Site Build It - No Naysayers Allowed
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I just spent the last hour (or so) reading comments made in response to a post titled Site Build It Scam Review written by Lissie who authors the Passive Income Online site. It only took a few minutes to read Lissie’s post; the rest of the time was spent reading through the comments and watching an absolutely hilarious video post from Vic called SBI Noobs Are Funny.
Because I almost purchased Site Build It about two years ago I spent some time reflecting on what might have been. I can’t remember how I found out about Site Build It but what appealed to me at the time were a couple of videos about the product by current users. Let me explain several things:
a. I’d only had an online presence for a few months at the time;
b. I knew nothing about affiliate marketing;
c. I’d not yet found Griz, Vic, and Court.
In other words, I was a big time noob. So you probably wonder what made me decide against Site Build It. It’s simple. It didn’t “feel” right. Even though I didn’t know squat about SEO at the time (okay, I still have a lot to learn) I knew there was something a bit off about this product. Why? Because I couldn’t find any unbiased reviews of the product. I probably read through most of the posts on the first few pages in Google about the product. What stood out was that all of the reviews were positive. All of them. Even the posts whose titles appeared to criticize the product like “Site Build It - Is It a Scam?” and “10 Reasons Why I Hate Site Build It” turned out to be articles pimping the product.
Here’s something to ponder: do you order products from Amazon.com? If so, do you sometimes read the reviews before making your purchases? Yes? Okay, how many product reviews have you read at Amazon where EVERY reviewer gave the product 5 stars? I don’t mean products that only have 1 or 2 reviews, I’m talking about products with 40 or 50 reviews. I order lots of books from Amazon and always skim through the reviews before making a purchase. If I came upon a book with 40 or so reviews and all of the reviewers had given the book 5 stars I’d think:
a. the reviews were submitted by friends and family members of the author;
b. the reviews were submitted by the author him/herself;
c. all of the above.
In other words, I’d discount the validity of those reviews because they’re so slanted and I’d assume that the people submitting those reviews had a personal stake in making sure others purchased the book. It just wouldn’t “feel” right. That’s what turned me off about Site Build It.
And if someone left a “2 star” rating and the other reviewers left long diatribes about why the person was wrong to criticize the book it would only solidify my suspicion that the reviewers were in some way associated with that book.
This is what is I see happening with Site Build It and why I wrote this post. I can’t believe the hyena-like comments from SBI’ers who disagree with Lissie. You mean the woman can’t post her opinion about a product on her own site? And I then read comments by ex-SBI’ers who say that people are jumped on in the SBI forum if they even hint at criticizing the product. Sounds like people with a personal stake in making sure the product sells doesn’t it?
I now know how to set up sites using Wordpress, Blogger, HubPages and Squidoo - I don’t need to shell out $300 each year for a website building product, regardless of how much it might automate the process.
My advice to people who are considering purchasing SBI is to start with a free Blogger account and then start reading through Griz’s posts at his How to Make Money Online site. He’ll teach you about creating keyword optimized posts, getting backlinks, and increasing your traffic. And if you leave a comment at his site espousing the supremacy of WordPress over the free Blogger product neither he nor his readers will attack you.
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 at 7:37 pm and is filed under amateur blogs, setting up a blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
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Hey Chanya
I made a long comment here then my Internet connection cut me off so it was lost ! So this is the short version - nice blog ! Well done for not buying Site build it ! -Take care GB
Thanks Grey!
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A common sense, intelligent post, you’re banned! Blogs are a dangerous place to post incorrect and badly thought out criticism of a business and I think Lissie is actually giving them more coverage than they deserve
Tim
Hey. I read , i think every post on his blog (grizly), it very good. And the things with the amazon reviews are true.
Great post.
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I never heard of Site Build It until I read about it in your post. It’s good to hear that you used your common sense and avoided them. I agree that you need to be skeptical when you read any reviews that lack opposition.
I heard SBI for long. but I never become their customer. I know that SBI started by internet marketing guru but I forgot the name of him. He sold an E-book at the beginning before develop SBI system. I think if he don’t have good reputation how he can grow his business?