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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Lee Noble — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:39:09 -0000

I think this idea has great potential. I'm certainly going to check it out for myself. I love the social networking sites, and to be part or even to create one to make money with is a great idea.

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

dana clockedile — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:56:14 -0000

I've never found much value in them. Now, I'll admit that that could partially be because I've never had/taken the time to fully understand how to use them.

I have, however, become interested in a new guy on the block called Web2Upgrade.
That's partially because I like to see thing grow and develop.

Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Henry — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:00:30 -0000

Considering that there are now so many social networks catering to such a wide range of niches, my biggest problem is finding ones relevant to me and related to my specific interests or product niches. Google seems to be inefficient and returns alot of irrelevant results. A good resource that I use to find them is this search engine for social networking sites.

Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Christopher Clayton — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:26:36 -0000

Germz, your too late... ive already stolen it...
lol jkz

Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Germz — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:23:27 -0000

I'd sure as heck join!
I'm not so sure that you should post an idea great like that so that anyone can steal your work.

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Paul — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:37:05 -0000

I think that moneyedition would be most approprite for that because it will post all teh articles of make money blogs.

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Bank Man -- Top CD Rates Blog — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:27:32 -0000

My vote is MoneySmack. It has a ring to it that will gain traction I believe. I certainly believe it is a worthwhile venture if you can make it profitable for all of the time it will take to set-up and moderate, etc. If it is done right, I can see some of the heavy hitters getting the word out, but you would want to make sure the system is fair to newbies.

I certainly would help to add content.

Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

skiper — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:08:36 -0000

Moneylisters is cool.

I do own a pligg powered site but i use it to have my own link farm =)
Members are active posting their articles, because I made it 1 vote and your article will be on a first page, soon i'll try to change that rule but for now members are happy in that way.

Take a look at my pligg powered site. http://www.KaBlogs.com
Not yet customized.. but still i got users posting.

Social networking site needs users to make it work, so far im happy with my site.

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Christopher Clayton — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:12:03 -0000

Woah, id definatly check it out.

just keep in mind, its HARD to moderate the spam and stuff. Pligg comes straight "out of the box" as a digg clone, however, only 1 'digg clone' has really made it big. and thats Sphinn. I am actualy working on making my site into a 'bloggers portal' and not a digg clone, I Have actualy gotten afew programers to help me re-write afew of the pligg scripts, only half of my site is currently running on pligg the rest is running on a custom script.

anyways, i know you work hard on all your projects, and i know this will be a success, i'd use it, its a great idea - look how big the make money online niche is these days.

in regards to the name, i like the MoneyListers.com suggestion! MoneySmack sounds like your going to smack me =] haha

oh and if you want any help with it, let me know!!!
i would love to help!

Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Ardi Panondan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:12:50 -0000

Hello Garry,
Moneylisters.com is easy to remember.

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Steve — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:03:01 -0000

"I want to develop a community driven site that new comers can visit and feel secure and totally trust. I want people to come to this site for the first time and say, “wow… now this place is helpful!”

Isn't that what Garryconn.com is for? :)

I think it would be a really great site if you get the spam factor taken care of as well as the regurgitation of the same ideas/posts that are already so common with the MMO niche.

MoneyListers.com would be my pick for the domain.

Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Ruthie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:49:10 -0000

Garry, I think this is an excellent idea! Money Smack is my favorite domain, but do you think you could make it look as cute as Celebits?? Cause that would be cool! :P

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Ruthie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:46:25 -0000

I agree! That site is so cool! I have two TV/Celebrity Blogs that I run and my sister also, so I'm registering right now!

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Ganesh — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:40:21 -0000

MoneySmack or MoneyListers would be cool!

Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Noel Schlachter — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:37:22 -0000

Garry thank you for your reply.
Yuwie is able to pay their members because of their advertisers.
They don't go overboard on pop-ups.
The great part about it is all the page views. Currently I have over 400,000 page views for the month. People get paid to visit each other's pages.
I have made some of the greatest friends in the world thanks to Yuwie.
The fact that we get paid is like icing on a cake.

Noel

Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Vicki Flaugher — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:29:28 -0000

Garry,
Love the idea and I too would point out the obvious challenges that have already been listed by others: avoiding SPAM through strict content monitoring, etc. I think one way to slow it down on the front end is to make it a paid membership site. Doesn't have to be much money if you are worried about affordability but that would definitely take away a good chunk of crap that comes from spammy auto post stuff, like the idea of a gated community.

I would like to see quality product reviews so that people can really get a sense of some of the expensive stuff out there before buying them.

None of the names appeal to me - sorry. They are not clear enough to me that it's about online money making via internet marketing, as opposed to general money making or something unsavory. Of the three, if push came to shove, I'd pick MoneyEdition. But, with enough heavy lifting, just about any name would work if you get the popularity you need.

Best of success with your idea. I'll add content!

Together, we are stronger.
Vicki Flaugher, the original SmartWoman

p.s. CommentLuv - definitely should be follow links, not nofollow, IMO. That's the whole idea, right?

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Jeff - buzzmyblog.com — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:42:51 -0000

Great idea Garry! Out of the three domains you have listed, I think MoneySmack.com is best. But I think you might even be able to come up with something better. For some reason the one-word-extra-consonant convention seems to be popular. Something related to money, like blingg.com or something would be awesome!

Drop me a line if you need help with any custom software development on this or any other project.

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Big Blogger — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:28:15 -0000

I would like to hear from the experience of anybody who already runs a network (like for example from Owen and Dot Driven), may be you make a blogpost out of it. Topics I would like to know are thinks like:

- hosting requirements, how many pageviews do you get ?
- How long are you running the network ?
- How do you got it to roll ? Which startegies you used to let the wolrd know about the network (and people submit articles) ?
- Is there a point, after the initial time and energy investment, when the network starts rolling on it's own ?
- Moderation: do you moderate or have moderators ?
- System: which one (Pligg or other) do you use ?
- Given your type of system, which features/plugins do you recommend to use and which not ?
- Monetization: do people click on ads in a social network ? Which monetization strategies worked best ?
- In general, which errors avoid ?
- On which points it's important to focus ?

Very Thanks in advance to everybody willing to share his experience

ciao
alexander

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Big Blogger — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:22:00 -0000

you’ll have to throw some serious money at it

What do you mean with that ? Why do you've to throw money in that ?

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Owen — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:07:21 -0000

Sounds like your thinking of creating a "slashdot" for the MMO niche. I have developed a social networking site before all of these frameworks were available and have to say that if it gets some serious traffic, you'll have to throw some serious money at it.

I think it would interest me because I'd like to read articles and peoples thoughts on programs and find out about new ones, but how much I'd use it would vary.

Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Big Blogger — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:06:58 -0000

…not sure if you remember from the other pligg post you made but I have a celeb news pligg site: http://Celebits.com , so know the “power” behind it.

Oh, a social network of celebrities was another niche of which I was thinking (seems that I'm getting only on already old ideas :) ). I would love to hear from this your experience, may be you make a post about it. Thinks I would like to know are:
- hosting requirements, how much pageviews a day are you getting ?
- which strategies did you adopted to let the world know about your network ? Is it already rolling ? Does it need a high time investment at the beginning and then it starts rolling on it's own ? Since how long are you running this network ?
-Moderation: do you make a moderation/do you have moderators ?
- Monetization: do people click on ads in a social network ? Are you willing to share some stats ?
- Pligg: which features/plugins to use and which not ?
- In general, Which errors to avoid ?
- On what it is important to focus ?
- Do you have experience with other networks ?

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Codrut Turcanu I Remarkable Bl — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:04:31 -0000

Great information Gary!

The benefits that this social network is providing is definitely going to help us a lot.

Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Birgit — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:33:50 -0000

Garry,

Your vision sounds exceptional. I truly hope that it comes to pass.

The name "MoneyEdition" has a refined ring to it.

Best Wishes, Birgit

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

JK Swopes — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:44:35 -0000

I love it man....as for the concerns...that's with any community driven site. I think if you get a few key people involved in helping your grow it, the site could be very cool. Then, you won't have to worry about submitting your own articles, because it would be encouraged.

I think you should do it, roll with the vision man....

I personally like moneysmack! Sounds more catchy!

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Re: A Brand New Make Money Online Social Network

Garry Conn — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:18:50 -0000

Hi Shane,

I don't see any harm in the links not being nofollow. I see that Sphinn.com actually does NOFOLLOW their links; however, places like Digg.com do not. I think the links would be very natural and organic and deserving of a backlink credit.