Comments on: “My Mistakes From My First Development” http://arbelarif.com/2009/09/20/my-mistakes-from-my-first-development/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-mistakes-from-my-first-development Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Arbel http://arbelarif.com/2009/09/20/my-mistakes-from-my-first-development/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Arbel Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:30:55 +0000 http://arbelarif.com/?p=252#comment-144 Nice Comment ! Thank you for sharing. :-) Nice Comment !

Thank you for sharing. :-)

]]> By: Neil Sunset http://arbelarif.com/2009/09/20/my-mistakes-from-my-first-development/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Neil Sunset Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:05:57 +0000 http://arbelarif.com/?p=252#comment-145 Funny thing...I was just discussing this topic with one of my partners last week. My very first website was for an sci-fi eBook series that I was writing about vampires vs werewolves. I had the story fleshed out, to be released by chapter, and I had all the backend stuff pretty well figured out. But what killed the project (at that time ;-) ) was how I developed the entire site in flash. I didn't have deep enough pockets for advertising and was oblivious to SEO, so while the site looked pretty and worked, I had little traffic! When I got my bachelor's in computer graphics/interactive media, I knew how to make a site look good and the developing came easy, but they never taught anything about the importance of SEO...so my big lesson learned - make your site SEO-friendly to get that organic traffic that you don't have to directly pay for! (And it didn't help that it was on a .NET...lol) No matter how great your site is or its content/product/services, if nobody is seeing it, it will disappear into the www.blackhole.com. Funny thing…I was just discussing this topic with one of my partners last week.

My very first website was for an sci-fi eBook series that I was writing about vampires vs werewolves. I had the story fleshed out, to be released by chapter, and I had all the backend stuff pretty well figured out. But what killed the project (at that time ;-) ) was how I developed the entire site in flash. I didn’t have deep enough pockets for advertising and was oblivious to SEO, so while the site looked pretty and worked, I had little traffic!

When I got my bachelor’s in computer graphics/interactive media, I knew how to make a site look good and the developing came easy, but they never taught anything about the importance of SEO…so my big lesson learned – make your site SEO-friendly to get that organic traffic that you don’t have to directly pay for! (And it didn’t help that it was on a .NET…lol)

No matter how great your site is or its content/product/services, if nobody is seeing it, it will disappear into the http://www.blackhole.com.

]]> By: Arbel http://arbelarif.com/2009/09/20/my-mistakes-from-my-first-development/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Arbel Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:26:24 +0000 http://arbelarif.com/?p=252#comment-143 Hi Anthony ! Thank You for sharing your mistakes and thoughts. Much Appreciate, Arbel Hi Anthony !

Thank You for sharing your mistakes and thoughts.

Much Appreciate,

Arbel

]]> By: Anthony http://arbelarif.com/2009/09/20/my-mistakes-from-my-first-development/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Anthony Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:15:08 +0000 http://arbelarif.com/?p=252#comment-142 Excellent top Arbel ... " The smart man learns from his mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others. " I have made ALOT of mistakes and still do everyday. Here are a few early mistakes I made. 1. developed first site on a .net without securing the .com ... notice that many others haven't learned this mistake yet even though today we have more information on why this is wrong. 2. underestimated development costs on 1 site (lost over $20,000 + development headaches and time lost) ... adding desired features that were not required features 3. building too many minisites ... yes you can make alot of money with them (affiliate programs) but the more sites you have, the less focus and can easily lose control 4. focused too much on non English markets figuring I would be the big fish in the small pond (not in this case) ... there were few " honest " affiliate programs in the English market ... and even fewer in some foreign markets ! 5. pored too much money from profitable sites to those that had the promise of being profitable. I could go on and on and on but I want to spend time making and learning from others my future mistakes now :) Hope this helps. Anthony Excellent top Arbel …

” The smart man learns from his mistakes.

The wise man learns from the mistakes of others. ”

I have made ALOT of mistakes and still do everyday.

Here are a few early mistakes I made.

1. developed first site on a .net without securing the .com … notice that many others haven’t learned this mistake yet even though today we have more information on why this is wrong.

2. underestimated development costs on 1 site (lost over $20,000 + development headaches and time lost) … adding desired features that were not required features

3. building too many minisites … yes you can make alot of money with them (affiliate programs) but the more sites you have, the less focus and can easily lose control

4. focused too much on non English markets figuring I would be the big fish in the small pond (not in this case) … there were few ” honest ” affiliate programs in the English market … and even fewer in some foreign markets !

5. pored too much money from profitable sites to those that
had the promise of being profitable.

I could go on and on and on but I want to spend time

making and learning from others my future mistakes now :)

Hope this helps.

Anthony

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