Why You Should Thank The Lazy Marketer

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There seems to be an abundance of lazy marketers creating sites with 3 or 4 articles, and Adsense above the fold. The goal is obviously to rank as quickly as possible for good keywords and make money with Adsense or flip the site. A lot of them are also beginning to look the same with the following characteristics:

  • Black header with large yellow or white title.
  • Gray background
  • Right sidebar with olive green background.
  • Adsense link units right below the latest article links on the right sidebar.

At times it can be frustrating, since it seems these marketers are scooping up many good keywords and registering the domain names to match. There were times I wouldn't bother trying to rank for a keyword if I saw a site that had the keyword in the domain name and it was on the first page of Google.

Not being a quitter, I quickly realized that I can beat most of these sites, and never again have I let seeing another one of these lazy sites stop me from reaching my goals.

Why are these types of sites easy to beat?

Well, for starters they mainly have poorly written articles. Another, is the quick off-page SEO with poor backlinks. Onsite SEO is also not the best on these sites. The greatest fault with these sites is that they are done too quickly, and nothing good comes out of this.

How can you beat these types of sites?

This month alone I've out ranked 3 sites that already had the keyword in the domain name. In one example of a site, the .COM was parked, and .ORG (lazy marketer site) was on the 6th or 7th spot on the first page of Google. The .NET was available so I registered the domain name with the keyword to match.

The keyword in question is searched for over 14,000 times (exact match) each month. I was able to beat the lazy site in about a month by:

a)Better on-page SEO. The lazy site only had one article on the home page (common among these sites). I put 3 or 4 articles from 300 to 500+ words each on my home page alone. Then I write another 2 or 3 more articles for the site. I wrote better articles with LSI keywords.

b)Most of the backlinks on these sites are from comments on other blogs that have poor page rank. In one case, a lazy site has 109 backlinks and my site only has 24, but I quickly outranked the site. My backlinks are of better quality.

c)If I still have trouble outranking a lazy site, I create one or two simple videos with a link to my site. And if that doesn't work I'll through in my secret weapon, a simple but yet affective 8 property link wheel (it almost looks like a wheel ).


Remember that most lazy marketers put up these sites and through a few hundred backlinks, but never take the time to do a, b, and c.

Don't be afraid to challenge one of these sites.

P.S.
I'm guilty of creating a couple of these when I first started in IM, but this is why we learn from our mistakes. Another thing I want to mention, is that one the lazy marketer's sites I'm competing with is suddenly copying my style, and even copied one of my images. Go figure!
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  • Profile picture of the author Dan Bainbridge
    I don't tihnk theyre really lazy, just un-education in IM, or inexperienced. If they are new it is probably a decent bit of work to setup one of these basic sites even, and probably for practically no return - if they just did another few weeks work on it to make it look unique, fill it with articles, tweak the design a bit etc then it would do a lot better and actually be worth the time. I see these sites more as something which was never finished, something that someone started with good intentions but like 99% out there just ditched it when it didn't bring instant results.
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    • Profile picture of the author badboy_Nick
      Originally Posted by submp3s View Post

      I don't tihnk theyre really lazy, just un-education in IM, or inexperienced. If they are new it is probably a decent bit of work to setup one of these basic sites even, and probably for practically no return - if they just did another few weeks work on it to make it look unique, fill it with articles, tweak the design a bit etc then it would do a lot better and actually be worth the time. I see these sites more as something which was never finished, something that someone started with good intentions but like 99% out there just ditched it when it didn't bring instant results.
      I concur.

      Lots of gung-ho IMers these days who just read a few posts and have a whack at it. I think this isn't really bad as so many people are too lazy to even get off their butt and start something.

      But what they then usually lack is the drive to keep going once the first rush of excitement wears off.

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      • Profile picture of the author FreshMedia
        Some of these guys actually know their stuff. Specially when picking the right keywords and competition analysis. Not sure if you can classify them as uneducated. They just want to rank a site as quickly as possible and profit, but never think of adding more value to produce a site that can generate profits for years to come.
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  • Profile picture of the author aandersen
    first i agree with you. when i see a site like that is my main "competition" im happy.

    but i would not agree with calling them lazy or uneducated. im sure these guys have a very specific goal in mind. they find a kw that has low competition, get the good domain, use their generic template, fill it up with a few PLR articles, blast it with scrapebox, ultimate wordpress comment spammer, blog comment deamon, etc... then sit on it long enought to get some stats. keep it if its worth it or flip it if its not.

    do a couple of those a week and you would be making pretty good money in a month or two.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Actually I launch sites like this quite a lot targeted to sell Amazon products rather than Adsense and they work and rank remarkably well. I make Amazon sales from these sites from big ticket items. Nothing lazy or uneducated about using a method that works.
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    • Profile picture of the author FreshMedia
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      Actually I launch sites like this quite a lot targeted to sell Amazon products rather than Adsense and they work and rank remarkably well. I make Amazon sales from these sites from big ticket items. Nothing lazy or uneducated about using a method that works.
      The sites do work, but from my experience they don't bring in the kind of traffic a site of more value does. I also have many sites targeting amazon products, and rank better than those sites. It really is a matter of choice, would you rather be #1 in Google bringing in a few hundred organic visitors, or #6 bringing in a few dozen?

      I still have a few of these sites from my early days in IM, and they don't bring in anything close to what my current sites do now in terms of traffic.
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      • Profile picture of the author aandersen
        Originally Posted by FreshMedia View Post

        It really is a matter of choice, would you rather be #1 in Google bringing in a few hundred organic visitors, or #6 bringing in a few dozen?
        i would rather spend the same amount of time and have a few dozen sites at #6 than 1 site at #1

        there is a time and a place for every strategy and when picking off low hanging fruit this method works great. takes virtually no time to set up and implement and your off to do something else. that site will sit there and drip extra money in to your bank account and can be sold at any time.

        no one said that the marketers that own these sites do not own other sites as well. personally i see nothing wrong with spending some of your free time throwing up quick little money makers.

        i guess you could spend the that time hanging out on the warrior forum instead
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        • Profile picture of the author halfpoint
          Why do presume these sites are created by "lazy" marketers? Has it not occurred to you that there might be some kind of strategy to this?

          From what you described, it sounds exactly like the XFactor style Adsense sites and last I heard he makes 6 figures with them.

          They are structured that way as they generate the most income like that. It's more "clever" than "lazy", in my opinion.
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  • Profile picture of the author Warrior Dude
    So basically this post is a presell for your upcoming wso. Nice.
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  • Profile picture of the author Raja Kamil
    I guess everybody, Mr. Fresh didn't mean to insult that kind of marketer.
    Even though I didn't agree with him calling people lazy and uneducated, I agree with his point of view.
    From my view, Mr. Fresh, just post a Do's and Don's for a marketer.

    Thanks Mr. Fresh
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    • Profile picture of the author FreshMedia
      Originally Posted by checkmeeveryday View Post

      I guess everybody, Mr. Fresh didn't mean to insult that kind of marketer.
      Even though I didn't agree with him calling people lazy and uneducated, I agree with his point of view.
      From my view, Mr. Fresh, just post a Do's and Don's for a marketer.

      Thanks Mr. Fresh
      Please read the OP again. I never called anyone uneducated. I'm by no means smarter than anyone else, but sites with 2 or 3 pages and adsense is a little lazy in my opinion. Why would you want to create a site that can so easily be out ranked by your competitors.
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  • Profile picture of the author thebitbotdotcom
    How does the old saying go? "Find something that is marginally profitable and repeat it many times over." Whoever is doing this is most certainly cranking out loads of these sites. There is nothing lazy about creating that many sites. They probably work hard, just not in the area of quality.
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