THE FORUMS
Aye man I feel for you about that Penguin update. This has literally postponed my move to vegas, seeing as i'm 19 and have no income outside of my websites.
On one hand i'm glad it happend because it finally forced me to figure out ways to diversify my traffic, and income.( one way being taking a series of posts you would have put on your site, turning them into a free or 99 cent kindle book, and linking back to your site.) Depending on the popularity of your niche, a free ebook could be downloaded thousands of times a day, which translates to a shitload of traffic for your site.
Also I just noticed that one of my sites, that was bmr'd and blog blueprinted to hell and back with very targetted anchor text has just come back full force.
I literally checked it right now as im typing this, so I dont know how long it will last. However I will say that 4 days prior to the update, I had used a fiverr gig to get 700 fb likes(they're fake), this resulted in about 100 authentic fb likes, and about 50 +1's. Prior to this my site had no real social aspect whatsoever.
Now one of three things happend.
1. Google has already started damage control, like they did with panda and the serps are just fixing themselves~ this one seems unlikely, but still possible.
2. The new social aspect added to my site literally saved me from permanently losing my traffic~ much more likely seeing as google has already bitched that they will do anything to not end up loosing to facebook, so if you can get +1's they love you.
3. Some mysterious shit that I have no way of knowing~ most likely of the three, but in the intrest of having some form of control over our income, I think you should try adding a highly rated fiverr gig or two focusing on social proof on a site you dont care too much about, and seeing what happens.
Also like i said earlier, you'd be surprised at how useful kindle is. While I've used it more as a traffic source, I have a friend that went from 0 to 1000 in a few months simply by writing/outsourcing a few kindle books.
Amazon handles most of the work for you, so theres none of the grind that we deal with trying to rank in google. Theres definitely a different traffic method to it, but its nowhere near as annoying as trying to rank some search engine suffering from adhd and constantly changing.
I plan to spend most of this month making kindle books in different niches and selling them to see how much I can rack up.
Wish you the best of luck bro!
On one hand i'm glad it happend because it finally forced me to figure out ways to diversify my traffic, and income.( one way being taking a series of posts you would have put on your site, turning them into a free or 99 cent kindle book, and linking back to your site.) Depending on the popularity of your niche, a free ebook could be downloaded thousands of times a day, which translates to a shitload of traffic for your site.
Also I just noticed that one of my sites, that was bmr'd and blog blueprinted to hell and back with very targetted anchor text has just come back full force.
I literally checked it right now as im typing this, so I dont know how long it will last. However I will say that 4 days prior to the update, I had used a fiverr gig to get 700 fb likes(they're fake), this resulted in about 100 authentic fb likes, and about 50 +1's. Prior to this my site had no real social aspect whatsoever.
Now one of three things happend.
1. Google has already started damage control, like they did with panda and the serps are just fixing themselves~ this one seems unlikely, but still possible.
2. The new social aspect added to my site literally saved me from permanently losing my traffic~ much more likely seeing as google has already bitched that they will do anything to not end up loosing to facebook, so if you can get +1's they love you.
3. Some mysterious shit that I have no way of knowing~ most likely of the three, but in the intrest of having some form of control over our income, I think you should try adding a highly rated fiverr gig or two focusing on social proof on a site you dont care too much about, and seeing what happens.
Also like i said earlier, you'd be surprised at how useful kindle is. While I've used it more as a traffic source, I have a friend that went from 0 to 1000 in a few months simply by writing/outsourcing a few kindle books.
Amazon handles most of the work for you, so theres none of the grind that we deal with trying to rank in google. Theres definitely a different traffic method to it, but its nowhere near as annoying as trying to rank some search engine suffering from adhd and constantly changing.
I plan to spend most of this month making kindle books in different niches and selling them to see how much I can rack up.
Wish you the best of luck bro!
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Yeah everyone got raped by that update. I went from 300+ to ~150. Good luck building back up man.
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shit that sucks ballzz.
i just checked my rankings and i got fucked as well. don't care so much though, because chicks are my #1 priority.
long term i want to get into more "legitimate" businesses though (not just niche sites as they are too easy to replicate by other people). i recently read "the millionaire fastlane" which was a real eye-opener for me in terms of passive income businesses and making money in general.
hope you get back to your 50€ a day soon!
i just checked my rankings and i got fucked as well. don't care so much though, because chicks are my #1 priority.
long term i want to get into more "legitimate" businesses though (not just niche sites as they are too easy to replicate by other people). i recently read "the millionaire fastlane" which was a real eye-opener for me in terms of passive income businesses and making money in general.
hope you get back to your 50€ a day soon!
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Dude, my shit tanked too. I think it might come back eventually, also I plan on diluting my anchor texts and see if that works.
Going to Vegas in a couple days, also might come to Berlin for the summer, have to see with money situation fucked and all :S.
Going to Vegas in a couple days, also might come to Berlin for the summer, have to see with money situation fucked and all :S.
so... I've read up all 71 pages of your field report and......
.... not really.
but I will. from time to time. looks like this is very good for understanding many different things.
ciao
.... not really.
but I will. from time to time. looks like this is very good for understanding many different things.
ciao

Pilgrimage2012
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Join Date: 12/31/2008 | Posts: 938
Regular going out has to wait a little longer...
Pulling chicks is not the missing piece my lifestyle design.
That part is handled (At least as far as from what I dreamed of when I started the journal).
Money however... despite hard efforts and recent successes.. NOT SO GOOD.
The Crash
As much as I want to get back to pulling fresh ass and honing my skillset - my internet business, the foundation of many more dreams to come, is more important right now - and it took a big dent.
All IM's out here know what I'm talking about. Penguin, Google's new algorithm came and the effects have been disastrous for many, but certainly for me and my rankings.
First fall. Part of the game i suppose. Feels like I'm starting back at zero - except I now know a shitload more about IM and the whole technical shit behind it. I'm ten times more experienced now. Already back to working and learning my ass off. Making big strides. Doing nothing else. THANK
GODRSD I got more fuckbuddies and sex than I can even handle. Need my sex and I got it covered, good.Let's hope I'm back soon. Or else summit ain't happening this year.
Not gonna hear to much from me anytime soon - again.
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