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I guess I'm going to answer my own question. SiteBuildIt! may not be a scam, but the websites created from it are.......not of the best quality.

Are there any sites that have good reviews, look good and are popular made with Site Build It?

I am not sure that I would agree that a website could so easily be online for any period of time if it was a scam.

Just make sure you read the fine print before signing.

Hi there,

SBI is no scam.

Ask yourself why Ken Evoy, the founder of Site Build It, is ranked as top internet Guru?

See here ---> http://www.gurudaq.com/internet_marketing_guru_index.php
Is he top because he operates a company which is a scam?

OR

Is he top because he offers a great value-for-money product to many thousands of people who have found financial freedom by building successful, profitable online busniesses?

Thanks

Minky Jardine

What is the scam? They offer a product, and if you follow their information and advice on building your web site, will rank you well with the search engines. I don't see the scam. There are many companies that offer this type of service. Yahoo, AOL, MSN, Amazon, etc.

The thing with Site Build is that his web sites are more catered to rank well with the search engines, which is why most of them have similar layouts as described above. Now, all you have to do is plug in the content. You can sell your widget, or market something, or just provide information. It's not really what you put on the site as much as how the search engines can easily index your site and it's content. Lots of text, minimal images, keywords placed in the menu and headers so that your site is indexed correctly. Search engines LOVE this kind of stuff.

Horrible for regular viewers, but if you modifying some things here and there to make the site easy to read for actual people instead of bots, you'll do very well. The price is fair, considering he's giving you the forumla for SEO! How much is that really worth to you? I know many SiteBuild sites that rank very well for their keywords. Some have very heavy traffic and do very well with adsense or other banner ads/affiliate options.

If your a newbie internet marketer, this is probably your safest option and investment. If your looking for an extension of your brick/mortar, or are a serious e-commercer then this might NOT be for you, due to the limitations with design (although, you can deviate from his formula - although that defeats the purpose). But for simple affiliates, internet marketers (adsense, banners ads, etc), niche content, this is ideal.

Again, where is the scam?

• Grace.

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PS. I do not have a SiteBuildIt site, nor am I a SiteBuildit affiliate. Never used their products, but have study it extensively to know what it's all about. A good product, for it's price. If it works for you, great. If it doesn't, that does not mean it's a scam. Like any product, do your own research, and then see if it's for you. If you have doubts, move on! There are plenty of alternatives!

Nope. No paid endorsement here. I was simply stating that, it is a viable product. I, personally nor professionally, do not use it. Not because I don't like it, but because I am a control freak, and I don't like the default layouts they provide for their designs. However, I understand why they all use the same layout and design. Again, it's STRICTLY meant to get the search engines to index your pages higher, and it does.

So, what I usually tell people if they are interested in using SiteBuildIt is to have an already developed web site, and then set up a sitebuildit site, to push traffic to your 'regular' site. Again, they are giving you the formula for SEO which actually works. For me, the cost is too high -vs- me developing a similar system using html, php, and mysql in conjuction with wordpress or some other CMS system, and tweak for SEO to rank high. However, this is my profession, and I can knock this out in a day or two - for someone else, it would take weeks if not months.

For someone coming online who doesn't want to spend money on adwords, internet marketers/seo programs, and other programs sending traffic to their site, or doesn't have the time to learn how to optimize their site... then sitebuildit is a good route. If this is not you, look for something else. It's not all things to all people.

Again, I know many of my clients use it strictly to build traffic to their sites, and their sitebuild it pages generate more traffic then their main web sites, but again, the design aspect of the system is VERY limited, so it's used strictly as another marketing tool for them. If you want to use it as your main web site, yes, that is possible also. Just follow their instructions, keep the content fresh, and you'll rank high. Simple as that.

• Grace.

We originally built our site on Sitesell, which we used as a springboard to get our feet off the ground,
then eventually ujpgrade to a more professional host and designer, which we will be doing day now incidentally I am excited to report. . I certainly would not call it a scam.SBI is a basic do-it-yourself website building tool that is usable by rank ameteurs which allows them to
enter the ranks of website owners affordably when otherwise, most commonly for economic reasons, they could not do so. Yes, you get what you pay for, and most Sitesell sites are not as professional looking
as they should be, nor are they probably as SEO friendly as a more professional site. But they absolutely DO, in my opinion, fill the very needed and useful niche I described above, which is providing an affordable and do-able entry-level solution. Key Evoy knows his stuff and is a gold mine of useful information, plus many of their forums and other tools are very useful for those of us less computer literate beings. I have found the SBI support staff to be most helpful and considerate when I called upon them for support.

In summary, my opinon is: It is not a scam. It is an excellent entry-level tool. If you can afford a big-time
professional designer to get your site off the ground from the get-go, then Site-sell is not for you. But if you are of more limited means and have time to dedicate to doing it yourself, SBI is an excellent starting point.