Today we are focusing our attention on a product by a guy called Abbas Ravji. The product is a WordPress plugin called WP Content Ranker. As the title suggests, this plugin is designed to help you rank in the search engines and ultimately bring you more traffic.
But is this plugin really required to rank your content online? Can a single WordPress plugin increase the flow of traffic to your website? Or is this just another scam, designed to rip you off?
Welcome to my WP Content Ranker review!
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WP Content Ranker Review – My Opinion
At this stage, I would like to point out that I am not affiliated with WP Content Ranker and so do not get paid for recommending it! Everything in this review is my honest personal opinion. If you have arrived at this site looking for a genuine opinion before purchasing this product, then that’s exactly what you will get.
If this review helps you in any way or you would like to share your thoughts on this product, then please drop me a message in the comments section at the bottom of this page. Ok, let’s get started!
What Is WP Content Ranker And How Does It Work?
WP Content Ranker is a WordPress Plugin that you can install on any self-hosted WordPress blog. The plugin is designed to help you create content, find keywords to target and also increase traffic to your posts.
When installed the plugin creates a menu in the top right-hand corner of the WordPress editor.
You will see 4 main sections to the plugin. Analyse, Spin, Syndicate and settings. I’m going to show you the main features of this plugin and how it is supposed to help you get better rankings. I’ll then tell you what I think about the plugin and I’ll give you my overall opinion.
Getting Started With The WP Content Ranker Plugin
You start using this plugin by entering an area of interest. This will be the overall theme of our post. In the demo here we see that the “keyword Twitter” Marketing has been entered.
WP Content Ranker then goes out and finds the top ten websites that rank for that phrase. The plugin shows you quite a lot of interesting data about those top ten sites and that information could potentially be used to help you. However, in the next step, I started to get a little concerned about using this plugin.
As you can see from the image above, WP Content Ranker shows you all the titles, headings and content from the top ten pages. You can then copy anything you like the look of into your own article.
I found this a little worrying as many of you will already know that copying content from other websites is a very bad idea! But then the plugin makes an attempt to create unique content by using a process known as spinning…
WP Content Ranker – Is Spinning Content A Good Idea?
WP Content Ranker allows you to take just about any content from other websites. The plugin allows you to drag and drop both text and images onto your own posts.
The idea is that you will take the best bits from the top ten websites ranking for your chosen keywords and then make a new article from the bits that you choose. But as many of you will already know, duplicate content is something that Google does not like at all. So is it really a good idea to be stealing other peoples content?
Well, WP Content Ranker have a solution to duplicate content. This is something that was used quite a lot a few years ago but isn’t used so much now. It’s called article spinning and it’s the process of taking someone else’s written work and changing the words to make it your own. But there is a problem with article spinning and probably the reason that many people have stopped using it.
Article spinners change words for other words that mean the same thing. The end result is supposed to create a unique article that fools Google into that you wrote it, rather than stealing it from someone else’s website. However, article spinners are far from perfect! The results are often really bad…
An Example Of Spun Text…
You can see that the WP Content Ranker makes it very easy to select and spin the article. But what do the results look like? Well, the results with content spinning will vary greatly from one article to another. But take a look at the example below and notice how the spun content isn’t written quite so well as the original version.
Adding More Keywords With WP Content Ranker
One thing that I did like about this plugin was its ability to look at the words you are using within your articles. The plugin goes out and analyzes the top ten sites for your chosen niche. It then tells you the top keywords and phrases that these sites are using within their content.
This is quite helpful as Google use data like this to assess what your site is all about and how relevant your content is. The plugin simply gives you a list of the most popular words and phrases used. You can take this information and apply it to your posts or pages.
WP Content Ranker Syndication
WP Content Ranker also allows you to share your content quickly with the “syndication” section of the plugin. For me, this section of the plugin was very disappointing as you can only share your posts with Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest. In this day and age sharing on social media is a great way of generating some quick traffic.
Unfortunately, WP Content Ranker only gives us the ability to share on 3 social media sites. Perhaps this is something that the programmers might look into in the future?
WP Content Ranker – My Overall Opinion On This Plugin
In my opinion, this plugin has both good and bad features. On one hand, WP Content Ranker can provide you with some good information when doing the research before writing an article.
The plugin also gives you some great data when it comes to choosing keywords. However, the main section of this product involves two elements that I really don’t like. Firstly the plugin encourages you to copy other peoples content and secondly it uses article spinners in an attempt to make your content unique.
These two practices are not used by successful blog owners and for a very good reason.
Is This Plugin The Solution To Quick Content And Rankings?
If you are tempted to buy WP Content ranker because you think it’s going to be a quick way to create more content and get lots of traffic, you might well be disappointed.
Google is really good at spotting badly written articles, copied articles and spun content. A few years ago spun content was everywhere on the internet, but no longer! Google realized that people didn’t want to read spun articles because most of them were unreadable. These days article spinning is outdated. The technique shouldn’t even be considered if you want to create a successful online business.
At first glance, this plugin might seem like a great way to get some quick traffic. In actual fact, I think using this plugin would actually take longer, especially if you wanted to create quality content. In my opinion, there is only one way to create a good quality article and that is to write it in your own words, rather than copying someone else.
There is nothing stopping you from checking out the top ten websites in your niche and getting ideas from them. You can quite easily take the ideas and themes of other posts on the internet without directly copying them. And you certainly don’t need a plugin to do that.
The Best Way To Create Content That Gets Ranked
If you want to create content that gets ranked, then it’s pointless trying to fool Google. Rather than using the latest techniques and plugins to try and cheat your way to the top, there’s a much simpler way! It involves doing things the way that Google likes to see them done. Many people will waste their time trying the latest methods of getting more traffic when in actual fact they could be ranking quite easily by simply producing quality content.
A Quick Extra Tip About Creating Written Content
Producing lots of content is the best way to get in Google’s good books. But did you know that you can now get intelligent software to help you write your website content? Take a look at my Rytr Review to see how you can make money from any blog in any niche.
Successful online marketers and bloggers don’t use techniques like article spinning. Instead, they use genuine content creation methods like those found in Wealthy Affiliate. If you want to create a long term online business that gets real targeted followers and makes real money, then this free training will certainly help.
Giesela says
Thank you for the Review! Personally I think this is a very nice Plugin. I bought this after I read the Review here.
I know you didn’t really recommend this product but it really works for the purpose that I need.
Andrew says
Hi there.
We all have our own opinions and if this plugin works for you then that’d great news.
I personally wouldn’t recommend this as a lot of the methods used are quite old and outdated.
But I’m really pleased that you found a good use for it.
ajundi14 says
Hi andrew, thanks for your review.
I think you do a great job! Thank you for giving people information before they spend their money on stuff like WP Content Ranker.
Thanks for showing us the Pro’s and con’s, its really important for a product review.
Andrew says
Hi there! I’m very pleased that you found my WP Content Ranker review helpful. You are quite right, I also find it very helpful to see both sides before I make a purchase. There are quite a few reviews of this product that are just promoting it and looking to make a sale. I would do that too if I thought that the product was worth promoting. Although I don’t think the software is too bad, I wouldn’t buy it and therefore wouldn’t want my readers to buy it either.
Dobbs says
You’re just a Wealthy Affiliate affiliate so you are biased and your agenda is obvious – to discourage other tools so people buy your promotion through your affiliate links so you can make a buck. You are a hypocrite acting like an honest reviewer. You will make a lot of money and I have nothing against creative selling, but you will not fool the average person that has half a brain. Cheers fellow greedster!
Andrew says
Hi there Dobbs. You are quite right in everything that you say here. I am an affiliate for the Wealthy Affiliate training and I promote them because I feel that it’s something worth promoting. There are very few training sites online that actually deliver quality marketing training that actually works. WA offer a great package with a huge library of information that has led to many people becoming very successful online. I don’t actually wan’t to discourage anyone from buying WP Content Ranker if it’s right for them. What I want to provide on this website is an alternative point of view.
In my opinion “the average person with half a brain” as you put it will research both pro’s and con’s to this software before spending their money. I’m sorry if my review has offended you, but I simply tried to give an honest opinion. I personally haven’t a single successful business that has been produced by copying and spinning content. However, I am always open to looking at any examples and will always admit when I am wrong. But for now I stand by what I say in this review.
I thank you for taking the time to post your thoughts.
Regards,
Andrew