rss scraping and 'auto blogging'

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vitalize said:
Would this still work, get traffic if i was to use the one domain and just create sub directories for each niche. e.g celebrities.eblogging.com, randomniche.eblogging.com (not my domain, just an example)

or would you recommend a new domain for each niche?
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I would say get super creative but still try to stay somewhat on topic, for instance try to go a bit broader of a niche like blogging instead of wordpress, then you can have domains about all types of blogging like blogging.wordpress.com ect.. but this also brings the challenge of finding a proper domain for it.

Basically its all about getting as much pages indexed as possible and getting the most click possible while having enough content on your site to get around Google's Smart Ad System.
 


I've used a script from the Squirt forum to search for blog posts in Google, Technorati, MSN and Blog Pulse.

PHP: 
<?php
$filename = 'keywords.txt';
$handle = fopen($filename, "rb");
$keywords = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
fclose($handle);

$keywords = str_replace(" ", "+", $keywords);
$keywords = explode("\n", $keywords);

foreach($keywords as $keyword)
echo 'http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?hl=en&q=' . $keyword . '&ie=utf-8&num=100&output=rss<br>';

$filename = 'keywords.txt';
$handle = fopen($filename, "rb");
$keywords = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
fclose($handle);

$keywords = explode("\n", $keywords);

foreach($keywords as $keyword)
echo 'http://feeds.technorati.com/posts/tag/' . $keyword . '<br>';

$filename = 'keywords.txt';
$handle = fopen($filename, "rb");
$keywords = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
fclose($handle);

$keywords = explode("\n", $keywords);

foreach($keywords as $keyword)
echo 'http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=' . $keyword . '&first=11&format=rss<br>';

$filename = 'keywords.txt';
$handle = fopen($filename, "rb");
$keywords = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
fclose($handle);

$keywords = str_replace(" ", "+", $keywords);
$keywords = explode("\n", $keywords);

foreach($keywords as $keyword)
echo 'http://www.blogpulse.com/rss?query=%22' . $keyword . '%22&sort=date&operator=phrase<br>';

?>
All you have to do is create a .txt file in the same folder as the above script with a keyword on each line and run it.

It's not optimised in ANY way, i'm a total newb at PHP, but it works well so i'm gonna sleep happy at night. :D

Hope it helps.

Bam
 
Introducing this line to have the application wait a few secs before another kw, so you dont have the Google anti-bot system kick you out:

sleep(rand(2, 15));

::emp::
 
This is an excellent thread! EXACTLY what I was searching for...

People were asking about rss2blog, anyone have any feedback? Looks promising, would really appreciate any thoughts or alternatives to research
 
emp: it doesn't contact Google as such, it just replaces . $keyword . with one of the kw from the list.

Should i still add it?
 
Should have looked at it more closely....

So it just outputs a bunch of search-adresses with the keywords in them?
The I can use that list to search?

:confused:
::emp::
 
Stupid double post bc. of tabs.

Nothing to see here, please move on.
::emp::
 
bam bam thanks for this idea.

Also the script could be much shorter (I think :) )

Code: 
<?php
$filename = 'keywords.txt';
$handle = fopen($filename, "rb");
$keywords = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
fclose($handle);

$keywords = str_replace(" ", "+", $keywords);
$keywords = explode("\n", $keywords);

foreach($keywords as $keyword)
{
  echo 'http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?hl=en&q=' . $keyword . '&ie=utf-8&num=100&output=rss<br>';
  echo 'http://feeds.technorati.com/posts/tag/' . $keyword . '<br>';
  echo 'http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=' . $keyword . '&first=11&format=rss<br>';
  echo 'http://www.blogpulse.com/rss?query=%22' . $keyword . '%22&sort=date&operator=phrase<br>';
}

I going to try the technique soon! Thanks for all the info so far. I will report back if I have any good results.
 
Cheers guys!

psychoul: Cheers man, i was trying to shorten it but as i said i'm a total newb!

edit: just tested that re-write. It all works perfectly. Pm'd you as well.
 
no prob man. I am learning my php as well :D You can do some pretty amazing automations with php hehehehe :D
 
Does anyone know if it's possible to change the TrackBack URL so it links to the homepage and not the Blog Post?
 
Hold up, i just remembered that the URL's handle spaces in the keywords differently, in the original they have different replace values.

Any chance you can take a look? I'll IM you later.

Bam
 
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