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  Brian Free

  1 year ago

  Good to see that your experiment is going well as you sail into uncharted waters. I do agree with regarding RSS feeds and the threat they have to SE's
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  Josh Spaulding

  1 year ago

  Holy S*** man! I admire your brass lol I'm interested to how your Alexa ranking stands up in the coming weeks.
  
  Although this is a bit drastic for me, it's a noble act that proves you practice what you preach and that in itself is rare these days!
  
  There is no doubt in my mind that you'll keep this going well into the future. In the long run it may actually increase your traffic, as I'm sure you'll be concentrating more on Social networks etc. and they are beginning to prove their power when it comes to qualified traffic!
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  45n5

  1 year ago

  if google is old news why so many posts about them here?
  
  let's hear about the new techniques you're using to get traffic! I'm very curious.
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  Vlad

  1 year ago

  Mark everything in due time. I need to let the steam out first. I think these things are quiet relevant because I don't think there was anyone in the past who have done something like this. It's all part of the process. ;)
  
  I think it's wise to document the process as it happens.
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  Vlad

  1 year ago

  Josh,
  
  I really do not expect dramatic changes in Alexa. In the short term(last two days) will probably bump my Alexa rank a little. But I do not see my blog reaching top 50,000.
  
  Again this entire thing can prove to be a disaster for me. I made an unwise decision to have many of my top money making websites listed in Google Sitemaps via the same account. I am sure they have their ways to find out who owns websites, but I guess I did them a favor by giving my websites on the plate.
  
  Some social networks send really well qualified traffic- StumbleUpon being the top referrer.
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  Vlad

  1 year ago

  Thanks Brian.
  
  One thing is certain, I do not regret it. I did have choice to surrender, noffolow links to my advertisers and beg Google for forgiveness. I decided to explore this route instead, I may pay for it or I may benefit from it. Such is the fate of experiments.
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  Josh Spaulding

  1 year ago

  I was actually referring to a drop in Alexa ranking due to the loss of organic Google traffic. If you concentrate your efforts solely on social networks and referrals from other blogs however, I think you could compensate and possibly even gain traffic.
  
  Good luck with it all, I'll stay tuned.
  
  P.S. I guess that puts your efforts to rank #1 for "Vlad" out of the picture? ;)
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  Vlad

  1 year ago

  "P.S. I guess that puts your efforts to rank #1 for “Vlad” out of the picture?"
  
  I guess so..... but then there are still Yahoo and MSN ;)
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  45n5

  1 year ago

  you email address vjsolutions @ optonline.net is bouncing emails
  
  I've sent you a couple over the past few days and they both were just returned.
  
  groupplatform has a forum now that I wanted you to check out.
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  Vlad

  1 year ago

  sorry I did not realize that was happening
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  Lord Matt

  1 year ago

  Keep going, trend setter.
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  cmanlong

  1 year ago

  I agree that you can survive without google and make up for it with traffic from the other smaller search engines and social sites. Good luck with your experiment. I look forward to reading about it along the way.
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  Mike - Twenty Steps

  1 year ago

  I have to say that I admire you tremendously for taking this step. I'm going to be watching with great interest to see how it works out.
  
  Really keeping everything crossed for you, fella!
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