Wordpress Auto Installer Review
The one consistant problem with most of the Wordpress Auto Installers on the market are they have a hard time keeping up with Wordpress upgrades. Some would say that when creating a blog farm, or a large number of blogs, using the most recent version isn't important, I would argue that keeping your blogs up to date also ahows change and improvement to the Search Engines, which in turn makes your blogs look more natural because they are being updated and upgraded.
I have used the Wordpress Super Installer proviously, but it has not been upgraded since 2007 and I am not sure that I want to trust anyone who just sells a product to sell it and doesn't update it regularly. I have standards when it comes to spending my hard earned cash in this regard.
I already use several of Mass Automation's products, in fact I regularly use WP Cloner when I install a new site with Wordpress. The problem is the installations take awhile, even with Fantastico on cPanel and I like to install multiple blogs fast for my individual projects.
I normally do it with Fantastico, but when I saw this new Wordpress Plugin, I thought I would give it a go. Yes, I said this is a Wordpress Plugin, not a stand alone script.
Like I said before, I already use WP Cloner which allows me to clone the settings from any pre-existing Wordpress Blog and transfer them to another blog. You can transfer the setting, Plugins, and Themes from one blog to another activated or not. There are a bunch of options to choose from and I like this since it is nice to be able to switch settings depending on the type of blog I plan on creating.
The reason I expained so much about WP Coner is because Wordpress Auto Installer acts as a companion product to this very well. Mass Automation is also bundling their new Wordpress Auto Upgrade Plugin with the Auto Installer as a companion product to aid in keeping your blogs up to date. This goes back to what I said before about keeping your blogs looking fresh and up to date.
Anyway, I installed the Wordpress Auto Installer Plugin in 5 minutes and within an hour and a half I had created around 50 blogs. I could have used the batch feature and auto created blogs, but I spent time naming each blog and specifying certain things I wanted for SEO purposes. I still had to add the blogs into the Remote Blogs Plugin and I started adding each blog in one by one so I could Clone my blog settings into the new Wordpress installations I had created, when I realized I could upload a CSV file of the same clone job I wanted to do and could have done it when I installed the blogs. (If I would have read the instructions included with the pluign I would have known this already, HA!)
After I fixed this, I re-installed my blogs with the cloned settings I had from my base blog, I was well on my way to success. It is a solid program. Is it the best I have ever used, yes, because it is the only solid, up to date installer I have used. Is it perfect? No, it could use some improvements, but if you want to create 50-100 Wordpress blogs in an hour with all of your settings already done, then you have to buy WP Cloner and Wordpress Super Installer unfortunately.
Mass Automation has now just released another Plugin which goes with this and it is called WP Blaster. It is essentially Blog Poster on steriods (If you haven't used Blogger Generator, then you should, Blog Poster comes with it and can Post to multiple Wordpress Blogs as well as Blogger.com Blogs.) I haven't used WP Blaster, but it claims to be able to quickly post to mutpile Wordpress Blog installations quickly. It has been paired up (another companion product) with the Synonymizer Plugin which will use a list of Synonyms to make your articles unique, PLR or otherwise. This is another Plugin I have not used, but sounds like a decent addition to WP Blaster. I personally think Mass Automation should bundle all of these products and sell them as one Super Wordpress Plugin, but that's just me.
Overall, I would have to say it is a good product, but I am still looking for something a little better. (That doesn't mean I'm not using it, because I still am. HA!)
Top 3 Black Hat SEO Software Affiliate Programs
If you like making money with Black Hat SEO Software like I do, then you will be happy to know that there are a few solid Black Hat Affiliate Programs to go with it. It is important to not that the only Black Hat Affiliate Programs worth joining are the ones which actually produce good products. My current top 3 Affiliate Programs for Black Hat SEO Software are:
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HalfAgain. These guys are the makers of great Black Hat Software tools like The Blog Solution, RSS Evolution, Store Stacker, etc. If you sell any of their products you will get paid anywhere from $59 to $142 per sale! You won't find a profit margin like that too many places and the software sells itself. Top notch program listed with their own Affilite management domain at Titan Pay where you can get traffic stats and sales stats. Plus they pay with PAYPAL which is always a plus. This is a 2-Tier program where you can earn 15% of all Sub-Affiliates sales!
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Novasoft. Another really good program with tons of Black Hat Software choices. More than any other seller. The only reason they are not listed as my number #1 Black Hat Affiliate Program is the site stats are difficult to wade through and you get paid individually for each sale. Meaning, you will get a PayPal payment whenever a sale reaches its NET 35 days timeline. Now, granted, it is nice to get paid quickly for each sale you make, but the sales and traffic stats could use some work. Other than that you are getting 40% per sale and reaping the same top notch profits as the Half Again program. Their StumbleBot program made me over $500 last month, so I shouldn't complain too much, huh? Also a 2-Tier program where you can earn 10% of your sub-affiliates sales.
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Mass Automation. This program is a solid offering with just a few products. They use the iDevAffiliate software solution for their program so you will get solid stats and quality. Mass Automation isn't as much a Black Hat Software maker as much as a great utility and tool maker which solves alot of Black Hat problems. I use their Wordpress Cloner software all the time and their RSS Bookmarker is a tool I consider to be a staple of my business and a great companion to StumbleBot from Novasoft as I mentioned above. Good profits (50% Commissions), outstanding software, and a solid program. Also 2-Tier and payment through PAYPAL. Top notch offering.
These aren't the only Black Hat Affiliate Programs around, but they are my "Current" Top 3. They make money and most importantly, they pay on time. If you know of programs just as good or better, drop a comment here and I will keep the link intact.
Enjoy and Start Making Money!
