{"id":24293,"date":"2024-08-20T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T05:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=24293"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:26:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:26:41","slug":"article-spinning","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/glossary\/article-spinning\/","title":{"rendered":"Article Spinning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Article Spinning?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Article spinning, often referred to as &#8220;content spinning,&#8221; is the rewriting of someone else&#8217;s content to create what seems to be an original piece of content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Article spinning generally leverages programs or AI to replace words, phrases, or sentences with alternative synonyms, creating content that looks original and is not plagiarised in search engines&#8217; eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOTE: Article spinning is considered a black-hat SEO technique and is against Google&#8217;s spam policy.<\/strong> <b>Google describes the action as &#8220;Text generated using automated synonymizing, paraphrasing, or obfuscation techniques.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Going against Google&#8217;s spam guidelines and using content spinning can result in a manual action on your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Article spinning or Content spinning in&nbsp;SEO?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Article spinning is essentially plagiarism&#8230; with a cloak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the early 2000s, it was a common practice and would see success <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/glossary\/serp\/\">within SERPs<\/a> as Google&#8217;s algorithm wasn&#8217;t advanced enough to determine whether the content had been spun from an original piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast forward to 2024, and Google&#8217;s algorithm is advanced&#8230; very advanced, especially in content writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It can quickly determine whether content has been spun and will quickly demote pages with duplicate content or what&#8217;s also considered &#8220;thin&#8221; content within SERPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":""},"class_list":["post-24293","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/24293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}