Deal Killing Blogs: List deals which were pulled, and the blogs which published them.
#91
Formerly known as cagalindo
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Making a blog is easy getting traffic is the hard part..
#92
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Heads up
After going through every post here, the editorial board of Travel Blogger Buzz (TBB) has decided to feature a link to it in tomorrow's post. TBB is a new blog reviewing other travel blogs and ranting about them. We add a humorous/sarcastic/vitriolic spin to it and MMS remains our favorite
I even mentioned on twitter that we should start a Ranting Area website and go face to face against Boarding (or Bored as some call it) Area.
sbm12: Have no idea what you are offering but I can use some tech help. But I have no capital to invest as I have no affiliate credit card link money (my favorite topic to rant on by the way). And time is extremely limited now with the blog #whatdidIgetmyselfinto
I am featuring aviator8's comment on page 4 #49. There are others I could add, some are really funny. Maybe over the next days I can add some more.
Thank you guys
One more note: It is ALL about the money. The money is in credit card apps. As I type and as you read there were several new bloggers getting into this to make some money pimping more credit cards. Some have good original content. Most are just Chase Bank's b***hes. THAT is the major development in this hobby...the soul of this addictive hobby is getting eaten up one cc app click at a time
My comments area is always open for rants against bloggers, no censoring as long as you do not take it on a personal level!
Groove on
I even mentioned on twitter that we should start a Ranting Area website and go face to face against Boarding (or Bored as some call it) Area.
sbm12: Have no idea what you are offering but I can use some tech help. But I have no capital to invest as I have no affiliate credit card link money (my favorite topic to rant on by the way). And time is extremely limited now with the blog #whatdidIgetmyselfinto
I am featuring aviator8's comment on page 4 #49. There are others I could add, some are really funny. Maybe over the next days I can add some more.
Thank you guys
One more note: It is ALL about the money. The money is in credit card apps. As I type and as you read there were several new bloggers getting into this to make some money pimping more credit cards. Some have good original content. Most are just Chase Bank's b***hes. THAT is the major development in this hobby...the soul of this addictive hobby is getting eaten up one cc app click at a time
My comments area is always open for rants against bloggers, no censoring as long as you do not take it on a personal level!
Groove on
Last edited by gpapadop; Nov 18, 2012 at 5:22 pm Reason: edit bad word
#93
Join Date: Apr 2004
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If you want a custom domain name or support from someone other than the big company I can offer those things free (assuming you pay the registrar fee). I'm pretty sure that those options are not free from WordPress. Plus I'm willing to help walk you through the process rather than assuming you just understand everything on your own.
I'm sure it isn't for everyone but the offer is there.
I'm sure it isn't for everyone but the offer is there.
Still trying to decide if I should make a blog and if so, whether to use Wordpress, Blogger or what? The one thing I don't want which the Boarding A blogs have is having to link to each other as there are some on there I would never want to link to but I have seen the way they all have the top 10 or so blogs linked down the side.
#95
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Wordpress.
I started mine in Blogger as I have kept a very small family blog for many years there and I am familiar with it. Everything I read says the same thing, use Wordpress & get own domain.
Here is a good article I will finally get to read it all tonight:
http://heidicohen.com/superstar-bloggertricks/
Let me warn you, it is a TIMESUCK. Something that kept me from doing it for years. And my fear was CORRECT!
Wordpress.
I started mine in Blogger as I have kept a very small family blog for many years there and I am familiar with it. Everything I read says the same thing, use Wordpress & get own domain.
Here is a good article I will finally get to read it all tonight:
http://heidicohen.com/superstar-bloggertricks/
Let me warn you, it is a TIMESUCK. Something that kept me from doing it for years. And my fear was CORRECT!
#96
Join Date: Apr 2004
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After going through every post here, the editorial board of Travel Blogger Buzz (TBB) has decided to feature a link to it in tomorrow's post. TBB is a new blog reviewing other travel blogs and ranting about them. We add a humorous/sarcastic/vitriolic spin to it and MMS remains our favorite
I even mentioned on twitter that we should start a Ranting Area website and go face to face against Boarding (or Bored as some call it) Area.
sbm12: Have no idea what you are offering but I can use some tech help. But I have no capital to invest as I have no affiliate credit card link money (my favorite topic to rant on by the way). And time is extremely limited now with the blog #whatdidIgetmyselfinto
I am featuring aviator8's comment on page 4 #49. There are others I could add, some are really funny. Maybe over the next days I can add some more.
Thank you guys
One more note: It is ALL about the money. The money is in credit card apps. As I type and as you read there were several new bloggers getting into this to make some money pimping more credit cards. Some have good original content. Most are just Chase Bank's b***hes. THAT is the major development in this hobby...the soul of this addictive hobby is getting eaten up one cc app click at a time
My comments area is always open for rants against bloggers, no censoring as long as you do not take it on a personal level!
Groove on
I even mentioned on twitter that we should start a Ranting Area website and go face to face against Boarding (or Bored as some call it) Area.
sbm12: Have no idea what you are offering but I can use some tech help. But I have no capital to invest as I have no affiliate credit card link money (my favorite topic to rant on by the way). And time is extremely limited now with the blog #whatdidIgetmyselfinto
I am featuring aviator8's comment on page 4 #49. There are others I could add, some are really funny. Maybe over the next days I can add some more.
Thank you guys
One more note: It is ALL about the money. The money is in credit card apps. As I type and as you read there were several new bloggers getting into this to make some money pimping more credit cards. Some have good original content. Most are just Chase Bank's b***hes. THAT is the major development in this hobby...the soul of this addictive hobby is getting eaten up one cc app click at a time
My comments area is always open for rants against bloggers, no censoring as long as you do not take it on a personal level!
Groove on
#97
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Well, this will be added tomorrow when I post the thread link:
The TBB editorial board is reviewing the policy of adding links to the other blogs featured daily as, after reviewing the thread above, just realized that doing this only leads to these blogs rating higher on google searches, which leads to more credit card app money, which leads to more cc filler posts, which leads to even more cc app money,whichRinse and repeat. A decision will be made when the board gets around to it. Feedback is welcome to influence the Board!
Well, this will be added tomorrow when I post the thread link:
The TBB editorial board is reviewing the policy of adding links to the other blogs featured daily as, after reviewing the thread above, just realized that doing this only leads to these blogs rating higher on google searches, which leads to more credit card app money, which leads to more cc filler posts, which leads to even more cc app money,whichRinse and repeat. A decision will be made when the board gets around to it. Feedback is welcome to influence the Board!
#98
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Madison, WI, USA
Posts: 14,162
Exactly how does OP intend to prove that any particular deal was killed by a particular blogger? No one here can show a cause/effect link unless the company involved tells us why the deal died, and when do they do that?
I've developed a working hypothesis, though -- all deals are killed by the people who complain about the deal being killed. They're just trying to cover up their own culpability. I suggest a test by ordeal.
I've developed a working hypothesis, though -- all deals are killed by the people who complain about the deal being killed. They're just trying to cover up their own culpability. I suggest a test by ordeal.
#99
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Posts: 2,865
Tiki:
Wordpress.
I started mine in Blogger as I have kept a very small family blog for many years there and I am familiar with it. Everything I read says the same thing, use Wordpress & get own domain.
Here is a good article I will finally get to read it all tonight:
http://heidicohen.com/superstar-bloggertricks/
Let me warn you, it is a TIMESUCK. Something that kept me from doing it for years. And my fear was CORRECT!
Wordpress.
I started mine in Blogger as I have kept a very small family blog for many years there and I am familiar with it. Everything I read says the same thing, use Wordpress & get own domain.
Here is a good article I will finally get to read it all tonight:
http://heidicohen.com/superstar-bloggertricks/
Let me warn you, it is a TIMESUCK. Something that kept me from doing it for years. And my fear was CORRECT!
Tiki:
Well, this will be added tomorrow when I post the thread link:
The TBB editorial board is reviewing the policy of adding links to the other blogs featured daily as, after reviewing the thread above, just realized that doing this only leads to these blogs rating higher on google searches, which leads to more credit card app money, which leads to more cc filler posts, which leads to even more cc app money,whichRinse and repeat. A decision will be made when the board gets around to it. Feedback is welcome to influence the Board!
Well, this will be added tomorrow when I post the thread link:
The TBB editorial board is reviewing the policy of adding links to the other blogs featured daily as, after reviewing the thread above, just realized that doing this only leads to these blogs rating higher on google searches, which leads to more credit card app money, which leads to more cc filler posts, which leads to even more cc app money,whichRinse and repeat. A decision will be made when the board gets around to it. Feedback is welcome to influence the Board!
#100
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: PSM
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No, it really isn't. Certainly not for everyone. And the anger espoused is pretty silly most days. So is repeatedly referring to yourself in the third person.
Indeed, it is.
Yup...it is easy enough that I do it for free for folks interesting in some travel writing. :-:
Last edited by sbm12; Nov 18, 2012 at 6:20 pm
#101
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
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>>>>>My offer is to give you a hosting platform where you can run your WordPress blog from. I'll even get the platform up and configured and running. A pretty simple offer.
For free? If not, how much? PM is ok. That means I need to find time to use Wordpress which I don't right now. And then need to worry about porting over everything. So...I just neglect it all and spend time on writing good content
>>>>>>No, it really isn't. Certainly not for everyone. And the anger espoused is pretty silly most days. So is repeatedly referring to yourself in the third person.
Well, what I meant was, that if no aff cc app $$$ was involved I bet that over 90% of blogs in this space would not be in existence within 6 months of such event! (If Elizabeth Warren gets chosen for the Banking Committee it may just happen Or...you know, a black swan event)
Are you doubting the existence of the hard working TBB Board? They are in session as we speak as they review the final draft of tomorrow's post. Oh, they just buzzed for more alcohol (we have plenty of them bottles as we all fly first class all the time obviously).
----Making a blog is easy getting traffic is the hard part..
>>>Indeed, it is.
Yep!
For free? If not, how much? PM is ok. That means I need to find time to use Wordpress which I don't right now. And then need to worry about porting over everything. So...I just neglect it all and spend time on writing good content
>>>>>>No, it really isn't. Certainly not for everyone. And the anger espoused is pretty silly most days. So is repeatedly referring to yourself in the third person.
Well, what I meant was, that if no aff cc app $$$ was involved I bet that over 90% of blogs in this space would not be in existence within 6 months of such event! (If Elizabeth Warren gets chosen for the Banking Committee it may just happen Or...you know, a black swan event)
Are you doubting the existence of the hard working TBB Board? They are in session as we speak as they review the final draft of tomorrow's post. Oh, they just buzzed for more alcohol (we have plenty of them bottles as we all fly first class all the time obviously).
----Making a blog is easy getting traffic is the hard part..
>>>Indeed, it is.
Yep!
#103
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: ATL
Posts: 347
After going through every post here, the editorial board of Travel Blogger Buzz (TBB) has decided to feature a link to it in tomorrow's post. TBB is a new blog reviewing other travel blogs and ranting about them. We add a humorous/sarcastic/vitriolic spin to it and MMS remains our favorite
I even mentioned on twitter that we should start a Ranting Area website and go face to face against Boarding (or Bored as some call it) Area.
sbm12: Have no idea what you are offering but I can use some tech help. But I have no capital to invest as I have no affiliate credit card link money (my favorite topic to rant on by the way). And time is extremely limited now with the blog #whatdidIgetmyselfinto
I am featuring aviator8's comment on page 4 #49. There are others I could add, some are really funny. Maybe over the next days I can add some more.
Thank you guys
One more note: It is ALL about the money. The money is in credit card apps. As I type and as you read there were several new bloggers getting into this to make some money pimping more credit cards. Some have good original content. Most are just Chase Bank's b***hes. THAT is the major development in this hobby...the soul of this addictive hobby is getting eaten up one cc app click at a time
My comments area is always open for rants against bloggers, no censoring as long as you do not take it on a personal level!
Groove on
I even mentioned on twitter that we should start a Ranting Area website and go face to face against Boarding (or Bored as some call it) Area.
sbm12: Have no idea what you are offering but I can use some tech help. But I have no capital to invest as I have no affiliate credit card link money (my favorite topic to rant on by the way). And time is extremely limited now with the blog #whatdidIgetmyselfinto
I am featuring aviator8's comment on page 4 #49. There are others I could add, some are really funny. Maybe over the next days I can add some more.
Thank you guys
One more note: It is ALL about the money. The money is in credit card apps. As I type and as you read there were several new bloggers getting into this to make some money pimping more credit cards. Some have good original content. Most are just Chase Bank's b***hes. THAT is the major development in this hobby...the soul of this addictive hobby is getting eaten up one cc app click at a time
My comments area is always open for rants against bloggers, no censoring as long as you do not take it on a personal level!
Groove on
#104
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Why are you scapegoating blogs when you haven't made a contribution?
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#105
Used to be 'Travelergcp'
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I agree that this sucks. But IMO, only the guys that figured out the deals in the first place have ownership of them. I don't feel like I have the right to complain about a play being burned out if I didn't do the work on it in the first place.
Bottom line, if you find something good, share it within a limited group.
Bottom line, if you find something good, share it within a limited group.