of the kind are needed at times - at least to test your site and keep it afloat for some time...

    So any suggestions, guys?
     
    Mila, Aug 28, 2007 IP
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    marketjunction Well-Known Member

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    Yes, here's an idea.

    Since producing what pros call "quality content" is out of the question, find press releases for your industry/sector.

    You can even rewrite them if needed. You won't need to rewrite it all to get a "unique hit" in Google either.

    It's free and simple to do. Venture over to PRweb.com to get started. Another method is to visit the media section of a company. Additionally, you can google company/whatever+news+release, company/whatever+press+release and so forth.
     
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    Oosha Well-Known Member

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    A big NO. Don't even bother checking them out.
     
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    DeniseJ Live, Laugh, Love

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    They are ALL crap. There's no such thing as a "decent" content generator. As Jenn mentioned - you don't belong in a content-oriented business if you cannot afford to pay someone to write quality content for you or are able to do it yourself.
     
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    Analyst Well-Known Member

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    Auto generators are nothing more than crap, as everyone mentioned above. Quality content needs effort and time to get produced.
     
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    zac439 Notable Member

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    I'll agree that quality content needs to be written by someone or something that can reason. Current content re-writers can not reason. They can't decide how to reword entire sentences dynamically enough to create something worth having.

    In fact, the bulk of them only rearrange words. That is a litte too basic.

    But there IS a market for them. Not just people who like to spam the internet with "regurgitated content" as it was once put, but for people who like to take part in "bum marketing".

    There will always be a market for them. It's up to you if you want to be part of it or not :)
     
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    jhmattern Illustrious Member

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    Zac,

    No matter what the intention is ("bum marketing" is just a variation on any other type of article marketing), it's still about littering the Web with regurgitated Web garbage to try to make a quick buck if they're using those types of tools. Is there a market? Yes... from the slime at the bottom of the Web content / informational product industry. But no matter how you try to monetize it, it's still the same idea.
     
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  10. orlandolukas

    orlandolukas Guest

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    I looked at a couple and noticed that the crap they offer I can research and right in about 30 mins to a hour depending on the subject and the stuff they have sounds and looks like crap.
     
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    Atleat the free content if worse then any thing in this world.
    You know yourself what is what and who is who in your site so try to do your own things. On the othe rhand there are plenty of free sites offering free content as well.
    Cheers with Beers
     
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    we will lose the meaning and quality of the content with those softwares. And need to do the work again.
     
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    #14
    if youre making content for SEs then yeah, its blackhat though.
     
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    I've seen content composer in action and I can tell you that the results were kind of impressive. Yes, it is not like the right way to do it but it is really nice for researching new topics.
     
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    I've recently bought Keyword Elite and also downloaded HyperVRE (which is free) but all they do is hunt down articles that are already published on the web and repackage them into a webpage with your adsense ad's.

    However, I was really disappointed that not only do they just hunt down existing articles, they also suffer from the problem of finding unrelated articles. Sure the keywords might be in the article, but...
     
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    well may be this is true, but if you don't have time, it does save a bit of time and money and all you have to do it alter it especially writing isn't your 'thing'
     
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    If you don't have time or money, you shouldn't be in business... especially in a content-oriented business if again you don't have money to buy content and writing "isn't your thing."
     
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    I'm interested in knowing, and I apologise to the original thread starter for this extra question, several of you have said that writing your own content is best for a variety of reasons, but where do you go to research your topic before writing your pages/articles.

    If you're correct in saying that writing content is better than having it created automagically, then you either know a great deal about your content or you have to research the topic. Which kinds of sites would you go to get good quality facts that you can repackage into new pages? Is there any way of knowing if a site is considered to be an authority with good information?

    Thanks
     
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    jhmattern Illustrious Member

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    You write about what you know in a lot of cases... that's a part of choosing a niche. Personally, I do know a great deal about my content area, and many webmasters and writers do. If you don't, you'd better be able to put in real research if you want truly unique content (which means not researching from sites like Wikipedia and article directory content). Look for official sources (government sites, educational sites, journals, etc. where results of unique surveys and studies might be found), books, conduct your own interviews with professionals in the industry, run your own surveys and publish the results, etc.... and always cite your sources when you use things like that.
     
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