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I find it odd that there is so much enthusiasm for this idea in the comments on Sivers' blog because to me it seems a bit outdated. And I agree w/ coffee and s
by eliotk 17y ago
I find it odd that there is so much enthusiasm for this idea in the comments on Sivers' blog because to me it seems a bit outdated.
And I agree w/ coffee and sabat that sure, anyone can purchase and setup a bunch of niche sites w/ individual domain names, but gaining trust (both from SEs and from consumers) is the key factor and isn't easy. Google and other search engines won't index these sites well off the bat based on the domains and tailored but not_that_meaningful content. Maybe in the past that was true but certainly the SE ranking logic is smarter than that now.
The other area of trust would need to come from consumers. I know personally, if I was into brazilian funk, stumbled onto a machine-generated site like Sivers describes and find an album that I'm interested in buying, I would just look up that album at Amazon (or CDBaby) because I trust them. And that cycles back to the first point in that since places like CDBaby and Amazon have the authority, the index of brazilian funk results in the SEs are going to include these sites. So setting up these niche sites might make sense for sites w/ authority already, but if they already have authority why bother?
- sivers 17y agoGood points. The enthusiasm is coming from musicians who like anything that might sell more of their music. (Most of the readers of my blog are musicians.)
- redorb 17y agoI think like any good idea, its about execution / I would start with the low hanging fruit and 5-10 websites then re-invest those profits (if any) into other websites.... ~ how about getting the database into a "indie -pandora" so each site has it's own station that people can listen to ,,
- mnemonicsloth 17y agoThe top 3 Google results for "Brazilian Funk" are the Wikipedia article, an NPR story, and a compilation CD from CD Universe. Seems like the least you could do to put up a quick primer on the genre (it will be slicker than wpedia), swap links with prominent bands (better rankings), and maybe put up some announcements and a forum. You could focus the information on making it easier to transition from curious to interested to fandom. The big questions are how much the musicians would be able to support a site like that, and how willing they'd be to coordinate with each other.