1 Hour Of Work Made Me $628.94 So Far....

[Jeremy Kelsall]

Months ago, I was like many other people here - scared to death of Duplicate content and all the other "no nos" that everyone was talking about. So, I was publishing all of my content to EZA and was happy with the results, because I was getting paid

After reading some stuff here about the duplicate content issue, I set up 2 Wordpress blogs on 2 different niches that I had a ass ton of content published to EZA on.

I set the blogs up with a substantial ping list and started adding the content to the blogs at a clip of about 3 pages a day, which were automatically pinged, etc.

I set up my RSS feed and submitted it to feedagg and a couple others.

Before I knew it I started getting traffic to my blogs based on the same exact content that had been published at EZA for over 6 months. Currently, we are getting almost 100 visitors a day to each blog and in just over 6 weeks $628.94 was been made off of content that I thought was dead.

I want to make it clear, I did not spin/alter the content at all. Just posted it and then left it alone with the exception of the RSS feed. I'm now ranking fairly well for several keywords and I can't see the traffic or ranking really going anywhere as I have other old content to post as well

[Takuya Hikichi]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall

in just over 6 weeks $628.94 was been made off of content that I thought was dead.

This is great. It just shows you powerful blogging is.

[Shrinivas]

Hi,

Congrats for this success. I have a question about what you just said.

I set the blogs up with a substantial ping list and started adding the content to the blogs at a clip of about 3 pages a day, which were automatically pinged, etc.

Does this eman you chose "Write Page" instead of "Write Post" when you published the article?

[Jeremy Kelsall]

No, they were all posts

Originally Posted by Shrinivas

Hi,

Congrats for this success. I have a question about what you just said.


Does this eman you chose "Write Page" instead of "Write Post" when you published the article?

[Ebbi]

Good stuff Jeremy!

Are you using the same pen name on your blog
and EZA? Is your about me page with the same
name?

That might help Google to figure out that this is
the same person posting the content.

I'm just trying to figure out why Google hasn't
penalized your blog.

Ebbi

[Jeremy Kelsall]

From the way everything is playing out, it appears that you only get penalized if you like content to the same content, if that makes sense?

No, I'm not using the same pen name, but my rankings continue to increase and the number of visitors I get is increasing as well.

The moral of the story here is, use your content as many ways as possible

The thing is, even if they did penalize my blog, it would not have made a difference to me really. It was just an "experiment" that went right.

Originally Posted by Ebbi

Good stuff Jeremy!

Are you using the same pen name on your blog
and EZA? Is your about me page with the same
name?

That might help Google to figure out that this is
the same person posting the content.

I'm just trying to figure out why Google hasn't
penalized your blog.

Ebbi

[Jesus Perez]

I can vouch for this strategy as well. Good stuff, Jeremy. I gotta catch up on your Bootcamp...it's been busy this month.

Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall

Months ago, I was like many other people here - scared to death of Duplicate content and all the other "no nos" that everyone was talking about. So, I was publishing all of my content to EZA and was happy with the results, because I was getting paid

After reading some stuff here about the duplicate content issue, I set up 2 Wordpress blogs on 2 different niches that I had a ass ton of content published to EZA on.

I set the blogs up with a substantial ping list and started adding the content to the blogs at a clip of about 3 pages a day, which were automatically pinged, etc.

I set up my RSS feed and submitted it to feedagg and a couple others.

Before I knew it I started getting traffic to my blogs based on the same exact content that had been published at EZA for over 6 months. Currently, we are getting almost 100 visitors a day to each blog and in just over 6 weeks $628.94 was been made off of content that I thought was dead.

I want to make it clear, I did not spin/alter the content at all. Just posted it and then left it alone with the exception of the RSS feed. I'm now ranking fairly well for several keywords and I can't see the traffic or ranking really going anywhere as I have other old content to post as well

[Michael Taylor]

Originally Posted by Ebbi

I'm just trying to figure out why Google hasn't
penalized your blog.

Because duplicate content is a myth.

Penalties are applied to duplicate content within the same site. Duplicate content shared between different sites are fine.

[Jeremy Kelsall]

This is exactly what I'm finding out...with the amount of content that I have out there that I can "repurpose" I have a feeling that the next couple of months are going to be fantastic!

Originally Posted by Michael Taylor

Because duplicate content is a myth.

Penalties are applied to duplicate content within the same site. Duplicate content shared between different sites are fine.

[rainyclayday]

I tried a similar experiment a while back but it was on a regular site and not a blog. I loaded it up with old content, lots of pages, and only a few pages of new. I spent very little time setting it up, just an afternoon, and that site brings in quite a lot of traffic now.

[Jeremy Kelsall]

Try doing the same thing now on a blog with posts that are pinged and RSS.

Originally Posted by rainyclayday

I tried a similar experiment a while back but it was on a regular site and not a blog. I loaded it up with old content, lots of pages, and only a few pages of new. I spent very little time setting it up, just an afternoon, and that site brings in quite a lot of traffic now.

[Keith Kogane]

Kickass post. Should open a few eyebrows here as to what's possible if you just go and DO something. Kudos to you, my friend.

[Chiayee]

Hey Jeremy: Just curious what niche is your site?

[rainyclayday]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall

Try doing the same thing now on a blog with posts that are pinged and RSS.

I think I will!

[Jeremy Kelsall]

Usually I'm pretty transparent with this kind of stuff, but this time I would rather not say lol

I've given away a couple of my niches over the past 30 days to a couple hundred people and working harder than ever to stay ahead

Originally Posted by Chiayee

Hey Jeremy: Just curious what niche is your site?

[tommygadget]

Hey Jeremy,

Wonder if you were referring to my post where I created 10 identical weight loss blogs to test out the dupe content theory? Yep, you guessed it, no penalty I could see. That's why I'm spitting out blog after blog in my best niches. OOPS, let one out of the bag...

TomG.

[Charann Miller]

Fair enough about keeping this one close to your chest.

[Neil S]

This is very interesting, I will have to give it a try.

[nikhilg]

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for sharing your experience.

Lots of people in this forum seem to have made money using wordpress blogs. This is something that i should look into and try out.

You might want to look at SEO Press by Brian Johnson. It is about using wordpress for traffic and a lot of people have said many good things about it.

All the best

Nikhil

[prodozoan]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall

After reading some stuff here about the duplicate content issue, I set up 2 Wordpress blogs on 2 different niches that I had a ass ton of content published to EZA on.

I set the blogs up with a substantial ping list and started adding the content to the blogs at a clip of about 3 pages a day, which were automatically pinged, etc.

Jeremy,

Do you have the blog hosted in wordpress or your own domain ?

Ajith

[traces2757]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall

After reading some stuff here about the duplicate content issue, I set up 2 Wordpress blogs on 2 different niches that I had a ass ton of content published to EZA on.

That's very, very good to know. I'm going to keep it in mind when I launch my new blogs.

But, I'm curious about something. How much is an ass ton, exactly?

[edpudol1973]

Just wondering, how you monetized your blog?

[wooosta]

wow if i could make anywhere near that profit.......

-Carl

[sequincer]

628$ is fairly huge sum of money,and you said that you received 100 visitors/day,you add positioning must be tremendous to make that kind of money with that kind of traffic.

[Jeremy Kelsall]

Not really if you think about it. The product that I'm promoting on the site converts at about 1:40 on a good day and 1:60 ON A bad day. Figure in the average of a $30 sale and the math makes sense

Originally Posted by sequincer

628$ is fairly huge sum of money,and you said that you received 100 visitors/day,you add positioning must be tremendous to make that kind of money with that kind of traffic.

[Jeremy Kelsall]

You can - If you build it they will come

Originally Posted by wooosta

wow if i could make anywhere near that profit.......

-Carl

[James Schramko]

I've been saying this for so long now.Post valuable content to blogs first.

I would love to see Steven W post all his articles to some blogs with proper set-up and watch the results from that....

[Yogini]

Jeremy,

Great idea. You aren't linking back to the ezinearticles are you within the blog? I wasn't sure about that part.

Debbie

[Jeremy Kelsall]

Nope, the only links going off the page, will get me paid

Originally Posted by Yogini

Jeremy,

Great idea. You aren't linking back to the ezinearticles are you within the blog? I wasn't sure about that part.

Debbie

[Kelly Verge]

Kind of makes one wonder...

What about using nothing but others' content from EZA (leaving the bios intact)? Would the traffic leak from the bios be significant?

I guess that just depends on the offer.

Might just have to play with this.

[James Schramko]

Originally Posted by Kelly Verge

Kind of makes one wonder...

What about using nothing but others' content from EZA (leaving the bios intact)? Would the traffic leak from the bios be significant?

I guess that just depends on the offer.

Might just have to play with this.

Try it with nice "in your face" CPA banners or a lightbox name capture for list building.... I did it last week and I am getting 100 uniques a day this week for a new blog.

[Jeremy Kelsall]

Didn't even think about CPA - Going to be a busy day for me

Originally Posted by James Schramko

Try it with nice "in your face" CPA banners or a lightbox name capture for list building.... I did it last week and I am getting 100 uniques a day this week for a new blog.

[Jesus Perez]

Are you earning the money via Adsense or Affiliate sales?

Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall

Didn't even think about CPA - Going to be a busy day for me

[CanuckMike]

Hey Jeremy. Really good post.

So are you buying new domains and posting all this on a wordpress blog or are you using a blog site like blogger for it without your own domain?

[Jeremy Kelsall]

Affiliate sales is the way I went. Although, I may set another one up in a different niche and try adsense...set another one up and try CPA...set another one up and try a combo of affiliate and CPA. Who knows maybe one of them will be a home run

Originally Posted by BlueSquares

Are you earning the money via Adsense or Affiliate sales?

[Jeremy Kelsall]

I put this first one on my own domain, but I'm thinking of testing this on sites like blogger. As a matter of fact, I think I am going to grab someone from a freelance site and have that done today

Originally Posted by Michael Ashbourne

Hey Jeremy. Really good post.

So are you buying new domains and posting all this on a wordpress blog or are you using a blog site like blogger for it without your own domain?

[Steven Wagenheim]

Jeremy, that is so funny because I FINALLY started doing the same thing
with one of my blogs. I don't know why I waited so long to put those
articles that I had written up on it (stupid, stupid, stupid)

Yesterday, I can't believe how many visitors I had...and in a freaking
oversaturated niche no less.

I was told a long time ago to build my own VRE and I never listened.

What was that S word again?

Never again. I've learned my lesson.

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by James Schramko

I've been saying this for so long now.Post valuable content to blogs first.

I would love to see Steven W post all his articles to some blogs with proper set-up and watch the results from that....

Read my post above.

duh!

[submit_articles]

When you say proper setup u mean ping and rss? I'm assuming here that you promote your rss rather well?

Originally Posted by James Schramko

I've been saying this for so long now.Post valuable content to blogs first.

I would love to see Steven W post all his articles to some blogs with proper set-up and watch the results from that....

[Yogini]

Jeremy,

Do you put any name at all after the articles (you said you don't use pen name from eza)? Or do you just post them as-is and link to affil product?

Deb

[nick1123]

Wow I am so glad someone posted on this.

Wahoo!

I am off to publish all that stuff I wrote for EZA....

[Jeremy Kelsall]

I just post as is without the resource box, because these are my own articles.....

I don't leave the links in tact for 2 reasons.

1. I don't want to add another step for the visitor to make a purchase
2. I don't want to bleed any juice from my page

If you were going to use someone elses articles you would have to include the resource box, of course. However, I'm going to have a look at a couple of plugins that pull youtube videos and other content from different places on the web to add to my own content and see where it goes

Originally Posted by Yogini

Jeremy,

Do you put any name at all after the articles (you said you don't use pen name from eza)? Or do you just post them as-is and link to affil product?

Deb

[Yogini]

Jeremy,

Thanks this is a great idea. I have a lot of articles collecting dust at eza. Some do well in search engines and some die out totally so hopefully this will revive the dead ones, especially since I can theme them better via a blog.

Also your bootcamp ideas with rss will come in handy.

Debbie

[Daniel Molano]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall

Months ago, I was like many other people here - scared to death of Duplicate content and all the other "no nos" that everyone was talking about. So, I was publishing all of my content to EZA and was happy with the results, because I was getting paid

After reading some stuff here about the duplicate content issue, I set up 2 Wordpress blogs on 2 different niches that I had a ass ton of content published to EZA on.

I set the blogs up with a substantial ping list and started adding the content to the blogs at a clip of about 3 pages a day, which were automatically pinged, etc.

I set up my RSS feed and submitted it to feedagg and a couple others.

Before I knew it I started getting traffic to my blogs based on the same exact content that had been published at EZA for over 6 months. Currently, we are getting almost 100 visitors a day to each blog and in just over 6 weeks $628.94 was been made off of content that I thought was dead.

I want to make it clear, I did not spin/alter the content at all. Just posted it and then left it alone with the exception of the RSS feed. I'm now ranking fairly well for several keywords and I can't see the traffic or ranking really going anywhere as I have other old content to post as well

Yup, duplicate content is a myth. It only applies when the duplicate content is submitted under the same website and/or domain.

I believe this was also tested and proven in another thread.

Simply go by this rule of thumb, don't believe in a any of the "no nos" until you have proven them to be a "no no" yourself.

Nice results Jeremy and good job on dispelling the myth.

[Jeremy Kelsall]

Yeah, I remember TomG had a thread about this, I never say the "outcome" though.

I'm setting a couple of other sites up today and tomorrow and will report whether or not I have similar results or not with the new sites.

Originally Posted by Daniel Molano

Yup, duplicate content is a myth. It only applies when the duplicate content is submitted under the same website and/or domain.

I believe this was also tested and proven in another thread.

Simply go by this rule of thumb, don't believe in a any of the "no nos" until you have proven them to be a "no no" yourself.

Nice results Jeremy and good job on dispelling the myth.

[Chris Lockwood]

Originally Posted by Ebbi

I'm just trying to figure out why Google hasn't
penalized your blog.

Because all this talk of penalties for that sort of things is not true. If it were, a lot of the reason to use sites like EZA would be gone.

I can easily find many copies of the same article in Google- if they were being penalized, why are so many ranking highly?


Not that it really matters, but was that income from affiliate commissions, ad clicks, your products, or all the above?

[tommygadget]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall

Yeah, I remember TomG had a thread about this, I never say the "outcome" though.

I'm setting a couple of other sites up today and tomorrow and will report whether or not I have similar results or not with the new sites.

Yes, yes, I updated the thread, but can't find it I updated my blog and the results are in. Here's a quick link: 5000 Dollars In 45 Days - My IM Voyage Blog Archive Duplicate Content Penalty Debunked

TomG.

[Jeremy Kelsall]

The income was strictly from affiliate sales and was amassed over about a month long period so, definitely not a bank buster, but it is another source of income that is coming in.

Originally Posted by Chris Lockwood

Because all this talk of penalties for that sort of things is not true. If it were, a lot of the reason to use sites like EZA would be gone.

I can easily find many copies of the same article in Google- if they were being penalized, why are so many ranking highly?


Not that it really matters, but was that income from affiliate commissions, ad clicks, your products, or all the above?

[Neil S]

Hey Jeremy, are you linking these directly to the clickbank sales page or to your main website?

And how are you scheduling the posts? One a day?

[Chris Lockwood]

I think that's a pretty good amount of income for the amount of time spent- it will be interesting to see how much that blog makes over 6-12 months and how the earnings per day or week change over time.