Blunder #12: Robot promotion

I’m assuming you already know that your autoblogs need lots of backlinks to really
thrive in the search engines, right? However, autolinking is not the solution. Be
careful about using some $47 “Robot” script that auto-bookmarks your blogs to
dozens of social sites... or promises you a hands-free way to get lots of backlinks to your autoblog.

Just like aggressive pinging (as we mentioned earlier in Blunder #2), more is not always better. Automation is great, but be smart about how you use it.

You are much better off using a variety of methods to promote your autoblog and get backlinks -- submit articles to directories or syndicate to article networks like SyndicateKahuna.com, syndicate videos, submit your RSS feed (without going too crazy).... get some backlinks from comments you’ve posted on other blogs. There are
many different options here that work great.

Don’t be lazy. Lazy people don’t do very well online.

Take Away: Autoblogging does not mean auto-promotion or autobacklink-getting. Use automation, but be smart about it. Getting backlinks from a variety of sources is better than relying on one -- or only using an automated link-getting script and nothing else. Don’t be a lazy link builder!