Comments on: Perhaps My Days of Anything But White Hat Are Over http://lostballinhighweeds.com/perhaps-my-days-of-anything-but-white-hat-are-over/ A Blogger's Struggle With Online Success Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:31:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Frank http://lostballinhighweeds.com/perhaps-my-days-of-anything-but-white-hat-are-over/comment-page-1/#comment-65061 Frank Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:46:14 +0000 http://lostballinhighweeds.com/?p=655#comment-65061 Amen, brother. I think we're on similar paths. After trying loads of quickie, gimmicky ways to get cash flow, I'm now resigned to doing it the hard way...write original, decent quality articles on a small (~30 articles) site, get people on a list, promote affiliate ebooks. Then when any turn hot, create my own product to replace the affiliate offer. I just went through the videos for Adam Short's NPC 2.0 and that's my model now. Maybe with a little bit of Affiloblueprint thrown into the mix, too. Amen, brother. I think we’re on similar paths. After trying loads of quickie, gimmicky ways to get cash flow, I’m now resigned to doing it the hard way…write original, decent quality articles on a small (~30 articles) site, get people on a list, promote affiliate ebooks. Then when any turn hot, create my own product to replace the affiliate offer. I just went through the videos for Adam Short’s NPC 2.0 and that’s my model now. Maybe with a little bit of Affiloblueprint thrown into the mix, too.

]]> By: Jumanji http://lostballinhighweeds.com/perhaps-my-days-of-anything-but-white-hat-are-over/comment-page-1/#comment-64701 Jumanji Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:17:47 +0000 http://lostballinhighweeds.com/?p=655#comment-64701 Small sites earning you $2 a day means $56 a month, ligit blogs btw. you know u making two of these a week... in a year u have 100 blogs making you $56 a week i say dont aim for crazy big keywords, aim for ones wear you can shit on the competion, and not give too much of a fuck about it once you have gotten a decent amount of links, this way u dont have 100 sites that need regular maintanance. Google is too unstable to have one major site, if u get slapped u risk losing your fucking house.. dont put all ur eggs in one basket! small niches, i know its stressful but really, build it up! Small sites earning you $2 a day means $56 a month, ligit blogs btw.

you know u making two of these a week…
in a year u have 100 blogs making you $56 a week

i say dont aim for crazy big keywords, aim for ones wear you can shit on the competion, and not give too much of a fuck about it once you have gotten a decent amount of links, this way u dont have 100 sites that need regular maintanance.

Google is too unstable to have one major site, if u get slapped u risk losing your fucking house..

dont put all ur eggs in one basket! small niches, i know its stressful but really, build it up!

]]> By: Sunshine http://lostballinhighweeds.com/perhaps-my-days-of-anything-but-white-hat-are-over/comment-page-1/#comment-64696 Sunshine Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:12:24 +0000 http://lostballinhighweeds.com/?p=655#comment-64696 Hi Splork, I've been away for a minute and have come back to see the big squeeze Mr. ebay is puttin' on everyones middle. And as far as the color or your hat whether white, black or other, doing business online via IM will always be a matter of hunting down your daily meal. (apologies to my vegetarian friends) No good meal just sits around and waits to be THE one caught in the cross hairs. Endless strategy and chasing seems to be the rule and not the exception in building an income online regardless of the method. It's a jungle out there... Hi Splork,

I’ve been away for a minute and have come back to see the big squeeze Mr. ebay is puttin’ on everyones middle.

And as far as the color or your hat whether white, black or other, doing business online via IM will always be a matter of hunting down your daily meal. (apologies to my vegetarian friends)

No good meal just sits around and waits to be THE one caught in the cross hairs.

Endless strategy and chasing seems to be the rule and not the exception in building an income online regardless of the method.

It’s a jungle out there…

]]> By: Dinheiro http://lostballinhighweeds.com/perhaps-my-days-of-anything-but-white-hat-are-over/comment-page-1/#comment-64690 Dinheiro Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:56:59 +0000 http://lostballinhighweeds.com/?p=655#comment-64690 I believe also that better and bigger sites are the key. We're talking about quantity, again, but quantity with quality. Hubpages and similiar similiar sites, they only rank better because of the millions of backlinks, because of the domain age, and because of google trust (resulting from the two other factors that i described). It's possible to create a successful authority site in any niche, you just need millions of links, domain age, and reasonable quality content. I'm doing the experience on a competitive niche, building 5-10 articles a day. I've 100 articles now, the domain is new, and i'm slowing seeing the domain climbing the rankings. I believe also that better and bigger sites are the key. We’re talking about quantity, again, but quantity with quality. Hubpages and similiar similiar sites, they only rank better because of the millions of backlinks, because of the domain age, and because of google trust (resulting from the two other factors that i described).

It’s possible to create a successful authority site in any niche, you just need millions of links, domain age, and reasonable quality content.

I’m doing the experience on a competitive niche, building 5-10 articles a day. I’ve 100 articles now, the domain is new, and i’m slowing seeing the domain climbing the rankings.

]]> By: Terry Didcott http://lostballinhighweeds.com/perhaps-my-days-of-anything-but-white-hat-are-over/comment-page-1/#comment-64685 Terry Didcott Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:02:39 +0000 http://lostballinhighweeds.com/?p=655#comment-64685 It comes, it goes, it comes back again. This game is a constant battle against a constantly changing rule-set. It sucks but its a case of adapt or die. I've been hammering away at this crap for 3 year myself and I have to agree with you that the legit, original niche sites are the ones with staying power. But even they are occasional (and not so occasional) victims of the whims of the SE gods. Whatever, it beats working your guts out for some asshole boss to make some company rich while they pay you peanuts. It comes, it goes, it comes back again. This game is a constant battle against a constantly changing rule-set. It sucks but its a case of adapt or die.

I’ve been hammering away at this crap for 3 year myself and I have to agree with you that the legit, original niche sites are the ones with staying power. But even they are occasional (and not so occasional) victims of the whims of the SE gods.

Whatever, it beats working your guts out for some asshole boss to make some company rich while they pay you peanuts.

]]> By: Zania http://lostballinhighweeds.com/perhaps-my-days-of-anything-but-white-hat-are-over/comment-page-1/#comment-64666 Zania Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:27:30 +0000 http://lostballinhighweeds.com/?p=655#comment-64666 I've been doing more or less what Funny Pictures has been doing (only in my neck of the woods). Mainly because, like you, I am fed up to the back teeth with throwing too much s**t at the wall just to see what sticks. I've been building 10 page SE sites and slowly adding pages until they reach 15-20 (so google see's 'new content') and then finding which one makes the grade and building on that. Like you, I get too easily distracted/bored with the repetition of it all. But when I stick with it, it does seem to be working (knock on wood). There again, I have quite a few totally crap blogs out there which are top of the serps for their terms and making bank. But I'm just so sick and tired of buiding any more like that. And I really do think that with the google shake up, they won't last much longer anyhow. I’ve been doing more or less what Funny Pictures has been doing (only in my neck of the woods).
Mainly because, like you, I am fed up to the back teeth with throwing too much s**t at the wall just to see what sticks.

I’ve been building 10 page SE sites and slowly adding pages until they reach 15-20 (so google see’s ‘new content’) and then finding which one makes the grade and building on that.

Like you, I get too easily distracted/bored with the repetition of it all.
But when I stick with it, it does seem to be working (knock on wood).

There again, I have quite a few totally crap blogs out there which are top of the serps for their terms and making bank.

But I’m just so sick and tired of buiding any more like that. And I really do think that with the google shake up, they won’t last much longer anyhow.

]]> By: Denise http://lostballinhighweeds.com/perhaps-my-days-of-anything-but-white-hat-are-over/comment-page-1/#comment-64663 Denise Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:14:05 +0000 http://lostballinhighweeds.com/?p=655#comment-64663 I disagree with the large site idea. What if the Big G decides they do not like your one big site and all your big income goes away. Splork, I have come to the same conclusion as you. Working the smaller niche sites is the way to go. EBay, Squidoo, Hubpages and all this other stuff is always changing their rules and trying to screw us one way or the other. Grizz has had great success with the make money online blog, but I can almost bet that the bulk of his time is spent on niche sites with less search volume. He can't just be attacking large traffic sites. I disagree with the large site idea. What if the Big G decides they do not like your one big site and all your big income goes away.

Splork, I have come to the same conclusion as you. Working the smaller niche sites is the way to go.

EBay, Squidoo, Hubpages and all this other stuff is always changing their rules and trying to screw us one way or the other.

Grizz has had great success with the make money online blog, but I can almost bet that the bulk of his time is spent on niche sites with less search volume. He can’t just be attacking large traffic sites.

]]> By: Splork http://lostballinhighweeds.com/perhaps-my-days-of-anything-but-white-hat-are-over/comment-page-1/#comment-64661 Splork Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:22:03 +0000 http://lostballinhighweeds.com/?p=655#comment-64661 Yea, one way or another you gotta create a lot of content. Or have it created. Either spread it deep. Or spread it wide. Either way you're in for a large amount of work. Yea, one way or another you gotta create a lot of content. Or have it created. Either spread it deep. Or spread it wide. Either way you’re in for a large amount of work.

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