8mysite is Dead
Posted by News Desk on September 24th, 2007
Any readers of the previous post may have noticed that 8mysite is dead. The actual content has been replaced by another website tracking political news. There are a couple of theories as to why this has happened. No contact could be reached with the proprietor of the site so we’re left to guess.
Failure
On of the most obvious theories is that their site was a failure. They generated too much spam and not enough real content. We weren’t closely monitoring the site before it switched over so there is no way to be sure if it was becoming spam infested or not. Signs point to yes.
It was planned
Another possible scenario is that it was planned from the very beginning to switch their content. A site like 8mysite.com would generate a lot of links, people want more places to put content and it would be very easy for them to gain a little popularity.
This is called “link baiting” and is used by a lot of Search Engine Optimizers looking for a quick traffic source. Once 8mysite had gained a little popularity; pulling a switch would make for easy traffic.
Conclusion
Whatever the case may be their new site offers none of the services of the original and has completely changed.