Here’s to new beginnings.

The inaugural post.  How exciting.

In this first post, I’d like to introduce the objectives of this blog.  This blog will focus on helping hard working individuals build autoscale, autopilot web sites that add value. Allow me to elaborate…

• Autoscale – Almost every site I build has over 5K pages. Many have over one million. These are not pages that are manually created. That would take forever. Autoscale sites organically scale in size. They are designed this way. An example of an autoscale site would be a niche search engine. For every search performed, a new page with unique content is created. Another example is a social bookmarking site. With each new user, a profile is created; with each submission, several new page are created; as submissions accumulate, archive pages are created. Therefore, with time, more and more pages are naturally created. From a SEO and monetization perspective, there are immense advantages to having a site of scale—especially one that scales automatically.

• Autopilot – Sites on autopilot require minimal upkeep. They become a source passive, residual income. This is just like rental properties—except this is virtual real estate. (Thinking of 4-Hour Work Week?) Whether you are looking to have a lifestyle job, or just to free up time to start your next project, there are clear advantages to having a site that runs on autopilot.

• Add Value – For an online business to be truly sustainable, it needs to add true value at the end of the day. It should have a value propostion that offers tangible convenience to your visitors. A blog that spins articles (mostly into gibberish) for the sole purpose of creating affiliate leads ads no value. In fact, it is spam.

With the above 3 criteria, a number of sites and business models are ruled out. We’re not after the small WordPress blog (not autoscale!). We’re not after the VC-backed Internet startup banking on the IPO (not autopilot!). We’re not after Pay-per-Click arbitrage (no value add!).

With all that said, I’m sure topics and themes will deviate as this site and blog evolves.  If there are specific subject matter if you have interest in, please feel free to suggest it here.

Don’t worry, the content will be newbie friendly.  In fact, I am creating content specifically for beginners.

Thanks for reading.

dave