Blogsense Vs. WPRobot
Frequent bloggers must deal with the sometimes difficult task of regularly coming up with fresh content to engage readers and provoke dialogue. Blogsense and WP Robot are two plug-ins for WordPress that can automatically collect, edit, transform and format content from other blogs and websites, and post it to your blog.
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Blogsense Overview
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Blogsense is a commercial, WordPress auto-blogging software plug-in. Blogsense' developers refers to their product as an Internet content curating tool. According to the developers' website, Blogsense features text spinning or rewriting, same server image hosting, auto-tweeting, auto-bookmarking, auto-tagging, link stripping, optional source crediting, text replacements, content scraping, backdating of your existing blogs, title editing and link modification.
WP Robot Overview
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Like Blogsense, WP Robot is a WordPress plug-in that generates blog content for you automatically. Unlike Blogsense, some of WP Robot's functionally is divided up into 22 different modules you can add as the need arises. WP Robot can be extended to include Amazon, eBay, Clickbank, Yahoo Answers, YouTube, Flickr Image, Yahoo News, RSS, Commission Junction, Press Release, Twitter and iTunes content gathering capabilities. The prices for these modules ranges from free to 35 dollars.
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Blogsense Advantages
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Blogsense has the ability to automatically post content on blogs and content management systems that don't use the Blogsense plug-in. Blogsense can send content to those systems that allow posting by email or through XML Remote Procedure Call protocols. This is referred to as remote posting. In addition, Blogsense comes with many standard features that the developers of WP Robot. charge users for. For instance, Blogsense includes content grabbing from Amazon stores for free. WP Robot charges 35 dollars for the same feature.
WP Robot Advantages
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Some of WP Robot's modules offer capabilities not available in Blogsense, such as iTunes or eBay support. You can also tailor WP Robot to fit your unique needs. For example, you can add only those modules that focus on income generation or you can choose other modules that help you gather the best content for your blogs. Finally, WP Robot has a free version of their plug-in you can download to see if auto-blogging is for you.
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