A Writer's Thoughts About iContent Robot - It's Not Monkey Butt!

Curious about the title? Monkey butt refers to this hysterical email I got some someone long ago that was using an article spinner and it did something along the lines of taking some sales copy and turning it into:
"Yes, you need this, you and your monkey butt, how can you live without this monkey in your home making your butt make money - NOW download the screen and get your monkey butt in gear!"

I always cringe a little when I see my clients purchase automated content spinners. It's not because I fear replacement, there's no artificial intelligence that can come up with creative angles, new phrases and new ideas - it can only spin what is put into it. And when they give me 100 articles of basically crap to rewrite - I usually just wind up trashing whatever they gave me and rewriting from scratch so they get something quality and usable.

I had a client gushing to me about iContent Robot so curiosity got the best of me and I decided to look it over so I paid $67 for a membership (it's monthly). And here's a quick list of what rocks and what sucks about it:

What rocks about iContent Robot:
* iContent Robot creates content that is a lot better than every other content generator/spinner I've seen to date.

*This program is very easy to use, you simply put in the coded keyword or keyword phrase and you get an article. When you click "regenerate" it will spin the article to be written differently, yet about the same niche market. For example, I did "cell phone" and I generated about 5 articles in a row about choosing cell phone plans, yet no two were exactly alike and would have been considered unique content by the search engines.

What sucks about iContent Robot:
*$67 per month for a membership is a little steep for a lot of people.

*The articles are boring. You can get an article that's presentable but after 3 spins the content doesn't exactly repeat itself but it is still the same articles over and over. Unique for search engines to be sure but not your readers.

*The articles are very general (which of course I realize that they must be or spinning would never work).

*You're limited to 50 topics to spin from per month. And not 50 that you come up with. You get to choose from a list the makers of iContent Robot are choosing.
A quick overview of a few from the list I got included the following:

( Cell Phones Topics )
cell-phone
cheap-cellular-phones
cell-phone-plans

( Finance Topics )
loans
bad-credit-loans
home-improvements-loan
critical-illness-insurance
yaght-insurance-costs

( Home Improvement Topics )
home-remodeling
bathroom-tile-designes
bathroom-decorating-tips
kitchen-remodeling

( Legal Topics )
lawyer
bankruptcy-lawyers
accident-lawyers
personal-injury-claims-lawyers

( Vacation Topics )
caribbean-island-cruise
business-travel-tips

( Beauty Topics )
using-beauty-care-products
cellulite
anti-aging
acne-skincare

( Health & Wellness )
back-pain
cancer
alzheimers

( Weight Loss Topics )
weight-loss-drugs
hoodia

( Miscellaneous Topics )
budget-car-rental-tips

( Weddings )
wedding-favors
cheap-weddings
choosing-wedding-rings

Okay all of those are decent niche markets, anyone into affiliate programs and PPC (pay per click) knows that. If you have a blog that you do this on - you can probably get away with using the Robot however, you will probably need to tweak the articles before you use them if you really want people to visit your blog more than once.

*And when I say you'll need to tweak the articles I mean these articles need a lot of tweaking. In the sample sets I ran (and I ran about 100 total articles on various subjects. Each and every one needed editing for incorrect words and just strange sentences that made absolutely no sense.

So make your own decision on whether or not you'd like to use iContent Robot - I have to give it kudos for being one of the best content creators to come out in a while - but like all the others - it's very limited in what it can do and but I will agree that it's not Monkey Butt.