Do you need to add content to your sites but don’t have time to write it all yourself? You could go to Ezine Articles and copy and paste articles into your website or blog (always remembering to include the authors bio and links of course) or you could use Unique Article Wizard. Unique Articles Wizard can send you ‘unique’ articles via email, directly into a blogger blog or directly into your WordPress blog using their plugin. The plugin is simple to set up and will send you a test article to make sure it’s all working correctly. set up some categories on your blog for the articles to be posted into and Unique Article Wizard will post articles fitting those categories. You can allow posts to be published automatically or as drafts and manually approve them later. You can also set up the maximum number of articles that you would like to receive daily.
The articles are not completely unique but they are much better than articles copied straight from Ezine or another source. The service is free to receive articles. You pay if you want to have your own articles published.
Of course it would be much better to write your own articles but if you don’t have the time, this service is probably second best! I personally hate writing articles, I’d far rather be playing with my themes CSS or setting up another website.
The latest version of WordBay v0.9 now has a minimum/maximum price option. This is great for filtering out lots of low cost junk.e.g. if you have a site selling cars you can now eliminate all the car parts without having to add a long string of negative keywords. This plugin keeps getting better and better, and it’s still free (but please consider leaving the 5% generosity so Mark gets something for all his hard work!) Thanks a lot Mark 
I haven’t added a ‘WordPress Plugin of the Week’ for some time but here’s one I can recommend. As you know I’ve been working with BANS and WordBay for my eBay affiliate stores but in the interests of diversifying I’ve been looking into the best way to market other merchants products. I wanted a way to market products from a range of affiliate sites e.g. Commission Junction, LinkShare, Pepperjam etc and I also like working with WordPress so I needed an answer to combine both. I especially like working with WordPress rather than a stand alone website and I didn’t want a site that was hosted by the provider of the script as some are. I like to be in much more control than that! In addition some of the methods are expensive! Continue reading ‘WordPress Plugin of the Week- PopShops’
This week WP-o-Matic a plugin that allows you to set up an ‘auto blog’.
What is an auto blog?
An auto blog (automatically updating blog - not an automobile blog!)is a blog usually set up to make money on line through affiliate programs. The blog is set up to auto update with content from RSS feeds and has adsense or affilliate ads for monetising
WP-o-Matic pulls feeds from any RSS source (I tested it with Google Blogsearch and Yahoo news) and automatically makes posts. Links back to the original article can (and should!) be inserted. It can be set up to update automatically using the inbuilt WordPress feature or by setting up a cron job on a Unix server.
I’ve trying it out on a site I’m in the process of setting up and it’s working flawlessly. It can also pull images if they are present in the RSS feed. It could also be used with eBay and Amazon feeds but I haven’t tried this out.
First of all, apologies for the lack of a ‘WordPress Plugin of the Week’ for the last few weeks. A very busy xmas season at my folks in England followed by the start of a new semester left me short of time! But our regular series is now back!
I’ve been developing templates for BANS (Build a Niche Store) recently and have set up a web site to offer free and commercial templates. I needed a way to sell downloads easily and
WP e-Commerce from Instinct provided an easy way to do this. It was very easy to set up and is working flawlessly so far. You can see it in action at
Best BANS Templates. It has the options of a shopping cart in the sidebar or on the page, sets up product pages, an accounts page etc
From Instincts web site
The WP e-Commerce shopping cart plugin for WordPress is an industrial strength elegant easy to use fully featured shopping cart application suitable for selling your products, services, and or fees online.WP e-Commerce is a Web 2.0 application designed with usability, aesthetics, and presentation in mind. Perfect for:» Digital Downloads!
» Bands & Record Labels
» Clothing Companies
» Crafters & Artists
» Books, DVDs & MP3 files
» Members Only / Subscription sites
» Stores with over 10,000 + products
A nice solution to your e-commerce needs!
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