Quite recently I have set up www.johncow.com as a parody on the well known John Chow money making blog. I'm trying to keep the posts entertaining yet informative for the readers. How far would you guys go in mimicking a popular blog?
ahaha funny shit! your site has been topic of discussion here on DP. I know shoemoney has one too, bootmoney.com but not as good as your cow one
I think that would depend largely on which blog you are mimicking. I could see many straightlaced webmasters getting upset and becoming problematic. However, you're onto a winner as John Chow seems to be quite a fan judging by the post on his blog about your site.
Nice effort, keep it up. John is taking this well, because you guys are raising his “Brand Name†even further, after all there is no such thing as bad publicity
That was my bet, John is smart enough to see that if this would become a success, it'd reflect on his blog. The buzz is quite amazing, online for just a week and already over 110 members on mybloglog, listed in the hot communities and alexa reported us as 13,985th most popular site yesterday
You own that site!!!??!? Nice idea. I think it is great, your not copying him at all, well maybe your name is not John, but Cow is original right?
With the problems that John Chow has had with Google recently I think you should set your next challenge as outranking him for his own name
It depends upon your goals. For the short term, it is timely and sure to attract a good amount of visitors. But for the long term, it is faddish and you will have to figure out a way to move on, once the subject matter becomes passe. But good luck! Rich
Im sure he would love the challenge. Congrats on the success of the site. I came across it late last week I think and thought it was quite interesting.
I love that site! Yeah, as long as you pick the right blogger. And if you're not making anyone look bad, there's probably not a problem. Only if someone was way too uptight and thought you were violating trademarks (although the parody might be fair use anyway.) If you do more of these that are as good as johncow, I suggest doing it (for my entertainment)!
I would come up with my own brand, and do a Dave Chapelle type deal where I make fun of famous internet people.