Autoblogs, still recommended?

I have sold a few autoblogs on Flippa in the past and I still have a few.
You should try one or two, see how it goes. I would strongly recommend a niche that has a high CPC throughout most of its related keywords because you will almost certainly attract less traffic and thus less clicks.

Considering the changes Google is making to its algorithms, I'd say it's probably a waste of time and energy. Probably best have one or two blogs, and concentrating on quality.

Autoblogs still recommended?

When were they ever recommended?

Don't waste your time even setting one up. You'll get little to no traffic at it because its all crap duplicate content. Be unique! Be yourself!

Autoblog + spun content, the content would be unique in the eye of search engines.

Many opinions about autoblogging are often presented as fact instead of opinion, especially by the autoblog haters of the forum and many of them come from those that have failed at it.

Are autoblogs still viable, even after the latest Google update...yes
Is it as easy as many think it is...no

There is a lot of valuable info here on the forum about autoblogging, there are also more than enough "opinions" about it to last a lifetime...do a search, read the many threads here about it and decide for yourself.

Best of luck!

Autoblogs are definitely something that you have to scale up to be successful with. Not all of them will make money. If you want to make big money, it is better to create your own content.

It also has a lot to do with what's the right business model for you.

Some people make money with authority blogging and autoblogging.

Some people don't make money with authority blogging or autoblogging.

Same goes for affiliate marketing or product creation. Adsense and Amazon. Text and Video. You name it.

You need to know your strengths and weaknesses - only then can you decide what is more likely to work for you.

Still I earn with autoblogs. Make more quality backlinks and add some unique articles monthly. Then you get decent traffic.

My take on Auto Blogs..... this is a timing based strategy...
For the most part the auto-blog market is going to be gone soon... how ever...
there are certain wys you can monetize them...and no i am not
talking about adsense type income either....


what do you plan to with the auto blogs/

Keeping in mind the changes google is making, i wont reccomend you for autoblogs Rather you should make 2 or 3 blogs and concentrate on the quality and uniqueness of the blogs

I've had 1000 autoblogs going since December 2010 and all they bring is the weak sauce.....

Autoblog give me income, very recommended.

I build autoblogs but I monetize it differently....I sell therm on flippa and I can fletch $70 - $100 a site for a 2 hours worth of work....

Having said that, I don't recommend running auto blog network especially if you are considering implementing adsense or affiliate marketing.... You simply have alot of difficulty generating enough traffic to make your time worth while....

Seems like an easy enough concept, you setup a hosting account, something the search engines like to index and do some keyword research then setup an auto blogging product, and for a time it did work ok, however over the past three years I have been developing autoblogs, I spent a lot of money buying auto blogging products.

I cannot name them all, but I think I invested somewhere in the neighborhood of about 350.00 in software products and all of them claimed that I could get great traffic and make money with them, ...

One of the products, (that is still popular here) got two of my websites banned in google and it took two years to reverse the damage that was done to that domain name, cost of the wordpress auto blogging plugin $145.00

(thanks for that)

It was then that I really seriously began to ask questions about what was going on with Google, this was two years ago...

Long before all the changes that have happened since.

I now own a lot of mostly useless software with the exception of
one of these auto blogging products, they all failed to live up to the hype
presented right here on this forum.

Several are still being sold today, and warriors are recommending how great it is, but if you use it, you will most likely pay a high price and you will not make any money, in fact you will loose the price you paid for this product not to mention all the time and effort you spent in developing the website and the "just south of trash the plugin produces"

The offending auto blogging plugin I found to be the worse one was also the highest priced when I purchased it the price was 145.00 (warrior special price) now it is $120 for the advanced version.

After repeated attempts at getting the thing to actually work right, I asked for help on the support forum and got excuses, after excuses yes I paid for that software, the reason I am telling you this story is two fold, that you not make the same mistakes that I made and that you learn what I learned in two years of making said same mistakes.

So I am not going to name the offending software vendor here as it is not permitted and off topic as well, but I want to communicate my experiences with auto blogging, and what I learned about the process of auto blogging as well as the solution at least to a degree to the problems I encountered.

Auto blogging by itself is a waste of your time and effort and your money.


The one way I found to become somewhat profitable was to not rely on the auto blogging process, because auto blogging leaves a trail of destruction every where it is used, the search engines see it and you may for a short time see some results but over all you are going to pay a huge price
once the search engines figure out what you are doing, which trust me
is only a matter of time.

I had meant to keep this short, but when you spend as much time and money as I have spent on developing auto blogs then you have to understand why I feel so strongly about this topic.

To keep this brief as possible, I found that auto blogging alone was a horrible business model that fails every time it is used period. Yes you may have some average success for a time, but in the end the result will not be what you wanted, I do not care how many people say different, this is the truth, I am not selling anything here so anyone that comes along telling about how much great gobs of money they are making is a pure unadulterated liar.

Period...


They have a dog in the hunt or they are friends with a dog in the hunt just ignore them they are a waste of your time and efforts.

Now there is a way to manage your content in such a way as to avoid the penalty of being perceived as a content scraper or content farm, or other low value low quality content snare, as the now famous "panda smanda" google garbage distribution system will tell you

You have to have unique content, not borrowed not duplicated not even remotely ambiguous, You simply must have a solid good mix of content, you can have advertising, yes you can have videos from youtube, you can have content from other sources as long as it is a good mix of original high value keyword relevant content fall below unpublished levels of original high value content and you will pay a price.

I have had some success and yes even made some money, using this method, and it involves some work on your part, sorry but that is just the way it is, you cannot wave a magic wand, you cannot buy magic beans, there is no glass slipper and sadly no free lunch...

Those things are just purely for suckers, (dont be a sucker) because if you are here then you have made it past the gauntlet of so called guru trash mongers, who prey on the weak among us instead of providing real solutions to real problems.

So, that is it in a nut shell, create real original content, by either producing your own content, and or re-writing PLR content, and mixing it up on your blog or website, with advertising, and yes you can use plugins to do that too, but with all seriousness beware of the Auto blogging demons, they are real and it will wreck your domain and your time and your money and suck the life out of your will to survive in this very challenging environment.

Even though I have made some money doing this it does take effort and sadly there are some that just do not want to do anything, they will never be successful until they find that out for themselves, if you are reading this and you are truly interested in moving beyond the vicious cycle of buying products that fail you (yes I know its a novel concept, but products fail you, not the other way around) and if you have hope that you can somehow find the key to the kingdom then you are probably ready to begin creating high value content for real readers that also hope to find content that is of value to them.

I could literally write a book on this topic and may do it someday but for now I just wanted to share the last three years of auto blogging efforts that I have personally done, using 17 auto blogging software products, and 45 domain names and yes I turned all that time and effort into a product which I will not mention here since that would be a self serving post and that is not what I wanted to do, If you are interested just read my blog and you will find links easy enough to follow.

Trust me, there is no magic bean... There is no real auto blogging software that works the way they claim that it works, it is all fake and it is a waste of your time, and it is just to get you to buy yet another product that will in the end fail you, and it is not just because google suddenly changed the way they decided to do business, it is simply that people recognize a website with real content from a website with generated content, it is really just that simple.

Learn from the mistakes that others make it can save you a lot of time and effort and yes money...

Autoblogs were once recommended by others?

Don't listen to those people ever again... :p

probably not the best time to do that.. after the panda update,they're right on saying you'd just waste your time..

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Autoblogs? Not bad! I still use this autoblogging and it's quite effective.

nope, not unless you plan on selling them to somebody else. Just is worth the time.

It's interesting to me that there are so many people here who post against autoblogging as if they know for sure it's no longer a valid form of IM (or worse yet, that it never was). I realize that the autoblogging of the past rapidly gained a bad name and in some cases rightfully so but what many don’t seem to realize is that those of us who do it successfully today don’t follow the same methods that many associate with the name.

Also, many of the posters here keep citing the latest Google update as though that were the end all be all, final death to the dreaded autoblog...

If you were to actually talk to some successful autobloggers here on the forum you would learn that the algo update actually helped many autoblogs with higher rankings in the SERPs which has resulted in more traffic...leading to increased earnings.

So...I'm sorry to burst the autoblog hater bubble but the reality is that autoblogging (done right) isn't going anywhere any time soon. However, if it somehow makes you feel better to continue to doubt then please continue to do so, less competition is always better for those of us who know the possibilities.

@Rsberg I sure hope your not offended, looks like someone struck a nerve, but I am more than willing to show my cards, I would really love to see your successfully implemented auto blogs,

here is one of my auto blogs

Ok I get it, your unhappy sure If I were autoblogging alone I would be unhappy too, but I contend that you do not have to be alone, and in fact my successes were with a combination of technogies, you want to argue about what you think are opinions ok sure but that is really off topic here, the topic at hand is this Autoblogs, still recommended?

The best thing in this forum is to add some value to a thread it does no one any good to sit here and argue, so lets move along past the stumbling blocks that so easily seem to find their way into conversations here and lets do something positive.

What I have posted I can back up 100 percent, while your position conveniently requires no proof, of anything you have posted. I am not sure how to take that but in the tradition of the warrior forum, which by the way I have been here on and off since 1999.

I will add value to this thread by doing more than just posting opinions that require no proof, you see the issue here and the topic here is this Autoblogs, still recommended and I have to say that I can prove better than most people here that Autoblogging alone is a failure.

Let break out some educational tools here and do some good, being unhappy really never does anyone any real good.

I set out to make some money using auto blogging, I have some money so its not a big deal to me I like to support the warrior forum, by buying WSOs I have purchased tons of stuff over the years, and most of them are great products.

DLguard, RAP, even back in the day, the MJFP, do you know what the MJFP is?

My position is this, and I can back it up because I documented my experiences as part of a development cycle, I did that for one reason and one reason alone, I wanted to be able to say this is what I did this is what my results are, and for the record I am still documenting this experiment.

It is really all about helping each other out, if I can provide value to others who come after me then perhaps some of those clients will become more successful because they will have taken the time to learn from my experiences.

So, here is what I did I setup several blogs, some of them I leave alone and do nothing, others I update from time to time, in the world of science and that is what we want to do here is to provide proof of what constitutes reasonable effort, we call this a control experiment, the control are the websites where autoblogging is used with no outside intervention.

Then I have some sites where I use a somewhat different plugin which I like better than some of the other more automatic (content scrapers, video posters, ect)

Then there is a third group where I only post original material, and the website is developed to fit into a niche, I followed a set procedure of developing these sites because I wanted to be able to help warriors do the same thing, and yes sadly it requires some work to do but in every single instance the websites where I use original material and I follow an applied approach of steps, those websites are far more successful than the auto blogging websites, which is what this topic is all about, So I say it again, Autoblogging Alone is just not a good way to do business.

You cannot do nothing and expect to receive everything, but that is what a lot of people are trying to sell that same old yes "tired excuse" is just not going to cut the mustard any longer.

By the way I also have some websites where I use a combination of technologies and my results are mush better, than just autoblogging alone.

Hence the title of my original post in the first place.

You see, soon you will not be able to just post something you will have to back it up, I am happy that it is still a free world at least for now but eventually anything you say in a public forum might one day be used against you, just consider that for a moment, the prevailing corporate opinion here is that legally the IM world is the wild wild west of the Internet with hucksters and shucksters, on every street corner barking, to the world, Hurry Hurry Hurry, come and see the beaded lady and the man of great girth.

Those days are about to end and I am preparing for that by documenting everything I do, you should be doing that too, because soon if you do not have proof of what you say, you could face criminal charges, yes even jail time.

So while right now you can conveniently make open ended statements, eventually you will have to make good on your claims.

over the next few weeks I will be releasing a new product that can work with autoblogging to enhance and build up a better website using technology but the over all goal is to move away from autoblogging, and to produce results that can be repeated with a reasonable effort, if you want to use autoblogging go for it, but if you want real results why not create real value for what you sell to warriors.

I think they are the newest shiney object and will get either banned or just die out.

Not sure thought, my crystal ball is not working well.

LOL...it's funny that some people say don't waste your time, and I guess I agree because there will be less competition for those of us that are making money with adsense on autoblogs!

If you really think about it Google is nothing more than an autoblog scraping content off the web, organizing it and presenting it as it's own!!

@Rsberg obviously all you want to do is argue, and for the record you are the only person here who first mentioned hate as if it were part of this discussion which sir it is not.

Post number 11, 31, 36, 39, you use the word hate or a version thereof, while no one else uses the word hate in the way you used it, except TPW which did not use the word in a foul way but only expressed his right to do as he pleased so I take no umbrage from his use of the word but you sir are a different matter entirely.

I will not sit here and argue and split hairs, about semantics,
(look that up if you need to) but what I am going to do is this

I will also have the opportunity to show what I can do with everything but Autoblogging.

We will pick some keywords and pick some new domain names, lets say two each and they will be built from scratch, Brand new domain names, Brand new keywords pulled down from the antithesis of the Ethernet.

You will have two websites and I will have two websites and we will both have three months to generate as much traffic and as much revenue as we can generate.

You use Autoblogging to generate your revenue I will use everything but autoblogging and at the end of three months whom ever has the highest verifiable traffic statistics, whom ever has the most sales revenue and revenue from sales of products of the two websites will be declared the winner.

Then people can judge for themselves who is more correct in what they believe to be true.

Will you accept the gauntlet or even more likely will you retire from the field of battle tail between legs.

In the tradition of the days of old when two gentlemen had a disagreement (and I use that word loosely today,) and the disagreement could not be settled by words alone they took to other means of settling the dispute, while today this is technically illegal, however, we can do as the old saying goes, and still break no laws in the offing.

It is time to put up or shut up, )

I Declare the time for the ranting and the raving and the hating to be over and the time for empty words is finished, now it is time for action.

What say you, do you have the guts to put up or will you just shut up. . .

He wants to argue about words I want to take action, his words are empty while mine are full of promise, he uses foul language in his rants, while I attempt to prove what I have said, obviously he is not going to take up the challenge because he cannot, he wants to argue, he wants to call people names, but when it comes down to taking action he makes excuses,

He keeps baking up and backing up, but here is his chance to prove to everyone here that I am as wrong as he says that I am, come on sir where is your bait?

You call me an Ass, does that not give me the right to call you out?

put up or shut up sir it is really just that simple, if you cannot build a website I will help you, if you cannot create an auto blog I will help you, I will put what I have said to the test, I have licenses for every major product concerning autoblogging if you do not have a license I will provide you with one.

come on where are the apples and oranges in that?

What I believe is that you are all talk and no action which is why you are not doing anything but name calling and ranting, about injustices, come on man stand up and be counted among the men.

I called your bluff, you came into the thread using words like hate, and haters, you criticized everything with no proof of why you feel the way you do, what did you expect would happen?

I called your bluff because you were rude and you talk about things you know nothing about, so I called you out, now your self righteous, go figure, have a nice day buddy.

The ones that are still doing good use custom templates, software, and paid unique content - in other words they invested a whole lot more than a few hundred - or few thousand for that matter. Their sites have unique software, structural, and navigational footprints ...

By "auto" meaning ... and usually misunderstood - a system where posting is handled usually thru one central location, and with software, to efficiently add content (premium - unique, and usually "paid") on a regular basis. As opposed to physically logging into each blog admin every day.

Not - an entire site scraped from twitter or StackOverflow ..

Eric you have touched on the very theme for why the average users fails at using the Autoblogging tools that are frequently sold, they want to believe that you do not have to do anything to gain revenue.

It is not really their fault, because they are led down that path by marketers who are trying to sell a product, that was and is still my objection to the "autoblogging" business model,

What you are suggesting is a custom website with unique content which will out perform auto blogging every time in every situation, because as you mentioned when you leave behind a pattern that search engines can identify you with then you risk being sandboxed by search engines, (usually only google, but that is enough)

What I "discovered" during my experiments was when you develop custom content and you develop custom pages, and you put forth some effort it really makes a huge difference, that is what makes a website a success versus a "set it and forget it" type business model, which is no longer effective, even google agrees so you are in good company,

Some people thinks it works some not. better try it out by yourself and see the result.

A good friend of mine owns dozens of autoblogs. They do work, but the time/effort he put into them tweaking over and over to make them effective was ridiculous. You might have better luck, but I'd say for him they haven't been worth it. He was trying to build a formula to scale up and has had some success (a few hundred a month in revenue). I'll put my vote in for creating a high quality site with high quality content and stay away from autoblogging.

The autoblog I set up has not provided me with much success at all. I think Autoblogs is just a lazy way to marketing, and if you want to be lazy it means less money. Original content will give you more success.

Googles ultimate goal is to clear up all the content spam that is clogging up the results. If they are not shy about going after the big players by making an example of them, then its only a matter of time when all smaller websites on their radar are permanently banned and dropped - remember that they also log the ips of where the website content is coming from to make sure robots are not at play.

Best to go back to basics - is there any other option?


I really hate websites that waste my time with junk on them - websites that offer good content I happily stay and read 6-10 more articles because Im intrested and curious to see what else they can offer me and thats what its all about.

Also I bookmark the websites for future use.

I think the IM culture is one of mass hypnosis - people are hypnotised to their screens and as most sales copy uses unconcious sales signals that screams buy buy buy - the next thing you know you have bought the lastest wso and have no idea if you just had an out of body experience because you promised you would never buy another wso untill you have made use of the 100 you already have.

Alot of products and services are marketed to people's most desperate needs emotionally.

This forum is about helping people in both the good and bad, alot of people come here looking for guidance help and friendship at times when they are desperate so looking out for others is a must.

Because of autoblogs, I am finally starting to make consistent money. It's not a 'put up an autoblog and sit and watch it make money'. You still need to work, but it definitely works and makes my life much easier.

Outside the box? Hell yeah... but adsense is not outside the box. Let's say you're running a raffle, or fundraiser for a limited time, say 3 months, its perfectly useful to throw out a large autoblog farm with links pointing back. When the fundraiser is over, point traffic to a relevant squeeze page (to be notified of next raffle/fundraiser, etc).

From there, it's really up to you as a marketer to work the leads into other venues like becoming facebook fans and getting out the word. The good thing about that is that you got these people from keyword targeted blogs so if they pimp you on any social media sites, it's going to be targeted leads talking to their friend network in their own targeted words...

I never think in terms of one step... always synergies.

It's not recommended per Google's Panda update, but some still claim autoblogs are still getting ranked decently well, but in the long run it wouldn't be a good idea

I wouldn't think so due to the new google/panda update ...sorry.

Yeah, definitely keep well away from autoblogs...

...so that there is more money for me My autoblogs are rocking away, with search traffic growing rapidly since the Panda update, and everything looking rosy.

It's all about strategy. If you just throw up yet another junk autoblog, you are asking to get little traffic and zero sales. But it you think about how you can create a quality site that actually adds value, your blogs will rock. And so will your bank balance.

dont do it, Why not create a real blog with your own thoughts and do not steal other people stuff.

Makes sense doesnt it. Auto blogs are just the latest way to spam the internet. Great isnt it.

Been thinking about autoblogging for a while now...do they build backlinks? Im new at this...

SPRAY AND PRAY, FOLKS.... you could probably throw a ton of barely spun PLR out there on the web and get lucky with some of it but at least make SOME effort to find out how to not be a total bull in a china shop...