First let me say I’m not an expert in marketing techniques, I haven’t got an MBA and I’m not buying (or selling) anything. I’m just a retired Brit who has a small website where I write original satire as a pass time. That’s right, I’m not making money from it which will shock and bewilder the average American who wouldn’t get out of bed in the morning unless there was a profit to be made from it.
I’ll throw out a question for you. Why are the majority of Americans so gullible? At a rough estimate I’d say only about 10% of content here is spam free.
So you’ve built a website maybe for a couple of hundred dollars. It’s got the usual calls to action, pop-up ads, bought backlinks, a spammy look to it and you’re wondering why you’re not the next Amazon. Here’s a thought; maybe it’s because along with the millions of other identical sites out there yours is also crap?
Someone promised to get you on google’s front page for $10? Really? Your $100 go daddy site is going to knock sites like Amazon or ebay off their number one spot if you give them $10? What’s that American saying about selling a bridge?! Look at the websites of those trying to scam you and scratch your head wondering why they’re not on page one themselves. If you believe all the nonsense they’re offering perhaps you shouldn’t even have a website.
Backlinks for sale? What kind of backlinks do you think you’ll get? They won’t be from authoritative sites tailor made for you. They’ll be a private collection of identical rubbish links from low authority sites who are stupid enough let spam links on to attract anyone because they’re desperate. What is the point of having a link from a failing site selling pet food on your site selling shoes? Do you think google isn’t aware of all these useless links pointing to your site? It’s about quality not quantity and one good backlink from an authoritative site is worth a hundred from low authority spam filled sites selling useless junk.
Links from genuine government sites? When did you ever see a genuine government site linking out to some obscure site selling something?
Don’t use black hat techniques and then complain when you’re penalized. Stick to good on/off site SEO and promote your site on social media. Join various niches of your topic or product and write good original content for them and hopefully get a link back. If a site has a no follow policy don’t waste your time writing for them. Ditch the pop-up ads and email collections and try to be original because if you follow the herd you’ll end up just another needle in a haystack. That’s the hard part, how to be original and unless you can think of something that sets you apart from others you’ll end up being just like the others.
Tweak your site, continually improve, think about suggestions across the web … If nothing works it may just be whatever you’re selling or your website is crap (perhaps both) and it’s time to start again, or give it up as a bad job. There’s nothing shameful about failing and having to rethink and start again and this time having learned your lesson, but get these silly ideas out of your head that sitting at a computer all day will earn you millions!
I’ll throw out a question for you. Why are the majority of Americans so gullible? At a rough estimate I’d say only about 10% of content here is spam free.
Believing in Fairies
So you’ve built a website maybe for a couple of hundred dollars. It’s got the usual calls to action, pop-up ads, bought backlinks, a spammy look to it and you’re wondering why you’re not the next Amazon. Here’s a thought; maybe it’s because along with the millions of other identical sites out there yours is also crap?
Someone promised to get you on google’s front page for $10? Really? Your $100 go daddy site is going to knock sites like Amazon or ebay off their number one spot if you give them $10? What’s that American saying about selling a bridge?! Look at the websites of those trying to scam you and scratch your head wondering why they’re not on page one themselves. If you believe all the nonsense they’re offering perhaps you shouldn’t even have a website.
Buying Backlink Crap
Backlinks for sale? What kind of backlinks do you think you’ll get? They won’t be from authoritative sites tailor made for you. They’ll be a private collection of identical rubbish links from low authority sites who are stupid enough let spam links on to attract anyone because they’re desperate. What is the point of having a link from a failing site selling pet food on your site selling shoes? Do you think google isn’t aware of all these useless links pointing to your site? It’s about quality not quantity and one good backlink from an authoritative site is worth a hundred from low authority spam filled sites selling useless junk.
Links from genuine government sites? When did you ever see a genuine government site linking out to some obscure site selling something?
Suggestions
Don’t use black hat techniques and then complain when you’re penalized. Stick to good on/off site SEO and promote your site on social media. Join various niches of your topic or product and write good original content for them and hopefully get a link back. If a site has a no follow policy don’t waste your time writing for them. Ditch the pop-up ads and email collections and try to be original because if you follow the herd you’ll end up just another needle in a haystack. That’s the hard part, how to be original and unless you can think of something that sets you apart from others you’ll end up being just like the others.
Tweak your site, continually improve, think about suggestions across the web … If nothing works it may just be whatever you’re selling or your website is crap (perhaps both) and it’s time to start again, or give it up as a bad job. There’s nothing shameful about failing and having to rethink and start again and this time having learned your lesson, but get these silly ideas out of your head that sitting at a computer all day will earn you millions!
Let’s be realistic and say the chances of you becoming the next Amazon is zero and the money you’re spending on your site you’re throwing away.
