| A while back I mentioned the word | | | | using these feeds, and then create your |
| "autoblogging" on my website, and the term | | | | autoblog. |
| got several people confused. Autoblogging is | | | | |
| not a blog about cars, although an "auto | | | | Besides using RSS feeds, articles are also a |
| blog" may mean exactly that. | | | | good way of adding content to your blogs. |
| | | | However, unless you're doing this |
| Autoblogging is a term I use to describe | | | | automatically, the amount of time spent |
| automated blogs and automated blogging. In | | | | copying articles and pasting them into your |
| other words, instead of the usual method of | | | | blog may not be worth your time. |
| writing the content yourself, or pasting | | | | |
| articles from article sites manually, you can | | | | Another autoblogging tactic is using data |
| actually automate the content and linking for | | | | feeds from affiliate networks, and posting |
| your blogs. What it takes is the correct | | | | them into blog posts with your affiliate ID |
| mindset, the correct method and the correct | | | | included. Unlike using RSS feeds from blogs, |
| tools. | | | | people don't get annoyed when you do this. |
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| 1) The Mindset of An Autoblogger | | | | 3) Autoblogging Tools |
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| Firstly, an autoblogger has to learn to | | | | Let start with the hosting. If you're |
| manage expectations. No matter how good you | | | | autoblogging, one blog is not enough. You'll |
| get at autoblogging, you're never going to | | | | need to create and manage a handful of blogs |
| produce high quality sites that attract a | | | | at the same time. Therefore, you need some |
| loyal fan-base using autoblogging methods. | | | | sort of reseller or VPS (Virtual Private |
| Nothing beats content that is original and | | | | Server) that can handle many domains and |
| written by a human being. | | | | individual accounts for each blog. |
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| That being said, the wise autoblogger knows | | | | Next comes the blogging platform. As far as |
| that all he really needs from one of his | | | | autoblogging goes, nothing comes even close |
| "autoblogs" is a few hundred to a few | | | | to Wordpress, an open-source blogging |
| thousand visitors a month, and just one or | | | | software that you can use on your own |
| two ways of turning those visitors into a | | | | domains, and modify as you see fit. |
| profitable revenue stream. | | | | |
| | | | One of the most important tools you'll need |
| If he can achieve this, his blog would be | | | | is an "RSS feed aggregator" like RSS2Blog or |
| considered a success! He then moves on to a | | | | other similar software. An aggregator is the |
| different blog, probably on a totally | | | | key to almost all autoblogging techniques, as |
| different topic or niche. | | | | most other applications like article posting |
| | | | and data feed posting requires it. |
| 2) How To Blog Automatically | | | | |
| | | | To expand your blog's traffic exponentially, |
| The method most people know is republishing | | | | you'll also need a language translator script |
| content from RSS feeds. The only problem is | | | | installed on your autoblogs. Having this |
| that most of these people use the same RSS | | | | script will instantly multiply your traffic |
| sources everyone else is using. They grab RSS | | | | and earnings without any extra work on your |
| feeds from news sites, PR sites and blog | | | | part. |
| listings like Google's Blogsearch or | | | | |
| Technorati. | | | | Lastly, you'll also need a social bookmarking |
| | | | script that automatically submits your new |
| Needless to say, it doesn't work very well. | | | | blog posts to social bookmarking sites like |
| RSS is now a fully developed technology, and | | | | Del.icio.us. Submitting you posts to social |
| you'll be surprised to find that forums, | | | | bookmarking sites is still a good way to get |
| directories, regular websites and even online | | | | your blogs indexed and ranked in the search |
| groups have their own RSS feeds. All you | | | | engines. |
| really need to do is figure out a concept for | | | | |