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Hi there,

I have a complex question, and probably a simple one for you to answer.
I am writing an article, and have the article to have (suburb) in the text... however I will be replacing (suburb) with many suburbs in Adelaide South Australia. But when I spin the article I want the occurance of the suburb to be the same suburb that the spintext picks out of the first sentence.

So I will have a completely spun article for waste removal as an example:

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Skip Bin Hire {Payneham|Elizabeth|West Lakes|Norwood|Glynde},

Supreme Skip Bins pride ourselves in delivering to {Payneham|Elizabeth|West Lakes|Norwood|Glynde} at such a reasonable cost. However, with the growth in the industry, and {Payneham|Elizabeth|West Lakes|Norwood|Glynde}, being in such demand we guarantee our deliveries within 24Hrs.

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Now with the above example I wish that the spun article uses Payneham right the way through the article, then the next spin to use the next suburb in the spintext. This is a very small example of what I would like to do with a more in depth 400 word spin article.

Pleasee can you advise how I can do this as I am still new to "The Best Spinner"... I just love the software, and often find myself opening it each day for something as simple as writing new emails with words I would have never thought to use.

Regards,

Ciaran Whelan.

Hi Meg,


Thank you very much for taking the time for your reply, however I do not know how to do the Nth synonym when exporting. Will this give me many articles with suburbs in each article that will keep one suburb per spun article?

Hi Meg,


Thank you very much for taking the time for your reply, however I do not know how to do the Nth synonym when exporting. Will this give me many articles with suburbs in each article that will keep one suburb per spun article?

The Nth spin is designed to use the first synonym from every group in the first article, the 2nd synonym in the 2nd article, the third in the third, etc. BUT if the number of synonyms in each spin group is not the same, then once the smallest number of synonyms is exceeded by the number of articles, then after that the synonyms are used at random. For example, say you have 10 suburbs and you also spin some other words but some have 5 synonyms, some have 3 synonyms and others have 8 synonyms, then if you ask for, say, 10 articles, once you have created 3 articles, after that, the synonyms will be random.

Your best technique is the data merge. This article shows how to use it in TBS2. http://www.howtospinbest.com/dm111576.html You can also find an article on page 91 of the official TBS3 user guide - you can download it at the top of the TBS3 forum.

Hi Meg...

Unfortunately the article at page 3 is cut off... I think I understand the PH1 PH2 PH3 concept... I will have to give it a try.
In my case because I have about 120 suburbs, does this mean that all 120 suburbs are PH1? or does each suburb have its own unique PH number..

(Referencing PH only because it is referenced in your article.)

Hi Meg...

Unfortunately the article at page 3 is cut off... I think I understand the PH1 PH2 PH3 concept... I will have to give it a try.
In my case because I have about 120 suburbs, does this mean that all 120 suburbs are PH1? or does each suburb have its own unique PH number..

(Referencing PH only because it is referenced in your article.)

The link "next article" should actually read "next page"!   So it continues on http://www.howtospinbest.com/dm2446tf.html and there is at least another page after that.

All suburbs will be PH1. If you are using a spreadsheet, which is what I do, because I find it easier (and you can export as a CSV file), I would put a heading of SUB1 or some other similar heading that would remind me what the item stood for (suburb) but was a word that would not be spun by using favourites or auto select, etc. I put it in caps so it stands out for me for replacement (in case I need to find it).

Your example article
Skip Bin Hire {Payneham|Elizabeth|West Lakes|Norwood|Glynde},

Supreme Skip Bins pride ourselves in delivering to {Payneham|Elizabeth|West Lakes|Norwood|Glynde} at such a reasonable cost. However, with the growth in the industry, and {Payneham|Elizabeth|West Lakes|Norwood|Glynde}, being in such demand we guarantee our deliveries within 24Hrs.

In TBS, I would write it as:
Skip Bin Hire SUB1,

Supreme Skip Bins pride ourselves in delivering to SUB1 at such a reasonable cost. However, with the growth in the industry, and SUB1, being in such demand we guarantee our deliveries within 24Hrs.

When exported, you would then get
Article 1
Skip Bin Hire Payneham,

Supreme Skip Bins pride ourselves in delivering to Payneham at such a reasonable cost. However, with the growth in the industry, and Payneham, being in such demand we guarantee our deliveries within 24Hrs.

Article 2
Skip Bin Hire Elizabeth,

Supreme Skip Bins pride ourselves in delivering to Elizabeth at such a reasonable cost. However, with the growth in the industry, and Elizabeth, being in such demand we guarantee our deliveries within 24Hrs.

etc, etc.

Data merge is good fun once you get the hang of it and you can create large spreadsheets with lots of info that you can "throw into" an article very quickly.

REMEMBER
Before you spin (but not before that) put the placeholder text between square brackets [ and ], so it looks like [SUB1]

EDIT
If you have 120 suburbs, then you can create 120 articles. How different they will be from one another will depend on how much you spin the rest of the article. You could use placeholder text and data merge to add little snippets to each article. For instance, if you used a placeholder text for STORY1 (or any other heading you choose to use), you could add in a news article or waste tip or recycling hint, etc. One cell in a spreadsheet can hold an awful lot of info. 

You could collect tips or news articles (of the kind that will last) or hints over time in a spreadsheet and then you will always have something that can be added at short notice.

Hi Meg,

That really is a fantastic reply, full of the information i am looking to do. Thank you so very much once again for taking the time to explain.
I really appreciate that huge help you have given freely.

Regards,

Ciaran

You're welcome