What Is Autoblogging?
Autoblogging is short for “automatic blogging.” Basically, you set your blog up to post content on it’s own. This is usually done by connecting an RSS feed to your blog. Many Internet marketers use autoblogging to build niche websites quickly and easily. But before your jump on the autoblogging band wagon, you need to understand a couple of things about autoblogs.
Quality
Gobala Krishnan of ProfitBlogger.com says, “No matter how good you get at autoblogging, you’re never going to produce high quality sites that attract a loyal fan-base using autoblogging methods. Nothing beats content that is original and written by a human being.”
Therefore, autoblogging is not a good option for those who want their blog to establish credibility or expertise for them.
Autoblogging is good for setting up Adsense and affiliate marketing sites, where your only concern is generating traffic. Because autoblogging keeps your content fresh, the site ranks better in the search engines.
Uniqueness
Because you will probably be using the same RSS feeds that everyone else is using to build your autoblogging content, your website will not be that unique. So, you need to be careful about the RSS feeds you use, and also look for other sources of automated content, such as data feeds from affiliate networks.
Another Option
There is another option that requires a little more work up front, but can set up your blog on auto-pilot for quite some time. This is using PLR articles and some sort of software to spin the content for originality. Here are some tools that can help you do that.
ZipPoster
This is a WordPress plugin that will load hundreds of articles onto a site with the push of a button — and post date them so the content will be published slowly over time.
Originizer
This WordPress plugin turns your duplicate content into 100% original content in the eyes of the search engines.
WP Spinner
This WordPress plugin not only helps you rotate content, creating alternate versions, but will also help you create dynamic layouts, rotating adds, and more.
These three plugins, working in tandem, can help your autoblogs gain been search engine results and give your visitors a bit more value than traditional autoblogs.
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I’m thinking of doing a network of these blogs and wondering if I should link them all in the blogroll?
That is the easiest way to to do it. I’ve done something similar over at http://www.dragonwyze.com, my umbrella website. What’s nice about doing it that way, is you can assign each website a category, and then they’ll be listed in a more organized fashion.
That’s what I did on this website. Do you see the list of links to the right? The ones labeled “Additional Services, “Business & Marketing Advice” and “My Articles on Associated Content” are all links listed in my blogroll.
Also keep in mind that “autoblogging” as you call it, especially if you’re making money off AdSense or other methods is considered theft of intellectual property called “splogging” or “Spam blogging” and will eventually lead to a DCMA takedown notice and/or drastically lower rankings in search engines such as Google, will violate your AdSense agreement and if likely in violation of any licensing offered by the original author(s).
It’s a good idea to write your own content, but if you’re aggregating other’s content it’s always good to not claim it as your own work, to link to the original post and list the origin. Never include ads on any page that uses anyone’s content other than your own.
Very good points, Charles! This is one of the issues I have with autoblogging. It is just too easy to be unethical about it.
However, not all autoblogging is theft of intellectual property. Using PLR content is perfectly legal and acceptable. And, limiting RSS feeds — and always acknowledging the author of the posts — is also O.K. It is all in how you implement your autoblogging program.
However, I do agree it is a very slippery slope to navigate. And, personally, I wouldn’t do it.