lunes, 17 de julio de 2006
Link Buying Starter Kit & New Look
Just released on TLA, our new "Link Buying Starter Kit". If you are new to buying links it is worth a look. Update: while you are here look around and notice the new LBB look from Chris. Really cool. Thanks again!
jueves, 13 de julio de 2006
“Bloggers don’t want to make money”… umm… yeah…
Jim Krukal has written many posts at Revenews which are controversial. I enjoy reading all of them, but disagree with some. A recent post Blogging Isn't Ready for Paid Posting contains a lot of things which I just don't think are the case. He writes:
There's a difference here. A big one. And that's that blogs are in essence NOT a broadcast medium built for viewership as tv, radio and others are. Those mediums are run specifically to make money, blogs are not, ok, the vast majority of them are not.
Well, in some ways this is true -- many bloggers don't want to make money. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that 60% of bloggers don't want to make money, 20% of them 'wouldn't mind' doing it, and only 20% of them are 'somewhat or very focused on making money'. That's still, what, about a hundred million bloggers who would like to make money on their blogs? Seems like a pretty big slice of the pie to me.
Meanwhile -- why is everyone so intent on making generalizations, such as bloggers like or dislike such and such, or the blogosphere is or isn't ready for this or that... the World Wide Web is still, thankfully, the Wild Wild West... many types of people will publish many types of content with many different motives and methods... and that's a GOOD THING. Many business models and ad networks will fail... and many will succeed... and every blogger will like or dislike certain models and networks for certain reasons... the point is that there can and will be a PLURALITY.
Where am I going with this? ReviewMe. It won't be for all bloggers. It may not even be for most bloggers. But I am very confident that SOME bloggers will love it. That's called our niche. And we plan to cater to it.
There's a difference here. A big one. And that's that blogs are in essence NOT a broadcast medium built for viewership as tv, radio and others are. Those mediums are run specifically to make money, blogs are not, ok, the vast majority of them are not.
Well, in some ways this is true -- many bloggers don't want to make money. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that 60% of bloggers don't want to make money, 20% of them 'wouldn't mind' doing it, and only 20% of them are 'somewhat or very focused on making money'. That's still, what, about a hundred million bloggers who would like to make money on their blogs? Seems like a pretty big slice of the pie to me.
Meanwhile -- why is everyone so intent on making generalizations, such as bloggers like or dislike such and such, or the blogosphere is or isn't ready for this or that... the World Wide Web is still, thankfully, the Wild Wild West... many types of people will publish many types of content with many different motives and methods... and that's a GOOD THING. Many business models and ad networks will fail... and many will succeed... and every blogger will like or dislike certain models and networks for certain reasons... the point is that there can and will be a PLURALITY.
Where am I going with this? ReviewMe. It won't be for all bloggers. It may not even be for most bloggers. But I am very confident that SOME bloggers will love it. That's called our niche. And we plan to cater to it.
jueves, 6 de julio de 2006
The Most Dangerous Link Building Myth
(in Google)"Incoming links can't hurt you... the most they can do is 'not count' ."
In my opinion this used to be true.
In 2006, it's absolutely, certifiably, completely FALSE.
Your neighborhood better maintain a certain level of trust -- both trust IN and trust OUT -- or you can kiss your rankings goodbye.
To put it another way...
You have six trusted links to your site, it's ranking on page 2.
Then, add 10,000 untrusted links to your site. These should theoretically just "not count", and you should still rank on page 2... right?
Then why do such sites go byebye? (I've seen it time and time again in the last 6 months.)
In my opinion this used to be true.
In 2006, it's absolutely, certifiably, completely FALSE.
Your neighborhood better maintain a certain level of trust -- both trust IN and trust OUT -- or you can kiss your rankings goodbye.
To put it another way...
You have six trusted links to your site, it's ranking on page 2.
Then, add 10,000 untrusted links to your site. These should theoretically just "not count", and you should still rank on page 2... right?
Then why do such sites go byebye? (I've seen it time and time again in the last 6 months.)
jueves, 29 de junio de 2006
5 questions with ReviewMe Roy
Who are you?
I'm ReviewMe Roy.
What are you?
I'm the official mascot for ReviewMe.com.
What is your inspiration?
I wake up every day and the first thought in my head is, "how can I provide both valuable feedback and buzz to advertisers in the blogosphere, simultaneously allowing bloggers to increase their revenue while mainting their editorial integrity and true voice?"
That's what drives me, and that's what we're trying to do here at ReviewMe.
What's your favorite part of the job?
I enjoy traveling to exotic locations. I do this as part of my duties to increase ReviewMe's brand awareness. What happens is, for instance, I go to Tahiti and walk around on a beach and people go WOW! look at that guy who looks like a giant 'Me' with legs and arms, he's so cool, let's go to ReviewMe.com and check it out!
Any favorite blogs?
I really like reading Chartreuse.
I'm ReviewMe Roy.
What are you?
I'm the official mascot for ReviewMe.com.
What is your inspiration?
I wake up every day and the first thought in my head is, "how can I provide both valuable feedback and buzz to advertisers in the blogosphere, simultaneously allowing bloggers to increase their revenue while mainting their editorial integrity and true voice?"
That's what drives me, and that's what we're trying to do here at ReviewMe.
What's your favorite part of the job?
I enjoy traveling to exotic locations. I do this as part of my duties to increase ReviewMe's brand awareness. What happens is, for instance, I go to Tahiti and walk around on a beach and people go WOW! look at that guy who looks like a giant 'Me' with legs and arms, he's so cool, let's go to ReviewMe.com and check it out!
Any favorite blogs?
I really like reading Chartreuse.
miércoles, 28 de junio de 2006
Welcome to the ReviewMe Blog
Welcome to the ReviewMe Blog! Along with Roy and other members of the ReviewMe team, I'll be posting on official ReviewMe announcements and support issues, as well as ideas and tips for reviewers (bloggers) and advertisers. I'll also be asking for a lot of feedback here, as ReviewMe is a work in progress and conversation with our users is going to be key to make our system as good as it can be.
Anyway, Roy is calling me to his office, so the rest of this post will have to wait a bit. Cheerio and don't forget to bookmark the the ReviewMe Blog!
Anyway, Roy is calling me to his office, so the rest of this post will have to wait a bit. Cheerio and don't forget to bookmark the the ReviewMe Blog!
About Andy Hagans, Roy & ReviewMe
About Andy Hagans: He lives and breathes online marketing. ReviewMe is his Mona Lisa.
About ReviewMe Roy: He's the ReviewMe Mascot. Read more about him here.
About ReviewMe: Aims to provide both valuable feedback and buzz to advertisers in the blogosphere, simultaneously allowing bloggers to increase their revenue while mainting their editorial integrity and true voice.
*Minus the buzzwords: Advertisers, you pay to get your stuff reviewed by bloggers. Bloggers, you get paid to review their stuff. And it's not payola.
About ReviewMe Roy: He's the ReviewMe Mascot. Read more about him here.
About ReviewMe: Aims to provide both valuable feedback and buzz to advertisers in the blogosphere, simultaneously allowing bloggers to increase their revenue while mainting their editorial integrity and true voice.
*Minus the buzzwords: Advertisers, you pay to get your stuff reviewed by bloggers. Bloggers, you get paid to review their stuff. And it's not payola.
martes, 27 de junio de 2006
Serendipity Script & Drupal Module Added!
TLA Publishers, we are excited to have added a script exclusively for Serendipity Weblog System users and also a Drupal module for our publisher script! Special thanks to Garvin Hicking for his work on the Serendipity script and special thanks to Robert Douglass for his work on the Drupal module.
We still are working on pushing Ruby on Rails and also .NET scripts out for TLA publishers. Are there any other specific scripts that you would like to see? Thanks again!
We still are working on pushing Ruby on Rails and also .NET scripts out for TLA publishers. Are there any other specific scripts that you would like to see? Thanks again!
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