ECI: Text Spinning
Finally it has been added. Actually a very simple feature for me to add and for everyone to use but I’m sure we can fix that by adding some advanced complicated features later. For those of you who don’t know the term “Text Spinning” it is basically the idea of create unique text on the fly. In our case it is done when the visitor opens a post in our blog. Just before WordPress displays the post, it processes shortcodes. The Easy CSV Importer Text Spinning shortcode allows us to provide two or more values which will be selected at random. The chosen value will be the one displayed in place of the shortcode itself.
Key Information
- Selection of any value within the short-code is random. There is currently no cycle or intelligent approach to selecting a value. However it is possible to make the short-code more advanced, but it is low priority and will only be done on request.
Features
There is currently a single text spinning short code. If you have any ideas on how to create another that does something a little different then please comment below.
Example Text Spinning Shortcodes
- [ecispin values="brilliant,great,amazing,superb"]
- [ecispin values="I really like ,I love ,I enjoy "]
- [ecispin values="Buy Now,Buy Today,Buy"]
Overall Effects
You can increase Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) by using multiple short-codes in your design. However you can also use this short-code to get other advanced results such as randomising a group of images or the URL in a link i.e. send the visitor to more than one of your sites that provide the same information in order to spread traffic out. This would require you to have the page url for each site within each record. Something that can be done with the right SQL query and export of the results to a CSV file. I hope to help make possible in future with new features.
Videos
The main video shows the results of your configuration. It will take you through the entire project swiftly, so you can witness the real effects. The other videos cover configuration only, much shorter and I describe the effects rather than showing them.
So it respins with each page load?
I’m just wondering from an SEO or footprint point of view if it might be better to spin and retain the result. So post content is randomized but stable.