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Should one laugh or feel sorry?

Discussion in 'Copywriting' started by Harkster, Jan 16, 2009.

  1. oo87

    oo87 Well-Known Member

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    #21
    It looks like it may have been written by one of 80% of the writers who are advertising here on BST. :p
     
    oo87, Jan 22, 2009 IP
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    parsibagan Active Member

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    #22
    Look at it from another angle, the article has become quite popular. Smart marketing :p
     
    parsibagan, Jan 22, 2009 IP
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    jonathon Well-Known Member

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    #23
    Was that the same comic as Bizarro in Superman's Comics.

    [​IMG]
     
    jonathon, Jan 22, 2009 IP
  4. parsibagan

    parsibagan Active Member

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    #24
    Whopeeee! that is the one I was talking about. The world where everything is upside down. Thanks for the image, sign! Nostalgia!
     
    parsibagan, Jan 22, 2009 IP
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    maddie73 Peon

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    #25
    I hate content spinners. :mad:
     
    maddie73, Jan 22, 2009 IP
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    snarke Peon

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    #26
    I wish I could say that was the first time I'd seen such bad writing being passed off as professional...but I would be lying. Wowzers.
     
    snarke, Jan 22, 2009 IP
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    Harkster Guest

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    #27
    I looked for quite a while, took my glasses off and wiped them, blinked a few times but it did no good. When I went back to check it was still there.

    Since my glasses are clean and everything else seems right it must be true that there is a smiling face on the left boot of Bizarro. Or have I lost what little grip on reality I have these days?
     
    Harkster, Jan 22, 2009 IP
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    webgal Peon

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    #28
    Yes, that is true. Present company excluded, of course. But there are too many unreal words in there to have been created by an article spinner. I think it's just written by someone who knows just enough English to make a mess of it. Sort of like any article I might try to write in German. But I know better.
     
    webgal, Jan 23, 2009 IP
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    oo87 Well-Known Member

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    #29
    LOL. I didn't even see that, but I looked over, and there is was. Intentional? A minion of Bizarro Superman? Or just an illusion created from out own minds? Perhaps we shall never know. ;)
     
    oo87, Jan 23, 2009 IP
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    EspressoChick Well-Known Member

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    #30
    Now here's a new marketing technique - contacting websites who have poor writing and offering your writing services! lol :) I think someone must be in the market for a new writer.

    I agree: flesh and blood and not 'bot! :)
     
    EspressoChick, Jan 23, 2009 IP
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    #31
    Maybe...but it doesn't make me want to travel there, which should be the main purpose. If I'd run across that at it's original location, I would have clicked the back button.
     
    latoya, Jan 25, 2009 IP
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    Wow, this really made my day.
    You would think someone who was less educated in the English language would seek a more reliable program to perform such duties as article writing.
     
    William , Jan 25, 2009 IP
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    #33
    That's terrible, but it's funny too. I hope no one paid for that. But you know, they probably don't care how bad it is as long as it has the correct keywords. LOL
     
    mstrait, Jan 25, 2009 IP
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    #34
    Hey, you get what you pay for, right ?
    Especially when it comes to working with SEO methods, etc., lol.
     
    William , Jan 26, 2009 IP
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    #35
    But it's attracting the wrong kind of attention IMHO. :)

     
    cd928, Jan 27, 2009 IP
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    #36
    Yeah, and I would love to see the face of the guy who actually purchased the article if he ever saw this thread in the near future.
     
    William , Jan 27, 2009 IP
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    #37
    Even newspapers run some horribly unprofessional writing.
     
    Stephanie Mojica, Jan 27, 2009 IP
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    #38
    There are persons who purchase articles in bulk, especially if they get them at low rates. Hence one set of keyword(s) are provided and the writer is requested to write 5, 10 or even more articles on the same topic using the same set of keywords. While the writer writes a few articles correctly, those at the end of the queue end up this way. The purchaser is not bothered, since he can see correct keyword density (sic!)
     
    parsibagan, Jan 27, 2009 IP
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    #39
    I doubt that writer turned out even a single "OK" piece. It's very clear they barely understand how to write in English. That's not something that changes after writing a handful of articles.
     
    jhmattern, Jan 28, 2009 IP
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    #40
    I have taken plenty of bulk orders, with requests to write up to 50 on one subject, and each one has been quality English, unique, and different. It isn't always easy, and it is certainly dull, but it is doable, it just ends up akin to a rewrite job, where you have to find a creative way to present the same information each time.

    I would never try to give something like that article to a client. Hell, if they asked me to, I wouldn't be working with them. lol.
     
    oo87, Jan 28, 2009 IP