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At first, when I thought about this issue, I had a brain fart and about calling software that scrapes content onto WordPress blogs were autobots. See what happens when blond hair takes over the brain…

I think it is because of WP Robot, that started the idea off. WP Robot is a plugin for WordPress that allows a use to basically scrape keyword related content selected by the website owner. I see a lot of the sites out there that are using plugins like WP Robot. And you know what – I just shake my head sadly.

This is without anyone’s permission to post. Often, I see in my WordPress admin panel links to these sites and have to delete them. They have no real value! This is not autoblogging – it IS scraping content. There is no human interaction. How can such a product make people money? Forgive me, but perhaps I just do not understand or it is the fact I would rather physically write my own articles. These sites cannot provide valuable back links no matter how many articles a day the site auto posts. This defeats the purpose of having a site with original content.

Also, the majority of sites using autoblogging software are frowned upon Google. Not only is is a content farm, but it is duplicate content!

What are your thoughts about autoblogging and sites that use them as an article mashup?

I have gotten quite a few emails asking me on how I sent an automatic email to those who commented on my blog. First off, it is not just an automatic email, but a thank you email. I wanted to make sure that people remembered my site and knew that I constantly updated it. For those who are regulars, I blog almost on a daily basis. I use the WordPress plugin called Thank Me Later by Brendon Boshell. It is not your normal auto-responder type email as it really does not sign you up for anything. As the blog owner, Read More →

What is pretty permalinks? Well for a brief explanation that is not difficult, it is changing the settings in your WordPress URL structure from yoursite.com/?p=2 , title ‘About’ to yoursite.com/about/ ( /%postname%/ ). To use this ‘pretty’ permalink structure and incorporate both pages and posts, you need to remember your hierarchy structure of your site. For example, if you used (as a generic example) Webmistress, Domain, Contact, Sitemap as your the parent pages, you cannot name a blog post after these as it would interfere. Yes, each post and page is naturally numbered when it is created, but in the Read More →

I have been seeing a disturbing number of blogs with some creepy tag clouds. Some have no CSS spacing implemented and others, well, they really are a ‘drag’ on the layout’s load time. I am not going to draw this article out, as I would like feedback from you all on your tag cloud practices. I get a lot of questions whether if people should use tag clouds on their site or not. I usually ask them if they tried one on their site and made an opinion of its look and whether it fits with their site. Then, I Read More →

I build plugins myself and have shown my own appreciation for other WordPress plugin developers by either mentioning them or donating. However, I am having a big issue with seeing an alarming number of plugin developers put up a Dashboard widget in the WordPress backend when I install a plugin. Frankly, I am usually tolerant of the default WordPress dashboard widgets. The extras – not so much, especially if it has nothing to do with the direct function of my website. Some of the ones out there are kind of spammy. One plugin (not mentioning which one) has a special Read More →

WP Report Post is a plugin that is pretty much self-explanatory by title alone. Created by Rajeevan, this plugin is for WordPress blogs with multiple authors or users. It is a way report dead links, duplicate material, or even inappropriate content. The plugin works with Ajax and iQuery. Other features are: Ability to restrict reporting to logged in users Specify the reason for reporting Ability to customize the HTML form See display of reports in dashboard and much more… As I said this is a plugin that is best suited for multiple authors or users. Also if you use Yet Read More →

I originally had this video over at WPAddict, but since I have decided to move all my WordPress content over here, I re-did the screencast video for A Walk Through WordPress 3.2.1 using my chosen fonts for my brand. I have also decided to to a screencast for each version. Older versions will appear and be dated as older posts, and the videos will be on my Youtube account – blondishnet.

There are so many people out there in the world, and even millions upon millions of websites out there. Each person is knowledgeable in their own field. Whether it be novice or an expert, when you begin a site, you should not be telling people you are an expert in your field. In fact, I discourage it even as you gain followers, traffic, and overall, influence. Why should you not say that you are an expert? Someone else might come along and know more than you. It might a possible battle of egos in the making. Unfortunately, it does happen Read More →