Jaded

xxxjay · 2003-11-09, 04:30 AM

I’ve been in this business since 1997-98 full-time. I like to think that in those years that I’ve learned a thing or two – especially about search engines. I love Greenguy and Jim and I can say that it’s the only board that I post to regularly. I’ve always think I’ve been pretty cool about sharing useful info – you know, trying to be a good webmaster, contribute to this board, and trying to be part of the “community”.

Well some of the same things that have made me a good webmaster have also made me a bad businessman. After all, this is business – I forget that sometimes. I always thought that people who said “don’t share too much info…” were being paranoid. Now, I am starting to rethink all of that. Other webmasters may be part of the “community” but, at the same time, they are also the competition.

Why aid the competition? From now on any good info or tips that I come up with, I’m just going to keep it to myself and spend my time implementing them than posting and telling other how to do the same thing.

A perfect example is, without naming any names, there is a certain webmaster that posts to this board on a regular basis that I have traded links with for PR purposes. This prick DROPS MY LINKS without telling me, while I leave his links up. When I go ask him about it – he makes some lame excuse about why he dropped my links. And all along he has been targeting some of the same terms, using the same strategies I use, writing his pages using examples of my code, copying my linking structures, and then do you know what this prick has the nerves to do?

HE TELLS ME THAT HE GOT HIS IDEAS FROM READING MY POSTS.

Well I guess I won’t be making that mistake again. You won’t see any more posts like this coming from me:

http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...=&threadid=855
http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...&threadid=1035

Now I’m starting to realize that part of keeping me successful is keeping the completion stupid.

Helping Other Webmasters = Shooting Yourself In The Foot

It’s a hard lesson to learn, but I guess its better I learned it sooner than later.

2003-11-09, 04:30 AM	#1
xxxjay You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: atlanta Posts: 1,787	Jaded I’ve been in this business since 1997-98 full-time. I like to think that in those years that I’ve learned a thing or two – especially about search engines. I love Greenguy and Jim and I can say that it’s the only board that I post to regularly. I’ve always think I’ve been pretty cool about sharing useful info – you know, trying to be a good webmaster, contribute to this board, and trying to be part of the “community”. Well some of the same things that have made me a good webmaster have also made me a bad businessman. After all, this is business – I forget that sometimes. I always thought that people who said “don’t share too much info…” were being paranoid. Now, I am starting to rethink all of that. Other webmasters may be part of the “community” but, at the same time, they are also the competition. Why aid the competition? From now on any good info or tips that I come up with, I’m just going to keep it to myself and spend my time implementing them than posting and telling other how to do the same thing. A perfect example is, without naming any names, there is a certain webmaster that posts to this board on a regular basis that I have traded links with for PR purposes. This prick DROPS MY LINKS without telling me, while I leave his links up. When I go ask him about it – he makes some lame excuse about why he dropped my links. And all along he has been targeting some of the same terms, using the same strategies I use, writing his pages using examples of my code, copying my linking structures, and then do you know what this prick has the nerves to do? HE TELLS ME THAT HE GOT HIS IDEAS FROM READING MY POSTS. Well I guess I won’t be making that mistake again. You won’t see any more posts like this coming from me: http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...=&threadid=855 http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...&threadid=1035 Now I’m starting to realize that part of keeping me successful is keeping the completion stupid. Helping Other Webmasters = Shooting Yourself In The Foot It’s a hard lesson to learn, but I guess its better I learned it sooner than later. __________________ Circle Of Violence