Autoblogging With Google Adsense Question

While autoblogging might make you a few dollars short term, you are absolutely correct:
"doesn't sound to smart to me".

It is not smart, but both of those are not true. Autoblogging is a waste of time if you don't put up any unique content. However, there is nothing wrong with adding good content to your site that is the same as another site or directory as long as you give credit and don't change anything about it.

Benjamin Ehinger

I concur - Autoblogging with Adsense = FAIL

Appreciate everyones replies so far, but I need to know if it is definitely against the google adsense terms, because I don't remember seeing it in there.

Also, I would like to know about the google rankings and duplicate content.

Could anyone go into a little further details on this topic?

Thanks again guys.

1 well groomed blog with unique contents is way better than 100s of autoblogs with scraped contents from various sources IMHO.

Gama

Thanks for this, but anyone else who wants to capitalize on this topic feel free. I would like to hear more opinions if they're out there.

Oh and this leads to one more question:

Is it against the google adsense to rip videos and re-use them to generate traffic? I know that it's Blakhat and against the google youtube terms, but lets say that a video that generates a lot of traffic brings people back to an autoblog blog and there's adsense on it. Is this going to get you banned from adsense?

[quote=cubycuby;4884036]autoblogging is not good if you dont give / put any uniqe content on your blog .



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I've heard sooooo many mixed thoughts on Autoblogging and as you can see that they are always coming out with new products to encourage autoblogging, but it seems that a lot of people are implementing the content spinner to make each article or blog unique. If you say that your site must contain some unique content, then are you saying that it's still okay to implement the autoblogging or duplicate content, as long as it still has some unique content mixed in with it?

I was just about to start auto blogging, as a fellow warrior was pushing me to it. Glad you begun this thread.

Google Adsense TOS basically say you need to be in compliance with their "Policy Guidelines". These are all listed and you should Google "Adsense Policy Guidelines" and read through them.

Google AdSense Program Policies - AdSense Help

You are simply asking for trouble if you use Adsense and do not understand the Policy Guidelines.

Of course , being "guidlines" means they are interpretive and that is exactly why Google uses this method rather than a strict set of rules.

Playing Barack room lawyer with the policies is pointless and the only one you can damage is you.
That also goes for following "advice" form other. Fine to seek advice but do your due diligence. They are not the ones who will get their accounts banned - that's fully down to you.

Many of Google's "policies and Guidelines" overlap. So issues with any of Google's polices (Adwords, YouTube, search etc) may impact on how your site is seen by Google. So not just you Adsense policies. Your site needs to comply with all relevant Google policies.

For instance Adsense policies do not seem to mention "paid traffic" issues. but Adwords policy clearly addresses "sending Adwords traffic to Adsense pages" (not allowed).

Check the Adsense Webmaster Policy Guidlines and you will find the following statement.

"These quality guidelines cover the most common forms of deceptive or manipulative behavior, but Google may respond negatively to other misleading practices not listed here (e.g. tricking users by registering misspellings of well-known websites). It's not safe to assume that just because a specific deceptive technique isn't included on this page, Google approves of it. Webmasters who spend their energies upholding the spirit of the basic principles will provide a much better user experience and subsequently enjoy better ranking than those who spend their time looking for loopholes they can exploit."

Which for me is also just great advice.

Google Webmaster Policy clearly addresses duplicate content

Duplicate content - Webmaster Tools Help

Auto-blogging (in it's purest sense) is also mentioned here

Little or no original content - Webmaster Tools Help

This is part of the checks you need to do if your site is penalized. So clearly these are thing that your site will be penalizes for. Not directly an Adsense issue but if your site isn't ranking then you obviously your earnings will be affected

Bottom line is if you even have to think about asking if it is allowed then it probably isn't. Google's TOS don't always help when you want to know "does it say I can't?". You may not find the exact wording banning you from doing what you want to do, but if it is remotely "dodgy" then is likely to eventually catch up with you.

That's (partly) because - as in another thread in which you've asked the same question - you've misunderstood what "duplicate content" means, and are in fact referring to "syndicated content".

This will help you: Article Marketers - Lay the Duplicate Content Myth To Rest Once and For All | Internet Marketing and Publishing

Here's the flip side of the coin.

autoblogging = very easy, no backlinking, no extra work, no social networking and no time at all EVER for anything after initially setting up your blogs.

I made $92 off AdSense just yesterday. So far today, I'm at $64. I've been down from what I normally made the last few days. Last month I averaged $140 a day.
I bought my kids a new playground set last month ($2200) and I bought a zero turning radius lawn mower this summer ($5500) all from adsense autoblogs. I plan to have my house paid off (27 years left on the loan) in the next 2 years with adsense autoblogs.

I have 200 autoblogs and I don't spin a word and I don't have 1 letter of unique content.

If that's failing.. I hope to keep failing the rest of my days.