edgeprod do u work on the backlinks for these sites running autoblogger at all.

Can you clarify a little bit? I'd be happy to answer if I understand the question a little bit better.

Maybe thats the way they planned it.:thumbsup

Actually, it has a PR of 3, but it's an easy mistake to make, I guess.

As I understand it, as a way to disambiguate it from the main company site, it was launched on its own domain, only recently.

Hehe, it's more an issue with his Google Toolbar, or whatever he's using to check.

More likely, it was just a troll.

I think the sentiments MrLuvr is expressing are pretty common in the blogosphere. A lot of bloggers have an RSS feed soley for the purpose of allowing their subscribers to read the posts using Bloglines or other readers. They don't want their posts republished elsewhere & often don't understand (or care about) the SEO benefits of non-reciprocal links.

Example: thread on the WordPress support forums with a blogger trying to report an AutoBlogger Pro user for "stealing" her content via RSS

Every post in the site accused of stealing has a clearly labeled link back to the original author. He's not doing anything shady, yet she's being told to contact his hosting provider to try & get the site shut down!



I think it's important to get the bloggers to clearly label their intended use of RSS feeds. There are more than enough bloggers who want to see their RSS feeds syndicated & then we can avoid the "you're a thief - you're a whiner" argument entirely.

Eh, I doubt people will bother to label. They'd rather yell about it later. It makes them feel important.

I have always and will always honor requests to remove feeds, if the person is ignorant of the benefits to them.

Ignorance isn't ALWAYS bliss, I guess.

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That's how it should be done! Good stuff, Chio.

This is a thing that benefits everyone :thumbsup

Here we go again....

Ok so why do you keep knocking it if you have nothing against it?

As an apparent gung ho Auto Blogger Pro Rep, please explain in detail why "your" product is better than RSS2Blog? Rather than some vague crap about it not being your style to suck in people who don't know any better..

Yes ABP can alter other people's feeds to link certain words, RSS2B cannot do that. But there are a million features that RSS2Blog offers that ABP doesn't.

Do a search on this forum and you will find most people much prefer RSS2B over ABP. Probably the only reason you aren't getting pissed on (apart from the ethics argument of using other people's feeds) in this thread is that lots of people are in Phoenix. Do a poll next week and see. It will give you some time to make some fake nicks to help you try to win the poll.

As was said earlier, why the fuck would I want to pay a non transferable license for each set of ten domains, just to post someone else's content when I can use a single simple interface with RSS2Blog to control hundreds or thousands of blogs over many domains and/or blog hosts to post feeds, search results or, as I usually do, post my own content.

If you use ABP instead of RSS2Blog you either:

1) Haven't looked at RSS2Blog close enough
2) Are satisfied with a blog empire of 10 blogs or less.
3) Enjoy flushing dollars down the toilet as you keep buying more licenses.

Don't worry, nobody is going to steal your blog posts. I'd consider your lack of writing skills protection from syndication. You are one, tiny, completely irrelevant voice against a common and solid practice. Shake your impotent little fist at us all you want, you aren't changing shit. :1orglaugh

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well said

Now if the 10 domain license thing goes away RSS2B might be in trouble.

I can see the products being a useful SUPPLEMENT to your site. i.e. you are writing your own content, PLUS adding relevant content for your readers from other sources.

But, not the way it is being by unscrupulous webmasters who couldn't string together two sentences of their own, if their live depended on it.

Does it also ping to?
 

Does autoblogger pro ping aswell?

so once you set up one of the blogs, if you are doing a mainstream site, what is the typical adsense income you guys are seeing?

Yes it does.

I don't really care about polls or your fake nicks. I am a Moderator on Xbiz with more posts than I ever want to make again -- that's enough nicks for me. The fact is, ABP works better for me, and doesn't feel like something that was thrown together in an afternoon. There's no reason for you to be crying, especially since I'm directly telling people to try RSS2Blog and decide for themselves.

It's amusing that the features you tout for RSS2Blog are things I'm doing with ABP. I understand if you aren't familiar with those features, but that's a lot to assume.

Would you like to show me RSS2Blog, and let me see what I'm missing? To me, it's just not polished, and too clunky. For other people, it's probably fine. Because I have people working for me, I would rather that they are using something easy to use with a simple interface. This may not be the case for everyone -- which is why I suggest trying both.

I'll answer your point-by-point statements also:

1) I saw what I needed to see -- that it wasn't for me.
2) 10 blogs or less wouldn't be worthwhile. My blogs don't make a billion dollars each. I play a numbers game, so I don't have to go apeshit making every little optimization to each site, and so my employees don't end up bogged down in too much blog work instead of submitting galleries.
3) I buy the licenses because I think it's a good value for what I'm getting. You're comparing an all-you-can-eat buffet to a good meal. I'll keep paying for good meals, because I'm just not in the mood for a buffet that doesn't suit my tastes.

I guess what I'm saying is: I want a really good steak -- please don't tell me I'm stupid because I should have 50 hamburgers instead.

The only feature of RSS2Blog that you find better than ABP is the licensing format?

I can't see not doing this. In the meantime, blogs that get syndicated are getting big benefit, especially if they are well written and a lot of people are linking them. That's one of the key reasons to offer syndication. People that "get it" love the linkbacks.

It really depends on your keywords, and how you've set up the SEO. Like with anything, choose a bad niche, and you're going to limit your income. Most people end up shooting for $200-$400 per blog, per month. I don't really see a reason to go "crazy" to get above this.

I think you'll find that's a reasonable target for most people, but some misconstrue blogging as a "get rich quick" scheme, which it isn't. It takes work, but once you invest that initial time, an autoblogging product can greatly enhance your ability to build a larger network with less maintenance.

The nice thing is: every time there is a change to your blog (you pull in the sites you're syndicating for example, and they're posted), AutoBlogger Pro creates a Google Sitemap of the blog, and pings Google to let them know it's been changed.

A very handy feature if you've created a free Google Sitemaps account!

ICQ me if you would like to see how this happens.

Speaking of which, I do live sales demonstrations. If someone from RSS2Blog wants to walk me through configuring something EXACTLY as they feel shows off their features the best, I will demo their software side-by-side with prospective customers of ABP. I think showing both is A) a great way to demonstrate the features of both products, so the customer can choose what works best for them, and B) a good way to let people choose if they want to license ABP 10 domains at a time, or RSS2Blog for "life" (i..e, which method has more value for them).

Let me know, I'd be more than happy to do this!

Your "er yeah ABP can do that too" type response doesn't quite qualify as a detailed feature comparison. :1orglaugh

I am not interested in software that simply regurgitates other people's content. I rarely use the RSS part of RSS2Blog. The last time I spoke to Chio about what ABP could do, he said it couldn't post my own content or affiliate data feeds without going through a bunch of manual steps, like queing up future posts or posting manually somewhere else and pulling the feed which defeats the purpose of an auto poster.

Even if in some future version, ABP could do everything RSS2Blog can do now and that's a big "if", the 10 license thing kills the deal every time.

I am not knocking Chio or the effort he has put into the program but you aren't doing a fair comparison. For anyone who wants more than 10 blogs on autopilot, I recommend (but do not work for or push an affiliate link for) RSS2Blog if you cannot get something better custom made.

I like some of the features of RSS2B and I like some of the features of ABP. What it comes down to in the end is saving money. When you have considerably more than 10 blogs, the price difference is significant.

Ozman. I have posted features list a number of times for ABP, and when we spoke, it was a long time ago. A lot of changes have gone into ABP since then.

I understand from using both, that each has a role to play but...

As for rss2blog being better or having more features.....
They have twelve "reasons to buy" listed on the site, some of which aren't even worth mentioning. They are just how the software SHOULD work in the first place. ie opens news items in a new window. Great stuff :upsidedow

The other thing that gets me about them (Yes I own it) is the fact that things that should be included in the original software, you have to purchase as a seperate addon. Autoblogger Pro upgrades, and new features have, and always will be free.

To see all the features in Autoblogger Pro, and demo sites check out autobloggerpro.com or click the sig

I can't speak for everyone, but I have no problem with the features you're talking about. I don't think I'm any smarter than the next guy, but, of course, your mileage may vary.

I wouldn't talk about features ABP can "can do that too," because I really don't care about what software that I've decided isn't right for me can or can't do. I'm not really interested in a "side by side" comparison, either, because they're different products, that do different things well, and different things not so well. ABP suits me, RSS2Blog doesn't. RSS2Blog suits you, ABP doesn't. Who cares? It's not worth losing sleep over.

I don't want to go buy a ton of different "modules" for RSS2Blog at added cost just to replicate the features ABP comes with standard. It's just too much work for me. I like it easy, and ABP gave me easy. Call me lazy, I guess, but I like how ABP works out of the box, keeps working, and it's all good. I can build 1,000+ blogs on my 10 domain license, so I don't sweat it. When I need more licenses, I buy them.

They're not really the same thing, that's why it's "different strokes for different folks."

If you say so. ABP returns enough money to me where I don't really think about it. It's not like I can build only 10 blogs with a 10 domain license, lol. I can build as many as I want.

Yeah, well, to each his own. They're not really interested in talking about it -- more in mentioning the 10 license thing (which is wrong for the most part anyway) over and over.

a fool and his money...

150......... :)

I think what he meant to say was that you can install as many installations on a domain as you like.


From the order page: "AutoBlogger Pro (Licensed for Ten Domains) Multiple Installations per domain is permissible"

im doing it manually with custom texts and free wordpress plugins..works better for me and for SEO

You dirty dog. :1orglaugh

no crap right. when woj is not looking I am going to steal his bot. hehe shhhhhh

If you say so. But again, don't offer me 50 hamburgers when all I want is steak.

I don't have a magic cure for ignorance (I'd take it myself!), so I can only say: they're different products, for different people.

Yup, but we shouldn't let the truth get in the way of a good smear campaign!

I'm literally laughing OUT LOUD every time someone compares RSS2Blog and ABP like they're the same thing. It's really like comparing a BMW to a Spoon. Or a TV show to a grasshopper. There are completely different things, for different purposes.

But people aren't really interested in the truth of that. They're more interested in touting what seems to be the only feature of RSS2Blog that anyone has found useful: the fact that you can do whatever it is you do with it .. on however many domains you want!

Man, I'd love to sell those guys a bridge or two ... they can use it in as many places as they'd like, no charge!

Wow, that sounds like a ton of work. Do you have a relinker to link keywords to sponsors, a rewriter to change keywords, a sitemap module to submit your maps to google, and a meta module to handle meta tags? If so, I salute you -- that's a ton of work, even if you're just assembling half-baked modules from various sources.

Can I see an example of one of your sites? Sounds like you know what you're doing, and I'd love to pick up a few tips!

wow this thread lives on :)

I would love to see a side by side comparison of RSS2Blog & AutoBlogger Pro. The RSS2Blog site is awful & really does a disservice to the product. It's impossible to tell what you're actually getting & makes the whole thing look like some infomercial on getting rich quick. The product might be great, but they should really clean up the site to list it's features, support terms, price & that's it - stick all the testimonials on a separate page.

Edgeprod, you're talking about steak...I wouldn't be surprised if they throw in a set of steak knives when you buy it! :1orglaugh