WPSyndicator Review - Wordpress Plugin to syndicate to web 2.0
I just purchased this plugin yesterday for full price ($67) for multiple domain uses. Here's the low down...
It supports 15 web 2.0 sites (including Twitter). You have to sign up to each site manually if you aren't already a member or don't have another program that does this for you. You could always outsource or take an hour out of your day to sign up. No biggie.
The plugin installs like any typical plugin and is ready to use after 5 minutes of configuration. Very intuitive and easy to do.
You'll need to sign up for a bit.ly account if you don't already have one and input your username and API. Again, very simple. you can also configure the excerpt length, auto syndicate, max daily posts and default anchor text. - Which you can also do in each post as you post in the future, the default is just in case you forget to include anchor text.
The 15 WEB 2.0 sites currently supports:
Wordpress.com
Blogger
Tumblr
Plurk
Multiply
Type Pad
Live Journal
Vox
Friend Feed
Xanga
Indenti.ca
Blewllow
Bright Kite
Youare
Twitter
However, not all work or are 'dofollow'. Blogger does not work for me and I contacted support. After 24 hours, still no reply and I can't really seem to find an actual support link on the website. Not really sure how this works but it isn't easy getting support so far.
Vox is no longer. They are closing the doors September 30th. So that scratches that one off the list of 15 web 2.0 sites.
These are nofollow, so no SEO benefit will be given:
Plurk - nofollow
Friendfeed - nofollow
Youare - nofollow
Xanga - nofollow
The plugin also seems to be a bit of memory hog. Not a good thing.
I use TwitterFeed so I don't need the Twitter function part of this plugin. I like TwitterFeed because it's offsite.
Oh, I signed up for all the accounts 30-40 hrs before I used the plugin and filled out my profiles on each account so it doesn't look spammy to the webmaster. Well, turns out I was suspended from Blellow after two submissions.
So all in all, there's really only like seven WEB 2.0 sites that are useful. But it's still nice getting the link out there and I'm sure it'll give a little bit more of a boost after the WEB 2.0 sites get indexed and start gaining some authority. I'll need to link build the useful seven WEB 2.0 sites to help get them more strength. Is the plugin worth $67? I don't know... I think it's overpriced for what you actually get.
Here's the summary break down:
Hope you find this review helpful.
It supports 15 web 2.0 sites (including Twitter). You have to sign up to each site manually if you aren't already a member or don't have another program that does this for you. You could always outsource or take an hour out of your day to sign up. No biggie.
The plugin installs like any typical plugin and is ready to use after 5 minutes of configuration. Very intuitive and easy to do.
You'll need to sign up for a bit.ly account if you don't already have one and input your username and API. Again, very simple. you can also configure the excerpt length, auto syndicate, max daily posts and default anchor text. - Which you can also do in each post as you post in the future, the default is just in case you forget to include anchor text.
The 15 WEB 2.0 sites currently supports:
Wordpress.com
Blogger
Tumblr
Plurk
Multiply
Type Pad
Live Journal
Vox
Friend Feed
Xanga
Indenti.ca
Blewllow
Bright Kite
Youare
However, not all work or are 'dofollow'. Blogger does not work for me and I contacted support. After 24 hours, still no reply and I can't really seem to find an actual support link on the website. Not really sure how this works but it isn't easy getting support so far.
Vox is no longer. They are closing the doors September 30th. So that scratches that one off the list of 15 web 2.0 sites.
These are nofollow, so no SEO benefit will be given:
Plurk - nofollow
Friendfeed - nofollow
Youare - nofollow
Xanga - nofollow
The plugin also seems to be a bit of memory hog. Not a good thing.
I use TwitterFeed so I don't need the Twitter function part of this plugin. I like TwitterFeed because it's offsite.
Oh, I signed up for all the accounts 30-40 hrs before I used the plugin and filled out my profiles on each account so it doesn't look spammy to the webmaster. Well, turns out I was suspended from Blellow after two submissions.
So all in all, there's really only like seven WEB 2.0 sites that are useful. But it's still nice getting the link out there and I'm sure it'll give a little bit more of a boost after the WEB 2.0 sites get indexed and start gaining some authority. I'll need to link build the useful seven WEB 2.0 sites to help get them more strength. Is the plugin worth $67? I don't know... I think it's overpriced for what you actually get.
Here's the summary break down:
- Support - 1 out of 10 (poor) so far
- Ease of Use - 8 out of 10
- Functionality - 5 out of 10 (half the web 2.0 sites either don't work, won't work in the future or are nofollow)
- Value - 6 out of 10 (bit overpriced IMO)
- Cons - Support, half the WEB 2.0 sites are useless, overpriced, memory hog
- Pros - Easy to use, after it's all setup it does all the work behind the scenes, despite of only seven useful WEB 2.0 sites it'll still help build backlinks
- End thought - Shop around for something cheaper... I'm sure there's plugins out there that can be had free or cheap. maybe Incansoft has something?
Hope you find this review helpful.
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