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Why do I exist online?
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
“Why do I exist online?” would be the question I like to ask myself from time to time. OK, I have a network of sites, I am a web designer, I am a content creator and also a forum manager, not to mention blogger. Am I here to make money online? To offer content and help others? Mix these two? Why do others exist? Do they really bring in something good to this world? Would the internet be less rich if their sites would cease existing? Would we all be thrilled to not see them again?
I visit tens of sites daily. Some I can’t live without, some I’d delete myself from the servers they occupy with no use to anyone, but the one who created the junk. I see people run scam sites, MFAs, splogs, who are just for some easy money. They don’t care about the fact they don’t help anyone, they just try to cheat the system. We have the copy-pasters who steal our work and pass it as theirs, the porn site managers who deal with something very tricky, we have the social media sites, the forum owners, we have the personal sites and blogs, we have them all.
From time to time I try to find out why I am here with my sites. What drives me daily in this online world: easy money, content, spam? What am I here for?
Weekly revision
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
I have seen many blogs offer this “roundup” or revision thinggy and I thought it’s a good idea to try this too. Even if we all hated revisions at school, now it’s a good idea to bring back to your attention the articles we have posted in this blog the last week.
Get a domain! - Yes, I am a total snob and I am just getting sick of seeing free hosted sites on God knows what subdomains. I have been there too 5 years ago and I can tell you it’s not a blast. The best thing I was able to do for my sites was to put them on their own domains.
Be consistent! - There is a word in Romania: “you won’t make it spring with just a flower”. So, in order to succeed in anything we need to be consistent. Find out what this means for your site/blog.
How to make sure you don’t escape the validation filter in forums - this is a “mean” article, a parody if you like to call it like this. Some of the things that make me delete an account as soon as I see it created on my forums. Laugh a bit, but do think about these tips next time you register in a community.
Build your BRAND on the forums - speaking of forums: learn how to be easy to recognize on them as an authority, how to build your own “brand” through the communities. For 6 years this has been the BEST way I was able to get quality traffic and business to my network, I think something there does work.
Why I don’t like some star blogs - this is again a “mean” article. I do know about the big bloggers, I do visit them frequently and some of them still attract me like a magnet. Still, there are some things I just dislike and some top bloggers I don’t visit for more than 2 seconds. What to read there in the end aside of tens of paid reviews and way too many affiliate links? Read all about my “problem” in this last article we have posted.
That would be all for this week, let’s hope in a week’s time I’ll be able to link you to even more interesting articles 
And since you’re also here why not tell me which article you loved the most?
How to fight plagiarism .. a case study
Friday, March 7th, 2008The last week was a hectic one. Not only did I have to work a lot on some projects, but I had to take care of some unpleasant business too. It was late in the afternoon when I got a message from my good friend Adriana. Something like: “Hey, a kid stole your template from MyBB.ro .. see what you can do about this”.
I was already breathing heavily when I got to the site .. and looked at a thread. The teen who did this, even bragged about the fact he was able to mimic my style on his personal forum. He was good. Those of you who create skins know how hard myBB is to skin. And still, the kid made a duplicate of my skin in few hours. God he was good.
People say that imitation is a form of flattery .. well, when you see someone copy-paste your hard worked UNIQUE skin for a forum, believe me flattery is the last thing you feel. Let’s see how I was able to deal with this.
