Comments on: I Can No Longer Recommend Build A Niche Store aka BANS

By: Wilde Yeo@Green Energy

Wilde Yeo@Green Energy — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:04:35 +0000

It seems to me that building a business using your own effort to come up with quality content is still the way to go compared to using automated softwares which can get pretty heavily abused when too many people start using it.

Wilde
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By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:41:07 +0000

No, not all BANS sites have been de-indexed. To make the best use of them, you will want to build them like you would any other site and not just a store. You’ve got to add a ton of content and only show a few listings for them to work these days. I think the main reason they got de-indexed in the first place is that the software became so popular that many abused it and built out hundreds of sites with very little content. Google took notice and dealt with the problem. So yes, in a nutshell, the software was heavily abused. I can name 11 different marketers off the top of my head that had over 500 sites each. At least 3 had over 1000 each. And that’s only coming from the ones I can think of. There were many, many more people out there who did the same thing. It’s a shame they had to abuse the software and system that way.

By: Aurelia @ Instant Immersion Spanish

Aurelia @ Instant Immersion Spanish — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:39:05 +0000

For me, the big question that remains outstanding that still has not been answered is, why did all of these BANS sites get de-indexed? Have ALL of the BANS sites been de-indexed? Has something been abused here, and if so, what is the source of the abuse?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:07:35 +0000

Thank you! So far, they are still doing very well.

By: Sharon@Corporate Chair Massage

Sharon@Corporate Chair Massage — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:46:40 +0000

That is terrible to hear. I do hope your other sites keep on doing well.

By: Yes, I Am Still Kicking | Melissa Eaton

Yes, I Am Still Kicking | Melissa Eaton — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:33:45 +0000

[...] I would like to report, BANS is NOT dead in the water as most would like you to believe. I know, my last post reflected that I could no longer recommend the popular site builder. Conflicting and confusing, to [...]

By: chakkravarthi@wordpress seo

chakkravarthi@wordpress seo — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:25:08 +0000

Seems BANS is the right name for it! lol.. but really you did not specify why do Google have to de-index you? what is the reason? because if you are innocent about it you can apply for reconsideration from Google and ask them to index your pages again.

By: Petra@Mens Wrist Watches

Petra@Mens Wrist Watches — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:42:00 +0000

Melissa, why do you think BANS sites have been de-indexed? I have been thinking about phpBay for a while, but I am still sitting on the fence. At the moment I just have a widget from the ebay partnernetwork on my site(s) and they still go fine. Do you think I have to be very careful here?
BANS seemed to be such a good software, it’s a shame!

By: Terry @Charlotte NC

Terry @Charlotte NC — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:11:24 +0000

Melissa,

burning question- maybe I missed it- But Why did Google de-index them? do you know, or did they just disappear…

By: shane@Thermofocus Thermometer

shane@Thermofocus Thermometer — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:11:11 +0000

Its always better to spreak your sites around. I have my domains all split up, so I have different domain registrars/hosting/adwords/amazon accounts for my domains so if any hosting goes down, I only lose a couple of sites, if adwords gets blocked, I lose a couple of sites etc etc.