Blog Network Dilemma

Cataclysm1987

12 years ago

I would rather use the niche domain blog network, preferably one that doesn't allow spun content but most of the big ones do, sadly.

Anyways...the problem with BMR is the mega footprint. They have been getting their sites deindexed like crazy, so it's bad news. I'd stay away from those sort of services if possible.

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maline

12 years ago

I would sign up directly for a niche network. 5 posts a day. Max 1 link each post. No spun content. I would love that! Il pay a lot!

I really prefer safety above luck.

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faysal969

12 years ago

My choice will be niche targeted network. I believe backlinks from pages which are at the same niche works better than any thing else.

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Mike Anthony

12 years ago

Niche. But the problem is many people will say niche until they see the price and since it takes more time and effort to build a network like that it costs more.

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nik0

Banned 12 years ago

Links at niche sites doesn't have to be expensive, we have access to a network of over 10.000+ sites and can place your links at PR3+ pages on relevant sites for dirt cheap.

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Mike Anthony 12 years ago

Originally Posted by nik0

Links at niche sites doesn't have to be expensive, we have access to a network of over 10.000+ sites

You are blowing a whole lot of smoke. You use other people networks and you therefore cannot guarantee just the niche people want.
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- nik0 Banned 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Mike Anthony
  
  You are blowing a whole lot of smoke. You use other people networks and you therefore cannot guarantee just the niche people want.
  
  I can guarantee, test me!
  
  ps I already expected this kind of reponses but this is not the usual network we're talking about and I provide url's where the links are placed.
  
  ps2 we won't go 3 levels deep but think about niches like clothing, cars, pets, finance, car insurance about anything that you can sum up with 1 or 2 words.
  
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technog33k

12 years ago

Originally Posted by nik0

Links at niche sites doesn't have to be expensive, we have access to a network of over 10.000+ sites and can place your links at PR3+ pages on relevant sites for dirt cheap.

Please PM me your contact details..I would love to chat with you about this.

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georgem78

12 years ago

Without any thought i will go for Option 2. With all these Panda hysteria created, i can't even think of BMR or any other such services. Fewer links but substantial instead of creating hundreds or thousands of links which can hurt me or my clients.

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retsek

12 years ago

Niche site definitely and I would take 50% less posts per day and pay two times more than what I'd pay BMR.

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amitos

12 years ago

Interesting, Thanks for the reviews.
Seems like the regular blog networks had lost their power with the people.
Not a single person here would rather choose the regular blog network, are they any good at all now?

Thanks anyways for reviews.

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technog33k

12 years ago

Originally Posted by amitos

Hello,
I'm interested in hearing opinions as for what type of blog network would you rather use:

1 - a blog network like BMR (about 2000 random blog sites)
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2 - a network with niche targeted websites (about 100 sites for each niche).

Lets assume they both charge the same price, and that the first network allows 10 posts a day per domain while the second one allows 2-3 posts a day per domain.
Lets also assume both networks are growing gradually in size.

considering all of the above which network would you go for?

Please share your thoughts.

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Amitos

The problem with these networks like BMR is they are so obviously set up as a network that it is not funny. Having a whole heap of unrelated posts across multiple niche markets on a single blog just looks obvious. Yes, most of us use them and but we do so because they are the best way to engage in "link dropping" at the present moment. But times are changing and Google is getting smarter and the future of these networks is niche related, no footprint networks with unique readable content. Whether it is an algorithmic change or simply tracing backlinks footprints that is getting these networks de-indexed doesn't matter while the sites simply do not stand up to a visual check. Spun content or not, unrelated niche posts on blogs full of do-follow links is just not going to stand up in future.

To set up a network on any sort of viable scale like this across multiple niches is going to take a lot of time, money and planning. This is why private networks are becoming more popular and safer. As soon as a network is public it is a target and it is hard to control the content. People like us talking about them in forums like this help to make them a target. Private networks are controllable and can be essentially invisible if they are designed correctly.. But if there is ever a full scale niche based network I will probably be one of the first here to test it out..

Niche related networks are the future. But are public niche blog networks going to be able to pull off what is necessary to survive for any period of time?? I highly doubt it at the moment. The few small scale "zero footprint" HPBL's and so called niche HPBL's that I have seen popping up over the past couple of weeks on different forums are still stupid enough to be offering link reports (including one from the operator of Trafficplanet). How long do you think they are going to last?

Any experienced SEO knows that nofollow links from authority domains rank pages. So why does every single link on these networks need to be dofollow? The problem google has which they clearly state in their "unnatural linking" WMT emails is that people are trying to manipulate PageRank (whether that is the main aim or not). So what would be the problem with a smaller ratio of dofollow links? I am sure there are others here that would agree with me. PageRank is not everything. Passing PageRank via dofollow links is not needed for rankings. So why does every link coming from these blog networks have to be dofollow?

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SalAG

12 years ago

I will choose the latter because it is more concise.

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mosthost

12 years ago

The problem with blog networks is the need for endless, high-quality content. In reality, people are watching videos more than they 'read articles.'

How many people here actually sit down to their terminals and think, 'I want to read a turd of an article sharted out by an internet marketer?' I bet not many of you are raising your hands now.

Truth is, most internet marketers wouldn't know 'high-quality' if it bit their nuts off. Plus, most IM SEOs are 'out of touch' with average surfer habits.

If somehow someone could build a 'secret network' that featured all really well written articles (with videos, images, incoming links, and comments), then they would make a fortune. Trouble is, that takes a ton of effort to pull off.

Most likely 'churn and burn' tactics will continue to rule the day, regardless of what's happening right now.