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Pretty lazy article, too. I guess that should have been expected.

by obj-g 10y ago

herbst 10y ago
exactly.
desireco42 10y ago
Nailed it! :)
hartpuff 10y ago
Pretty lazy site. Four posts total, about the same number of affiliate links to Fiverr and Digital Ocean, and no examples of how he put this guide into practice in his other (unnamed) "successful site", referred to on his About page. In fact the article that mentions his other site (the Adsense post) says nothing of thinking about it in the shower, getting feedback or scoping ideas; simply of copying an existing site, knocking out 4 posts of barely 300 words, posting about it on Reddit, and by accident creating something people like. Still, #3 on HN, so I guess someone likes it.
- herbst 10y ago
  No idea how the #3 happened as this article (and as you noticed the whole website) is pretty lazy (guess it fits the topic and the idea people love so much to get rich from nothing). Thanks for the honest critique, you are right. I should probably try harder to build a connection between the articles and actually put some information in there that people can relate to.
  - hartpuff 10y ago
    Well you lose marks (metaphorically, I don't mean downvotes) for talking about copying another site and doing it better, and then not naming your own site, perhaps because you don't want someone to copy it and do it better. (Unless it's just so Adsense violating that you can't say what it is.) I think a better article might be one which went through the process and lessons learned in creating and building up your Adsense site. Even if you weren't following your own guide posted here, and it was about how you weren't 100% sure what you were doing, but you learned that this thing worked, and this thing didn't. I suspect that's going to be more interesting to people than an article giving advice and suggestions that there's no real evidence you've actually (successfully) employed yourself. Anyway, you win points (a literal upvote) for being good enough to tolerate and respond to criticism here.
    - herbst 10y ago
      Afaik i am not allowed to talk about the numbers when i also mention the site itself, it sucks but i dont want to destroy my adsense income for bragging rights. You idea for a article is great, i think i also could great something really worth reading in that topic. This whole thing is a play environment for me and see how people react to different things. (Like again how did that even made it to the frontpage? It was written in less than a hour) Anyway, i really appreciate your input. Most honest response so far!

Pretty lazy article, too. I guess that should have been expected.

by obj-g 10y ago

Pretty lazy article, too. I guess that should have been expected.

herbst 10y ago

exactly.

desireco42 10y ago

Nailed it! :)

hartpuff 10y ago

Pretty lazy site. Four posts total, about the same number of affiliate links to Fiverr and Digital Ocean, and no examples of how he put this guide into practice in his other (unnamed) "successful site", referred to on his About page. In fact the article that mentions his other site (the Adsense post) says nothing of thinking about it in the shower, getting feedback or scoping ideas; simply of copying an existing site, knocking out 4 posts of barely 300 words, posting about it on Reddit, and by accident creating something people like. Still, #3 on HN, so I guess someone likes it.

herbst 10y ago
No idea how the #3 happened as this article (and as you noticed the whole website) is pretty lazy (guess it fits the topic and the idea people love so much to get rich from nothing). Thanks for the honest critique, you are right. I should probably try harder to build a connection between the articles and actually put some information in there that people can relate to.
- hartpuff 10y ago
  Well you lose marks (metaphorically, I don't mean downvotes) for talking about copying another site and doing it better, and then not naming your own site, perhaps because you don't want someone to copy it and do it better. (Unless it's just so Adsense violating that you can't say what it is.) I think a better article might be one which went through the process and lessons learned in creating and building up your Adsense site. Even if you weren't following your own guide posted here, and it was about how you weren't 100% sure what you were doing, but you learned that this thing worked, and this thing didn't. I suspect that's going to be more interesting to people than an article giving advice and suggestions that there's no real evidence you've actually (successfully) employed yourself. Anyway, you win points (a literal upvote) for being good enough to tolerate and respond to criticism here.
  - herbst 10y ago
    Afaik i am not allowed to talk about the numbers when i also mention the site itself, it sucks but i dont want to destroy my adsense income for bragging rights. You idea for a article is great, i think i also could great something really worth reading in that topic. This whole thing is a play environment for me and see how people react to different things. (Like again how did that even made it to the frontpage? It was written in less than a hour) Anyway, i really appreciate your input. Most honest response so far!