Slow growth or Quick Money? - GoFuckYourself.com

$5 submissions · 09-07-2009, 02:44 PM

Interesting story on this eternal question facing webmasters

Thank goodness there's a workaround for the white hat "slow start"--build a ton of sites using unique/useful content. Here's a story of the quick money route:

http://www.johnchow.com/my-biggest-b...rofit-from-it/

An SEO acquaintance recommended a plugin that posted fresh content on your blog every day, written by hundreds of contributors and then ?scrambled? by an automated program that made each article ?completely unique.? It seemed too good to be true, but I moved the Contest Blogger Forum to an internal page and started auto-posting pre-written articles on the homepage to test it out.

During the first month of my new approach, I was happy to see that the unique post plugin actually increased my traffic and profits as new articles got indexed. In response, I increased the number of article topics that would post on Contest Blogger every day. Many of the new articles had absolutely nothing to do with contests or sweepstakes, but I didn?t see past the higher revenue.

And then the floor fell out from under me. I woke up one morning to check the Contest Blogger stats, and discovered that I had been hit with every webmaster?s worst nightmare: the site had been completely de-indexed by Google.

RadicalSights · 09-07-2009, 02:49 PM

both....

Twig · 09-07-2009, 02:51 PM

I love John Chow's site.

Twig · 09-07-2009, 02:59 PM

Oh, btw. I agree with slow growth for sure. Although it's irritating because it's always slower growth then what you actually want.

Chosen · 09-07-2009, 03:29 PM

I choose quick growth & money

$5 submissions · 09-07-2009, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadicalSights

both....

Ideally

Thumbking · 09-07-2009, 05:41 PM

Interesting read, Thanks for sharing

bronco67 · 09-07-2009, 07:00 PM

Why is our whole economy so fucked up? The same reason....

BaldBastard · 09-07-2009, 07:20 PM

Funny part is he goes on like he was making it big on $100 a day.. You could build a site with less text then that blog post and get a similar return... guy has nfi

09-07-2009, 02:44 PM	#1
$5 submissions I help you SUCCEED Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Pearl of the Orient Seas Posts: 32,195	Slow growth or Quick Money? Interesting story on this eternal question facing webmasters Thank goodness there's a workaround for the white hat "slow start"--build a ton of sites using unique/useful content. Here's a story of the quick money route: http://www.johnchow.com/my-biggest-b...rofit-from-it/ An SEO acquaintance recommended a plugin that posted fresh content on your blog every day, written by hundreds of contributors and then ?scrambled? by an automated program that made each article ?completely unique.? It seemed too good to be true, but I moved the Contest Blogger Forum to an internal page and started auto-posting pre-written articles on the homepage to test it out. During the first month of my new approach, I was happy to see that the unique post plugin actually increased my traffic and profits as new articles got indexed. In response, I increased the number of article topics that would post on Contest Blogger every day. Many of the new articles had absolutely nothing to do with contests or sweepstakes, but I didn?t see past the higher revenue. And then the floor fell out from under me. I woke up one morning to check the Contest Blogger stats, and discovered that I had been hit with every webmaster?s worst nightmare: the site had been completely de-indexed by Google. __________________ Need a NON-ADULT income stream? We build your YOUTUBE CHANNEL for only $20 per video! For Hire: $3/hour or $400 per month Marketing Specialist Virtual Assistants

09-07-2009, 02:51 PM	#3
Twig Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ICQ - 703894 Posts: 1,949	I love John Chow's site. __________________

09-07-2009, 02:59 PM	#4
Twig Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ICQ - 703894 Posts: 1,949	Oh, btw. I agree with slow growth for sure. Although it's irritating because it's always slower growth then what you actually want. __________________

09-07-2009, 07:00 PM	#8
bronco67 Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,032	Why is our whole economy so fucked up? The same reason.... __________________

09-07-2009, 02:49 PM	#2
RadicalSights So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Europe Posts: 1,595	both....

09-07-2009, 03:29 PM	#5
Chosen VIPPay.com \| AdultWebSponsors.com Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 63,151	I choose quick growth & money

09-07-2009, 05:41 PM	#7
Thumbking Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Canadabis Posts: 1,067	Interesting read, Thanks for sharing

09-07-2009, 07:20 PM	#9
BaldBastard Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 16,071	Funny part is he goes on like he was making it big on $100 a day.. You could build a site with less text then that blog post and get a similar return... guy has nfi