Autoblogging can and does work if implemented properly. The chance that you will not do it properly means that you are jeopardizing your AdSense account and any income that you are accustomed to, because Google will take away your AdSense ID number and that will kill it for any site that you have already making income. If you are using other peoples content then always give them credit and any links in their signature box. Take reputable writers works from reputable ezines. These writers love to see their articles published on other sites. It is not stealing as someone implied to use this kind of content. This content is created with the authors hopes of getting their content and links on as many sites as possible. Now how do you change it up to make it unique enough for Google? It is easy to do but takes a little effort on your part. You need to write a prologue, introduction, or first paragraph that is unique and this is where you can also insert your keyword a few times. The introduction can be 1 to 2 paragraphs and can be about the author or the article but it should be pertinent to the article content, your targeted keyword, and your website, more than the author. You should also include at least one link in the first part of your introduction. After the article you should have a summary, or closing, that is unique. This can be only 2 sentences or longer. It should list points or bullets if there were none in the article body, and your summary should contain one of your own links, either to another related page on your site, an affiliate link, or to an authority site like a forum, a Wiki site, another blog you own, a news site, or an About type of site. You can make the outgoing links to the authority sites nofollow if you want to. It is up to you. I do not know from experience if nofollow is better than dofollow. They both seem to get the same results. Try to keep your keyword density to less than 3% is my rule, and your links to a maximum of 3. One more of my rules is that you need to have a minimum of 30% change in the page content from the authors content. If the article is 500 words then you should have a minimum of 150 words of your own unique content on the page. This sum should be the combination of the intro and the closing. The main thing to remember is that you can in no way change the original article (except for spelling and grammar errors, and even these corrections are not acceptable by some authors), so it is best to check the spelling before you make a decision to publish another authors content. You should also optimize the article layout for the readers. If the article body of 500 words is in 3-4 paragraphs, break it up into 2-3 sentence blurps and space between them. This does not affect the content, but it does make it reader friendly. One more thing. It is also a very good idea to have some pages that are entirely original, even if you have to pay 2-5 dollars for the articles. This is just good insurance and good practice. Make sure that your purchased articles are not from a PLR package and recycled. You can run them through a Copyscape Service, or you can make some changes yourself. Some bloggers pay for the articles and then pay to have them rewritten again by an entirely different author so that they know for sure that they have original content. The second author is relatively inexpensive because he, or she, already has an article in front of him, or her, and only has to rewrite it. Some people say that this is too much work. Remember that Search Engines are getting smarter and more competitive and more discerning about the content of the sites that they are sending people to. Also if you leave the content as only the original, without these changes to the page that I have outlined, you are risking losing your AdSense account. You can also pay someone to write your intros and summaries by giving them the original article, and the keyword that you want optimized and the length to shoot for. I hope that this helps. I know that some will disagree with me, especially about the percentages, keyword density, and the amount of content to add, but this works on sites right now as I am typing this. It may get to be that 60% of the content will have to be original, but it is not that way now, and I hope it never does get to that.
From Ezine Articles = yes you can use the articles on there as you suggested, but if you read their TOS there is a limit to how many articles from there that you can use. Other sites like mine ask that no-one copies the content to place online in any format, even if it includes a link. This is stealing content and is not acceptable. My content is not created with the hope that people will steal it, place it on a crap blog and link to me. If I see anyone doing this I report them to their host, and their advertisers. I suggest that you either ask the owner of a site or completely rewrite an article before using it. And, if you use article directories, check their terms of service. Or you could just stop being so lazy and actually take the time to write one blog post a day. After all, it will be easier than all the other tips mentioned above and will give your site more credibility.
The autobloggers are usually operating several blogs, not one singular blog. So writing one post a day for these types of blogs is not very feasible or economical for most IM'ers. And there are hundreds of directories that have authors who wish for their content to be published on other sites. There is no lack for this kind of content and the content is getting better all of the time, not worse, for the reputable article directories. Not all people are not lazy, as you imply, that are using article directories for additional content. I write for directories and I almost always allow my articles to be republished on other sites, just for this reason. The articles that I publish on directories are not the same ones that I publish on my own sites, for good reason. They have a different SEO purpose. The reputable directories have clearly listed what can be done with the articles on their sites and it is noted prominently with each article. At least the ones that I use do. There are actually thousands of article directories but only about 300 are worth using, again, in my opinion, of course. The articles have to be quality and relevant to the content of the site that they are being published on or you will lose readers. I did not mention this because it is self-evident. If an article directory, or ezine author does not want their article to be published on other sites then all they have to do is stipulate it, and this can usually be done with each separate article, rather than a blanket stipulation. This is a very good resource, and if used properly can give an advantage to sites in some niches where the competition is only relying on original content that is written by one author. I have one site that has 5 authors and some of the content is written 3 times before it is published. And nothing is stolen. To steal is a crime, and it is not necessary when there are so many other sources available besides writing every post or article yourself. And it is a very good way to rank above or closer to your competitors that are slugging it out with one self-written post a day or one a week.
I think a lot of what you are saying makes sense, and although it is not what I would do, if you can find article directories that allow you to use the content with a link to the author there is no harm in that at all. The reason I am so annoyed is because of autoblogs stealing content that clearly states it is not for use online anywhere else unless prior permission has been given. If people want to autoblog and do it in a fair manner, I can see why they would, but a lot of people seem to think anything that is published online is theirs to take, and it isn't. I know of so many website owners having the same problem and with so many spammy sites linking to them it is hurting their website rating - and it is not their fault! I also agree that the site has to be all about the same subject. Many of the sites stealing my content have a surfing article from me next to a forex article and then an article on this years fashion trends. This just screams spam and it is a wonder anyone visits these sites at all, unless they are trying to get their articles removed. If you follow the rules like you do, fair enough, but so many people (on these forums especially) are looking for ways to get rich quick. They don't care who they step on to get there and then they post threads about "why have I been banned from Adsense?" when it doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out why.
Agreed. I despise thieves of any nature. And this is why it is a good idea that if your content is being raked or stolen and then republished on another site to at least do the minimum and place a copywrite notice after each post. It may not seem much but it does help. To my knowledge I have not had this problem yet. I have put my article titles and the keywords within the Search Engines to see if any of my content has been republished but so far I have not discovered any. I have also heard of some authors putting watermarks within their content, using their names, or a code within the text, or after each paragraph. I guess this would work to discover if, and who, is stealing your work, but how do you stop them, without costly legal actions?
The Copyscape plagiarism banner is a good deterrant step and you can also check every article on your site with Copyscape - I do this on a weekly basis. Due to my blog being in WP I also get a pingback on every link - usually they are from spam blogs so I contact the host and file a DMCA notice. I do the same with the advertising companies. 80% of the time this will work but it takes up a hell of a lot of time, and there are a number of "spam" host sites now which are built with the purpose of hosting spam blogs. I guess Google will do something about this one day.
That is disputable. If the content is unique it does not necessarily make it good. It only makes it unique. And value is one thing for one blogger and quite another for a different blogger. AdSense has been the focus of this thread and AdSense earners are not generally your normal IM'ers. In fact having AdSense on some blogs hurt them if their primary focus is on uniqueness and affiliate products. You do not want your visitors clicking away from your site for a few AdSense pennies if you have affiliate links that generate dollars. Unless your affiliate links are not generating any sales. Then AdSense might be a solution until you can figure out how to optimize your site and content for affiliate sales.
I have not heard much about the spam hosting sites. I have seen some foreign sites that might fit into this realm. I spend too much time trying to take care of my own sites, and only see my competitor's sites and the sites that are trying to link to mine. 99.9% of those are spamming for a backlink. I do allow an occasional trackback though, if the site is related, looks good, and has good content. This has not ever hurt my ranking. If anything it has helped it. It gives me a new link with a different anchor text.
Yep most of them are located in India and Pakistan - go figure. I'm happy to enable people to link to their sites in the comments, if they actually take the time to read the article and comment thoughtfully and not just spam. My site is relatively new so I've not had any problems with my ranking. I do work for someone though who runs a huge fashion and beauty site and she is now in the process of having to rewrite all of her content due to the amount that has been duplicated or linked to by spam sites. This is six years worth of articles and she says the spam links are not doing her any favours at all. It sucks when you stick to the rules to have this happen to you. I read this not long ago: http://www.webpronews.com/google-panda-update-more-recovery-stories-2011-10 which may explain why.
One other thing that I did not mention is that I try to spend a few hours a week going back through my posts and articles and updating them with new material. I do not get a lot of it done but I do make progress. This changes the content and if someone has stolen it for their site mine will be more unique and relevant to current happenings and changes. Sometimes it is only one sentence, but sometimes it is almost all of the article that gets rewritten. I try to take at least 2 articles a week to do this with and I do not know if it is helping much, but I know that it is not hurting at all.
Autoblogs can earn good money if you use the right tools, choose a not so much competitive niche, respect the owner conetent licence and have a clean website. Google adsense doesn't however allow content ripping/stealing ,so you really have to make sure the authors allow to use the content elsewhere. So you really just have to know your stuff and the tools to use.
yes autoblogs can make $, but only short term. you're risking your site being banned over a few dollars from adsense. not worth it in my opinion. you can you use your time for wisely building a sustainable income stream with genuine authentic content.
Yes, if you create like millions of them. Those people might not admit it, but they make only like $5 per site each month, and their profits being eaten by hosting fees, because they make autoblogs to generate traffic and site with bunch of traffic cost more.
NO...its veri RISK for you google adsense and your site will be banned and never appear on search engine again