Watch Me Build An AI Parasite SEO System Using Medium



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Video Summary: Building a Medium Parasite SEO Scraper

  • Introduction:
    • Nick is creating a Medium parasite SEO scraper.
    • The tool will automate a parasite campaign using Medium articles.
    • It rewrites articles with AI and publishes them to Google Sheets or WordPress.
    • Nick acknowledges the controversial nature of the topic due to SEO guidelines.
  • Community Announcement:
    • Nick’s community reached 150 members in 72 hours, capped at 400 for quality.
    • Price increases by $10 for every 40 new members to reflect added value.
  • Medium as a Data Source:
    • Medium is a blogging platform with social media features.
    • It allows cross-posting between Medium and personal blogs.
    • Medium promotes posts, providing value to bloggers.
  • Scraping Process:
    • Apify is used for web scraping.
    • Nick demonstrates scraping Medium using Apify actors.
    • The scraper is set to extract author names, post count, and article content.
    • The trial is free, then $20/month, which is justified by the potential upside.
  • Data Handling:
    • The scraper returns various data columns including author, URL, and raw article HTML.
    • HTML content is converted to text for rewriting.
    • Titles are also scraped for SEO purposes.
  • Automation Workflow:
    • The Apify scraper can be scheduled to run daily.
    • Scraped posts are dumped into a Make.com scenario for processing.
    • AI rewrites the articles, which can then be turned into Google Docs or WordPress posts.
    • A Google Sheet tracks the process, potentially reviewed by a human.
  • Setting Up the Campaign:
    • Nick uses his own Medium account for demonstration.
    • The system could be adapted to scrape multiple authors.
    • The process involves scraping, rewriting, and posting content.
  • Make.com Scenario:
    • The scenario watches for the Apify scraper to complete.
    • It retrieves the data set ID and gets the data set items.
    • HTML content is converted to text and then to bullet points.
    • Bullet points are expanded back into articles using AI.
    • The rewritten content is formatted and published.
  • Final Steps:
    • Nick creates a Google Sheet to manage the campaign.
    • The sheet includes original and rewritten titles, URLs, and article content.
    • He suggests using WordPress for automatic posting.
    • The community is invited to join Nick’s group for more insights.

Additional Notes:

  • Nick emphasizes the importance of testing and tweaking the system.
  • He provides a detailed walkthrough of setting up the automation in Make.com.
  • The video concludes with an invitation to join Nick’s community for further learning and support.