Some advice about quality
I found this inspiring, it's a quote from one of my all time internet heroes, Maddox - creator of "The Best Page In The Universe."
Source: Reddit Q&A
I know this doesn't really apply to our slap dash affiliate sites, but it's some good advice for anyone that is really passionate about what they are doing online and wants to get recognized.
Imagine the difference if someone visits your site and is bombarded with 100% awesome content...
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Though it's not near its peaks, my traffic is still pretty steady. Here's a secret about the Internet and its "glory days:" nobody really cares how often you update. People care about quality, not quantity of articles. Nobody cares that you posted 100 ****ty posts on your blog. Nobody will remember the hundreds of ****ty posts, but they will remember the 1 good one that made them laugh or think. All it takes is one article to spark someone's imagination, and to get them to say "hey, this ****'s pretty good. You know what? I think I'll send this to my buddy..." The reason there are thousands of tumblr sites and countless photo blogs that don't get noticed is because most content creators don't self-edit. If it sucks, don't post it. Keep your brain farts to yourself. People who post every little quip or notion that pops into their head are assholes, because they're tacitly saying "f**k you" to the reader. They're saying "your time isn't as valuable as mine, so rather than me spending my time to edit down my content, I'll let you read it all and sift for good content for me." It's lazy. I edit myself into oblivion. Probably too much. I wrote or started to write 13 articles last year, and only posted 1. As for the "glory days" of the Internet, you're living in them. Things are actually pretty good right now. After all, I'm still around. And yeah, I know I sound like a self-aggrandizing cock, but having a site titled "The Best Page in the Universe" doesn't lend itself to humility, and what more, it's the solid gold truth. It's telling that a guy like me--a self-made man who started out tinkering around with HTML and programming in his parents' basement--can make a living of his hobby, and challenge the status quo of media empires without selling out. My website was a shoestring operation for many years, completely funded by me, and when it blew up, I started getting more traffic than some of the biggest commercial sites out there. It's still completely self-funded, by the way. The Internet has finally given a voice to people who aren't rich or well-connected. |
I know this doesn't really apply to our slap dash affiliate sites, but it's some good advice for anyone that is really passionate about what they are doing online and wants to get recognized.
Imagine the difference if someone visits your site and is bombarded with 100% awesome content...