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Old 03-18-2008, 12:06 AM
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Default Re: http://simplifiedsec.com/ Is good to buy?

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Originally Posted by Barry Scott View Post
I suppose i can neither recommend this program or bash it, i certainly lean towards recommending it, but can't do that because although i had it for six months on a VPS, i had to cancel it today.

I feel quite upset about the whole thing, not the prgram, just a "what might have been" feeling. The people on the forum were helpful and the software was user friendly, to a degree. My trouble was, i became short of money at about 1 month in, my vps got upgraded and then needed a reinstall. Everything was lost and i spent $xxx'2 getting everything working again.

I felt low after that because not only was a struggling financially, but i had no time to put back into what is, no matter how you dress it up, a steep jargon filled learning curve. The software then had 2 upgrades over a few months, my host disabled it... I felt abused by the software itself after a while, it made me feel sick thinking about it! Now don't read into that, it's not the software per se that makes me sick, just the horrible taste i was left in my mouth by my host.

To summarise, it does what it says on the tin. I got good traffic and it all seemed to work, i just found so much deep, hardcore jargon, regarding things like dns/c class/a name etc very deep and over my head. I just felt like i was drowning at times and with all the problems i had (nothing to do with ssec) it pained me to even think about using it!

I would like to get back into it at some time in the future, hopefully when i have the time and dedication required, along with the finances to support such escapades!

If you know what you're doing, have time to burn and a will to succeed, i suspect ssec will be right up your street. I'm just sorry i've had to throw in the towel and couldn't give this obviously very good program the time it required. It's a shame.
Ditto. I've had it for a few months, and on one point, it's easy to generate good traffic and make sales. But the outlay is REAL expensive if you don't know what you're doing. VPS or dedicated servers, $50-$100 a month, server setup another $50-$100 (if you don't know what you're doing). Domains: $100-$200 if you're starting according to their recommendations, and expect them to get the boot if you don't know what you're doing. Then there's all that subdomain, domains, RSS feed implements, template building, it's a lot of stuff. I sleep with the SSEC Unofficial Guide next to my bed just to get my head around this stuff.

BUT, after all that, I've had more success with SSEC than any other BlackHat system. I've made about $250 of of it so far. At one point, I get real discouraged after I lost about 80 domains in January, but I'm back on the trail now. It's a good program, but it's hell trying to master it.
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