Sure, there are a ton of things uncertain at this point and time with there direction, but I am glad to see they have decided to go forward in some sort of fashion instead of just out right selling off their baby. Will it be good? Will it be worth the wait? I suspect yes, especially if it continues to be aimed at the person that is a novice or a newbie to the business. Time will tell.
Regardless of their direction, the thing that most people lose sight of is that a platform is a platform. It is not the magic bullet that makes a niche site successful. It is how you use the platform that makes the difference and sets your site apart in the niche world. Most of us remember the 1st version of BANS, nothing but product listings and meta tags. It took the search engines by storm and literally people were making money almost over night in some shape or form. The dynamic every changing product listings made for great organic search traps. Merely getting 25 or better backlinks from link directories pointing back with your keyword phrase could soar you quickly to the top of Google in most cases. What most did not plan on was that Google soon caught onto this push button, duplicated process. To say BANS was the cause of Google algorithm changes would be ludicrous, but it certainly had to be noticed in some sort of way by Google. Google does not hate affiliate links or niche sites, they just hate sites that add little or no value to the internet.
If you are looking for the The Niche Site Building Network to be a magic bean, you will likely be disappointed, but if you are looking for perhaps a platform and education to build better niche sites, then you will be in the right place. Look for the BANS forums to be down starting as early as next week and then just watch your email or check the new site for any new movement.
NicheSiteBuilding.com
I myself look forward to see the direction they go in.
5 comments:
Any truth to it being a plugin they are working on for Wordpress?
@Anonymous, I do not know for sure, but personally I do not get the feeling it will be a plugin.
Soggy,
Regarding the new Niche Site Building Software to replace BANS.. I wonder what the cost of this new software would be like, or if those of us who already have the BANS software will only have to pay for an upgrade.. what are your thoughts on this..
I thought they were trying to sell BANS...?
@David I have no idea of the cost or if there will be an upgrade discounted cost. I truly do not think Adam or Kelvin have addressed this yet as well. Maybe only in initial talks, but I doubt it is set in concrete.
@Anonymous They did have it for sale, but reconsidered and are moving forward with a reincarnation of sorts.
Dave
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