Best Tools that build traffic automatically - Autoblogging

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I run around 50 blogs. Around half are fully automated, using RSS feeds, WP-O-Matic and twitter feeds. The remainder are my "high-quality" sites, which I keep clean and full of original content that I would be proud to call my own.

Building traffic to autoblogs is always a chore. There are many methods, including link building and posting articles, but I choose to do nothing and just let the sites build traffic organically.

Building traffic organically is SLOW! Hence this experiment.

There are three tools that I have tried at various points in the past, and I think, that they have worked. But I never really knew, because I was also trying other things at the same time, so I didnt have any control baseline.

I'm now starting a new experiment to test these three tools, so I thought I'd share it, and the results, with people here. I have no vested interest in any of these tools. I just want to see what works.


The tools are:
  • WP-Syndicator, which automatically posts blog posts to a range of high-traffic sites.
  • Got-links.com, which is essentially a fully automated link exchange network. Free
  • Hardlinks.com, a 4-way link exchange network, fully automated, that includes a wordpress plugin. Free.
I've heard good things about all of these, but am also a natural sceptic, so I want to try these and test them before giving you my opinion.

Today is 9th January 2011, and I have taken 2 of my blogs for each of the three tools above, so 6 blogs in total. All the blogs currently have roughly the same volume of traffic and have Google Analytics set up so I can monitor results.

I will come back in one month and post the results. If you want to be kept updated please subscribe to the thread.

I'd be really interested to hear from anyone that has already used any of the three tools above.
#autoblogging #automatically #build #tools #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author trishworks4u
    haven't used any of them but am interested. I have over 500 autoblogs and am going to start doing "something" more w/ them soon. not sure I'm down with the link exchange idea though.

    keep us posted.
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    • Profile picture of the author mikeevee
      Originally Posted by trishworks4u View Post

      haven't used any of them but am interested. I have over 500 autoblogs and am going to start doing "something" more w/ them soon. not sure I'm down with the link exchange idea though.

      keep us posted.
      Wow! That's great going. Are they getting decent traffic? How do you promote the sites.

      I've always felt the same about link exchange. I was reluctant to touch them in case I got blacklisted. But others have said some good things about these tools so I thought I'd give it a go.

      I now have the gotlinks.com and hardlinks.com set up on 2 sites each. Gotlinks was very easy. Hardlinks worked great on one Wordpress site but wouldnt install on another, after much trying. I've now chosen another blog for the second blog in that experiment.

      Lets see what happens.
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    • Profile picture of the author Not New
      Originally Posted by trishworks4u View Post

      haven't used any of them but am interested. I have over 500 autoblogs and am going to start doing "something" more w/ them soon. not sure I'm down with the link exchange idea though.

      keep us posted.
      Visited your blog and found what I have been looking for last few days. Moving WP's.

      Great tutorial. I would suggest that you create a thread and let warriors know how simple you have made it.

      Have a nice day.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikeevee
    Update: First black mark for WP Syndicator. The two sites I am installing it on both run the "Old Post Promoter" WP plugin, which recycles old posts. I had to disable it before WP Syndicator would install.

    After that the plugin installed just fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author akshay7
    Bingo, keep going. And do update.
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  • Profile picture of the author sarahberra
    Good ideas! I have a handful of blogs that I am going to make automated soon. I'm seeding these blogs with original content first before I add wordpress robot. I guess I am just going to slowly build up these blogs. It's a time factor for me and I am still learning.
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  • Profile picture of the author valdanylchuk
    I'm not sure I get the whole idea of autoblogs. With email autoresponders, each subscriber starts at message #1, you can feed them your content for a year or so and be done with it. For a blog, you need fresh content all the time - so how can you plan to run 500 autoblogs, or other similar figures reported by some people here, long-term? Do you rotate content? Or are these just short-term projects?
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    • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
      Originally Posted by valdanylchuk View Post

      For a blog, you need fresh content all the time - so how can you plan to run 500 autoblogs, or other similar figures reported by some people here, long-term? Do you rotate content? Or are these just short-term projects?
      You only need as much "fresh content" as you want to fill them with. Autoblogs don't have to continue to grow forever if you don't want them to.

      Having said that, it really isn't difficult to find a lot of content to fill a blog...

      New articles get written every day, Youtube users post new videos every day...etc etc. If you have the time and want to find "fresh" content for your blog everyday it isn't difficult, finding quality content on the other hand can be a bit of a challenge sometimes...but that's a different story all together.
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    • Profile picture of the author mikeevee
      Originally Posted by valdanylchuk View Post

      I'm not sure I get the whole idea of autoblogs. With email autoresponders, each subscriber starts at message #1, you can feed them your content for a year or so and be done with it. For a blog, you need fresh content all the time - so how can you plan to run 500 autoblogs, or other similar figures reported by some people here, long-term? Do you rotate content? Or are these just short-term projects?
      Fresh content is easy. I run a combination of blogs. Some are with a whole load of PLR articles which I load up in one go, and then I use Old Post Promoter, a free Wordpress plugin, to drip one back to the front page every few days.

      Most of my blogs now just use WP OMatic. Much quicker that way. I can set up a blog in 20 to 30 mins, including set up of Google Analytics, adding a few useful plugins etc. WP OMatic then brings in a fresh article from Google news every day.

      Autoblogs are very different from your main "quality" sites. They need to be quick to set up and then run themselves fully automated. If you achieve that (and it is not hard - I am not at all techy and can do it) then you just need to get the traffic arrive and you can monetise with Adsense, affiliate offers etc. That's what this experiment is about. For an autoblog I want something 100% automatic. If that brings an extra few hundred visitors a day, per site, then that is just fine. 100 sites each earning a couple of pounds a day in Adsense is nice background income while I focus on my real value ideas.
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  • Profile picture of the author charly0052
    i havent used this tool but i m interested for using this tool becaise this tool gives automatic blog commenting approval thts why..
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  • Profile picture of the author imediazone
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    But is it for free?
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    • Profile picture of the author hilaryaustin
      the best tools are the free ones. But not all free can provide the work you need. Some free auto blogs are not even accurate and won't last forever. So better be careful in picking some of them.

      In my case i have wordpress robot and RSS. And at the moment its doing fine and good services for me.
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    • Profile picture of the author mikeevee
      Originally Posted by imediazone View Post

      But is it for free?
      Which one are you talking about?

      WP O Matic is 100% free, and automatically scours the net for content to post to your blog.

      And of the three in the experiment:
      • WP Syndicator costs around $50 I think
      • GotLinks is totally free
      • Hardlinks is free, inc the WP plugin
      I've heard good things about WP Robot, but for me I am happy enough with WP O Matic, which costs nothing. If you don't need bells and whistles it does the job pretty adequately.
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    • Profile picture of the author Marian
      I use WP Syndicator and the traffic increases slowly. It needs a bit more time, but so far it looks promosing.

      Marian
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      • Profile picture of the author mikeevee
        Originally Posted by Marian View Post

        I use WP Syndicator and the traffic increases slowly. It needs a bit more time, but so far it looks promosing.

        Marian
        Thanks. That's good to hear.

        When I looked at WP Syndicator it sounded great, but if it is just posting to Web 2.0 sites isnt it doing the same thing that OnlyWire does, and OnlyWire is free.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikeevee
    An update on the tests, after one week...

    WP Syndicator is working as billed and posting to the sites. The blog sites on Wordpress and Blogger have lots of posts on them now. Slightly worrying that they all point back to only my site though. Will that look dodgy to Google?

    Gotlinks is also working as billed and I have around 40 new links to each of the two test sites used for my Gotlinks tests. Thats slightly less than I expected, but at least they are building up.

    The hardlinks trial is less successful. After trying so hard to install it I now cant see a single new link.

    As for traffic, I dont know yet. I promised to give each of them one month so that is what I will do, and I am going to avoid looking at traffic stats until the end.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikeevee
    5 days to go before I check the results of the experiment. Subscribe to this thread to see the results.

    Am interested if anyone else has tried any of those 3 methods?
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    • Profile picture of the author lefty359
      Originally Posted by mikeevee View Post

      5 days to go before I check the results of the experiment. Subscribe to this thread to see the results.

      Am interested if anyone else has tried any of those 3 methods?
      How do you subscribe to a thread? I don't see that function.
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      • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
        Originally Posted by lefty359 View Post

        How do you subscribe to a thread? I don't see that function.
        At the top of a thread you will see "Thread Tools" drop down...
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        • Profile picture of the author Seeking Knowledge
          Originally Posted by Rsberg View Post

          At the top of a thread you will see "Thread Tools" drop down...
          Thanks for that, I wasn't sure either, but am subscribed now.

          I'm curious about the WPSyndicator as it appears the creator has several successful plugins but there is a thread on this forum which isn't too positive about this WPSyndicator so am anxious ot see if it indeed works. Jeff
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          • Profile picture of the author mikeevee
            Originally Posted by Seeking Knowledge View Post

            Thanks for that, I wasn't sure either, but am subscribed now.

            I'm curious about the WPSyndicator as it appears the creator has several successful plugins but there is a thread on this forum which isn't too positive about this WPSyndicator so am anxious ot see if it indeed works. Jeff
            Sorry about the big delay. I've neglected my sites for the last few months as I've had a lot of things happening in my life that have taken up every minute of my time.

            I'll report back on what I found with these three tools in the next day or so once I've checked the Analytics properly.
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  • Profile picture of the author allenjohn
    Hi - I'm looking forward to hearing your results...thanks Allen
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  • Profile picture of the author BarberShop
    How much are you guys spending vs earning from your autoblogs? It seems to be time consuming to learn autoblogging when you can focus on a normal blog and build traffic for it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
      Originally Posted by BarberShop View Post

      How much are you guys spending vs earning from your autoblogs? It seems to be time consuming to learn autoblogging when you can focus on a normal blog and build traffic for it.
      This would depend on who you ask and their personal experiences.

      Some prefer to go the "natural" route and some choose to autoblog, really just boils down to what the individual finds more suits his/her style, approach, methods etc etc...
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    • Profile picture of the author mikeevee
      Originally Posted by BarberShop View Post

      How much are you guys spending vs earning from your autoblogs? It seems to be time consuming to learn autoblogging when you can focus on a normal blog and build traffic for it.
      Yes its very true.

      I can only speak for me. My autoblogs cost me £15 or so per year, inc hosting and domain name registration. They take ca. 4 hours each to set up (I go for medium effort, so create a logo, configure the template nicely etc).

      As for what they earn, it varies, but on average I probably make £10 or so per blog per annum in profit. That's small, but its still satisfying.

      I know many people are making much much more, but I came to autoblogging late so the sites are still growing their revenue every month.
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      • Profile picture of the author BarberShop
        Originally Posted by mikeevee View Post

        Yes its very true.

        I can only speak for me. My autoblogs cost me £15 or so per year, inc hosting and domain name registration. They take ca. 4 hours each to set up (I go for medium effort, so create a logo, configure the template nicely etc).

        As for what they earn, it varies, but on average I probably make £10 or so per blog per annum in profit. That's small, but its still satisfying.

        I know many people are making much much more, but I came to autoblogging late so the sites are still growing their revenue every month.
        Spent: £15, 4 hrs
        Earn: £10

        Its a business failure?
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        • Profile picture of the author rmoore
          I have 20 autoblogs and my worst one gets 300 uniques per day, my best 3,000 uniques.

          Here is how I "autoblog".

          [+] 10-20 unique good articles setup as "pages" not posts.
          [+] Link building for a month to those articles.
          [+] Set your best articles as the landing page of your blog.
          [+] Autoblog posts on the back end in http://yourURL/blog
          [+] Free autoblog content from UAW, SEOLink Vine, Syndicate Kahuna
          [+] WP Easy Content for targeted autoposts (paid tool)
          [+] Drip 1 article per day per service.
          [+] Web Traffic Genius and WP Syndicator for auto link building to the auto posts.

          So my method takes a little time, but builds authority autoblogs.

          I build them all in one niche and point to a squeeze page to build my list.

          ...use What Would Seth Godin Do plugin to get a big call to action above every single autopost.

          You really don't necessarily want people to read the autoposts...you want them on your list.

          Hope that helps

          -Rusty
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        • Profile picture of the author Rsberg
          Originally Posted by BarberShop View Post

          Spent: £15, 4 hrs
          Earn: £10

          Its a business failure?
          I wouldn't call it a failure at all...I think you are either misreading his post or not fully understanding it.

          Those 4 sites that took him 4 hours each to set up (as a newbie to autoblogging) could easily turn into 50 sites that take him 1 hour each to set up (with more experience). That 10 he makes is profit per blog per year...not gross income in total over the 4 blogs per year. That could realistically turn into 20 per blog per month net profit once he learns what works best for him through tweaking and testing (which is all part of ANY IM method).

          So...50 sites at 20 per blog per month is 1000 per month or 12,000 per year. Not a fortune by any means but it is a decent passive income for something that doesn't take much work once you figure out the best approach and methods that work for you as an individual.

          Now, using the numbers mentioned above (which are VERY conservative I assure you) just think what happens to them when you have 200 blogs, 300...or even 500. There are autobloggers here who have that many...and more.

          It really isn't that hard to accomplish once you get it figured out...rinse and repeat and scale it up to meet your needs or desired income level.
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  • Profile picture of the author mahesh2010
    Originally Posted by mikeevee View Post

    I run around 50 blogs. Around half are fully automated, using RSS feeds, WP-O-Matic and twitter feeds. The remainder are my "high-quality" sites, which I keep clean and full of original content that I would be proud to call my own.

    Building traffic to autoblogs is always a chore. There are many methods, including link building and posting articles, but I choose to do nothing and just let the sites build traffic organically.

    Building traffic organically is SLOW! Hence this experiment.

    There are three tools that I have tried at various points in the past, and I think, that they have worked. But I never really knew, because I was also trying other things at the same time, so I didnt have any control baseline.

    I'm now starting a new experiment to test these three tools, so I thought I'd share it, and the results, with people here. I have no vested interest in any of these tools. I just want to see what works.


    The tools are:
    • WP-Syndicator, which automatically posts blog posts to a range of high-traffic sites.
    • Got-links.com, which is essentially a fully automated link exchange network. Free
    • Hardlinks.com, a 4-way link exchange network, fully automated, that includes a wordpress plugin. Free.
    I've heard good things about all of these, but am also a natural sceptic, so I want to try these and test them before giving you my opinion.

    Today is 9th January 2011, and I have taken 2 of my blogs for each of the three tools above, so 6 blogs in total. All the blogs currently have roughly the same volume of traffic and have Google Analytics set up so I can monitor results.

    I will come back in one month and post the results. If you want to be kept updated please subscribe to the thread.

    I'd be really interested to hear from anyone that has already used any of the three tools above.
    Hi,
    I have seen a preview it is great Better I will implement it in my website That would be really great if it works fine for my web sites
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  • Profile picture of the author mikeevee
    Well the original month has now passed. And I promised to provide an update on the tools.

    The reason I havent is that I didnt notice any discernable difference between the sites with these tools deployed and the control sites. No positive effect, but also no negative effect.

    I have decided to let the experiment run for a second month. I will then post my updates and conclusions here.
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