> Hi Sam,
Hi Tim,
Thanks for this really informative response! My comments are at the end.
> I've used 3 similar programs. Each of them a bit different,
> but they all create keyword targeted pages.
> My review of all 3 programs can be found here:
> http://www.timerway.com/blog/index.php?p=21 The 3 I've used are:
> 1. Armand Morin's Directory Generator
> Sample site - http://www.distance-online-degree.com/ (this is a sample
> site used for my review of the software.
> I have not completed any of the content and there are
> no doubt dead links and spelling errors)
> 2. Nathan Anderson's Metawebs
> Sample site - http://www.niche-affiliate-programs.com/ (For my review, I
> simply threw a site with one of the
> provided templates. I recommend if you use this software to
> customize the provided templates.)
> 3. Traffic Turbo Charger
> Sample site - http://www.buy-book-online.com (This belongs to Laura
> Childs and is not complete yet.
> Laura, I hope you don't get mad that I posted this 
> By the way, Laura Childs & Joe Vitale have a great
> course out called the Stampeede Secret. Highly
> recommended http://www.stampedesecret.com Note: some people feel the use
> of this software is a form
> of search engine spam. I'm not sure if I would go that far,
> but I do know that no matter what the creator of any
> software might claim, all of them leave footprints. This
> means even if you use them ethically, other probably will
> NOT and you risk loosing your Google PR. My understanding is
> this has happened to many people using Traffic Hurricane
> and Traffic Equalizer. In my opinion (I hope I'm wrong) it's
> only a matter of time before the other software programs
> are hit.
> My advise is to really edit your templates for whatever
> program you decide on and don't create more than 200 pages.
> Secondly, work on manually adding your own UNIQUE content
> to these pages... even if it's only a couple of paragraphs.
> You may also want to use some sort of randomized, syndicated
> feeds converted to static HTML. A friend of mine is developing
> such a program but there is also RSS Equalizer and BlogBomb,
> which have these features. (the one my buddy is building is
> going to be packed with neat features, so it might be worth
> waiting for)
> Lastly, you will want to work on your link popularity. There
> is no getting around this for any site. Remember, with sites
> like the ones mentioned above, there is always a chance of
> being banned for spamming even if you didn't do anything. I
> will say again what I said before... always customize your
> template design. I recommend having templates created from
> scratch for Directory Generator if you choose to use that.
> I hope this helps ;-)
It sure does.
I don't know about "search engine spam" but these programs strike me as resembling the biology of a benign tumor -- massive replication then a stop, and just a lump hanging out. Yucky, but hard to refute! ;-)
Personally, I would never recommend or use one of these for an important website UNLESS it was a MIRROR site. I'm not sure if the SE's are smart enough to detect mirror sites based on content comparisons but I doubt it. I was thinking of it in terms of sites that are easy to replicate such as "clickbank mall"-type operations or things like www.downlinemall.com I'm not even saying those *specifically* but ventures like those....easy to replicate so it doesn't matter if they are banned by the search engines eventually.
The site the pages point to wouldn't even have to be the main attraction, but rather the Google Adsense on each of those directory/hurricane pages would ideally bring in a lot of revenue -- plus the links to Amazon. So I'm just experimenting with ideas rather than trying to get the search engines or the adoring public to fall in love with a particular page that is stuck at a particular location. ;-)
I'll go take a look at your reports and thanks again. Just what the doctor ordered... ;-)
Sam
