I thought it could be interesting to see how this fares. I know that there are other sites out there like this. I'm hoping mine will gain some momentum. I have a few people writing for it, and a few have signed up through an adwords campaign I ran. What do folks think of the overall concept? http://www.mytripledub.com/ Thanks in advance!
I like the concept. The only problem with it is how random the articles are. I guess when you get more submissions you can fill up the different categories.
This is the good concept, but not new for me. In my opinion if your website is wellknown or has some decent traffic, it works and fair for you and the member who send your content, if not I don't see any reason why I have to send the content to you for free and keep only 50% revenue, when I can use it on my own sites, promote it and keep 100% revenue. Just my opinion.
I can see it attracting a small audience. It's not a bad site. Some interesting topics but won't really make much money. If it's your hobby then yes it's not a bad way to kill some time, but don't quit your day job!! Thats my 2 cents...
this so creative just keep it up homie I believe you will get boosted in a short time just work for it you need bigger content to get started and selective one to target most wanted niches don't forget to post here advancement so that we can guide good luck
Hello Bee Jay Sea. I had a chance to look at your site. You have asked a big question that is quite much to think about. I'll see if I can do your question justice. MY THOUGHTS Logo I think that if you want to have your site taken serious... I would include that you put more effort into your logo. Navigation I'd recommend that you re-consider your login and registration. I realize that your site is created with Drupal. Is it possible to create a login and register button on the main navigation menu at the top? It would be good to free up that space for your tag cloud that could use more of the attention. I tried out most of the links. All the ones I tried were live with no errors. SEO Top up your SEO. This could be worked on more... especially if you want it to have the attention that it deserves. Template I love the way you have layed everything out in your template. Good job! Content Good to see such on going content. Contact Page Is it possible to have 'Captcha' included for your contact page? Good for those darn Spammers. Your Question I think it is possible that you can make money off this site. I'd recommend posting this in other web dev forums... so that you can get the crowd that would be interested in posting to your site. This review was done with FireFox 2.0.0.7 on PClinuxOS 2007 I hope this helps. Respectfully. Lhlalyam
Thanks everyone for their comments! @lovebiz: I guess that's why I was trying to figure out if this makes sense to continue to build. After all, it's not like it takes much to get a blog going with adsense. I was hoping that at some point the motivator would be that the traffic would be good enough for people to want to post. @SKH: Appreciated! I don't see it as a 'get rich' thing, more like a hopefully will be a supplement a bill here or there. @yooozy: Thanks! I'm hoping that people will at some point be interested enough to keep the content growing. For the moment, there's only 2-3 people posting in their "spare" time. Clearly not enough to get the content where it needs to be. I guess I could use a suggestion on where to find people that might be interested in posting to this type of site. @Lhalyam: Very cool on the complete analysis! I am impressed. To your points: Logo - Agreed. I'm definitely not a graphics guy. I'm actually using sIFR to replace the text with a "fancy" font. I suppose I will get a buddy or hire someone to fix this up soon! Navigation - I had this on my short list, and is fixed. Yes, all these things are doable in Drupal. I actually make a living as a Drupal developer. I'm just not a graphics guy. Thanks for checking the links! SEO - Indeed, hoping more content will help with that! Thanks on the comments re: the Template and Content! Appreciated for sure. I can include Captcha. I have some spam filters running on the site which should catch most of the nasties... So about the other "web dev" forums. Where are you talking about specifically? Do you have some recommendations on where I might find people interested in contributing? Thanks again everyone!
Hello Bee Jay Sea. Good to hear back from you. I usually recommend people that I have had do work for me. I've tried many designers, writers and SEO people. I've been disappointed and appreciative at different times. The people I'm suggestion have done beyond satisfactory work for me. The first person is a Graphics Designer. His DP name is Spirit of 1970. You can contact him through his DP link here if you wish. I can show you what he has done for me... if you pm me.. The second person I'm suggesting is for SEO work. His DP name is YouKay. YouKay is extremely knowledgeable in his work. His reviews speak for them self. You can find his link here. If you choose either persons to assist you. Please let them know I referred you through the Website Reviews in DP. I had a look at your site again. It was good to see the updated changes. I'm impressed with Drupal. I have mostly working experience with Joomla... and mostly curious thoughts with Drupal. Thanks for the inspiration for using such a CMS. I hope this helps. Respectfully. Lhlalyam
Hi beejaysea, My comment for you. Your adsense is out from your template and obviously you need logo. you can put up 3 adsense at one page. This way, you can maximize you adsense revenue. to Lhlalyam, Hi there! I notice you review on other thread. You have done a great review and I really appreciate what have you done to help other. Great review and analysis.
Mhrmz - I was trying to keep it to a minimum of ads on the front page. I have adsense on the article pages. Are you suggesting that I put an additional one on the front page? lhlalyam - I may check out your contacts. Hopefully the work is also reasonable, as I'm doing this on a shoe-string budget (like most I'm assuming). What did you mean about other web dev forums that I should post to? If no appropriate for public, could you PM me what you meant, please? Drupal is amazing. There's so much available, and free... The site you see there was done with maybe 30-ish modules, plus some configuration, and mild theme modifications. If you have any questions on it, please let me know.
beejaysea, you can put your adsense at the right or left hand side.. both of them have empty column.. don't waste them
Hello Bee Jay Sea. With regards to Web Dev Forums. I know in other forums... you will find other people that would be interested in blogging on your site... esepcially if it means they can get a backlink.... which would hopefully boost traffic to them... but also to you! This is if you are looking for people to blog on your site. The people I recommend are quite affordable. You will find that with the Spirit of 1970.. you can give specifics about the size of logo and any other information... and he can provide a quote based on this... please let me know how this works if you choose him... It is a responsibility that I feel when I recommend someone to another... Regards. Lhlalyam
Hi, Are you planning on having people place their adsense code on your site? This seems like its against the adsense terms of use and will get you and the users banned.
amedia, I appreciate that, but it is my understanding that this is not against the ToS. DigitalPoint does this, as well as a number of other sites: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=529891 http://www.admoolah.com/blog/index.php/adsense-revenue-sharing-sites/ Can anyone confirm/deny this? Thanks...