Comments on: Make Money from your Web Site http://www.websitemaven.com/promote-your-website/make-money-from-your-web-site Web Hosting Reviews, Guides, and Advice to Build and Promote your Business, Church, or Personal Web Site Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:04:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: the maven http://www.websitemaven.com/promote-your-website/make-money-from-your-web-site/comment-page-1#comment-44 the maven Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:44:47 +0000 http://www.websitemaven.com/?p=58#comment-44 Hi Sarah, I appreciate the feedback. Some of my information is a bit dated but it's still relevant and useful. There was a time when I found the SBI stuff useful for what I was needing to understand about the affiliate landscape. I came into after already having some success with Pay-per-click engines to generate income but I then wanted to build a site that would create income without tremendous investment on my own part. SBI gave me some fundamentals about how to think about those things. But, honestly, I always hated the web layout provided and thought the tools were archaic. It's a personal thing, but I also am annoyed at out many things become It!, as if Sitesell came up with the concepts and then they trademark a name because they put It! at the end. I'm a Christian who has always been turned off my sort of a devotee attitude as well and Sitesell fawns over Ken and I've seen people criticized for not being "positive". Frankly, there are a lot of facile ideas about simply adding content and that success is not "working the program" properly. I'm not a guy that buys into the "power of positive thinking" religion. It's not that I am not a positive person but it's a secular humanistic view that is very materialistic and self-centered. Organizations like Amway or even the Sitesell community are big pep rallies that resemble religion too much for me and I'd rather take ideas and move on. Thus, as I note in my recommendation of Sitesell on my site, I think it has good concepts for a beginner and wouldn't hesitate to pay the intro fee to learn those concepts. But from the perspective of web design and features that even Wordpress offers (including built in SEO tools and the like), I find Sitesell to be too limiting and the format to scream "unprofessional" when I view sites like those generated by their product. But criticisms like mine are unwelcome from within. Everyone buys the idea that there's some sort of killer alogrithm that enables Ken's product to find profitable site ideas and then searching for a domain and a site concept. Just because a site doesn't have much competition on the web and appears to offer a niche doesn't mean it will be profitable but people are led to believe it will. The intellectual capital over there is pretty thin in both technical development and keeping up with ideas on the web. If you have any talent with figuring out how to get a Wordpress site up and can figure out a way to integrate your product then it's a better way to go long term. It will take a lot of work - every business does and that's why I have sort of "parked" mine for a while but recently re-energized the site by transitioning from one CMS (Drupal) to Wordpress. But I've spent countless hours figuring out things and doing research. Sitesell hands some of those things to you by giving you a site out of the box but once it's there you're kind of stuck in the facile level of understanding. Ken and a few others are making a healthy business out of it but they're the exception to the rule and don't be fooled that Alexa rank means a thing. Anyway, not sure how much that helps but that's my assessment based on using it about 3 years ago. I don't miss it at all. Best Regards, Rich Hi Sarah,

I appreciate the feedback. Some of my information is a bit dated but it’s still relevant and useful.

There was a time when I found the SBI stuff useful for what I was needing to understand about the affiliate landscape. I came into after already having some success with Pay-per-click engines to generate income but I then wanted to build a site that would create income without tremendous investment on my own part. SBI gave me some fundamentals about how to think about those things.

But, honestly, I always hated the web layout provided and thought the tools were archaic.

It’s a personal thing, but I also am annoyed at out many things become It!, as if Sitesell came up with the concepts and then they trademark a name because they put It! at the end.

I’m a Christian who has always been turned off my sort of a devotee attitude as well and Sitesell fawns over Ken and I’ve seen people criticized for not being “positive”. Frankly, there are a lot of facile ideas about simply adding content and that success is not “working the program” properly. I’m not a guy that buys into the “power of positive thinking” religion. It’s not that I am not a positive person but it’s a secular humanistic view that is very materialistic and self-centered. Organizations like Amway or even the Sitesell community are big pep rallies that resemble religion too much for me and I’d rather take ideas and move on.

Thus, as I note in my recommendation of Sitesell on my site, I think it has good concepts for a beginner and wouldn’t hesitate to pay the intro fee to learn those concepts. But from the perspective of web design and features that even WordPress offers (including built in SEO tools and the like), I find Sitesell to be too limiting and the format to scream “unprofessional” when I view sites like those generated by their product.

But criticisms like mine are unwelcome from within. Everyone buys the idea that there’s some sort of killer alogrithm that enables Ken’s product to find profitable site ideas and then searching for a domain and a site concept. Just because a site doesn’t have much competition on the web and appears to offer a niche doesn’t mean it will be profitable but people are led to believe it will.

The intellectual capital over there is pretty thin in both technical development and keeping up with ideas on the web.

If you have any talent with figuring out how to get a WordPress site up and can figure out a way to integrate your product then it’s a better way to go long term. It will take a lot of work – every business does and that’s why I have sort of “parked” mine for a while but recently re-energized the site by transitioning from one CMS (Drupal) to WordPress. But I’ve spent countless hours figuring out things and doing research. Sitesell hands some of those things to you by giving you a site out of the box but once it’s there you’re kind of stuck in the facile level of understanding. Ken and a few others are making a healthy business out of it but they’re the exception to the rule and don’t be fooled that Alexa rank means a thing.

Anyway, not sure how much that helps but that’s my assessment based on using it about 3 years ago. I don’t miss it at all.

Best Regards,

Rich

]]> By: Sarah http://www.websitemaven.com/promote-your-website/make-money-from-your-web-site/comment-page-1#comment-43 Sarah Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:42:29 +0000 http://www.websitemaven.com/?p=58#comment-43 You have a TON of info on this site - thank you very much :) I actually found you because I was reading some SBI (Site Build It) forums and saw your name in there, etc. I was wondering, I noticed this is powered by wordpress ~ could I ask you ~ a. would you recommend wordpress over an sbi package? b. why do i not see sbi listed under web host ratings? (or did I miss it somewhere else?) i've not build any sites yet, although I have registered a couple domains. i'm still working out what i want to do/use. i really want to do a blog but sbi is anti-blog and i'm trying to decide between a blog and a website (of course i would monetize my blog). i am thinking of using the sbi "brainstorm it" tool to get keywords, etc but then go somewhere else to do a blog, etc. would you suggest this? what are your thoughts? i would appreciate any helpful feedback. blessings, sarah P.S. ~ as an aside note I can't help but thank you for serving America. I worked on a local "support the troops" project and we sent almost 80 care packages to a "AnyMarine.com" contact in Iraq last year. (it was sgt maj burnett, if that names means anything to you? he was with the 1st light armored recon out of somewhere in california. i'm in the south.) Anyway - we love you all - you guys all over the world taking care of us. G-d bless the USMC :) You have a TON of info on this site – thank you very much :)
I actually found you because I was reading some SBI (Site Build It) forums and saw your name in there, etc. I was wondering, I noticed this is powered by wordpress ~ could I ask you ~
a. would you recommend wordpress over an sbi package?
b. why do i not see sbi listed under web host ratings? (or did I miss it somewhere else?)
i’ve not build any sites yet, although I have registered a couple domains. i’m still working out what i want to do/use.
i really want to do a blog but sbi is anti-blog and i’m trying to decide between a blog and a website (of course i would monetize my blog). i am thinking of using the sbi “brainstorm it” tool to get keywords, etc but then go somewhere else to do a blog, etc. would you suggest this? what are your thoughts? i would appreciate any helpful feedback.

blessings,
sarah

P.S. ~ as an aside note I can’t help but thank you for serving America. I worked on a local “support the troops” project and we sent almost 80 care packages to a “AnyMarine.com” contact in Iraq last year. (it was sgt maj burnett, if that names means anything to you? he was with the 1st light armored recon out of somewhere in california. i’m in the south.) Anyway – we love you all – you guys all over the world taking care of us. G-d bless the USMC :)

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