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