Hi, I posted yesterday on this page and it seems to have been deleted – was this a possible error, or did I break some rule? A reply to this would be appreciated, cheers.

Felix

Great blog! I am new to this so please excuse my naivete.

Looking at this article, as well as this one: http://www.slightlyshadyseo.com/index.php/automating-your-seo-systemthe-ultimate-goal/

Why not just set up ten machines running all of this, with different data dictating what sites are generated? Obviously there’s some costs there – $15K on hardware alone, not to mention yearly costs of $60K(!) – but presuming your set-up is mostly automated (requires ~1hr of your time each day), you can exponentially increase your income if you aim to this and quit your day job.

I mean, even if your blackhatting takes three hours of your time per day to turn thep rofit in this article – if you decide to turn it into your career, and run three machines, working 9hrs per day, you can still make >$250K per year.

Apologies once again if I am missing something! Thanks for your time and reply.

Cheers,
Felix

“I stay away from the vps/dedi for hosting, for fear Google may come in and wipe the IP.”

Do you recommend shared hosting then for the sites? or do you use free hosting?

I read over this post for the forth time. Its a really good read and i didnt read this comment you made last time.

Often people wonder if the time expense and bother of covering your tracks is worth it — this article gives the answer… It certainly seems possible and profitable to stay a few steps ahead of Butts and co.

That said, I get the feeling that black hat sites have been on the decline in the last few months, particularly since Jan 1. It seemed like I couldn’t do a single search without running across a black hat site, these days it’s not so common.

I put BH sites into my command and control system when I come across them and I see them deranking, even getting unplugged — of course, that’s part of the lifecycle you describe.

I’ve noticed Google get a lot better in the last few months. A certain #1 spot I’m gunning for has gone through the following progression:

* a junk affiliate site promoted by “blue hat” methods (was there for about two years)
* a disposable blog with a lot of real links and almost as many paid links from something that looks like sedo.
* a site with good content quality but very little quantity ran by one of the nation’s most prestigious nonprofits (the kind of site only a librarian could love)
* a site with good content and quality but an atrocious user interface

I’ll be ahead of them all in link volume a year from now, except maybe the disposable blog. It’s been fun to watch the churn.

A lot of people have complained about downrankings lately, but my stuff upranked this month. That includes the stuff that I’m promoting aggressively and also stuff that I haven’t touched in years (other than slipping in a few paid links

I have always wondered if there is a sweet spot for the amount of subs.

Have you noticed any depreciating returns by adding to many subs?