Comments on: Worthy Tip: This Job, Not That Job https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html a freelance writing resource. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wendy https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html#comment-9308 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:43:57 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html/#comment-9308 Is it sad to admit that I know all about article spinners and used one once to see what it was like? I didn't inhale, though, I promise!

Flog-Flag, it's simply a slip of a finger… (I'm sure you can guess which finger)

]]> By: Paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html#comment-9306 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:49:13 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html/#comment-9306 Is it horrible to admit I don't know what Copyscape is?

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html#comment-9305 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:15:08 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html/#comment-9305 Well, canned responses are better than no responses, I suppose.

I think Matt here is calling Copyscape a "spinner." I've no idea what he means, either.

]]> By: Paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html#comment-9304 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:41:24 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html/#comment-9304 Wendy's lucky I just made my tea and it's too hot to drink.

Like Joseph, I've have no idea what an article spinner is.

I'm not sure why, but to me it almost read like a lure – you know, like the online chats the "teenagers" use to lure the pervs into the trap in To Catch A Predator. Anyone unethical enough to take a job that flat out instructs you to "borrow" material (50% from one site, maybe 50% from another?) deserves to be charged with plagiarism.

BTW, Lori, this morning I had a similar reply to a query I sent the other day. It was a personalized auto-response saying their editors carefully review all submissions and if any of them are interested in my query they'll be in touch within 8 weeks. A big improvement over utter silence.

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html#comment-9303 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:11:22 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html/#comment-9303 Devon, I did think you'd enjoy that one.

Wendy, thank you for a laugh so hard that tea went dribbling down my chin. I like the flogging better. 🙂

Joseph, I'd be more worried about the latter. 😉

]]> By: Joseph Hayes https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html#comment-9302 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:05:35 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html/#comment-9302 I don't know what worries me more; that I've never heard of an article spinner, or that it exists in the first place.

]]> By: Wendy https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html#comment-9301 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:05:44 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html/#comment-9301 I have a question. If we put Matt in an article spinner would he come out with 50% more brains? You know, shake him up a bit and see if we can make him out to be unique so the search engines won't flog him. I mean, flag him.

]]> By: Devon Ellington https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html#comment-9300 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:46:33 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/worthy-tip-this-job-not-that-job.html/#comment-9300 I definitely want to check out the latter. Since I live in New England and all . . .

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