Butterfly Labs does its own Rep management

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LOL at the butthurt by bitcoin miners that don't appreciate the finer tactics of reputation management on behalf of Butterfly Labs:

Butterfly Labs Accused of Buying Blog to Hide Negative Search Results


Cliffs:

  1. Buttcoin.org posts lots of anti-bitcoin & anti-BFL stories, gets some of them ranked highly in google.
  2. Some Anon named "Jeff" buys buttcoin.org with the promise to keep the old owner on to continue to write for the site.
  3. Old owner is shut out completely.
  4. Mysteriously, the BFL reviews change from negative into positive reviews!
  5. Old owner gets butthurt and tattletales to Coindesk, which is basically his nemesis, but he doesn't seem to care.
  6. Coindesk publishes it because nothing gets pageviews on their site like dissing BFL.
  7. I run in here and tell you all about it because I'm a bitcoin addict and this is a good story to get a lot of you reading about bitcoin that normally wouldn't.
  8. I read it back and realize how pitiful that sounds so start to delete this page before submitting, but then out of nowhere my cat jumps on the
 


greenleaves said:
5- (links + advertising) Buy hobby sites; not links
If you find a hobby site that has been abandoned, look up the guy, and ask him if he would be willing to sell you the site for you to continue developing it. Many times these aficionados just want to see their baby grow, regardless of who is doing it. They can envision the potential it has, even if they no longer have time for it. So play them on it. It doesn't matter if you actually intend to do anything with the site; just say what you have to in order to get them to agree to sell it.

Show them you have a genuine interest in developing it, that you share their vision, etc. I've had luck securing a site for a couple hundred; a site I'd be willing to pay a couple hundred just for the link. The key here is to play into their vision. Many great hobby sites are started NOT for the money; but for the passion. So you can play that passion.

Make sure to send them an 'agreement' your attorney friend insists on that includes clauses that you are purchasing all the intellectual property of the site (as in the text and pics, not just the domain). Use the word 'agreement' and 'attorney friend' so it doesn't seem so much like you are a commercial driven person.
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I like the style of the guy who bought the site... and gotta love idealists like the one who sold, so win, such predictability.
 
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