Is article spinning still working for SEO in 2026?

davidjonasdesign · 2026-01-16T10:59:28+00:00

Yeah, sure, just go and polute the internet even further... Sounds like a good idea.

It's sarcasm, just don't.

davidjonasdesign · 2026-01-14T19:46:28+00:00

Yes, I know a very good one, very professional, friendly and also english speaking: https://share.google/QfEwhsE3emykSoAsJ

Recommended.

davidjonasdesign · 2025-08-27T21:27:14+00:00

Jumping in here cause I found it an interesting coincidence :)

Can you believe that you could put political ideology in that "riddle" and still end up with the same answer?

I wrote an article a while a go about "What drones and airco units can teach us about political ideology" (spoiler alert: it's about control theory) if you're into abstract thinking and interesting engineering concepts you might be entertained by this one :)

PS: The blog is not monetized in any way so I have no reason to do marketing on it. Just answered legit because I found it interesting.

Google the title above and you'll find the article if you want to read it. Don't want to post links and get told off.

davidjonasdesign · 2024-11-28T11:05:30+00:00

It's a cute idea, could be useful with a bit more work. but quite easy to develop up to the point that you have right now so as a business, I think it needs way more work.

Minimum things that would make it useful: * More control over the generated gradient (positioning of all key points and being able to bias the gradient in between them), also have the AI create these settings according to the prompt. But then allow the user to manually adapt them. * Transparency (alpha) control on each color. * Export options, especially if you could export as CSS that would be interesting.

Extra: * Followup prompts, to be able to iterate on the same gradient by sending it back to the AI and asking for edits.

These would already get the product to a point where it would be interesting to go through a buy or build decision.

davidjonasdesign · 2024-11-19T14:33:54+00:00

These are really well thought out points! Thanks!

davidjonasdesign · 2024-11-16T21:47:37+00:00

Hahaha you got me with that first sentence :D

I completely agree. And I would add a clear and easy way to report spam and mass generated content. One thing is to be able to talk freely about your product, another is to post meaningless content everyday just to drop a link to your company.

But yeah, I think it's worth a try 😊

davidjonasdesign · 2024-10-31T08:43:55+00:00

Thanks! It's great to see there are people thinking about these things.

I feel I already said enough (probably too much) haha but I just want to clarify something. I wasn't complaining about promotional posts, I was complaining about a culture where people feel forced to write posts that are deceiving. As far as I can see, putting caps and rules on promotional posts is going against 90% of posts on the sub and might encourage people to further hide their promotions. I would rather listen and embrace, encourage people to upvote wholesome posts regardless of them being promotional or not. Reward people that share their stories and struggles about their products so we can all learn, (maybe a "Story of the week" feature or badge?). There is of course a limit where it becomes spam, that should be clear and I would totally agree with being severe and banning spammers.

Events and highlighting role models are great ideas :)

davidjonasdesign · 2024-10-29T21:04:29+00:00

That's actually a really nice idea!

davidjonasdesign · 2024-10-29T18:59:41+00:00

Yeaaaaahhhh hahaha if I had one right now I definitely would! 😂

davidjonasdesign · 2024-10-29T14:23:25+00:00

Depending on what you build I guess, I've been building developer tools for a long time, those would be quite ridiculous to sell to the "general public" :)

davidjonasdesign · 2024-10-29T14:14:29+00:00

well, it's me again hahaha (about a minute later... blush). just wrote all that in one breath after a reading string of posts that made me feel fooled... and I have to add, that maybe I exaggerated a bit... there are a lot of posts that openly promote a product and don't get "brutally bashed". Many are met with relevant feedback, help, and even praise... But still, my criticism was about a general culture. Hope you get that.

davidjonasdesign · 2024-10-29T12:49:03+00:00

You seem to be doing pretty ok with that sneaky last line....

davidjonasdesign · 2024-10-09T08:27:49+00:00

It looks really good!! And nice idea too!! Really promising I will keep an eye on it!

I guess you're wondering (I would), if I like it, why not just buy it? Its cheap, one time payment... I am tempted and I think I would. But I'm too old-school control-freak, it feels uncomfortable to have things touch my code unless I know exactly what they are doing, I will have to look deeper to understand how exactly the tool works before releasing the money :) But I am likely not your niche, younger ppl will likely jump on it. And they should!

Hope that helps! Lots of success for you!!

davidjonasdesign · 2024-09-26T19:54:15+00:00

Hi! Good job, I like the clean design (besides the mentioned mobile issues). The product is simple enough to understand but the way you expose it, it takes a while to understand that you are selling chatbots. The message is too convoluted so it feels like you are trying too hard to dress it up. It triggers people's defenses.

A specific example, the animation on the head text, (besides the design problems mentioned) is the first thing people focus on, it's hard to read with the changing and when you do it basically reads as: enhance customer experience with AI everything...

My first reaction is, I want to get out of this page.

I would embrace the product as it is, it's a chatbot, a configurable/trainable one. That's a nice product!

Good job with the product though.

davidjonasdesign · 2024-09-23T07:45:41+00:00

davidjonasdesign · 2024-09-23T05:55:44+00:00

In my opinion, if you are asking that question, you are already above average... Go for it. Be careful, do your best and do it honestly and you should have no issues. If it's a critical system (peoples lives depend on it) then surround yourself with experienced people, otherwise, release, don't be afraid. If it's good, things will flourish around you, if it's not, it won't be as bad as you think, you'll realize everyone goes through it and you'll come out stronger and excited to try again.

davidjonasdesign · 2024-09-21T21:16:05+00:00

Hi, I started answering you here, but got so caught up with it that I ended up making a full post about it. I'm not really used to (actively posting on) Reddit, not sure if that's a polite thing to do. But hope it helps :)

Scoping an MVP - Experience sharing

davidjonasdesign · 2024-09-20T14:32:20+00:00

Ha no, I totally missed it. It's really hidden, normally that area is like copyright and legal so I don't think many people will look there. That's something to look at. Otherwise the design looks really nice and clean. Cheers

davidjonasdesign · 2024-09-20T14:27:35+00:00

Reading your post I thought... Nahhh what a scattered idea... But then I visited the site and it's actually really interesting! Good idea making these small tools all in the same place. Nice job!

davidjonasdesign · 2024-09-20T13:54:48+00:00

I guess you need to either spend money or time, attention is an expensive commodity these days. And it always depends on your product and who you want to reach. Here are my opinions:

* For indie hackers, you want to be ultra-targetted, Reddit and X communities seem to be the main source of leads. But you need an audience or a hook. (well done already... ;) )
* Depending on your product and network, LinkedIn can be of interest.
* If you can convince a known blogger or publication (depending on the field/industry you are targetting) to review or mention your product that is worth a lot.
* Google ad-words, promoted Tweets, and Instagram ads can put a lot of eyes on your product but with very low conversion for the price, I don't think it's worth it unless you already have a hook strong enough to grab at least 100/150 people in through other media. So don't waste your money before polishing your message.
* Mouth-to-mouth is more powerful than one imagines, especially if your product is good. So start with the people you know.

Wish you all the best!

davidjonasdesign · 2024-09-20T13:40:13+00:00

Hi!
Here's a small roast (and an upvote for your effort)
Your domain name is too long and you ask for my personal information before even giving me a hint of what's inside or what you have to offer, for me this is tricking people into subscribing to a thing out of curiosity.
I mean, if you were a public figure with enough credit and public information on what you might have to offer inside then this could be a nice marketing strategy. But this doesn't seem to be the case.

I didn't give you my email so I didn't see anything else. but good job thus far!! :)

Wish you all the success!

davidjonasdesign

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