Autoblog clones bare bones
The other day I bumped into a new RSS feed translation service and after a few experiments I noticed how handy this can be for autoblogging. Instead of duplicating or generating random content you will actually be able to clone somebody else’s blog by translating it.
First of all you will need a target blog. The best place to find one is by searching a foreign blog directory. For example you can try this Russian blog search: http://blogs.yandex.ru/ You really don’t need to be able to speak Russian. Just search for the keywords related to your niche and pick a blog that gets updated regularly and does not have many ads in the actual blog posts. Also make sure that the blog outputs full RSS feed rather than the first chapter of every post. When you find what you need just grab the RSS feed url and head to http://mloovi.com/
Mloovi will do all the translating for you. Simply paste the feed url and pick English in the languages drop down menu. Click translate and a few seconds later your feed is going to be translated for you. Click on the RSS subscribe button to grab the translated feed url. It should be in the following format: http://beta.mloovi.com/r/016fd35902ae7b8674c7e0c106e6cc64. If you can’t find the url you can replace the code after /r/ with your own (Address bar).
I assume you know how to setup a wordpress blog so once you have one ready you will need the following plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-o-matic/ which will automatically fill your blog from an rss feed. Follow the readme instructions you find within the plugin and install it. You will need to add the feed url you just got from mloovi (Settings/WP-o-Matic/Add campaign). The great thing about WP-o-Matic is that it also rewrites the feed it imports so when adding a new campaign make sure your rewrite all <script> with a blank space. This will filter out any ads that Mloovi put in the RSS feed. Now when everything is up and running all you need to do is to setup a cron job so that your blog would update automatically. Set the time intervals depending on how often the original blog gets updated.
This is just the basic barebones setup. You should consider other plugins you would usually use on regular blogs. Update the ping list, make sure your urls are seo friendly, add a sitemap and if you have a bit of money to spend an automated bookmarking plugin that will bookmark all your new posts automatically and therfore automate your backlink development as well. You can try auto social poster or sociolizeit pro plugins. Don’t forget to monetize your new autoblog with Adsense or other ads.
Keep in mind that your target is only $1/day. Once your blog is earning $1/day you launch another one. It is much easier to have 100 autoblogs earning you $1/day each than 1 that earns you $100/day.
If this post is not clear I do apologize. I am experiencing a nasty flu at the moment and having problems thinking clearly.
February 17th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Good technique Llia, hope you feel better mate. : D
February 18th, 2009 at 4:42 am
This is really a great share
Thanks man
February 18th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Hiya Ilia! Hope you’re feeling better! Thanks for another insightful post into the tricks of your trade! How many autoblogs do you have running at present?
February 18th, 2009 at 7:33 am
yeah I know the feel if you have a flu inside .. that’s really nasty
hope get healthier 
February 18th, 2009 at 9:08 am
That is really a nice idea of yours. I’ve got to try this with my own, I hope it will work for me. Thanks.
Leanie Belle
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February 18th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Thanks guys. The flu is getting better.
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February 18th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
great post as always Ilia, but I have a question. How do you find out whether the blog outputs full RSS feed rather than the first chapter of every post?
Thanks and get better soon
February 19th, 2009 at 10:07 am
If you click on the RSS feed link Firefox (If this is what you use) should open it and show you the contents. Just make sure the articles show up in full. Alternatively you can use an RSS reader.
February 22nd, 2009 at 7:25 pm
I have been reading on your website for about 2H now – excellent content, fair approach, original ideas.
Will come back and follow – thank you very much for sharing this information!
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:57 am
Glad you like it and thank you!
PS: It has been 2 hours and just over 22 minutes. Got to love Woopra statistics
March 17th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Hi Ilia.
http://mloovi.com/ is a great find! For me doing foreign sites it’s easy to populate a blog with unique content.
If you are having difficulties finding full RSS feeds, then this is a solution:
http://echodittolabs.org/fulltextrss
March 25th, 2009 at 11:05 am
…i’ll get it, don’t worry.
March 25th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
ok, i got it, you’re a freaking genius man!
became addicted to your site this past week. had lots of questions – but i can’t stand ppl commenting questions on blogs and i preferd to learn this one by my own.
oh, i got it allright, and you help allot, thanks!
March 26th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Thank you! I am quite like you by nature. I would rather try and finish something myself even though it might take days, than ask for help.
June 17th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Thanks man, this is an awesome technique. Oh and nice site it has tons of useful info.
P.S. This isn’t illegal, is it?
June 18th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Oh and also Im having trouble with the cron tab process cuz I entered that code into my crontab page in wordpress but my blog isnt updating.
Thanks alot.
July 14th, 2009 at 12:33 am
Thanks to shared your knowledge with us. Appreciated for that.
August 14th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I am wondering the content will still readable ?
Is there possibility google adsense will ban for crappy conent?
October 7th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Thanks Ilia for yours advices and this great blog !
Mloovi doesn’t work anymore, do you know a website that provide a similar service ?
December 9th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
dude i have the same problem… mloovi has been shut down or something…it has been down lately..
i tried yahoo pipes, it works fine in yahoo when i ran a pipe, but after getting it as rss, there are lot of errors, sometimes titles are not translated and sometimes description, and sometimes images are left behind,, is there another alternative ??
December 13th, 2011 at 4:15 pm
great post as always Ilia