Starting a blog by auto-blogging, building email list, then moving into original articles?

How bad would it be for ranking my site if I started my blog by doing wp-automatic auto-blogging, automatically curating articles and focusing on getting my links out on social media/facebook groups/forums etc.,

Then using a content locker I'd collect a big email list, then finally start pumping out original content?

Would I face a big penalty for doing all of the auto-blogging stuff linking back to the original articles etc.? The idea is to just post interesting articles that pop onto my site automatically around the web, get traffic but get people to opt-in to the email list to read the full article etc....

Let me know what you think, thinking about doing this with a few domains that are sitting here.

I don't see why anyone would subscribe to your list just to read some articles

tazarbm said:

I don't see why anyone would subscribe to your list just to read some articles

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ok true, well the idea would be to basically use other people's headlines and linking to their articles but using a subscribe to unlock type new york times thing

So basically I'm posting the stuff to facebook groups/twitter/etc autoblogging RSS feeds with other people's headlines from the feed. Then when they get to read the article, they have to subscribe to unlock the article, when they open the article they just get linked to the real article or whatever.

But it seems like if I were to do this, I wouldn't be able to really apply to adsense later on since most of my content would be RSS feeds rather than original content, and maybe Google would see my site as garbage even if I added original content later on?

It seems like the correct order would be to first do original content then later on move into syndicated/RSS feeds so this is sort of along the lines of what I was wondering.

Instead I think I am going to be doing AI re-written content and translated content en masse and just try and rank that way without spending money for content or spending 200+ hours writing content myself.

I"m doing a ton of keyword research on competitors etc and using that to formulate a ton of articles which hopefully will eventually start ranking if I get the site to go the way I want it.

I've understood you from the first time, but I still find this method of making money silly. I am not trying to put you down, but I, personally, would never subscribe to something just to read an article (even if it was from NY Times themselves). I just... I don't, I wouldn't do it...

If you want to apply for Adsense just make 10-20 unique and high quality posts that are 1k-2k words long, apply for adsense, and after getting approved start using one of the trillions of GPT-3 based tools out there to create decent quality content and autopost it to your site. Conversion.ai is pretty good from what I saw (never tried it)

I don't see why anyone would subscribe to your list just to read some articles

Building an email list is the best thing you can do for your business and make money online. build your list and grow it every single day. email list is better than all social media sites.

Yes. you have to write newsletters and send them your products or use click bank, jvzoo, warrior plus or click funnels products and courses.

I like half of the idea, and I hate the other half!

Building email list is a good plan. Using ai/reposted content to start is not, if you plan that to be your money site with quality content in the future.

Don't lock articles behind the subscription wall. Offer something more in exchange for their subscription.

Aleksandar916 said:

I like half of the idea, and I hate the other half!

Building email list is a good plan. Using ai/reposted content to start is not, if you plan that to be your money site with quality content in the future.

Don't lock articles behind the subscription wall. Offer something more in exchange for their subscription.

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Ok sounds standard but this is what all the big guys do. Offering something gives an opportunity to gain repoire so the emails actually mean something.

alright so money site just do the content right and then maybe some child sites can do so spun content and translated content with links to the money site with proper anchor text.

what is wp-automatic auto-blogging?

blogchat said:

Ok sounds standard but this is what all the big guys do. Offering something gives an opportunity to gain repoire so the emails actually mean something.

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What big guys are you referring to? Big guys here that are successful with SEO or big guys out there, like popular websites?

The only ones that come to my mind that lock the articles are The Economist and Bloomberg who are hiding most of their articles behind the paywall. But to get there you need a name. Years and years of brand building to even dare to do that.

I don't see many people wanting to leave their contact info (maybe some burner emails they don't use) to an anonymous website just so they can read the article.

I mis-worded that, I was totally agreeing with you that giving something of value rather than content locking would be better for the value of the list

That plan looks awesome!—at least on paper.

I understand that the key here is to get a lot of volume while saving a lot of money.

Auto-blogging, if done properly, can work.

After all, it’s a numbers game.

But here's the thing: make sure that when you auto-blog, you do so in a format-driven way.

In other words, your audience expects that the content that you produce has to fit a certain format.

And if you are able to meet that format requirement, they're going to be very forgiving in terms of actual readability and other indicators of quality.

If you've set things up that way, then I see your plan succeeding in a big way.

But if you're going to be auto-blogging, and it’s in a niche where people basically have certain quality expectations, you might end up shooting yourself in the foot.

People might think that your blog has a low quality because it’s barely readable, or it’s an obvious mishmash of conflicting pieces of information.

Where’s the value in that?

So think in terms of formats and user expectations—do not forget your customer.

If you want to succeed in this game, always remember your customer.

Step into their shoes!

How would they like to be treated?

What kind of experience would they like to walk away with?

Think along those lines.