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Over the last few months I have been working on building the ultimate content site network which I have designed from the ground up to be simple to operate and easy to administrate. Over the next few months I will be posting detailed information on revenue etc but today I thought I would explain how the network works.

The CMS Solution

The network is based on Wordpress converted to CMS format which makes it simple to use and modify. The main issue taken into consideration when using Wordpress was the fact that every other week a new update is introduced which mean upgrading every install on every server. I managed to solve the upgrade problem by having the programmers build a installation and upgrade application on a dedicated server. This software not only takes care up upgrades and installations but also monitors the servers the sites are on to log attempted hacks or downtime.

The next key ingredient to building a content site network is CONTENT!. Luckily I have a large database of writers on file to supply unlimited amounts of fresh content but managing over 100 writers is not as easy as one might think.

The Content Solution

I had the programmers build a complete writer management system which not only lets me track writers but also the content the supply. Using the system I can monitor everything from word count to writers payments which allows me to keep track of the network at every level.

The writer management system is designed to take each post and verify they are unique and good enough quality to on the site. If something is flagged it is put on hold for manual review and as each writer has a “trust meter” I can be confident that were putting out good content.

Payments to writers are made by Paypal every 7 days which means there’s a lot of activity on my paypal account. I decided early on to make sure the system integrated with the Paypal API and then exports the data directly into my accounts software for simple administration.

The Long Term Goal

The long term goal of the network is to have 200 live sites by the end of the summer publishing over 150,000 words of content every day. The next few weeks will see the introduction of the new SEO system which will make link building a lot easier for the seo chaps who are working on the network.

Currently 95% of the network is earning revenue from Adsense alone which is fine by me until each site is a minimum six months old when I can really start rolling out master plan of revenue building!

If anyone needs advice feel free to give me a shout!

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I was reading on Venturebeat about facebook borrowing 100 million to fund a new hardware infrastructure and it got me thinking about how much hardware would be required to keep Google running smoothly. Now we all know that some Google services can have the odd downtime but its normally software related an nothing to do with the hardware setup.

I did some quick research and found that Google currently has over 1 MILLION servers online and is adding another 500 thousand by the end of this year spread across hundreds of data centres. Each location runs a local version of Google Search and integrates with the rest of the network in real time to produce super fast search results.

With the introduction of Google Application Hosting, Video On Demand and all the other high capacity services Google are investing and innovation in I think its only a mater of time before they design a serious alternative to the hard disk as a dedicated Google user with Gmail, Youtube, App hosting and Video downloads needs some hefty disk space which is not only costly but not great for the environment.

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A few weeks ago my blog went offline due to a hosting problem and I never took the time to get everything up and running again until this week. I have been so busy on other projects that I decided to put the blog on a back burner until I was ready to upgrade and update.

I have also decided to change the focus of the blog and will now be including articles on lots of other stuff I am involved in which should provide a nice change to the normal affiliate marketing stuff

OK, back to work!

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I have a new design almost ready which will be getting coded this week which is a good thing as this design is rubbish!

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Everyone seems to be going crazy over this big news about Microsoft offering to buy Yahoo which to some of us is old news. Its a well known fact that Microsoft have been chasing Yahoo for the last 18 months and waited till financial report time to make a swoop.

Since the news was made public last week it now seems that News Corp intend to make a counter bid for Yahoo and flip Myspace as part of the deal. This would be bad news for Yahoo as NC just could not take on the might of Google or encourage the right people to develop the platform.

Talking of News Corp, I was watching Sky News who had experts on talking about the possible Yacrosoft deal. The reporter suggested that Microsoft’s main reason for buying Yahoo is the fact they need a search engine (eh live? ) and as they have lots of Yahoo mail users. I think its about time Sky News call me

It has also emerged today that Google have contacted Yahoo about renting Goggles Advertising and Search technology which will give users a choice when it comes to portal or basic search. Analysts already predict that a Google driven Yahoo would see a 25% increase in revenue in year one.

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