I have been following SEOLinkVine a product that was launched on April 27, 2010 by Brad Callen for quite some time. There was a prelaunch phase of several weeks during which time the concept and the functionalities were tested. During that period I had ample time to get an opionion about this product.
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What does SEOLinkVine do?
SEOLinkVine is the turning wheel in a clever system where
- there are people writing articles
- there is a network of websites – primarily blogs – that are interested in feeding their blogs with content
So SEOLinkVine takes the articles, spins them (rewrites them so that there is a certain uniqueness about the articles (so that Google accepts the content as unique), and distributes them to the blogs. Of course, the content is tagged and the articles are distributed to matching content sites and blogs.
The business model works such that the blogs receive their content for free and the article writers become a member that will allow them to write as many articles and submit them as they wish. Membership currently costs $47 per month.
After an initial set-up which takes about 20 minutes the WordPress blog (and perhaps others) can be set to automatically receive the articles. For that purpose the admin of the blog needs to create a user whose credentials are passed on to SEOLinkVine. As a consequence SEOLinkVine can autopost to your blog (if that is desired).
Purpose
By distributing spun aricles into a network of several thousand websites and blogs internationally, Google friendly backlinks start to build very quickly. Since Google takes backlinks as an important factor when ranking pages, these articles help to draw traffic to the promoted website and increase its rank, which in turn will generate more traffic and eventually money.
SEOLinkVine really stands on both sides of the spectrum and offers a complete concept from writing articles to distribution.
Functionality for the writer of articles
This is pretty well thought out. The writer submits an article and the software has an automated spinner included that does a pretty decent job at keeping the text not only unique but actually quite legible for humans. I found this to be one of the most important factors when deciding on giving SEOLinkVine the “Worth It!” Label. The articles get tagged, i.e. categorized, which in turn is used to allocate the articles to relevant websites.
I have not found out yet, how well articles get distributed in which niches (categories), but imagine that there is potential for further growth in the future.
To publish an article you copy and paste your text into a WordPress like editor box, where you can style and format it to your liking. Interesting is the fact that you can incorporate rich media files like videos right into your article. That is a feature I have not seen anywhere else.
After finishing your text you define categories that your article belongs to. These categories serve to select the relevant blogs. You can also define the number of blogs your article should be submitted to each day and the maximum number of publications.
Artcle Spinning works quite neatly. Words that can be spun are selected by the software. You check boxes in front of the matching synonyms that are offered to you. Select a block of text and exchange that block, and spin words inside the block, as well for even more combinations.
It is rather refreshing that the software actually works and does not constantly interrupt your work with buggy errors.
Functionality for the website owner
As described above you need to authorize SEOLinkvine to write into your blog. Of course you can decide to publish the posts after reviewing them first. During my test period I found that the quality of the articles was not always equally good. Some articles read more like sales’ pitches and needed to be erased. If you want to look at the type of articles that I have been receiving on this Cash-In.US blog check out the entries by the user SEOLinkvine. You will find them to be quite informative and they read reasonably well. Of course, the worst ones you will not find
as I have delted them.
Pricing
There is a introduction price right now (End of April 2010) of $47. This amout is due every month as you use the service on a continuing basis. I have listened around a bit and understand that most “gurus” find this price incredibly good value. For my self, I have yet to be convinced that the additional links will beam me to the front page for some of those more difficult to get key words. I will keep you posted as I progress to the front page…
Recommendation
Yup, SEOLinkvine gets our “Worth-It!” qualit label. We recommend it for its functionality and ease of use.
