Guest Posting on Reputable Sites:
Inevitable Changes on the Market and
How FTS V2 Fits into the Framework of These Changes…
Let me start from thanking everybody for joining the discussion about version 2. Your feedback in blog comments and questions to our support team is truly golden, because we can see what is the most important for you and we can tune up Free Traffic System version 2 to your needs.
And this feedback helped us to see that one of the most interesting/important issues for you is something like this “Does it mean we will no longer be able to publish content on PR blogs for free?”
Absolutely logical and vital question. And to answer it let me start from making another market prediction…
We are at the end of era
when guest posting
on reputable blogs was FREE
As mentioned in previous blog posts FTS team guessed the general trend about Google algorithm changes previous autumn. We are ready to put our SEO reputation at a stake and make another prediction (and you will be able to check the validity of this prediction in 6-12 months) – we really believe that the changes on the market will push reputable sites to stop blatant “guest posting” of content on their pages.
(Side note: guest posting means that a 3rd party is allowed to submit his/her content (usually articles, but not only) on the pages of other sites)
There are 2 reasons for reputable blogs
to make this decision…
Reason #1. It’s not 2008!
In 2008 the offer of “get content for your blogs for FREE!” was amazing and very attractive. Wow, I can do nothing and will get content to my blogs! No longer I need to harvest content from RSS feeds! I don’t need to buy all that scripts that publish it. Other people will line up to make publications on my blogs. I am in!!
But it’s not 2008 today. Blog owners are sick and tired of LOADS of articles hammering at their blogs. If these blogs are low quality, then their owners simply don’t care. But if your blog has at least some decent PR, then as the owner of the blog you start to understand that your blog and its reputation has some value.
VALUE is the key notion here. Please keep in mind for a while, we will get back to it.
Reason #2. Recent changes of Google algo (algorithm).
With its latest algo changes Google has evidently shown to the rest of the world that their fight for value and reputation is not “just another propaganda trick.” Of course, these changes are not THAT dramatic as propaganda is positioning them in the minds of fearful audience. Of course, backlinks from inside nice units of content will do their magic even on absolutely junk blogs.
Still, Google will keep fighting against blatant content spamming for backlinks and – who knows – maybe, some day they will succeed.
Any way, the SEO value of unique, exclusive publications on reputable sites has increased like never before. And even the most “unsophisticated” owners of good blogs will understand it sooner or later. Once again we get back to the notion of VALUE. Blog owners will want some value in return for their value.
Content is No Longer
a Fair “Replacement” for Their Value!
We are not alone who will try to give you access to the publications on reputable sites. And there are 2 ways to handle this problem.
Strategy #1 – You “pay in bulk” and can do as many posts as you wish.
In terms of technology it is the easiest system. We could switch FTS in a week to it. Within the framework of this strategy users pay a monthly fee of let’s say $50-$70 and get access to blogs with PR and can submit unlimited publications.
On the surface it looks like an ideal decision. But only on the surface.
First of all, with this approach these blogs will get savagely overspammed with content very quickly. Especially now, after the Google algo changes that opened the eyes of submitters on the value of PR blogs. So, very soon the flood of content will come to these blogs.
Moreover, blog owners get ONLY content, they don’t get any money. And in FTS V2 they will get CONTENT + $$$. Put yourself into the shoes of the blog owner and think what system they will choose with their blogs 
That is why the systems which will try to give you “bulk access” will eventually face the problem of big blog leakage and will have to buy dropped domains, many of these dropped domains will have fake PRs – this is a dead end in terms of SEO.
Strategy #2 – Micropayments for every approved publication.
This strategy is completely different. You do a micropayment for every approved publication. And blog owner gets money from this micropayment after approving your content.
The prices will be different, they will depend upon the PR of the blogs, upon how many publications they approve per day, upon the size of traffic on these blogs – you will be able to see all this when choosing the blogs for your publications and choose the blogs that fit your requirements best of all.
First of all, this concept of “content + money” attracts serious blog owners with good blogs (and not only blogs!) to FTS V2. And the network with a wider choice of good blogs is a better attraction for content submitters.
Secondly, submitters who pay will address the quality of their content more seriously. I mean one needs to be a complete idiot to create spammy low-quality unreadable article and hope that this content will ever get published on a good blog. When you pay for something (even if it’s a tiny micropayment), you become more serious.
And one more factor, with micropayments you are flexible. If you can afford to spend just $5 right now – it’s ok, you can do that! Why being slaved to monthly payments of $50-$70/month if this is not what you need at the moment?! Maybe you need just 2-3 publications this month!
This is beauty of flexibility with micropayments – you choose what you need. People with cents and people with hundreds of dollars will have adequate choices for their budgets.
And now comes a special trick
how you can do micropayments
and get publications on PR blogs
without paying a single cent!!
In Free Traffic System version 2 we will be rewarding affiliates with credit points, both for the blogs that they have referred into the system and for the submitters they have referred into the system.
You will be able to turn these credits into money and withdraw them as your commissions OR you can use these credits for doing micropayments and submitting your content (with your backlinks) to the blogs with good PR.
So, even if you don’t have a single cent, but you have at least one blog owner who is getting credits in FTS V2 or at least one content submitter who is buying credits to get publications on PR blogs – then you are automatically plugged to the source of free/affiliate credits for YOU. And you can spend these credits on submitting your own publications without spending any real money on it.
P.S. Questions and Answers
(based on your feedback)
Does it mean I will not be able to submit articles for free any longer?
No, you will be able to do that. We do not close the features that you currently have in FTS; in version 2 we simply add more.
Will all PR blogs require micropayments?
This choice is in the hands of the blog owners. We assume that some of the PR blogs will continue accepting free publications without any cost for it, simply because they “got used” to doing it this way. Still, it’s our prediction that the days of free publications on reputable sites are over. Either you get prepared to these changes right now, or you will have to catch up with the rest of the market when the train is gone.
What about PROs?
As promised in previous blog post – in addition to all features that PROs (monthly plan) and PROs (lifetime) have at the moment, they will also get a possibility to do micropayments at a cheaper price. in FTS V2 we will do everything possible to keep adding more value to our PRO user who support us with money on a regular basis and help to evolve this concept. I am sure that very soon V2 will have other serious advantages (not only special price on micropayments) for all PRO users.
You mentioned something about going PRO right now is a little better?
This question was answered a lot, still it is one of the most frequently asked questions on the support. Yes, indeed, users who are PROs at the moment of official switching to V2 will get access to super special price on the micropayments. That will be a special offer valid for a short time during the switch. (like, for example, when releasing FTS V1 we had super special price of $27/month or $297/lifetime that was valid for 1 month after the release of PRO version and then got inactive)
Can I make money with PR0 blog?
Currently we are thinking about giving such a chance to blogs with PR0 and GOOD traffic. It is not active from the start, but we will add this feature. But be prepared that your traffic will be checked and monitored, we will not allow to cheat the submitters and take all precautions.
What if blog owners put very high prices?
In FTS V2 you will be able to choose the best proposition from different providers. It’s like a marketplace – you will choose what fits you best. And even is some blog owner is too “greedy” at the beginning and puts exorbitant price for publications, don’t worry – very soon he/she will see that no one is paying for the publications on his/her blog. Open market will balance it to the fair and adequate prices. And our job is simply to create this marketplace and give all instruments to our users.
