Auto-generated product feeds vs hand-written reviews: thin-content tax
API-stuffed pages (auto-spun from product data) scale infinitely but Amazon's terms forbid pure price/spec-scraping pages, and Google buries them.
n=400 pages, 6 months:
— Auto-feed pages: indexed at 31%, avg EPC $0.04, high de-index risk
— Hand-written reviews w/ live API pricing: indexed at 94%, avg EPC $0.27
The API is a data source, not a content engine. Pages that are 100% feed with no original judgment don't rank and risk both Google and Amazon penalties.
So what: use the API to keep prices/availability live, but the human comparison verdict is what earns the click and the index slot. Feed-only pages are a 6x EPC discount you're paying yourself.
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Auto-generated product feeds vs hand-written reviews: thin-content tax
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