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Is anyone making money Autobloggin?

by askmrgramson
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And if so how many blogs does it take? Of course I understand it depends on the popularity of each blog but I'm just curious after reading all the hype if people actually make money doing this!
#autobloggin #making #money
  • Profile picture of the author Net Assasin
    Originally Posted by askmrgramson View Post

    And if so how many blogs does it take? Of course I understand it depends on the popularity of each blog but I'm just curious after reading all the hype if people actually make money doing this!
    You are correct, it does matter what the blog is about.

    I have approx 90-100 auto blogs making anywhere from $1 to $60 or $70 each per day. It is a numbers game.

    But it definitely makes the moolah
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    • Profile picture of the author BradRich
      Originally Posted by Net Assasin View Post

      You are correct, it does matter what the blog is about.

      I have approx 90-100 auto blogs making anywhere from $1 to $60 or $70 each per day. It is a numbers game.

      But it definitely makes the moolah
      I thought autoblogs weren't doing well anymore. I am glad you're having success. Which autoblog program do you use? Also, how does the whole process work and how much time and effort do you have to put in it?
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      • Profile picture of the author LetsGoViral
        Originally Posted by BradRich View Post

        I thought autoblogs weren't doing well anymore. I am glad you're having success. Which autoblog program do you use? Also, how does the whole process work and how much time and effort do you have to put in it?
        They aren't doing well. They are awful. Please don't make any :p
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      • Profile picture of the author paulie888
        Originally Posted by BradRich View Post

        I thought autoblogs weren't doing well anymore. I am glad you're having success. Which autoblog program do you use? Also, how does the whole process work and how much time and effort do you have to put in it?
        Brad, please read my post above. It's not so much which autoblog plugin you use, as how you implement your autoblog is ultimately going to count for a lot more.

        Implementing an autoblog starts with proper niche and keyword research first, and selecting the right keywords to rank for. In addition to that, you have to constantly monitor and only approve scraped content that is relevant to your site's overall theme and message. I'm not sure where the 'auto' part comes in during this process, but it does require constant work on your part - it's definitely not 'set and forget', even though the marketers keep implying/claiming that it is!

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    • Profile picture of the author Dave90210
      What does that come out to monthly and how much money did you have to invest to get to 90 autoblogs?


      Originally Posted by Net Assasin View Post

      You are correct, it does matter what the blog is about.

      I have approx 90-100 auto blogs making anywhere from $1 to $60 or $70 each per day. It is a numbers game.

      But it definitely makes the moolah
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      • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
        Originally Posted by Dave90210 View Post

        What does that come out to monthly and how much money did you have to invest to get to 90 autoblogs?
        The absolute minimum investment would have to been at least $920 if they are all .com domains and they are all on the same hosting plan.

        90 x $10 = $900
        $20 a month for a reseller account

        I would say though that I would imagine the 90 domains arent hosted on teh same hosting account so then the expenses go up a little. If the poster is making the money he claims (and I don't doubt he is as it's not that tough once you figure it out) then that additional expense isn't really an issue in the long run and is often welcomed because it means you are expanding your 'empire".
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  • Profile picture of the author Mohammad Afaq
    Well autoblogging was never my thing (I like providing value instead
    of blatantly copying and pasting other person's content) but many
    people are having success with it and many are failing.

    Autoblogging is the same as any other business model. You can secceed or
    fail depending on what YOU do.
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    • Profile picture of the author bitriot
      Originally Posted by Mohammad Afaq View Post

      Well autoblogging was never my thing (I like providing value instead
      of blatantly copying and pasting other person's content) but many
      people are having success with it and many are failing.

      Autoblogging is the same as any other business model. You can secceed or
      fail depending on what YOU do.
      Out of all of my websites, my one autoblog is my favorite. And I feel it provides the most value to the end user - Aggregating content (like say... google or any of the millions of hobby news sites) provides great value.
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      • Profile picture of the author Mohammad Afaq
        Originally Posted by bitriot View Post

        Out of all of my websites, my one autoblog is my favorite. And I feel it provides the most value to the end user - Aggregating content (like say... google or any of the millions of hobby news sites) provides great value.
        There's a difference between Aggregating content and copying someone else's content.

        Google doesn't take my content and post it under their domain. They send people to my domain instead. Same goes for other sites like Digg, Stumbleupon and all other aggregating sites.

        In autoblogging however, you STEAL other person's content. It's blatant plagiarism and theft. Don't believe me?

        According to Dictionary.com | Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com plagiarism is:

        "the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work"

        Hope it clears it up a little.

        Now can you make money with autoblogs? Sure you can. Can you make money selling pirated software? Sure you can. Can you make money robbing a bank? Sure you can.

        Things sure seem different when you look at 'em from a different angle, don't they?
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        • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
          Originally Posted by Mohammad Afaq View Post

          There's a difference between Aggregating content and copying someone else's content.

          Google doesn't take my content and post it under their domain. They send people to my domain instead. Same goes for other sites like Digg, Stumbleupon and all other aggregating sites.

          In autoblogging however, you STEAL other person's content. It's blatant plagiarism and theft. Don't believe me?

          According to Dictionary.com | Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com plagiarism is:

          "the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work"

          Hope it clears it up a little.

          Now can you make money with autoblogs? Sure you can. Can you make money selling pirated software? Sure you can. Can you make money robbing a bank? Sure you can.

          Things sure seem different when you look at 'em from a different angle, don't they?
          Your statements arent exactly true or fair...

          Yes you may have typed in plagiarism and found the definition but your applying to everyone who auto blogs like it is a matter of fact and not based on specific circumstances. Blindly applying it to all isnt exactly fair now is it?

          You are right in saying Google doesnt post it under their domain and if others using your content bothers you then dont put it in places that ALLOW for this (such as most article directories). If your content is actually being "stolen" as you make it seem every auto blogger does then you have a legitimate complaint but if your simply tagging all auto bloggers with your own opinions and rants then I'm sorry but your simply wrong!

          Auto Blogging can and does (for many people) offer a good experience for the end user. It's all about how you approach it, doing it legally (which more often is the case than not) and making it work for you.

          I've seen you (along with others) continually posting in threads like this, trying to force your opinions on others, trying to paint a bad picture about anything that relates to auto blogging...etc etc and honestly it's a bit annoying. You come in these threads and dont really offer any sound advice or useful input to the thread topic. You simply do a "drive by" and spit out your own opinion about how bad this particular IM method is...what good is that? How does that help anyone?

          Yes everyone is entitled to their own opinion but if your sole purpose is to bash others ideas and approaches to IM then I think you need to learn a little more about those ideas before you start commenting.

          Auto Blogging isnt stealing (if done correctly), it is a viable method to earn income over the long run and it can provide a good experience!

          You need to SERIOUSLY rethink how your opinion affects others before you type. There are newbies here reading these posts and when they see your post count, realize you've been in the forum a while...etc then they start tho think you are someone who can be trusted simply based on your time here. If you contniue to post in a manner like this (which I have seen you do more than once) then you are in fact hurting those people (most specifically newbies who dont understand) that actually need help and good input the most.

          You recently posted this below in another thread:

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          In these BMWs still don't get it then I don't think it's possible to teach them.


          Strange you would post in that thread (about people trying to force their views on others) that you seem to agree with and then come to threads related to auto blogging and do exactly that...I find that very strange indeed!

          If you had something based on fact other than a definition that you blindly applied to all auto blogging because doing so in that manner suits your viewpoint then that might be different, but you dont....it's ONLY your opinion and your applying a very broad term to a specific group without merit! This type of thread commenting shouldn't be allowed and you need to stop!
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          • Profile picture of the author Mohammad Afaq
            Originally Posted by Rsberg View Post

            Your statements arent exactly true or fair...

            Yes you may have typed in plagiarism and found the definition but your applying to everyone who auto blogs like it is a matter of fact and not based on specific circumstances. Blindly applying it to all isnt exactly fair now is it?

            You are right in saying Google doesnt post it under their domain and if others using your content bothers you then dont put it in places that ALLOW for this (such as most article directories). If your content is actually being "stolen" as you make it seem every auto blogger does then you have a legitimate complaint but if your simply tagging all auto bloggers with your own opinions and rants then I'm sorry but your simply wrong!

            Auto Blogging can and does (for many people) offer a good experience for the end user. It's all about how you approach it, doing it legally (which more often is the case than not) and making it work for you.

            I've seen you (along with others) continually posting in threads like this, trying to force your opinions on others, trying to paint a bad picture about anything that relates to auto blogging...etc etc and honestly it's a bit annoying. You come in these threads and dont really offer any sound advice or useful input to the thread topic. You simply do a "drive by" and spit out your own opinion about how bad this particular IM method is...what good is that? How does that help anyone?

            Yes everyone is entitled to their own opinion but if your sole purpose is to bash others ideas and approaches to IM then I think you need to learn a little more about those ideas before you start commenting.

            Auto Blogging isnt stealing (if done correctly), it is a viable method to earn income over the long run and it can provide a good experience!

            You need to SERIOUSLY rethink how your opinion affects others before you type. There are newbies here reading these posts and when they see your post count, realize you've been in the forum a while...etc then they start tho think you are someone who can be trusted simply based on your time here. If you contniue to post in a manner like this (which I have seen you do more than once) then you are in fact hurting those people (most specifically newbies who dont understand) that actually need help and good input the most.

            You recently posted this below in another thread:

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            In these BMWs still don't get it then I don't think it's possible to teach them.


            Strange you would post in that thread (about people trying to force their views on others) that you seem to agree with and then come to threads related to auto blogging and do exactly that...I find that very strange indeed!

            If you had something based on fact other than a definition that you blindly applied to all auto blogging because doing so in that manner suits your viewpoint then that might be different, but you dont....it's ONLY your opinion and your applying a very broad term to a specific group without merit! This type of thread commenting shouldn't be allowed and you need to stop!
            Why don't you read my first reply to this thread. On Reply #4 http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post2949997 I made it clear that I DO NOT have a problem with autoblogging as a business model. And just for the record, i am not "bashing" anyone or any system.

            Now I understand that I was a little ticked off before I started typing this post (recieved a couple of hate PMs because of my first post on this thread) and I know it came out a little harsh and I apologize for that. Now let's get talking here:

            Ok I get that autoblogging "might" give the user a good experience but isn't it simply stealing content from other sites and posting it on your own site?

            Ok I'm wrong, then tell me what's right.

            EDIT: And like I said before, autoblogging might be an awesome way of making money (never happened for me BTW) and I don't have a problem with the business model. I have a problem with the fact that autoblogging involves "stealing" copyrighted content from other websites and posting it under you own domain name.
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            • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
              Originally Posted by Mohammad Afaq View Post

              Why don't you read my first reply to this thread. On Reply #4 http://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/294718-anyone-making-money-autobloggin.html#post2949997 I made it clear that I DO NOT have a problem with autoblogging as a business model. And just for the record, i am not "bashing" anyone or any system.


              Actually...yes you did say that but you also said:

              "I like providing value instead of blatantly copying and pasting other person's content"

              When you say things like this you are bashing the idea or concept. You may not see it that way but you are because you are making it seem like it's a bad thing to do which in turn tells others (newbies especially) that it's not something they themselves should try. No matter how you slice it, you don’t like auto blogging and it's evident by this post as well as others i have seen you make. You are entitled to your opinion but it's the way you deliver that opinion that I (and many others here on the WF) have a problem with.

              Now I understand that I was a little ticked off before I started typing this post (recieved a couple of hate PMs because of my first post on this thread) and I know it came out a little harsh and I apologize for that. Now let's get talking here:


              You most likely received those PM's because this is not the first time you have posted your "opinion" about autoblogging and the way you try to get your point across DOES come off as (somewhat anyway) bashing it and those that are thinking of trying it.



              Ok I get that autoblogging "might" give the user a good experience but isn't it simply stealing content from other sites and posting it on your own site?

              Ok I'm wrong, then tell me what's right.
              This statement of yours sums it up right here...

              People like you (affectionately referred to as BMW's in the thread I quoted you in my other post) always try to come up with some form of neagaitve connotation to whatever method it is that you are bashing. In this particular case you call it "stealing". I can only assume you are referring to people republishing content that they themselves didn't write on their own websites. If I am right in that assumption (which I don't typically like to do..assume something that is) then let me bring your attention to this bit of information (which most people who have been marketing longer than 5 minutes already know):

              EZINEARTICLES.COM TERMS OF SERVICE FOR AUTHORS:
              By submitting your article(s) to us;

              2. Your submission to EzineArticles.com gives unconditional permission for us to publish your article on the website and if featured, it may be distributed to our EzineArticles Ezine, RSS feed, and to our real-time email alerts members
              3. Your submission to EzineArticles.com also gives unconditional permission for your articles to be reprinted in other ezines, websites and print publications. We ask publisher(s) to follow our reprint rules as stated below, but you acknowledge that the enforcement of our terms of service for publishers is at your risk and cost and not ours. In other words, if someone violates your copyright -- it will be 100% up to you to take legal action against those who abuse your copyright to protect your interests. If you do not agree to these terms, do not submit your articles.

              So basically, if you don't want your articles "stolen" (as you keep calling it) then don't present your articles for publication to those directories that allow for this, which you are informed of prior to submission.

              I'm not a lawyer but I don't see how my (or any other autoblogger) republishing your article (or anyone else’s for that matter) from sites such as Ezine (that allow for this in their TOS) could rightfully be considered "stealing". In fact it's not, that is just your way of putting that form of IM down and spreading your misguided viewpoints in the hopes of discrediting a very valid and legal form of IM.

              I would also like to say that I’ve NEVER put an article or any other piece of content on any of my sites that I haven’t given full and legal acknowledgment back to the original author for (link back to them). I would also be more than willing to remove any article if the original author contacted me and asked me to do so, as I imagine any other respectable auto blogger would.


              EDIT: And like I said before, autoblogging might be an awesome way of making money (never happened for me BTW) and I don't have a problem with the business model. I have a problem with the fact that autoblogging involves "stealing" copyrighted content from other websites and posting it under you own domain name.


              Once again...you use the word "stealing" (in an effort to drive your point of view home to those that don't know any better). I'm sorry but you're simply wrong in this particular instance.

              If (and this is a big "if") your content was in fact actually "stolen" from your site by someone and then republished on thier site without your permission then that is a different matter all together. However, I would imagine that is'nt the case though and you (along with several other people with your same hatred for auto blogging) are simply trying to force your point of views on others and discredit auto blogging in general.

              I also believe that the reason behind this type of behavior (regardless of which particular method it is that's being slandered) is at least in some way (probably mostly) due to the fact that you failed with the method yourself (you said "never happened for me BTW") so you're "mad" at the method and want to spread the word to others in some strange way to make yourself feel better about having failed at it.

              I would like to close these comments by saying (once again) that I have no problem with anyone sharing their experiences or viewpoint and I realize that everyone is entitled to thier own opinion...however, when you make statements like this (and as I said earlier...this isn't your first anti -auto blogging post) and you call it "stealing" then you are in fact not simply sharing your experiences or opinion, you are actually trying to sway others and put the method down. This is actually detrimental and shouldn't be allowed here in the forum...but that's just... my opinion
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        • Profile picture of the author randoggle
          Originally Posted by Mohammad Afaq View Post

          There's a difference between Aggregating content and copying someone else's content.

          Google doesn't take my content and post it under their domain. They send people to my domain instead. Same goes for other sites like Digg, Stumbleupon and all other aggregating sites.

          In autoblogging however, you STEAL other person's content. It's blatant plagiarism and theft. Don't believe me?

          According to Dictionary.com | Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com plagiarism is:

          "the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work"

          Hope it clears it up a little.

          Now can you make money with autoblogs? Sure you can. Can you make money selling pirated software? Sure you can. Can you make money robbing a bank? Sure you can.

          Things sure seem different when you look at 'em from a different angle, don't they?


          Im not an autoblogger, but iam an avid reader. Its my understanding that if you change 20% of someone elses work you can actually copyright it.
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          • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
            Originally Posted by randoggle View Post

            Im not an autoblogger, but iam an avid reader. Its my understanding that if you change 20% of someone elses work you can actually copyright it.
            I don't know the legal ramifications of this but I will say that from my own point of view you would be stealing content if you did this.

            However, if you were to take several pieces of content, read them and educate yourself on the subject and then either wrote your own, rewrote some related PLR or outsourced it then that would be fine.

            Auto blogging offten gets a bad name because some people steal content, if your simply going to rewrite someone elses work and make it 20% unique thats going to rightfully attract all the wrong attention...especially from those who created the content you rewrote.
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            • Profile picture of the author askmrgramson
              Does anyone care to comment on what percentage of their IM revenue autoblogs provide? e.g. "autoblogs are 40% of my IM income"
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              • Profile picture of the author Parangaricutirimicuaro
                And does anyone cares to share what is the best auto blogging blueprint around?
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                • Profile picture of the author swords
                  I'd like to bump this and ask a direct question that wasn't 'exactly' answered.


                  Yes or no, can you copy and paste an entire Ezine article to your website?

                  Do you have to have the author's resource box included on your website?


                  I see sooooo many websites that have duplicate content (word for word) that don't appear to be faulted or charged for copyright. This cannot be simply because they haven't been caught, is it?
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                  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
                    Originally Posted by swords View Post

                    Yes or no, can you copy and paste an entire Ezine article to your website?
                    Yes, but only 25 times a year and no more than 10 times a year on a single domain.

                    Do you have to have the author's resource box included on your website?
                    Yes.

                    I see sooooo many websites that have duplicate content (word for word) that don't appear to be faulted or charged for copyright. This cannot be simply because they haven't been caught, is it?
                    Like you said, there are sooooo many of them.
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                    • Profile picture of the author swords
                      Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

                      Yes, but only 25 times a year and no more than 10 times a year on a single domain.



                      Yes.



                      Like you said, there are sooooo many of them.

                      So, how do you get around the 25 problem when auto blogging? Spinning I assume?


                      Another question regarding TIGHT small niches, does updated content REALLY matter?

                      I currently have a 1 month old Blogger (blogspot) blog that ranks #5 under the top 4 Amazon links. It has 1000+ searches monthly, and I receive about 30-50 views a day (search engine traffic only). I have ONE single 200 word article (100% unique written by me) that honestly gives hardly any information, and then it refers them to an Amazon product. I also have 1 Google AdSense on the site as well.

                      About 7 days ago I was Sandboxed COMPLETELY. My site was de-indexed off the face of Google. I thought maybe my theory was wrong that updated content was not needed, but sure enough... 3 days later, I'm back on #7... and now #5. Probably the Google Dance, but I've personally never experienced one de-indexing me (from my little SEO experiments).


                      Hoping for some insight, thanks : O.
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                      • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
                        Originally Posted by swords View Post

                        So, how do you get around the 25 problem when auto blogging? Spinning I assume?
                        Don't use EZA. Many other article directories don't have these stupid limitations.

                        Another question regarding TIGHT small niches, does updated content REALLY matter?
                        Yes. Google calls it "QDF" - Query Deserves Freshness. Recently indexed content gets a temporary boost in ranking because it's new. This is usually what people want; when you searched for "World Trade Center" on 9/11, as it was happening, you did not want the most informative site out there about the history of the WTC. You wanted the latest news on what was happening.
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                      • Profile picture of the author ScottTrimble
                        I'm doing great money with my autoblogs, I think it's all up to you and how you're using the autoblogging scripts.
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                      • Profile picture of the author neojr
                        Warning: your site may be pushed down on Google if it doesn't offers unique, original content.

                        You can read more about that at Google Modifies Its Search Algorithm.

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    • Profile picture of the author celente
      Originally Posted by Mohammad Afaq View Post

      Well autoblogging was never my thing (I like providing value instead
      of blatantly copying and pasting other person's content) but many
      people are having success with it and many are failing.

      Autoblogging is the same as any other business model. You can secceed or
      fail depending on what YOU do.
      why all the riff raff,

      why not set up a real blog, help real people other than spamming the internet with soemone else copyrighted stuff. The internet is already filled with enough spam to last a life time.

      But dont listen to me... what do i know *shrugs shoulders* meh.
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      • Profile picture of the author QuinNguyen
        Originally Posted by celente View Post

        why all the riff raff,

        why not set up a real blog, help real people other than spamming the internet with soemone else copyrighted stuff. The internet is already filled with enough spam to last a life time.

        But dont listen to me... what do i know *shrugs shoulders* meh.
        Not all auto blogger are spammer and fill their blog with junks I, for one, provide plenty of information on blog.
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        • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
          Originally Posted by QuinNguyen View Post

          Not all auto blogger are spammer and fill their blog with junks I, for one, provide plenty of information on blog.
          Nevermind him QuinNguyen, he's famous (or should I say infamous) for doing "drive bys" on threads related to auto blogging. He thinks if you don't do something his way then you won't be successful in IM. It's best just to ignore him.

          There is a good thread covering this actually (see link below), unfortunatley people like him ignore those threads and concetrate on threads like these.

          http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...d-banging.html
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      • Profile picture of the author Mohammad Afaq
        Originally Posted by celente View Post

        why all the riff raff,

        why not set up a real blog, help real people other than spamming the internet with soemone else copyrighted stuff. The internet is already filled with enough spam to last a life time.

        But dont listen to me... what do i know *shrugs shoulders* meh.
        Exactly what I think. Why not have original content?
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      • Profile picture of the author danicat
        Originally Posted by celente View Post

        why all the riff raff,

        why not set up a real blog, help real people other than spamming the internet with soemone else copyrighted stuff. The internet is already filled with enough spam to last a life time.

        But dont listen to me... what do i know *shrugs shoulders* meh.
        So Autoblogging done right (ie - giving credit to the proper author) is a no go, but something called 'Article Squatting' and somehow getting awesome articles for free is AWESOME? I'm a little bewildered. Squatting generally implies that you're passing something off as yours when it is not. It's a nice way of saying 'stealing stuff that no one will notice you took'.

        Frankly I subscribe to a couple 'Autoblogs' that aren't even monetized. One is an RSS aggregation that culls awesome crafts from around the web. I mean epically AWESOME crafts. That's all. Awesome craft after awesome craft from someone else. But the person has an eye for super awesome crafts. I find a ton of value.

        Think about this...all you nay sayers want something new and original? Then quit. Just...you know...quit. Quit being online, quit making websites, articles, plr, niche blogs, everything. Stop. Go get a science degree or engineering degree or whatever and discover something new. Then write a blog about that, because that's the only thing left that's new and original.

        When you get into a niche, you google and research and write articles and posts that you feel have value. You are presenting information that's found elsewhere in a new format, a format you hope the user will find value in. Guess what...that's what some non-spammer autobloggers are doing. Representing info in a way that they hope others will find useful. Works for some, not for others, but isn't that true with every IM venture?

        I'm going to make an auto post of all the threads on auto blogs. LOL
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  • Profile picture of the author QuinNguyen
    Autoblogging only work if you found a good niche without much competition.
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  • Profile picture of the author QuinNguyen
    Originally Posted by game333 View Post

    Hmmm, I'm gonna give a try but many of WF member disagree with it.
    Guess I need to try myself.
    Make sure you don't give up half way through. The number game can get very repetitive and BORING!
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  • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
    Auto Blogging is just like any other IM method, it can be very rewarding if you stick to it. Like other posters have stated, it's a numbers game and won't happen overnight. There are several ways to approach it, you just have to find what works for you.

    Good luck in whatever direction you take with IM!
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    • Profile picture of the author askmrgramson
      Interesting!

      Net Assassin do you have any advice on the best way to go about it? What software to use and such? Any advice is helpful without giving away any trade secrets of course!
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  • Profile picture of the author darkwizgemz
    In addition you can't learn something that has been posted by a member...
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  • Profile picture of the author tonyaphx
    My autoblogs do not make me much money. I deleted everything that was autoposted and started over with my own words. They seem to do better now.
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    • Profile picture of the author QuinNguyen
      Originally Posted by tonyaphx View Post

      My autoblogs do not make me much money. I deleted everything that was autoposted and started over with my own words. They seem to do better now.
      Maybe you spun the articles too much, and it ended up making no sense to the visitors lol
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  • Profile picture of the author kelly.abdul0
    First thing, you choose your niche. This can be any niche and you don't have to be an expert to create a fresh content in daily basis, because autoblogging will take care of this for us. But, one thing you need to be careful with is choosing the right keywords.

    So, second thing you do is choose the right keywords. How do you choose the right keywords? For instance instead of targeting the keyword "dog training", you target keywords like "how to prevent your dog from excessive barking", or "how to home train your dog". You choose long tail keywords, which have some potential to send you traffic.

    Third, you set your autoblogging software to generate content, which includes the keywords you chose.

    As you can see, this way you will aim for keywords that has less competition, you will have targeted search engine traffic and the content will be created for you in daily basis, and you will start making money from your affiliate links and AdSense.
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    • Profile picture of the author greenowl123
      Originally Posted by kelly.abdul0 View Post

      First thing, you choose your niche. This can be any niche and you don't have to be an expert to create a fresh content in daily basis, because autoblogging will take care of this for us. But, one thing you need to be careful with is choosing the right keywords.

      So, second thing you do is choose the right keywords. How do you choose the right keywords? For instance instead of targeting the keyword "dog training", you target keywords like "how to prevent your dog from excessive barking", or "how to home train your dog". You choose long tail keywords, which have some potential to send you traffic.

      Third, you set your autoblogging software to generate content, which includes the keywords you chose.

      As you can see, this way you will aim for keywords that has less competition, you will have targeted search engine traffic and the content will be created for you in daily basis, and you will start making money from your affiliate links and AdSense.

      Good advice !

      And if I may add my 2 cents....

      To get your auto posts in front of more eyeballs and get more visitors, connect your rss feed of your blog(s) to dlvr.it then add all your twitter, myspace, linkedin, ping.fm and other social bookmarking sites.

      Do this, and each new auto post will be sent as an update to all your friends and followers on all those sites.

      Your adsense and other earnings will increase.

      I get lots of visitors from my twitter and other accounts coming to read my auto posts, which are not my original content, but they still click on the ads on my sidebar (adsense, amazon and cpa links) and make me money. I myself find a lot of the posts coming to my sites (written by others) to be very interesting. Sometimes I am even tempted to click on the adsense ads, but then remember I am reading something on my own site.

      Best wishes for 2011 everybody !
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  • Profile picture of the author nonamewm666
    i do some auto blog , it is because it is auto and it only take a little of my time. Of course auto blog will not be the future. So I am spending most of my time to making real useful website and of course i want to have some auto blog running on the side to help myself make some money for food . And hopefully one day i can ditch all my auto blog and become a responsible webmaster.
    LetsGoViral: i am sorry to hear that , but i do have some auto blog that is making money , and I promise you as soon as my real website make enough money for me to buy food , I will ditch them ,
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  • Profile picture of the author SPMassie
    I haven't known too many people that have money autoblogging. But the only way for you to know is to try for yourself
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  • Profile picture of the author paulie888
    You have to keep in mind that autoblogging is not a magic pill. The autoblog plug in (whether it is WP-Robot or something else) that you install on Wordpress is just a tool, and nothing more.

    Your success is going to depend on whether you do proper keyword research, select the proper domain name, approve the proper content to be posted on your blog, etc. As you can see, there is still a lot of choice and work involved, and it is by NO means "autopilot".

    I think the word "autoblog" is quite misleading, and this is probably what draws newbies to it like flies to the light because it implies autopilot set up and monetization, BUT this simply isn't the case!

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    • Profile picture of the author askmrgramson
      Very true. I am new though have been researching and implementing small things and can see that its more about hard work than anything else whether its autoblogging or creating your own custom content-filled site.

      I was attracted to autoblogging for the "set it and forget it" advertising but now realize that's not quite true. You have to choose a good niche, keywords and monitor the posts as well (on my current blog I trawl through the generated posts and ok each one).

      not much success so far but I'm learning and will move on to a few custom sites.
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    • Profile picture of the author Damani Tabor
      I absolutely concur.
      Finding the right RSS sources form which to aggregate..
      ...Doing the right research to ensure easy ranking
      ...Doing adequate backlinking to show up in SERPS

      ALSO: You absolutely must continually backlink as new content is formed to maintain your position and also make it look like visitors are organically visiting due to valuable content and backlinking it.

      Now if content is overspun, Im not going to social bookmark it or post to blog. Thus you will have to sub for that, to keep the linkjuice momentum.

      It really is a matter of strategy, but we have to try!
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  • Profile picture of the author sarahberra
    I just started autoblogging and I am making about $5 per month. It's nothing really, but I only have 4 auto-blogs. It is a numbers game and it still takes time. You also need to seed your blog with a lot of unique content and let it sit for awhile first. Also go at it slowly. Use wp robot, but make it look natural. Only post something every other day rather than 5 x per day like some people. I tried the aggressive auto-blog methods about a year ago by posting too often with syndicate kahuna and another content site. My site fell off the map. Now I am doing things more slowly and seeing results. It takes time. Nothing happens overnight, even in the auto blogging world.
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    • Profile picture of the author cooler1
      Originally Posted by sarahberra View Post

      I just started autoblogging and I am making about $5 per month. It's nothing really, but I only have 4 auto-blogs. It is a numbers game and it still takes time. You also need to seed your blog with a lot of unique content and let it sit for awhile first. Also go at it slowly. Use wp robot, but make it look natural. Only post something every other day rather than 5 x per day like some people. I tried the aggressive auto-blog methods about a year ago by posting too often with syndicate kahuna and another content site. My site fell off the map. Now I am doing things more slowly and seeing results. It takes time. Nothing happens overnight, even in the auto blogging world.
      How much are you earning per click on average? I earned more than $5 in a day on just one blog. Although that only happened once after i submitted it to social bookmarking site's, the earnings dropped vastly the next day.
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  • Profile picture of the author dspa72
    Autoblogging works if you do it in the right way.
    It's a business, I totally agree with you, RSberg.
    You even don't need to steal other people content, you can just use PLR material, rewrite it and post to your blogs.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
      Originally Posted by dspa72 View Post

      Autoblogging works if you do it in the right way.
      It's a business, I totally agree with you, RSberg.
      You even don't need to steal other people content, you can just use PLR material, rewrite it and post to your blogs.
      Very good point...thank you dspa72!

      That is just one more way to post good content through auto blogging. If the blogger takes the time to check the quality of the PLR, rewrites it to suit their site and purpose then that is certainly a valid approach that does offer the reader quality content.
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      • Profile picture of the author askmrgramson
        yes from what I read sure you can blatantly rip off a site but WP Robot allows you to draw on different article directories and other valid sources. You can't paint all autobloggers with one broad brush of plagiarism!
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        • Profile picture of the author davidyair
          thanks guys,
          Now, back to the original question....is anyone making any money autoblogging
          -c,mon i mean real money, not just 5 dollars! I,m looking at it right now and dont want to waste my time if its just not worth it. I see wp robot ads and all, but does it make money, or any other autoblogging? Thanks Please respond. No dogmas please....
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          • Profile picture of the author davidyair
            I mean the guy at the top of this post says he is, anyone eles? give a few stats.
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          • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
            Originally Posted by davidyair View Post

            thanks guys,
            Now, back to the original question....is anyone making any money autoblogging
            -c,mon i mean real money, not just 5 dollars! I,m looking at it right now and dont want to waste my time if its just not worth it. I see wp robot ads and all, but does it make money, or any other autoblogging? Thanks Please respond. No dogmas please....
            David,

            The answer to your question is the same as it is with any other IM method, there are people who do quite well with autoblogging and there are those that don't.

            Some methods seem to work well for some people and not others. In my experience auto blogging (more like semi auto really) has woked well for me.

            I think it is like any other form of IM, it's about learning how to do it the way that works for you (and is hopefully legal), sticking with it longer than a couple of weeks (or even months in some cases), testing and tweeking your sites to see what forms of monetization work well for you and the way you design your sites...and the list goes on and on...just like anyother form of IM.

            I personally dont share my income info from any of my IM sources (as I dont think its anyones business but my own) but I'm sure you will find others that will. I will say that I make more than $5 from my auto blogs

            Good luck in IM...no matter which method(s) you choose!
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            • Profile picture of the author danicat
              Originally Posted by Rsberg View Post

              David,

              The answer to your question is the same as it is with any other IM method, there are people who do quite well with autoblogging and there are those that don't.

              Some methods seem to work well for some people and not others. In my experience auto blogging (more like semi auto really) has woked well for me.

              I think it is like any other form of IM, it's about learning how to do it the way that works for you (and is hopefully legal), sticking with it longer than a couple of weeks (or even months in some cases), testing and tweeking your sites to see what forms of monetization work well for you and the way you design your sites...and the list goes on and on...just like anyother form of IM.

              I personally dont share my income info from any of my IM sources (as I dont think its anyones business but my own) but I'm sure you will find others that will. I will say that I make more than $5 from my auto blogs

              Good luck in IM...no matter which method(s) you choose!
              I need proof that you're making more than $5. Can you give me a screenshot of your earnings? I mean...if you see it on the net you can believe it right? Just like TV!
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              • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
                Originally Posted by danicat View Post

                I need proof that you're making more than $5. Can you give me a screenshot of your earnings? I mean...if you see it on the net you can believe it right? Just like TV!
                LOL....Give me a few minutes to put together a "screenshot" and I will get right back to you. Now where did I leave that crayon and paper?
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                • Profile picture of the author Alminc
                  I don't use autoblogs to make money directly from them. I use them to
                  strenghten my main websites with relevant backlinks.

                  An autoblog needs proper configuration and about 1 year to get PR2
                  in google, but once configured you don't have to touch it any more,
                  it takes care of it self. You need to employ some autolinking plugin
                  and chose your target keywords, then submit the RSS feed to as many
                  aggregators as possible. The autolinking plugin will link your keywords
                  back to your autoblog's homepage, which in combination with RSS feed
                  will give a solid number of backlinks automatically after about 1 year
                  of time.
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                  • Profile picture of the author paulie888
                    Originally Posted by Alminc View Post

                    I don't use autoblogs to make money directly from them. I use them to
                    strenghten my main websites with relevant backlinks.

                    An autoblog needs proper configuration and about 1 year to get PR2
                    in google, but once configured you don't have to touch it any more,
                    it takes care of it self. You need to employ some autolinking plugin
                    and chose your target keywords, then submit the RSS feed to as many
                    aggregators as possible. The autolinking plugin will link your keywords
                    back to your autoblog's homepage, which in combination with RSS feed
                    will give a solid number of backlinks automatically after about 1 year
                    of time.
                    I haven't really done much with autoblogs as they don't really fit with my current business model, but I think that employing them as backlinking tools is a great idea. When you're using autoblogs like this, obviously content and relevance is not going to be as big of an issue as when you're trying to monetize them directly. I can see that over time, this would be a great way to build many valuable backlinks to your main sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author pethanks
    I never tried it but I am sure there are lots who made money on this auto blogging.
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  • Profile picture of the author IM nice guy
    I have 2 sets of around 450-500 autoblogs, using wordpress on subdomains on my own servers.

    The first set was setup around january 2009, the second was setup feb of this year.

    I am starting to see success now, with the first group of 500 blogs, and have grown up to around £30 per day, with G ads.

    This took a long time to build up though, as I did no promotion on my blogs AT ALL, and the traffic is really just coming from good keyword selection for my content, etc.

    Autoblogging can be an AMAZING source of passive income, but don't expect it to be easy, and it's NOT a quick turnaround business model by any means.
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  • Profile picture of the author Latsyrc
    Confused- I thought using EZA is not stealing, copyright, etc because the point of the articles is that we can republish them. Maybe I am reading some other people's posts incorrectly..
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    • Profile picture of the author swords
      Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

      Yes. Google calls it "QDF" - Query Deserves Freshness. Recently indexed content gets a temporary boost in ranking because it's new. This is usually what people want; when you searched for "World Trade Center" on 9/11, as it was happening, you did not want the most informative site out there about the history of the WTC. You wanted the latest news on what was happening.
      Yes, I've heard of this, but with a small TIGHT niche, Google has nothing else TO display in it's top 10 rankings other than my site, correct? The keyword I explained has 91,000 competing webpages. Yes, the first 3 pages (or more) do have articles on the keyword I am using, but none of them CAN update this specific keyword because it's more of a product keyword that doesn't really have any use of being updated. So it comes down to the other SEO factors on who will rank higher, ignoring the 'QDF' (or so I'm testing).



      Originally Posted by counselormom View Post

      Confused- I thought using EZA is not stealing, copyright, etc because the point of the articles is that we can republish them. Maybe I am reading some other people's posts incorrectly..
      We were discussing that EZA only allows you to copy and paste 25 articles *a year*
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      • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
        Originally Posted by swords View Post

        Yes, I've heard of this, but with a small TIGHT niche, Google has nothing else TO display in it's top 10 rankings other than my site, correct?
        You are asking the wrong questions.

        Being the top (or only) result in Google is never going to make you any money.

        You need to have what someone wants, and it has to make you money for him to come get it.

        If you have a small and tight enough niche, you will find that the intersection of people who want it and how it can make you money just plain isn't there.
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        • Profile picture of the author swords
          Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

          You are asking the wrong questions.

          Being the top (or only) result in Google is never going to make you any money.

          You need to have what someone wants, and it has to make you money for him to come get it.

          If you have a small and tight enough niche, you will find that the intersection of people who want it and how it can make you money just plain isn't there.
          As I said in my previous post (a few back), this term has 1000+ global searches and I receive about 30-50 a day. 30-50 unique visitors on a product based site IS profitable. I've made an average of about $0.30 per day on that for the month it's been up... and it took me only 15 minutes to set up.

          How? Because I posted ONE single 200ish word article. I then outsourced $2 worth of backlinks (about 150 PR-PR9 backlinks from my VA) to get my current ranking.
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          • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
            Originally Posted by swords View Post

            As I said in my previous post (a few back), this term has 1000+ global searches and I receive about 30-50 a day.
            Could you do it again?

            How many times?

            That's the thing that matters, in the end. You're getting 30-50 visitors a day, but how much money are you making from those visitors?

            Divide your income goals by the amount you get from those visitors, and you'll know how many times you need to do that 15 minutes of work to get there.

            And if you can't make this happen again that many times, you'll need to find something else to do.

            What the autobloggers are really trying to do is find a way that they can do a small amount of work, over and over again, with minimal capital outlay... and get reliable, consistent results.

            If you just beat your head against the blogging wall long enough, you'll make something that generates money. Just by chance. But the important part is being able to turn around and do it again.
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            • Profile picture of the author swords
              Even though I just sent a PM regarding this to you, I will reiterate my speech here for anyone who is following this thread.


              Yes I have made this system work for a 2nd site to get that many visitors. Both of these sites were generating about $0.20 avg daily (each). However, I am a true person and I will everyone this: I also have 3 other blogs (5 total) that do not make a dime because they are currently not ranked on page one (or page 2, 3, 4 for that matter).

              I do know why, and that reason being they were too hard of keywords. My knowledge increases substantially every single day, and with Christmas break in session, I have much more time to absorb more information. I now realize that I struck luck on the 2 profiting niches, and the 3 bad ones were WAY too hard of competition. After I solve my dilemma on mass content, I intend on doing better keyword research to eliminate the 'luck' factor. And now I am equipped with the knowledge to do this keyword research and I won't make the same mistake I did with the 3 failed blogs.
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              • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
                Originally Posted by swords View Post

                Yes I have made this system work for a 2nd site to get that many visitors. Both of these sites were generating about $0.20 avg daily (each).
                And if you wanted to make the equivalent of a decent full-time job, say $4k a month, you'd need to be making about $150 a day.

                And what you're doing now is making you about 40 cents a day, so you need to do this 375 times. Which, given your current track record, means you need to build 1,870 more blogs and then you can expect that 750 of them will be making 20 cents a day.

                But honestly: are you going to do that?

                It's all about scalability. That's what really becomes the issue.
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              • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
                Originally Posted by swords View Post

                Yes I have made this system work for a 2nd site to get that many visitors. Both of these sites were generating about $0.20 avg daily (each). However, I am a true person and I will everyone this: I also have 3 other blogs (5 total) that do not make a dime because they are currently not ranked on page one (or page 2, 3, 4 for that matter).
                Dump the other 3 if the competition is more than you want to take on and continue to build the quality of the 2 that are making you a little bit of money. Test and tweek them until you find out what works for you, improving those 2 sites to a couple bucks a day most likely won't be that difficult. Once you get them there then rinse and repeat the process...which is what Caliban is referring to as scalability.

                After I solve my dilemma on mass content, I intend on doing better keyword research to eliminate the 'luck' factor. And now I am equipped with the knowledge to do this keyword research and I won't make the same mistake I did with the 3 failed blogs.
                Sounds like you have a plan that is more targeted this time.

                Good luck!
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                • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
                  Originally Posted by Rsberg View Post

                  Once you get them there then rinse and repeat the process...which is what Caliban is referring to as scalability.
                  Specifically, at every step of your process, keep in mind that you want to do things which CAN be repeated.

                  There are a lot of people out there who say "I wasn't doing very well, but than I switched my site's theme, and now it's doing much better!"

                  Okay, "switch the theme" isn't repeatable. You have to know exactly what it was about your old theme that didn't work, and what it is about the new one that does. And you need to know why.

                  Otherwise, you learn nothing and get nowhere. Steve Martin has an old comedy routine called "googlephonics" about his experience buying a stereo; he starts out buying systems with more and more speakers, but it still doesn't sound good enough, so he says "hey, maybe it's the needle."

                  A lot of internet marketers do that. They start a blog, add a bunch of articles, still don't make any money... and say "hey, maybe it's the theme."

                  They're shooting in the dark. They don't know what the site needs, they don't know what will make money, and they're just stumbling around twisting this and turning that and pushing some of these buttons until something happens.

                  That's not scalable. You have to know what you're doing, why you're doing it, and how well it works. Constant analysis and constant improvement.

                  I was in chat with swords last night, and he already understands this very well. The clarification here is mostly for the people who are intelligently using the forum's search function to find this thread next year, when all of us have forgotten all about it.
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                • Profile picture of the author swords
                  Originally Posted by Rsberg View Post

                  Dump the other 3 if the competition is more than you want to take on and continue to build the quality of the 2 that are making you a little bit of money. Test and tweek them until you find out what works for you, improving those 2 sites to a couple bucks a day most likely won't be that difficult. Once you get them there then rinse and repeat the process...which is what Caliban is referring to as scalability.
                  To me, I want to create a system that is AS FAST as possible, with no variables to mess anything up. Having to 'tweek' things is extra steps that MAY or MAY NOT work on certain sites, but work on others. This is a variable that slows things down.

                  A weird, random, example being:

                  How to get your pencil to roll fastest off of a slanted surface.

                  My system would be, place it horizontal with the table and let it roll.

                  However, you could tweek this and change things. Maybe it rolls faster not completely horizontal. Maybe a rounded pencil rolls faster... but a rounded pencil might go off path, going diagonal down the surface, which means more time to fall off. This is a variable that is uncontrollable. You don't know if it's going to roll straight down with that rounded pencil, but you KNOW FOR SURE that the normal pencil will go straight down and fall off (this isn't the case in real life, but just for example purposes).

                  Variables slow things down, and I think autoblogging should be a fast, STEP BY STEP process. The only variable involved should be keyword and niche selection, which comes natural after knowledge.



                  By the way... I'm sort of a 'stalker' of your posts when I see you in a thread. So you probably know an answer to this question:

                  How do you get enough content to fill an autoblog? I know my 200-word blogs aren't going to last long (I haven't been proved right on that though)... but some niches, especially SMALL ones, do not have any information on them besides one article.
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                  • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
                    Originally Posted by swords View Post

                    To me, I want to create a system that is AS FAST as possible, with no variables to mess anything up.
                    This will be very tough to build unless you have already perfected a system that you know for sure works for you and can be used with any niche or senerio...very tough to do "variable free".

                    Having to 'tweek' things is extra steps that MAY or MAY NOT work on certain sites, but work on others. This is a variable that slows things down.
                    Slows things down...yes it does but it could make the difference between a site that makes .30 a day and one that makes $2+ a day. I recently ran into this and it really amazed me when I finally discovered the minor change that made teh difference. It was something I hadn't ran into before and wasnt something as simple as changing the theme or rearrangin the content alighment....sometimes tweeking is necessessary if you want to make a site perform better.

                    Variables slow things down, and I think autoblogging should be a fast, STEP BY STEP process. The only variable involved should be keyword and niche selection, which comes natural after knowledge.
                    For the most part I agree here except one thing...

                    I think autoblogging should be fast too, however, some things are simply unavoidable (least they have been for me) and even though I have managed to automate much of the process (to an extent) I still find that there has to be a certain amount of human intereaction....especially during the initial setup of a new site. I spend most of my time setting it up properly ( however this process is largly automated for me now), I search for and review quality content and set it up to post to my blogs. I find when I do this that it offers more value to the reader which in turn works out better for me down the road with more affiliate sales, Adsense clicks...etc.

                    I would say that my style of semi-auto blogging is pretty fast in the overall scheme of things. Is it as fast as throwing WP Robot on a site and walking away...no. Do I have to keep a constant eye on my sites (like most do if they care about quality when using plugins like WP Robot)...no. So even though I spend a bit more time initially...it saves me time in the long run which allows me to move on to building more sites.

                    There's a fine line between automating everything without reviewing any of the content to make the overall process faster and taking a few minutes for quality control initally and occasionally checking sites as they grow.

                    You may find another approach works better for you, you might find that what works for me simply doesn't do it for you. No matter what DOES work for you, once you find it then you can work on automating as much of it as you can to speed things up overall.



                    you probably know an answer to this question:

                    How do you get enough content to fill an autoblog? I know my 200-word blogs aren't going to last long (I haven't been proved right on that though)... but some niches, especially SMALL ones, do not have any information on them besides one article.
                    I have automated most of the content search process so even in really small niches this typically isn't a problem for me. I use content from several diffedrent sources which may help you too...more sources equals more options.

                    "Enough content" really depends on how large you want your sites to grow. If your looking for them to evolve into authority sites then you will need a fair amount of content...and quality content at that. If your just looking to build decent sites that offer good info and value to the reader then you can probably get away with having less content, but once again it needs to offer value and help the reader in some way.
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    • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
      Originally Posted by counselormom View Post

      Confused- I thought using EZA is not stealing, copyright, etc because the point of the articles is that we can republish them.
      EZA allows you to republish up to 10 of their articles on a single domain, and up to 25 of their articles on multiple domains, every year. The article must be published unmodified, and retain the author's resource box at the end.

      If you fail to observe these rules, you do not have a licence to republish the articles, and publishing them is copyright infringement. Which is also colloquially known as "stealing" them.

      Since EZA will only let me publish 25 articles a year, it's completely inappropriate for any sizeable operation (honestly, I can't even have one article a week?), so I get my articles for republication elsewhere.
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    Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for clearing that up! I didn't realize it was only 25 a year either. That doesn't seem like much if you have lots of domains.
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  • Profile picture of the author Latsyrc
    Actually, I just went to read EZA publisher's TOS because I am interested in using a couple as filler content. This is what I saw:
    • Agree to limit the number of articles reprinted to no greater than taking 25 articles from our site per calendar year per unique domain that you own. In addition, for domain owners of many domains, you may not reprint more than 250 articles per year (10 sites x 25 articles reprinted per domain).
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    • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
      Originally Posted by counselormom View Post

      Actually, I just went to read EZA publisher's TOS because I am interested in using a couple as filler content. This is what I saw:
      • Agree to limit the number of articles reprinted to no greater than taking 25 articles from our site per calendar year per unique domain that you own. In addition, for domain owners of many domains, you may not reprint more than 250 articles per year (10 sites x 25 articles reprinted per domain).
      Yeah...unfortunately they set a pretty strict limit. However, there are other sources and directories to get content and articles from so it's not really that tough to deal with in the long run.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrea Wilson
    Autoblogging work for some but a lot has failed as well. It is just like any other business model and your own success depends on what you do.

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  • Profile picture of the author arnold55
    this is what i have found (in my world anyway)
    i have around 25 to 30 individual domain adsense sites
    and around 4 or 5 sub-domain adsense sites and i started monetizing the sites around november 2010...now some of the above mentioned sites are newer than the others but this is how they fair:

    the sub-domains are auto blogs using wp-o-matic and have thousands of indexed pages (these are the oldest of the sites) and they add one additional content a day. these sites make no money what so ever "but" i did a crappy job choosing targeted keyword phrases...they are way, way to competitive..and i call these my "hope they will get better sites"

    i have one other auto blog site and the only real thing it has going for it is the main keyword is the actual domain name and i use all in one seo (like all of the sites) for the title, meta, and keyword....none of the new content has any of the keyword in it and this site is my best over all site! it gets more visitors and makes the most money (the most has been $12 in a day)

    all of the other sites together do not make the above amount and they all have mostly unique or uniquely plr spun content that are keyword rich with all of the stuff we think we suppose to do like linking pages and pointing back to your main page and so on. all of these sites are picking up momentum though (analytic)

    i did find out something for myself this week that i feel is just as important if not more important as anything about adsense i have learned. i am sure that others have noticed this but it is an ah ha moment for me and now i have to learn what to do about it (if anything, and yes please pm the hell out of me with advice )

    here it is...
    the adsense ads themselves, their content and subject made "HUGE" differences in income.

    i went from maybe .5% ctr to over 6% ctr and that is a big deal

    the second thing was (i live in the states) and all of a sudden i get this huge influx of traffic (for one day) but it all came from the uk or au and all sent by the big search engines. this is just a guess but the only thing i did different was purchase some backlinks and a lot where from these areas so maybe the search engines gave my site a boost in those places

    bottom line: does not make a difference autoblog or original content.....if you have chosen a subject or niche that the right amount of people are looking for, and your site looks more relevant than your competitors either by the more anchor text, internal and external, and descent on site seo you will get your share of "available" traffic.

    to make money you have to help your reader make a decision of some kind and help him / her fulfill their vision (with correct adds) example: if joe and jill have seen a commercial about an xyz product and do a search on line and see by reading your site meta description , "before you even think about buying xyz you had better read this" and you give an inviting overview of the product. by the time they finish reading they will want to click every adsense ad on your site about xyz

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  • Profile picture of the author O0o0O
    Just a word of warning, if all your autoblogs are connected via Google Webmasters Tools & AdSense, and Google catches you doing not-so-good methods, they will shut down all of your blogs.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
      Originally Posted by O0o0O View Post

      Just a word of warning, if all your autoblogs are connected via Google Webmasters Tools & AdSense, and Google catches you doing not-so-good methods, they will shut down all of your blogs.
      What exactly is "not-so-good methods"?
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  • Profile picture of the author somenathsen1
    not all auto blogger are scamer as well.......many of tham are making good money from auto blogging.....
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomvP
      I want to use auto blogging of updates in the news of my niche. That way I still provide alot of manually input info on my site. I just dont see the point in Finding and rewriting the latest news. Instead it is way faster and easyer and even better for the visitors to just see the actual news on my niche. So Not all auto-blogging is bad. Im my case Its good for the visitors, easy for me and it also will help keeping my site updated atleast once a day.
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  • Profile picture of the author DK7667
    Originally Posted by askmrgramson View Post

    And if so how many blogs does it take? Of course I understand it depends on the popularity of each blog but I'm just curious after reading all the hype if people actually make money doing this!
    Autobloggin only EVER works with 100% UNIQUE QUALITY CONTENT.

    Whatever you do don't waiste your time with using the spinners, no matter how good you think you can spin o/c, the big G will smell it.

    Good Luck!
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    • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
      Originally Posted by DK7667 View Post

      Autobloggin only EVER works with 100% UNIQUE QUALITY CONTENT.


      This is probably the most inaccurate and untrue statement I have seen in a while when it comes to comments about autoblogging...

      If you had said something like adding quality unique content will help your autoblog then I would have wholeheartedly agreed but your actual statement is completely false.
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      • Profile picture of the author arnold55
        i agree with Rsberg, like i said, it is the same either way, unique or copied (from experience not hear say)

        as far as what people think about using un unique content and how it is resourced is a subject that is un tangible and is only an opinion by all....and that is my opinion

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  • Profile picture of the author emerica1184
    they make money it's just often very minuscule so you need a lot of them
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  • Profile picture of the author MakeMoneyHelper
    There are many that have made and are making good amount of money online from auto-blogs. However, with the recent Google changes, I think this era is about to change.
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