21 January 2010Authority Sites – Static Rules – Blogging Can Suck It

I converted a few of my XSitePro sites to WordPress. I did this madness a few months ago. Coin wasn’t being banked in the rapidity that I was accustomed to. So in a fit of boredom and stupidity I traded much loved laziness to blog posting hubris. The experiment was a flop. Just because I blogged and pinged didn’t add to the retirement account. In fact I made less money month over month than when the site was as lively as a rock.

So today I nuked WordPress off the sites. I relaunched the static pages and added a few more. Now instead of blog and ping and getting backlinks, I’ll just get backlinks. With a few exceptions, authority sites will be static. Blog sites will be free and consist of quick flash posting using bookmarklets and the like.

Looking through my stats I am noticing that Google likes full domains. Those sites I have that are subdomains like Squidoo, Hubpages, WordPress, Blogspot, etc. are suffering for the attention of their Daddy G. Mama Bing is showing the love to all my little bastards. Go figure. Just means that I have to build more since Bing only gets about 10-15% of searches.

Anyway, my best performers are XSP sites. I drink the blogging Kool-Aid and dance the blog and ping. This has to stop.  I firmly believe that if you build a blog Google expects it to be blogged. Static sites do not have that stigma. So if I have 30 articles why not simply stick them on the wall and walk away instead of having to come back and paint the rest of the room? I have too many sites that I would have to blog. Not doing that for authority sites anymore.

But like I mentioned in that shit I wrote yesterday, I will still do quick posts using bookmarklets and commenting on, and quoting, news articles and other posts. 5 minute flash posts to get a pingback, spider crawl and links to places that matter.

Basically I have to simplify. I can literally sit down at the table and overwhelm myself at the thought of all my “authority” site blogs that I should update with some original content. I don’t have that problem with static sites. And I can use blogs on other platforms for backlinks, to drive traffic and make money. So today I have 3 less WordPress blogs that I have to blog. I expect to add more back to the rock pile.

Original post: Lost Ball in High Weeds