How do you autoblog

[abs007]

Hi All I have read in many places that people are pulling up articles from other websites and placing their blogs to auto update and to automatically post the articles on their blog

I was wondering if anyone could shed any light as to how they are doing this and if they face problems with duplicate contents

cheers

[Marian]

There are tons of info here on the forum, automating doesn't mean only posting some other blogs/ sites stuff on your blog - but also mix of your content, articles, PLRs, etc... and you can do that with various WP plugins and/or from centralized "master" server.

Marian

[Russell Portwood]

A lot of the plugins will pull RSS feeds from other places which is OK, I guess. I have used those in the past but now prefer Automatic Blog from Peomedia.com which pulls articles (complete with resource box to keep it legal) from ArticlesBase. Sure, I have leaks from my site but I find the content a lot better and more on topic. Sure worth a look.
Russell

[abs007]

Hi could you point me to a thread regarding the basics to autoblogging - i have used the search function but couldnt get anything and have also tried searching on google

thanks

[Kael41]

I've got several autoblogs that do well, but the autoblogs that do even better incorporate what I call the hybridauto method. This means I'm simply mixing unique content that I create or have created for me, expose it on the top level pages (categories, home page, etc) and then have my filler content composed of autoblog sources: rss, yahoo, ebay, amazon.

[radio]

I've got several autoblogs that do well, but the autoblogs that do even better incorporate what I call the hybridauto method.

This has been my most successful approach. It leads to return traffic as well. It's tough to manage sites and keep content fresh all the time, that's where the automated content comes in... but fresh and unique content being featured on the site will get your site out of the "splog" category. I think auto content helps "juice" your unique content. It's been my experience.

[Keith Kogane]

Originally Posted by abs007

Hi could you point me to a thread regarding the basics to autoblogging - i have used the search function but couldnt get anything and have also tried searching on google

thanks

In my sig, I link to several autoblogging threads that I started here in the forum (not selling anything, just free threads here on WF), but many many more skilled and experienced warriors weighed in as well. That's probably a good place to look to get you started.

Originally Posted by Marian

There are tons of info here on the forum, automating doesn't mean only posting some other blogs/ sites stuff on your blog - but also mix of your content, articles, PLRs, etc... and you can do that with various WP plugins and/or from centralized "master" server.

Marian

Yep - I use pretty much this exact physical setup. I have an invisible private WordPress install that has a bunch of specialized plugins allowing me to automatically harvest, modify, remix, and re-publish all my content to all of my sites from one location.

Originally Posted by Kael41

I've got several autoblogs that do well, but the autoblogs that do even better incorporate what I call the hybridauto method. This means I'm simply mixing unique content that I create or have created for me, expose it on the top level pages (categories, home page, etc) and then have my filler content composed of autoblog sources: rss, yahoo, ebay, amazon.

Hybridauto - NICE! Yeah, that's pretty much my content recipe too - nothing is reposted without having something done to it (only if I have permission of course, I don't remix other people's articles - Everything I post is legally done. I just automate it and interweave other stuff so my sites are actually usable and valuable to visitors.

Hope that helps!

[Jon Alexander]

There are lots of ways of creating autoblogs, including some great free software offered by warriors. How you monetize them is another matter, of course. I monetize mine in a round-a-bout way - I use them a la 'bloggerhigh.com' method, to push PR, backlinks and visitors to other sites I own that are seriously monetized.

[Keith Kogane]

Originally Posted by Jon Alexander

There are lots of ways of creating autoblogs, including some great free software offered by warriors. How you monetize them is another matter, of course. I monetize mine in a round-a-bout way - I use them a la 'bloggerhigh.com' method, to push PR, backlinks and visitors to other sites I own that are seriously monetized.

I need to do more of that. I'm actually thinking of changing the way I use my standalone feeder engine install to just throw up fast review and sales sites, with a few pages each. The system was built to drip post, but I could also just bulk load too.

Anyway, I was thinking about making a ton of those, and then create the kind of linkage blogs you're talking about to promote them. Or even just mod my own inline ads to promote my own affiliate review sites vs. linking directly to salesletters.

Kind of creating more of a buffer and adding an extra step in that "ladder of intamacy" thing.

I'll have to try it and report back. I know we disagree often on content tactics (or seem to anyway) but I know you're a smart guy who actually takes action and I respect that. Thanks for the idea!

P.S. I saw a link you gave to bloggerhigh on another thread and had already downloaded it to check out. Thanks for that too.

[abs007]

Hay thanks alot guys - During the time that I had created this threads 2 post from myself I went and purchased an ebook on this subject _ i just need to put it into practice now but much of the recommendations for the auto bloging software costs some money so need to try and get hold of the best ones for the cheapest

Do you mind sharing what plugins you guys are using for this please

cheers

[Keith Kogane]

Originally Posted by abs007

Hay thanks alot guys - During the time that I had created this threads 2 post from myself I went and purchased an ebook on this subject _ i just need to put it into practice now but much of the recommendations for the auto bloging software costs some money so need to try and get hold of the best ones for the cheapest

Do you mind sharing what plugins you guys are using for this please

cheers

I use only free plugins. Read the warrior threads I link to in my sig. No need to repeat it here, since it's all there.

[adiknight]

Is it very successful? Dunno if i like the sound of auto blogging

[rhelaine]

Keith,

I have been reading all your posts and was wondering something.

How much resources does your hidden control blog usues? With 75 (or more now i suppose) blogs it must take a significant amount of resources.

Are you self hosting this one? or is it on a regular webhosting?

[Keith Kogane]

Originally Posted by rhelaine

Keith,

I have been reading all your posts and was wondering something.

How much resources does your hidden control blog usues? With 75 (or more now i suppose) blogs it must take a significant amount of resources.

Are you self hosting this one? or is it on a regular webhosting?

It's just regular shared hosting believe it or not. None of my blogs post more than once a day, and most of them only 2-3 times a week. I haven't found that doing more than that after the first month makes much difference anyway. Even if every blog was posting every day, it would still only be triggering 500 or so times in a whole week.

I don't anticipate it having trouble with many, many more blogs than that.

I should also note that content pulled from feeds is only part of what I post, so that doesn't really bog down resources either - no blog I run gets more than 2 feed-based posts a week. The rest are just post-dated articles and bulk-loaded videos (I get Youtube vids via RSS, but I save them as drafts and post-date, rather than pulling in real-time).

Hope that answers your question!

[rhelaine]

yes it answers that question and also how much you post too

Great help

[abs007]

thanks alot keith will take some time out to go through your sig

I actually paid for a wordpress plugin called caffeinated contents or something - It seems to be working find and im also running a wp-rewrite module - maybe not the best for rewriting but its working ok.

And the best news is that my first autoblog is up and running

now time to site back and see what tweeks need to be made in regards to duplicate contents and other seo related issues.

Ive actually got another plugin that im running also which is a duplicate content plugin that eliminates any duplicate articles that have been pulled up.

[onli]

besides autoblog tools, you need to know autoblog strategies.

[Kael41]

Absolutely. More people fail at autoblogging when they throw up an ok theme, activate some plugins and sit back and hope that the site generates some income. Just like any other venture online, you NEED to do some of the following in order to MAKE money.

1) Keyword research and utilization (especially on categories and tags)
2) Controlling your ping-outs
3) RSS submissions
4) web 2.0 bookmarking strategies (for longevity)
5) Directory submissions
6) and a slew of other often repeated traffic/linking methods.

Yes, autoblogging can be set/forget moneymakers, most of mine are. But the necessary steps to bring that blog up to the position of being self sustaining and visibile across the SERPS is paramount to its success.

[Keith Kogane]

Originally Posted by Kael41

Absolutely. More people fail at autoblogging when they throw up an ok theme, activate some plugins and sit back and hope that the site generates some income. Just like any other venture online, you NEED to do some of the following in order to MAKE money.

1) Keyword research and utilization (especially on categories and tags)
2) Controlling your ping-outs
3) RSS submissions
4) web 2.0 bookmarking strategies (for longevity)
5) Directory submissions
6) and a slew of other often repeated traffic/linking methods.

Yes, autoblogging can be set/forget moneymakers, most of mine are. But the necessary steps to bring that blog up to the position of being self sustaining and visibile across the SERPS is paramount to its success.

Exactly - I think there's kind of a critical mass when it comes to making an autoblog - you can't just set it up and forget it - you need to tend it for a little while and get it to take hold. You don't just want to set it up in a vacuum and not connect it and plug it into its target niche. Promotion is how you do that, but that can be automated too. It just takes a little longer. But once it takes hold and you've got everything set up, THEN it's time to walk away and start the next one.

Very very good advice.

[cctravis]

I like to use caffeinated content but you do have to maintain it. I like to schedule it for 1 month and spend a hour or so weeding through the yahoo answers and you tube clips and only keeping the best. I used YAAB but I could not get it to stop postin duplicate content.

[BJ Min]

is there a video course that shows up how to set up an autoblog out there?

[JNFerree]

A few months back, there was an 'extended' thread on this topic and the most talked about (stable) WP plug-in for automatically importing relevant blog content was a tool called YAAB. The author is a nice guy (PhD) from India I think? I liked his tool so much that I clicked the Donate button and he almost instantly replied with a thanks for the $$ (what converted to 48 Indian Rupees) I was the 1st guy to donate for the cause. That's the good news.

The bad news is, from people who know more than me, say that having duplicate content on your Blog is NOT a good thing, so even though I liked the clean way Yaab did its thing, I quit using it for fear of Google thinking my Blog was a bunch of dupe content.

My Alexa is still only in the low 300k range and my backlinks and Webgrader scores are doing better each week, but you can't fool the crawlers, so you might think about that B4 you use Yaab or any other auto post tool.

[Keith Kogane]

Originally Posted by JNFerree

The bad news is, from people who know more than me, say that having duplicate content on your Blog is NOT a good thing, so even though I liked the clean way Yaab did its thing, I quit using it for fear of Google thinking my Blog was a bunch of dupe content.

My Alexa is still only in the low 300k range and my backlinks and Webgrader scores are doing better each week, but you can't fool the crawlers, so you might think about that B4 you use Yaab or any other auto post tool.

The people who think that "duplicate content" applies to having content on your website that also appears on a different domain have no actual understanding of what "duplicate content" means as Google refers to it.

I wouldn't be so quick to assume that the people who have told you this know more than you at all, because it's not true. I use Yaab to power pretty much 75% of the content across my network of 70-80 or so blogs and blog-like sites.

I have decent rankings and no site has been penalized for either the content nor the backlinking strategies I use.

FYI, "duplicate content" refers ONLY to having multiple IDENTICAL pages on the SAME DOMAIN. Period.

Copies of the same content on different domains all have the same chance to rank as any other page on any other website, unique or not.

But you know, don't use it if you don't want to. But don't dismiss by proxy what you yourself admit to not even understanding fully. Even if you heard from people who WERE smarter than you it STILL doesn't mean they aren't wrong.

Which in this case, they are.

[jakesellers]

Originally Posted by Keith Kogane

FYI, "duplicate content" refers ONLY to having multiple IDENTICAL pages on the SAME DOMAIN. Period.

So, f'rinstance, searching for (from a random plr on my hard drive) "list of candidate businesses that are right for you" that yeilds 6 straight and 2800+ supplemental means what in terms of duplicate content?

[sbucciarel]

ditto everything Keith said above. To assume that Google doesn't rank or index duplicate content just because you heard that rumor simply isn't true. If that were true, there would be only one article directory indexed on the net, just as one example, but I have autoblogs that have thousands of pages indexed and have pagerank.

My favorite autoblog plugins are autoblogged and WPRobot. They both do something different. Autoblogged will bring in posts using rss feeds or keywords, your choice, and provide attribution to the original source. I have never had anyone ask me to stop using their content ... they do get backlinks and attribution so they don't mind it at all.

WPRobot pulls in articles, videos, Amazon, Clickbank and Ebay products (with your affiliate link). I use it along with Aublogged.

I also add unique content to my blogs in addition to autoblogging.

As for autoblogging plugins that pull in content from articlebase, I have one that I never use. Used it once and it brought in the worst spammy articles ever written. I don't want garbage content on my autoblogs and articlebase has a lot of garbage content. The plugin also didn't pull in the articles that were relevant. The blog might be about Yoga and it would pull in spammy make money online articles.

I use autoblogging to build up content on a lot of domains that I haven't had a chance to or might not ever build a custom site on. Better than parking domains in my opinion.

As for duplicate content ... there are also plenty of plugins that deal with that ifit worries you. I use the Steve Fullman plugin - █░█MICHAEL OKSA SPECIAL BUMP█░█ GRAB THIS MUST-HAVE AUTOBLOGGING PLUGIN...AND HELP A FELLOW WARRIOR - found there. It's been working out for me just great.

[clarissa25]

Originally Posted by Keith Kogane

In my sig, I link to several autoblogging threads that I started here in the forum (not selling anything, just free threads here on WF), but many many more skilled and experienced warriors weighed in as well. That's probably a good place to look to get you started.



Yep - I use pretty much this exact physical setup. I have an invisible private WordPress install that has a bunch of specialized plugins allowing me to automatically harvest, modify, remix, and re-publish all my content to all of my sites from one location.



Hybridauto - NICE! Yeah, that's pretty much my content recipe too - nothing is reposted without having something done to it (only if I have permission of course, I don't remix other people's articles - Everything I post is legally done. I just automate it and interweave other stuff so my sites are actually usable and valuable to visitors.

Hope that helps!

hi can these be done for free at all? and are there any videos available that will show how to set one up

[BJ Min]

can you do autoblog with BLOGGER.com as well?

i am very interested in this as well...again, would ditto what gregory
said...i am also interested in a camtasia style video course showing
how to do this because i like learning visually...thanks

[thunderbird]

BJ Min, I've tried autoblogging with blogger in the past. Blogger kept on making changes to throw autoblogging scripts off. Don't know where things stand now.

When it comes to autoblogging on Wordpress, for some reason I'm having trouble getting wp-o-matic to automatically post for me. The cron job didn't work for me, though I tried various online fixes for this problem.

Yaab didn't quite work for me either. Maybe the solution is simple, but it was just posting titles for me, but not text body.

I'm finding that feedwordpress works pretty well for the purposes of one of my blogs.

[Keith Kogane]

BJ - you can autoblog to blogger a number of ways, but the way I do it is to create an autoblog the same way I would in WordPress, then publish that content to Blogger's post-by-email feature using WordPress's Subscribe2 Plugin.

Using a single, private WordPress install, I can control dozens and dozens of Blogger blogs simultaneously.

As long as you don't overdo it, and actually filter the posts through a different Gmail for each set of blogs (rather than emailing direct from Wordpress to 25 blogs, I email to a Gmail account, which has a filter to auto-forward certain subject lines to the blogger post address.

Anyway, I hope that makes sense - let me know if you have questions!

P.S. A simpler way to automate posting to Blogger is to use Thunderbird email client and a plugin they have for it that allows scheduling of emails to send in the future. You need to manually create your content emails, but that might be easier for beginners anyway.

[ccprosell]

Just one question for the feedwordpress-plugin.

I'm using feedwordpress, but I have problems with the feed from google-news (formatting errors), which prevents me using google-news-feed.
Same problem with YouTube.
With Yahoo-News-Feed everything works fine ??

Any suggestions or fixes ??

Mark

[thunderbird]

Hi, Mark

I've just been using it for Amazon and Clickbank feeds, and it works ok with that (but not perfectly). I would say just ask the plugin developers: FeedWordPress | simple and flexible Atom/RSS syndication for WordPress

[thunderbird]

I don't mean to plug feedwordpress per se. Sometimes a plugin's performance can be affected by other plugins, how the server is configured, or any number of other factors. I tried to use Google news feeds after you brought it up and had the same formatting issues. If I figure it out, I'll get back to you on that. Google news feeds can be quirky -- they seem to deliberately change things around (maybe to mess up some scripts?)

[Your Lover]

Keith,
Thank you for the great help