There was recently a firestorm of posts and comments about Site Build It initiated by unscrupulous people claiming to offer reviews of SBI that were really just attacks gauged to elicit anger and indignation from SBIers, thus bringing traffic to the sites and making it look to Google as though the sites actually had something of value to offer. Dozens of SBIers unwittingly enabled this strategy to succeed.
One of the wild claims made by the interlinked bloggers who started the firestorm was that the only people who are positive about SBI are those who are affiliates, meaning they’re paid to say nice things about SBI through their affiliate commissions. They went on to say that most of the SBI review pages on the net were written by people wanting to make a buck through their SBI affiliate links.
This SBI myth — or false claim — is a bit harder to disprove, because you can never really know for sure what is in the mind of someone whose writing you read on the Web. People can say anything they want and without body language or facial expression, it’s much harder to judge the tone of their written words.
But I read what the slammers I mentioned above said, especially the original blogger, and she clearly had no idea what she was talking about. She had many errors in her so-called review of SBI that made it clear she’d never even used SBI. So it was hard for me to see that what she and her ilk were accusing SBI affiliates of was much different. But I digress.. Read the rest of this entry »
Some people try to discredit Site Build It by saying things like, “It doesn’t work for everyone.”
Well, duh…
No program, system or strategy works for everyone, no matter how great a product or service it is. That’s just common sense. We’re each of us different, with different tastes, skills, interests and preferences than the other.
SBI is one way of building a successful online home business. In my opinion, it’s one of the best, if not the best. But I know it’s not the only way. And no, it isn’t the right online home business system for everyone. For instance, if you’re looking for a get rich quick method, that’s not SBI.
Or, if you are not interested in creating a content site about a topic you know or love, then Site Build It is probably not for you either. Because that is their basic model for online home business. If you can’t conceive of writing at least 30 to 50 pages of content, then you’re not going to succeed with a content-based website.
Another reason why SBI doesn’t work for some people is that they don’t follow the program. There’s a saying… “Work the program and the program works for you.” But for various reasons, people don’t work the program and then they complain that SBI doesn’t work. Site Build It offers an extremely detailed, step-by-step Action Guide to teach you how to build a web-based business. It’s divided into 10 major stages, each of which has to be completed in sequence in order to achieve success. Read the rest of this entry »
Another complaint you’ll hear about Site Build It is that they have too much control over your website and web business.
Here are a couple of the things I’ve read:
- SBI owns your domain, not you. So, if you want to transfer it to a new web host, either you won’t be able to… or it’ll cost you, big time.
- You have no control over your website because you don’t have access to the backend.
So, are they true? Well…. NO.
Does SBI Control Your Domain?
SBI functions as both a web host and your domain registrar when you sign up with them. So, they DO register your domain name for you (through Tucows.com)… at no additional charge. But they don’t own the domain name; you do. I’ll prove it to you. Just follow these steps:
- Go to this page: http://results.sitesell.com/scsweb.html
- On that page you’ll see a list of many successful SBI websites. (Or you can also look at my SBI site URLs on the right sidebar here.)
- Next, go to http://www.betterwhois.com & insert any of the SBI URLs from the Results page or mine here and look at the Administrative Contact listed. It doesn’t say SBI, SiteSell or anything like that, does it? (Unless of course you happen to choose anguilla-beaches.com, which IS owned by the daughter of SBI founder, Ken Evoy.)
So, you can easily prove to yourself that SBI does NOT own your domain; the SBI website owner does. And should an SBI owner decide to transfer their site away from SBI, all they have to do is initiate a domain transfer. It’s as easy to do at SBI as it is anywhere else. I know, because I’ve done it. Just be sure to save your pages before you do so, because you’ll have to upload them all over again to your new web host. And it doesn’t cost anything to leave SBI either; in fact, they’ll probably give you a prorated refund if you ask.
One other thing… if you DO leave SBI, any functionality you were using, such as forms, Content 2.0 or the ezine mailer, will obviously no longer work once you leave SBI. Read the rest of this entry »
