Autobloging Out Of Desperation? Stop!
Autoblogging and recurring blog income on autopilot go hand to hand, right? At least this is what you hear time and time again…
But is it really? Just how much are we willing to compromise with our principals in order to get an extra dollar?
Unfortunately in theses trying times many people become desperate and fall easy prey to promises of instant riches on complete autopilot that they are exposed to. Seeing popularity of the topic I see more and more marketers jumping on band wagon and providing “solutions”.
While there is some merit to the autoblogging approach, and I in fact use some strategies myself and recommend some to my subscribers, many of the offers I have seen are nothing more then Spam Blog Creation machines that steal other people’s content and it is presented to you as solution to your money problems!
And yes, you do get all the disclaimers that inappropriate usage is not recommended but we know that desperate people willing to go to desperate measures and if a method with abuse option is available – IT WILL BE ABUSED!
Perhaps this is just my personal rant that will be ignored and fall into archives unnoticed but I still have to speak my piece as my blog quite often becomes a target to those who implement methods they were taught and in reality nothing more then theft!
And while I will not be mentioning any specific products I just want to describe pattern of promises that should help you identify them and hopefully stay away from or at least use their strategies with application of common sense:
- “this software pulls articles off the web immediately in any niche you choose, takes just a second.” – My translation: This software helps you create Spam Blogs quickly by scraping other people’s blogs and stealing their content.
- “build massive number of inbound links on autopilot” - My Translation: Pingback spam machine and one of the perfect examples described on Andy Beard’s blog.
And yes – many of the strategies described in these types of products do work, when implemented consistently and in mass. But is it worth it for you? We all could use an extra dollar or two but are you willing to become part of content theft glorified and justified by explanation “others do it”?
Good Part Is That You Still Can Create Autoblogs!
Even by using some of the advise you might get from the products that I personally question – just follow simple rules and avoid contributing to this spam blog trend..
Ask yourself these questions and if you answer “no” or “don’t know” – don’t implement that specific strategy:
- Do you have permission to re-publish content from chosen source? Chances are – someone created it and might not be happy if you duplicate it on your own site. Intellectual properly is still a properly and taking and using it without permission is theft. Plain and Simple.
- Quality and Quantity – if using one of the plugins that enables you to automatically add links to other RELEVANT blog posts and send pingback – when should you stop? Use moderation and don’t just fill pages with links in hopes to get some of those pingbacks to link back to you!
- Would you do it offline? If you had to implement a method and it would require face to face interaction with people affected/impacted by it – would you do it?
Every tool has its merits but I personally have a deep disdain for spam blogs and content scrapers! So even if you choose to buy one of those products – please apply some common sense – it might not be sexy but in the long run will make you happier!
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Because too many teach it . popularity creates predators.
Not only sloppy – quite annoying. People steal, sometimes without even thinking about it …
well, you know what they say – if it sounds too good to be true – it probably is
Judy,
Exactly my point
Amen to that!
I think when someone mentions autoblog or autopilot it conjures up ideas of once you set everything up you can relax and watch the money drip in, but you get out what you put and in my experience autoblogging doesn't offer very much in the way of rewards.
It varies Jason,
I think approach to the process and effort initially put into niche research, etc has a lot to do with rewards you get later. So I believe autoblogging, or semi-automated blogging does work just doesn't justify some methods I mentioned above.
I agree with autoblogging as long as quality of content is good. Nevertheless, nothing beats an original content. Readers can feel your sincerity.
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I know people that use this technology to create a network of sites for linking. It isn't horribly unsuccessful so until google can kill it all together people will continue to do it.
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What about using a plug-in for autoblogging when you don't have time to write a post to your blog? Surely there is some good use for these plug-ins other wise so many wouldn't be using them. I think if used for a small percentage of posting wouldn't hurt,especially if the content isn't striped of it's links and the Author info is intact.
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Henry I have no issue with autoblogging when done correctly and with permissions from the original author – otherwise its stealing, no matter ho much we try to justify it.
Auto blogging has got to be the worst thing for bloggers who spend so much of their time in producing quality content. Every now and then you get this irritating ping back from a blog which is more of a link farm. WordPress needs to something. Fast.
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I never tried this before. I feel that when you post something it should reflect your understanding about the subject and how you feel about the subject.
Jenny
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I agree. I had already tried autoblogging without any success as there is no easy money.