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Note that I don’t reply to all comments, but I do read them all. If I don’t reply to your comment, it most likely means that I agree with what you say and don’t have anything meaningful to add, myself. I appreciate and read all comments and your comments play an important part in what I write about, so keep them coming.
Spammy comments are always filtered or removed. No surprise there.
Hi Shane,
since I’m mainly selling physical products by drop shipping so far, I’m practicing involved marketing, not hiding my personal name. The people can call me or email me at any time. But I’m not involved intensively in “pure” social media like facebook or twitter.
I like your Sunday videos a lot.
Cool!
Any reason for not doing more fb/twitter and other social stuff? I have to say though, that when I had my ecommerce store, I also didn’t do any of that. In the niche I was in, 95% of communication was happening in forums, so that’s what I focused on.
Hi Shane,
the main reason for my distance to social media is that the absolute mayority of my actual customers (German SME) do not use it at all. Germany is some years behind the state-of-the-art online development and business compared to USA, UK or Australia.
Wolfgang from Germany
That makes sense. No point in going where the customer isn’t. :)
I jumped on board with SECockpit and Backlinks BAttleplan and my plan was to develop sites where I originally thought that I would make some anonymous niche sites. Since looking at some of your videos I have done a U turn. Shane you have convinced me that making hundreds of small sites is NOT the way to go!
Instead I think I am now going to do personalized branding and create just a handful of sites where I add many useful pages over time until each site has many pages of unique content instead of creating loads of mini 3/4 page niche sites.
It must make sense to go this route. So all my original planning and projections are in the waste bin.
Thanks Shane dfor showing me the way to go.
Peter
Manchester in the uK
Hi Peter,
Good stuff! You don’t necessarily have to get involved in every niche, by the way. But even without facebook, comments, interaction and all that, I’d still rather have one really strong site with 50 pages of content, than ten mini-sites with five pages each.
Plus, getting involved is a lot more fun, if it’s a niche you’re actually interested in. :)
I get involved via one of my pen names!!
:-)
Alex
That’s good middle-ground. :)
I’m bad at keeping track of pen names, but have one site where I’m semi involved under a pen name as well.
Hi Shane,
Quick answer to the Question of the Week … Most of my sites are niche-related and little to no interaction …
Following up on the auto-link discussion: If Ma-Google is actively working to improve the quality of content ranking high in the SERPs with the latest onslaught being Google Panda (aka Farmer) and since much of the content targeted was “garbage content” for SEO link building; isn’t it possible/likely that their war against spam will significantly impact links built using these programs?
Google (via M. Cutts et al) has clearly stated their desire to have natural link building. Having read lots of posts trying to interpret what natural link building is, it seems many feel the definition relates to links coming from other people who are referencing your quality content.
But is that really all Ma-Google considers natural?
During many of their responses to questions about driving traffic, Google also refers to many other methods (not just relying on the SEs) such as via direct click-through traffic from forums, commenting, etc. This of course means they would have to accept self-promotion of content. Since those links also have varying levels of SEO benefit, wouldn’t they also expect that to be a natural linking pattern?
Different people generate promotional links at different rates and using platforms where they are most comfortable. It appears to me there will always be a bias (footprint) when self-promoting content and building SEO links during the process.
Don’t auto tools like SE Nuke strive to remove evidence of the bias (footprint) by providing great diversity in platforms and source IPs therefore creating a link profile looking so unnatural it might be easily targeted?
Just something that has been bugging me for awhile and wanted to hear other opinions …
Best,
Jim H.
The Google +1 is the factor I am interested in, it gives them a way of gaining ground on facebook and in time it will give them a stronger PR factor – IF people use it.
Yeah, Google +1 is actually what I wanted to do last week’s update about.
It’ll be interesting to see if it catches on or not.
Yep, all true.
Officially, Google don’t want anyone to be building their own links. And let’s be honest: if nobody ever built their own links, their algorithm would be perfect.
However, while it’s highly likely that thin sites will stop performing well and spammy links and spammy content will eventually lose traction, this has not happened yet. People have been talking about the end of thin sites and spam-links ever since I first read about SEO and while those concerns are justified, don’t forget that this stuff is all still working RIGHT NOW and that some people have made fortunes with it, while others have been worrying about it and doing nothing.
Have a plan B, but don’t let it distract you from plan A too much.
Backlink War Machine sounds interesting Shane. I have been trying to decide the best approach to link building that is as hands free as possible. As it stands I don’t do enough link building and I think I could be making a lot more money if I did. Too many things to do and not enough time.
I’m exactly the same.
Backlink Battleplan is the best link-building system I’ve ever come up with, except that it’s all based on free stuff. Ever since, I’ve been trying to create something similar (i.e. a complete system that delivers results), involving automation and outsourcing, but I’m not there yet. Still experimenting and testing and even with that: There’s more stuff to potentially test than I can ever get done.
Hopefully, I can focus in and create a really good plan and system, now that I’ve kind of laid out a roadmap for this.
Hi Shane,
Just take a guess: how much do you think Backlink War Machine will be?
Also, I’m not personally involved in my sites right now, but when I start moving into larger, brandable authority sites, then I probably will be.
First of all, Senuke x, is what it is. Will the majority of people use it with spam content…Probably, does it need to be that way…NO
Shane is a big boy n doesn’t need me to stand up for him but for anyone to say, “he has sold out”? Get a grip, the guy does reviews & is now well known for his off page seo expertise, “Backlink Battleplan”? See the tenuous connection?
I have a number of niche sites without my name on them. These are good quality sites with good content. I work by myself and have limited time to do the tedious but necessary backlinking. Anything that can help to do that quicker (automation) is a must for me to get to the income level I want.
If others who are working alone can do it without automation and still get to a decent income level then great, I look forward to buying your course.
Do I spam the interweb using all sorts of automation…No…Do I know the best ways to use the automation I have, probably not. Which is why I wish Shane would stop doing so many webinars and high tailing it around the world and get on with War Machine.
Do I have NukeX yes…I’m still figuring it out. Should Shane sell a product teaching the right way to use it…I wish!
Hi Hugh,
One of my concerns is that all of the target sites in NukeX will get hit so hard with spammy sign-ups and spammy content that they’ll crack down on auto-submissions. That’s where a big launch like this could really backfire. But we’ll see soon enough.
Here’s a suggestion: Once I’ve found my groove with NukeX, let’s do a webinar where I walk everyone interested through exactly how I use it. Considering that it’s good enough that I’ll continue using it, anyway. I know you’ve been waiting for Warmachine anxiously, but there’s also no point in me cranking out a product before it’s the absolute best it can be, and with this automated backlinking stuff, I’m just not there yet.
Hey Shane,
Just my Scottish sense of humor, not a dig. Good stuff is always worth waiting for. The webinar sounds like an excellent idea.
Cheers,
Hugh.
Shane – I love how transparent you are!
To answer your question on Personal Branding or Anonymous Niche sites. I just developed the former (Personal Branding) and feel strongly in building connections through value driven content and interaction. I haven’t thought too much about Niche Sites, but do realize the leverage of owning a piece of internet real estate, executed correctly and ethically.
Thanks for your comment, Giuseppe!
THAT, is a very good point! “Internet real estate”. It’s something I want more of, myself. It’s nice to know that you’ve got some valuable assets that you could potentially sell for a nice sum, if ever needed.
Hi Shane,
It’s unusual to see you that hyper-active in your videos. What were you smoking there in Vegas?
I run anonymous niche sites – I prefer to keep my secret identity secret (works good for batman, or so I hear).
SEnuke X – yes I got it too (for $97 a month which is pretty much a catch). Very nice peace of software, though you do need to keep an eye on it. Letting it do its thing and go to your vacation in the Bahamas is a bit unrealistic…
Waiting to see the rest of your review and hear some more insights :)
Haha, that was probably the tamest weekend anyone has ever spent in Vegas, believe me!
I was there with Sam and we were both either sleeping off the jetlag or attending the webinar for most of the time. :D Maybe next time I can make it a bit more exciting.
I find that nukeX requires a lot less babysitting than any other tool I’ve used. Have you had the same experience? Although you’re right: It’s still not entirely “start and go on vacation”. But it’s getting there.
Yup, I’ve had the same experience.
Though I think that’s only because I need to create my own “blueprint” and then use it over and over again. This way it will work much faster and with less supervision. But I’m kinda paranoid right now and have to check that everything goes smoothly before I do that – hence the babysitting.
Also, there are so many small details you have to pay attention to – profile lists, url lists and so on… and if you mistakenly place one of those where it shouldn’t be it can mess up your campaign and make it difficult for you to find what you put where.
All in all, SEnuke X is very powerful and can save you lots of time. I was pretty impressed by the forum profile module – that alone can save you weeks of work.
Hi Shane,
I am personally involved with all my sites. I like to brand myself and my products with my name. I believe in not hiding behind a pen name.
Tim
That’s good stuff, Tim! I’m personally not involved with all my sites, but the ones where I am are more fun.
Thanks for the Sunday Update.
The Backlink War Machine sounds interesting. I currently use SEO Link Robot by Stephen Hawkins. I look forward to seeing the finished product. If it is in line with your other products, I am certain it will be a valued product for internet marketers.
Question of the week answer:
I try to be involved to a certain extent. I accept responsibility for what I put out on the internet. I prefer to put out content that is readable and has some value to it. I use SEO Link Robot by Stephen Hawkins to publish (150 word mini articles with one link). I do have anonymous sites for posting my mini articles; but, I always make sure the content is readable and contains some value.
I also own SEO Link Robot and I’ll be including that in a comparison review. It has some really cool features, especially for the price.
Shane:
Thanks for the updates. I have some set and forget niche websites that I am not actively involved in except for general seo and tracking areas. I’m fairly new to developing my online presence( been one of those “buy everything, information overload, on every guru’s list types) So I have not really gotten too involved in “big picture” kinds of sites yet. Anyway, as a side note, I’m really getting a ton of benefit from your SECockpit product. As someone who has purchased just about every keyword research product out there, SECockpit really rocks!
Larry
Thanks for your comment, Larry!
I’m glad to hear that you’re enjoying SECockpit. :)
Shane, you DON’T have to say sorry for being in business. You are one of the few IM’s I follow and whose opinion I value.
IMO SEnuke X is a time saving tool, simple as that, you can use it as ethically as you wish. The videos on youTube explain each module. For me it is about working efficiently, the ability to design a campaign with a workflow and have it do the hard work for me is a killer feature.
I signed up for the $127 a month before it goes up (Monday I think) because I don’t know if it will be the best solution for the “life” of my usage and with a 16 month payback, I thought I can take a chance. Then when I signed up for the trial they offered me installment options on either the life or the annual membership. For me this is a business, I could justify $127 a month because that won’t even cover an employee in the phillipines and even they have a cost overhead of MY time to manage them.
In summary they offer
Lifetime for a One off $1997 (16 month payback – $56 per month equivalent for 3 years of usage)
Lifetime Instalment (three monthly payments of only $697 = $2091 – 17 month payback – $58 per month equivalent for 3 years of usage)
Annual $997 per annum ( $83 per month saves $43 a month))
Annual Instalment (two monthly payments of $517 = $1034 – $86 a month saves approx. $41 a month)
All figures are rounded and approximate
This multipay option is for the “No Trial” versions only but you still have a full 30 days to cancel your subscription and be issued a complete refund. The 14 day versions DON’T include the indexer which gives high PR blog links.
What plan you go for will depend on your cashflow and your commitment to making a living with Internet Marketing, however, even if you are broke It is a no brainer to at least go for the Annual license in two instalments because of the cost of money. You have to find an extra $390 for two months, but you get a payback on that investment 6 months later, so in 8 months overall.
I will be taking up the annual license because I suspect that there may be other tools or Google may move the goal posts within the 16 month payback of the lifetime licence. Another reason I did not take the lifetime license is because it simply did not offer adequate value. I doubt it will last 2 years before they have a new product “SEnuke XXX” or whatever. They did not give existing SEnuke customers any special pricing other than the same $127 launch offer. If I got the lifetime license and paid $2091, that is equivalent to $87.12 P/M which is MORE than the annual licence costs me per month.
Having decided to buy SEnuke, I can’t ignore the saving $41 a month on an $86 investment (47%).
I did not buy it on your link, I could say sorry but again this is a business and I got a $load of stuff that I can use, but I do intend to buy your SEC product!
I went for the annual installement as well. I think it’s the best value out of the bunch, following the same thoughts as you.
Hi Shane,
I’m in the same boat as Troy! “Too much to do and not enough time to do it!” To answer your question of the week, I build large authority sites (300+ pages) and use pen names.
Lately, I have been trying to locate high quality outsourcers, at a reasonable price? But, that’s easier said than done!
I do the entire niche and keyword research myself, so I don’t have time and/or the desire to write articles and find links to all of my sites. If I could find a person/company to perform these tasks for me, that would be a great time saver. Finding a knowledgeable person as yourself (a straight shooter) is not easy, and challenge in itself!
I bought your “Backlink Battle Plan” (manual link building) course last year, and its heads and shoulders above the rest! So, I can’t wait to get my hands on your “Backlink War Machine” and if you are offering outsourcing as well, please sign me up. I’m ready!!!
Best,
Clifton
“Outsource everything” would be very cool. Like, if you could just pass on a niche and a list of keywords and get everything done for you. Unfortunately, it probably wouldn’t make sense for anyone to offer such a service, since the person in control of a team that does that could just have them build sites for himself and cash in that way…
hi Shane,
I too recently bought BackLink Battle Plan, SECockpit, and also the adsense product you did a webinar about. I too totally shifted my perspective from building mini sites to building large authority sites.
The website I have been working in using info like AS Helper and Posterous and having a good domain name for my target keyword I was able to get ranked at position 35 on Google. In less than a week by ranking has gone to 29 utilizing Backlink Battle Plan.
This was the one post website. I am adding posts every other day.
I am attempting to get the site to number one in Google just to prove to myself I can do it. As you said in the adsense webinar by doing this you will gain confidence in being able to take a website and get it on the first page of Google.
I love your products in my next website will be an adsense site.
I do no personal branding but I do make sure all of my content for AS Helper etc.
is readable and makes sense even after it is spun.
Thanks for your comment, Tom!
Yeah, it’s really good to see the cause-and-effect of building links and seeing the rankings of a site improve. It actually gets kind of addicting. :)
Any rough ETA on Backlink War Machine? :-)
Sorry, it’s really too early to tell. I’m starting to regret that I mentioned my plan for Warmachine on a webinar a few months back… on the other hand, everyone’s now making sure I don’t forget about it and I guess that’s a good thing. :D
I would like to know about rankbuilder 2.0 anybody using it?the price is much cheaper than SENuke x.
Anonymous niche sites.
Hi Shane I am glad to see you do this video most people don’t understand what Senuke really is or what it really does I own several website that happen to be real offline businesses that make real money and I would never jeopardize them with spam links or anything that the all mighty Google would not be receptive to I am also a member of another forum lets just say that it is a forum that would be promoting Blackhat tactics and leave it at that
Here is what I can say about the latest Google up-date most on the other forum got slapped HARD I mean sites completely gone so my only commit about Senuke is it depends on what you are using it for if you are out for a quick buck with a site that will be dead in 90 days after the affiliate offer has died down then it might be your cup of tea on the other hand if you have a real website you might want to think twice about it, here is what I told the younsters on the other forum
I have seventeen websites most are on the first page of Google Yahoo and Bing and a couple that rank from fiest to fourth place for over 25 million searches here is the kicker neither of them have more than twenty thirty links WHAT !!! they are high quality links and super high quality content I gave Google everything they ask for the SEO on page and off is flawless perfection the articles on the site are not 300/500 spam they are 1200/1400 word quality content if you give Google what they want Google will give you plenty of LOVE they of course have all the WEB 2.0 Social Media etc etc set up all around them
Anyone who believe’s they can game Google or beat them at their game is just plain silly they will just take their ball and go home just like they do every three month with their up-dates. I don’t have a Billion dollar research budget like they do I gave up trying to game Google long ago I play by their rules and they give me plenty of Love
I consider my websites as investments that will be here ten years from now if you are not selling the typical affiliate crap then think long term
Would love to see your new program
That sounds really good. I don’t know many marketers who can pull off getting stuff ranked with just a bunch of high-quality links. Congrats on that, as it’s no easy feat!
Shane, what people forget is there automated tools (ie senuke, Brute force EVO) (and others) are ONLY one tool on your tool belt.
If these automated tools all you use, well you need to stop JUST using them and learn something about online marketing.
You need to have unique good content on your money site, you need to have well written unique articles submitted to EZA and other top article directories, you need to leave well written posts on blogs or guest blog. You also need to have quality PR’s, your own socialbook marking, yahoo answers, Facebook , twitter posts. This is just some of the ways to promote your site online.
I also pay for good quality online directories and local sites if its a local site I’m promoting.
Its about having a good balance of online promotion and content.
Well this is how I would use senuke/EVO if I used them.
Absolutely, Jason!
It’s also when you combine really good on-page SEO with good link-building that things really come together. Sure, with lots of links you can get almost anything ranked, but if you have rich, optimized content, that makes things so much easier!
Shane, your so right, kinda forgot to mention that in my comment.
With the right on-page SEO with good link-building, your right it’s the killer combo for high ranking.
Hi Shane,
I’m planning on building many (mini) niche sites promoting affiliate offers. Once they’re up -and hopefully generating some base income for me- I’d love to get into building one or a few authority site(s) where I would give people great information for free and promote some of my own products (those products have yet to be created. Waiting for your e-class :)
All the Best,
Anant
Sounds like a good plan, Anant!
All the best with it. :)
P.S. I forgot to mention that I’m planning to get actively involved once I get to the stage of having my own authority website(s)
Shane Hi,
The majority of my websites are my ‘babies’ – I believe in giving value to my readers.
Next, I am blowing the trumpet here a bit (and certainly NOT getting commission for it, :-) ), but here goes…
I have been following your comments in the forum and here – and honestly, for those who do not know Shane… he is by far, one of the most honest IMers that is out there. He GENIUNELY DOES care for his subscribers, body language is a tell tale sign too.
And as far as ‘promoting or not promoting’ the product/s – I believe you have not spent enough time reading his other reviews ;-) – quick money is not the issue here.
See, if you were to make a quick buck out of any product/ or review – would you spend so much time on it or would you not move on to the next one, and the next?
Personally, I will be looking forward to the outcome. I have been reading the reviews for Senuke X and Rank Builder 2.0 and weighing out the pros and cons before taking the final plunge to purchase – but now you are saying that you are coming out with a product of your own… could you give us a clue as to when about we would expect it :-) ? or is this still too early?
Cheers again for the reviews, keep them coming***
Hey Isabel, thanks very much for your kind comments!
It’s definitely too early to talk about a release date for Backlink Warmachine. I’ve been planning it forever, but it’s still a way off. It won’t be a link-building software, by the way. It will be a training course on how I use software and outsourcing to do link-building. As you can imagine, after BBP, all the discussions in my reviews and Sunday videos, the expectations for this are very high and it will be difficult for me to live up to them. Not that I’d have it any other way. ;)
Does anyone think that having a site with good traffic, high rankings and absolutely fantastic content would only be linked from fantastic quality sites? Do you think that Google with think that’s natural?…EH?
The very nature of a quality content site with that sort of profile will mean that all kinds of sites will link to it, whether they are quality sites or not. Will Google penalize you for those crappy sites linking to you, not in my experience. (google bombing)
If you get inbound links from quality sites that carry authority & trust in Google’s eyes then that will of course help to rank any site higher/quicker. But it makes sense that a naturally diverse link profile will have links from all kinds of sites, including lower quality sites.
Google may/will not assign the same weight/authority to the lower quality sites but they still count “overall.”
A good backlink profile will have links from sources all over the internet. I.E. Varied C class blocks/ips etc. Have varied anchor text plus raw url mysite(dot) com, click here etc.
When we are actively pursuing a link building plan we are all “gaming the search engines.” Makes no difference whether that is quality links or not.
Unless you are putting up a site and doing “nothing” but waiting for other sites to link to you “naturally,” then you are gaming the search engines.
I am not advocating the use of spam, and I agree that building better quality backlinks will have a better return on time or money invested… But lower level linkbuilding has it’s place, and works!
That is why using automation correctly has it’s place. Time can be spent on building quality links and automation can be used to build more of the lower quality links, without taking up too much of your time.
I also agree that if all you do is put up low quality sites with crap content and spam the web with jumbled up, badly spun content, then your long term earnings will reflect that.
You may make some cash sniping product launches but you will continue to “chase your tail.”
On a side note…I put up my first autoblog for a test. Not crap spammy content, but duplicate content. I did some automated/semi automated backlinking to the site. It has been sitting on Gs second page for about 2 months, for a high trafficked medium competition keyword.
Every single post is indexed and cached.
My main site for the same keyword is sitting at no 2 on Gs 1st page below the merchant. I have been actively linkbuilding to this site for about 9 months using a mixture of quality backlinking plus the other usual methods.
Have I just been “lucky” that the Farmer update hasn’t G slapped it, who knows? Maybe it will require a human review? I don’t really care, it was simply a test. I don’t have the time or resources to do extensive testing but I am sure that “not everything Google registers as a patent, or puts out there for public consumption, is either written in stone or in their “current” algo.
Thanks for this, Hugh!
I absolutely agree: there’s a bit of a panic about Google cleaning up and about spammy link-building, but the bottom line is that you still don’t have control over all the incoming links to your site (and never will) and that a good mix of higher and lower quality links is still a recipe for climbing the ranking ladder.
Hello Shane,
For years, I shied away from putting my name out front. With the exception of my flagship site, my name wasn’t mentioned. No point, really, with the affiliate sites. But in the last year or so, I just gave up and now you see my picture (such as it is) and pretty much my whole story is available. It goes to the credibility of what I sell, which, lately, is my expertise.
Frankly, if I didn’t have it to do, I wouldn’t. Thus, folks out there who don’t have to, who are willing to put their whole life history on Facebook, is a total boggle to me.
Even so, I can show you how my first website design in 1998 about Brazil travel was copied verbatim by competitors, because it worked. And it works for them to this day.
So, in the end, I suppose personality is less important to marketers than the work you commit to the net. Your work excepted, because you ARE what you do.
Norm
Hi Norm,
Thanks for your comment!
The way I see it, getting personally involved and doing personal branding and all that is not necessary. It’s one of many ways to do marketing and it probably works better in some industries than in others.
You said SENuke etc. aren’t meant for building links to your authority/branded site…
I wanted to ask why don’t you want to use these kinds of software and methods to build links to these kinds of sites? Do you think they hurt your site’s branding or something like that?
Because… Let’s take for example IM Impact – this is exactly the kind of site that Google wants to see replacing all those “typcal affiliate sites” you mentioned, and more importantly, this is the kind of site that people are looking for when they use the search engines (quality content etc.)… Why wouldn’t you want to build links to this site using any means necessary? Because those “natural links of love” won’t necessarily serve you, Google nor the searchers very efficiently as everyone else are building links to their crap holes…
Yes, content-blasting links and spammy links will still help any kind of site rank.
But, let’s put it this way: If a big corporation hired me to do SEO for them and they told me they wanted none of that spammy stuff, no profile-links, no spun content etc. I’d totally understand.
My niche sites don’t have a reputation to lose. My niche sites won’t likely be under close scrutiny from anyone. My niche sites are just quietly grabbing a bit of long-tail traffic here and there and making me a bit of money.
A big corporation, a big brand, faces completely different issues. Do I want someone to see that I’ve been spamming other people’s websites to push up my rankings, if I have a reputable brand out there? Do I want the word to get out that this “big, evil” corporation is abusing the “little guy’s” forums and blogs for it’s benefit? Or that I’m paying a bunch of outsourcers a couple of bucks an hour to write and re-write crappy content and send it all over the place?
See what I mean?
And if you’re a big corporation/brand, pleople are likely to take a close look at what you’re doing. And it can get ugly.
See the JC Penny incident for an example.
Hi Shane,
I have only got 1 website where I sell a product I am passionate about, however I think I am highly involved throught the kind of articles there (rather transparent!).
However, I did not yet do any kind of listbuilding or getting into contact through comments exchange (it is not a blog website) for fear that it could cost me a lot of more personal time. I do Twitter – although I had to stay away for some time now for health reasons. I am better now and will get more traffic to the site and invest some time into Facebook as well.
PS: I really enjoy your Sunday videos, even if sometimes I will open them some later Sundays…
It does take a lot of time, to really get involved. I think that’s one of the challenges with personal branding.
Regarding the level of personal disclosure on my sites.
I have 2. One is for my marketing and one regarding political/social/news and a lot of personal expression/opinion.
I believe it is best to keep them separate. It is an old adage not to mix business, religion, or politics.
With competition what it is, why would I want to risk alienating a single prospect because they didn’t believe how I do about faith or deficit spending?
In fact I just realized I had goofed and used a commenting system that has logged all my various comments and it is not good. I need to separate those accounts ASAP.
Keeping personal stuff separate from business is a good guideline to stick to. Although a bit of a personal touch can help.
On the other hand, keeping religion and politics separate from pretty much everything else is probably always a good idea.
Hello Shane,
Thanks for your reply to my reply. Ha! What has been said in the last few posts is very true. Common sense says you keep your political yelling site walled off from your money sites. And, naturally, if one is fortunate enough to build links to a high value corporate site, (Particularly one with deep pockets) one would approach it differently than building links back to one of my piddly little sites. But a note on link blasting…
Link blasting is playing with fire. The trick is to build your initial backlinks on high PR sites, and afterward drip feed articles to the low and no PR sites, a few a day, from there on. Build up some reinforcing link hubs, etc. That way you stay under the radar and accomplish your goal. A link blast is like a galaxy spanning supernova. Not all who see your shining beacon are friends. Some pan galactic desperadoes are from the planet Google.
I think it’s more about “link velocity.”
If you have a brand new site and start throwing massive link blasts at it straight away, then Google may not like it too much. Smooth & steady is the key at the start. However if once you are past that stage and have built some trust, you can throw a lot of links at it, as long as you do this on a regular basis. (may experience the G Dance for a short time)
Although Google may treat a site differently that has age/trust/backlink profile to it. It will/could experience the “Google Dance” if massive links blasts are thrown at it. Again, on an aged site if you are doing heavy backlinking to it, it will be fine as long as your doing roughly the same amount of backlinking on a monthly/consistent basis.
It’s not a good idea with any site to do some backlinking, leave it a few months & come back and blast it.
Link velocity is the key in my experience, especially if doing heavy backlinking.
Link reinforcement/backlinking your backlinks, is an excellent way to throw some juice at your sites. It’s also a good way to protect your main money site if you are experimenting with link blasts.
Hi Shane,
I missed you last week and this week it is Thursday before I watched the Sunday update!
In answer to your question, my first sites have not been very interactive though I have made the effort to reply to genuine comments. My personal interaction has largely come through my hubpages presence and I am now trying to build on this with the first site that is me sharing information and talking about what I have been learning online, products I have come across, titbits of useful stuff and so on. There is not enough content on it yet, but I am enjoying adding to it.
I must admit that my sites were originally built with the intention of making money via the adsense program and selling via Amazon affiliate program. Now, I am just enjoying growing my sites and seeing them creep up the rankings. I have tried very hard to make all my content original and interesting and most of all, useful and have really enjoyed the experience of creating the sites and learning as I go (with a lot of help).
With regard to Backlink War Machine, if it is as good a product as Backlink Battleplan, you definitely have nothing to fear from critics or reviewers – bring it on!
Hi Shane,
I really wanted to see today’s Sunday Update but the links just won’t work for me.
I’ve had problems quite often before with your pep.rs email links, any suggestions?
Could it be something to do with using Thunderbird?
And to answer the question, (better late than never, huh?) mainly uninvolved so far, although leaning towards starting a whole new sort of site with heavy involvement!