- Apr 23, 2012
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Hey Fam,
So I completed 1500 posts and about 10 years on the forum as a member.
A lot of you know me from the Amazon Affiliate Site AMA I did around 4 years ago.
A lot has changed since then and like everyone else - I have adapted. For the past 2 years, I have been building Google PAA scraped sites, snippet sites, content enriched sites and largely concentrating on automation where possible and implementing more and more AI in the workflow.
About me
I own and operate a decent sized web services company in an Asian country.
I have been building sites for a decade now for clients and for myself. That is how I got started.
I was building sites back when Adsense was all the rage. I made a decent sized income then - enough to build a comfortable spot for me to start my company.
I was building sites when Buzzfeed was merely listicles and tracking viral content.
I was building sites when Scott launched Viralnova.com and over the course of a few months changed how the Internet consumed its information. Clickbait being the term here.
I was one of the few people to present a proof-of-concept to the OpenAI team and gain access to the AI Beta when it launched.
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Right now...
As I said above, I now build websites using AI and scraping. I train my own AI NLP models to generate text on the fly and to generate context relevant content. I scrape all day, everyday.
I have tackled the hardest of niches for the longest of tails.
My sites have been shared on this forum, as well as Reddit and even a couple Russian forums (really proud of that last one).
You see a site you like, and think how you can build a similar enterprise. I see a site I like, and think how I can automate it.
I have been going around answering random questions on operations and optimization related to scraping, AI etc. Decided to go with an AMA.
So this is my second, giving back to the community thread.
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What this will not be?
I won't hold your hand. I won't be sharing my scripts or code (except maybe a little). I won't promote anything. I won't write your code for you.
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What this will be?
I'll answer questions on how-to do things. The best way to optimize information flow. How to rapidly prototype a site and deploy it ASAP.
I'll help you debug your logic. I'll help you understand a topic that you think is alien to your thought process.
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Please note
Like with everything else, all of the information is discretionary and tested by me and me alone. A lot of you may find success with my methods/answers or may not find success at all.
I am not building a get rich quick guide - I am a believer in the concept of your website being your business and how to treat it like one.
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So if you have any questions on the above topics (or on topics related to them) - I'll be happy to answer them.
Let's keep it civil.
Bring on the questions, my body is ready. I have my trusty JW by my side and I'll check this thread in gaps of a few minutes/hours and try and answer questions as they come along.
So I completed 1500 posts and about 10 years on the forum as a member.
A lot of you know me from the Amazon Affiliate Site AMA I did around 4 years ago.
A lot has changed since then and like everyone else - I have adapted. For the past 2 years, I have been building Google PAA scraped sites, snippet sites, content enriched sites and largely concentrating on automation where possible and implementing more and more AI in the workflow.
About me
I own and operate a decent sized web services company in an Asian country.
I have been building sites for a decade now for clients and for myself. That is how I got started.
I was building sites back when Adsense was all the rage. I made a decent sized income then - enough to build a comfortable spot for me to start my company.
I was building sites when Buzzfeed was merely listicles and tracking viral content.
I was building sites when Scott launched Viralnova.com and over the course of a few months changed how the Internet consumed its information. Clickbait being the term here.
I was one of the few people to present a proof-of-concept to the OpenAI team and gain access to the AI Beta when it launched.
//
Right now...
As I said above, I now build websites using AI and scraping. I train my own AI NLP models to generate text on the fly and to generate context relevant content. I scrape all day, everyday.
I have tackled the hardest of niches for the longest of tails.
My sites have been shared on this forum, as well as Reddit and even a couple Russian forums (really proud of that last one).
You see a site you like, and think how you can build a similar enterprise. I see a site I like, and think how I can automate it.
I have been going around answering random questions on operations and optimization related to scraping, AI etc. Decided to go with an AMA.
So this is my second, giving back to the community thread.
//
What this will not be?
I won't hold your hand. I won't be sharing my scripts or code (except maybe a little). I won't promote anything. I won't write your code for you.
//
What this will be?
I'll answer questions on how-to do things. The best way to optimize information flow. How to rapidly prototype a site and deploy it ASAP.
I'll help you debug your logic. I'll help you understand a topic that you think is alien to your thought process.
//
Please note
Like with everything else, all of the information is discretionary and tested by me and me alone. A lot of you may find success with my methods/answers or may not find success at all.
I am not building a get rich quick guide - I am a believer in the concept of your website being your business and how to treat it like one.
//
So if you have any questions on the above topics (or on topics related to them) - I'll be happy to answer them.
Let's keep it civil.
Bring on the questions, my body is ready. I have my trusty JW by my side and I'll check this thread in gaps of a few minutes/hours and try and answer questions as they come along.
