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I tried to do almost exactly what you're describing about a year ago -- scraping structured data about mutual funds and constructing articles about each fund, w
by jawns 16y ago
I tried to do almost exactly what you're describing about a year ago -- scraping structured data about mutual funds and constructing articles about each fund, which I submitted to Associated Content.
Unfortunately, I should have spent more time "thickening them up" -- after the first half dozen or so, AC began rejecting them for being too similar to each other.
But yeah, the potential is definitely there.
- patio11 16y agoI'm curious: why did you submit them to Associated Content instead of building your own site, where you'd have total control and keep most of the value you created? A deep backbench of semi-automated articles about funds plus relatively fewer pillar content pieces for linkability strikes me as a potentially very viable business in an industry which is quite literally awash in cash to spend on marketing.
- jawns 16y agoAt the time, AC was paying about $3 up front, plus pay-per-view incentives. And it has a good Google PR. So, I figured I could either be lazy and submit to AC or build my own site and spend a lot of time trying to get a decent PageRank. I chose lazy.
- patio11 16y agoJust in the spirit of introducing you to other options: there exist people who already have profitable affiliate sites in the space who you could pitch on the idea of "bolt this onto your site and get X more inventory which will rank on the strength of your existing brand/trust/etc." I'd be thinking more in the five figure range than the $3 up front range.
- eru 16y agoGood suggestion! And $3 per article can also add up, if you have a scalable solution.
- sachinag 16y agoI'd be interested in this. sachin@blueleaf.com