Comments on: Passive Income and Online Friends and Competition

By: Master Dayton

Master Dayton — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:59:31 +0000

This is definitely a topic I've thought about. Part of it is easy: right now I don't make enough to worry about it. As the successes keep piling up, though, you do wonder about it. For now I'm just not too worried, but I would definitely have other personas for some of the long term keywords I've looked at targeting that would make more income, and hence be in a more competitive field. I also like what Allyn says: making the solid content so as to not worry as much. It is definitely a food for thought topic, though, I'll give you that. Cheers! Master Dayton’s last blog post..Guru.com Review | Guru for Writers Review | Freelance Writing for Guru

By: Lis

Lis — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:05:36 +0000

@Silver Rose I think its a good point about what doesn’t work – although you can still upset people doing that – spend 2 hours reading comments on my site build it post I’ve also got a fair amount of flack on forums saying stuff like entrecard is a waste of time and stumbleupon traffic is useless. People want to believe – particularly if they have spend a fair amount of time doing something. I think twitter is a waste of time too for what I do – but then it could work for other business models.

@Bihar – yes I do – partially – yes to hide some of my niches. Also because I buy the content for some of my hubs but I don’t want ghostwritten content on my “lissie” account.

By: Bihar

Bihar — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:59:48 +0000

This is an interesting topic. I never gave it thought untill now. But in reality I would not worry too much about it unless your niche is credit cards, mortgages, gambling, sex etc. Lisse do you have several hubpages account. Bihar’s last blog post..ATUL GUPTA replied to the discussion 'Ancient Nalanda University'

By: Silver Rose

Silver Rose — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:46:35 +0000

It's quite scary reading all these comments about people trying to get you de-indexed. Thank goodness they only seem to concentrate on Google (I get quite a bit of traffic from Yahoo). On what you reveal - I don't think there is any harm in revealing to people what doesn't work. So many of us waste so much time on completely useless stuff, it would be nice if people had just said at the start, don't bother with XYZ. Silver Rose’s last blog post..Keyword Tool - Detecting Commercial Intention

By: Allyn

Allyn — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:46:12 +0000

this is an interesting question.
I personally don’t worry about manual review from Google on ANY of my sites because I am always mindful to create solid content whether written or vid.
What I am concerned with, however, are competitors who will see my backlink profile and formulate a strategy to do better and take my position. (all my sites rank #1… ALL of them ) LMAO

However, it is actually quite a thrill to go up against a good SEO and see who can rank at the top. I have had some really fun email exchanges with competitors and some of them have ended up working with me instead of against me.
I love that !

By: bk

bk — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:25:34 +0000

Its the same here. You can’t hide behind a Company if you are an Officer, Pres., Sec’y, or Treasurer. There are several ways around this that are legal but it’s not necessary for what we do online. If your just hiding from G or competitors an LLC or D.B.A. (Doing Business As) should suffice.

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By: Lis

Lis — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:08:56 +0000

LOL bk you certainly know some interesting stuff! I didn’t know that a LLC had private info on the owners of the company in the US. Can foreigners registers an American LLC or s-corp? In New Zealand I can register a company for a few hundred dollars (which restricts my legal liability and is a different entity for tax purposes which is the same as a LLC I think) but the director info is available online and that is a legal requirement that its public info. You can’t hide behind a company in NZ or Australia AFAik

By: bk

bk — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:17:52 +0000

Actually its not that hard to get Private Info. If you write a letter on legal letterhead asking for the information and why you need it (suspected fraud) the Reg. will cough it up without batting an eye.

If you really want to be private use a made up address a prepd credit card and an LLC or S Corp. The IRS will be the only one that knows you and they Don’t give info to anybody, even the big G.

Also if you are operating in your hidden networks, make sure you are logged out of all of Googles Aps. You should also clear your cookies prior to operating in your hidden networks.

jeez why do I know this shit?

just sayen

bk’s last blog post..Still not sure about Hubs

By: Agrande from Low Carb Foods

Agrande from Low Carb Foods — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:12:44 +0000

Hi Lis, I used to be really nervous about anybody finding out my great niche. Then I finally realized there are thousands of niches and there are competitors in each one so if I think I can sneak under radar I am probably wrong. I now know the key to this is not only the niche but it is how hard I am willing to work to be effective in that niche. I really don't worry about the secrecy like I used to. Thanks for another interesting topic. Agrande from Low Carb Foods’s last blog post..Low Carb Meals At Get Togethers

By: Lis

Lis — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:37:18 +0000

I think one of the issues is that Google will act first if a site is reported and deindex it – you can appeal and you may well win but you can lose months of income in the interim – which is annoying