Imagine a bicycle wheel.
In the center of that wheel is a hub with metal spokes.
Perhaps you already know what a ‘hub’ site is. Maybe you’ve heard it called something
else like ‘traffic pump’ or ‘feeder site’. If you are familiar with the concept then you
know that a hub site is a main site, with solid content and substance. A hub site is a
site worthy of bookmarking, of being listed on well-known top lists. A hub site is a site
where you’ve put thought and work into the effort and you’ve created something
meant for more than one visit. A hub site has content, text, updates and a few
strategically placed ads.
A hub site is not a build-it-and-forget-it-three-page site.
A hub site can follow any niche or theme. You are free to produce whatever
hub site you imagine. After you built it, it’s time to
add the spokes.
The spokes are outbound links. Somewhere among your
menus or highlight boxes, you will add a list of links to other
porn sites. Your hub site will contain links to other porn
sites. These other sites are smaller with far more emphasis
placed on the hard sell. These are sites that might contain a
popup and many ad banners. These spoke sites will offer a
little bit of free porn but will make the surfer work for it.
These outbound link sites are called spokes because guess
who owns them? You do. When you build a hub site and
populate it with outbound links that go to your very own
pages, you keep the surfer spinning towards you. Some
webmasters create a second tier of spokes (linked from the
original spoke sites) that are even more ad-heavy.
you are probably
tempted to start a blog because it seems like a quick way to
get some nice search engine traffic. What you may not
understand is that a successful blog requires good, old-
fashioned labor on your part. If you want to build any real
traffic with your blog, you’re going to have to fill it with
bookmark-worthy content. You’re going to have to update
your blog on a regular basis. Your going to have to build
something that surfers will want to visits more than once. In
other words, a blog is just like a hub. And just like a hub,
you can add any old outbound links you want. You can make
those outbound links lead to ad-heavy pages, owned by you.
If you’re going to create a hub site, think about making that
hub a blog. Both a hub and a blog require nurturing and
elbow grease. Instead of making a storage-stretching
image-based hub, why not create a nice, search engine-
friendly text-based hub? Write reviews of sponsor paysites. Discuss computer security.
Analyze current events from the perspective of an adult webmaster. Blog about
anything you want but blog with the hub concept in mind.
