It started a few months ago when Ryan Spaulding, producer of the site Smashing Life noticed some odd things happening to his previous blog postings. Then he noticed that this very strange thing started happening to his recent postings as well. What do all these post have in common? They started disappearing from his site, one right after another. One moment they were there and the next “poof” they were gone. Ryan checked with other bloggers in his niche and found that most of them had the same problem. Who was the mysterious force behind the disappearing web content? The answer to that question would be Google. Now before you call Google a bunch of foul names that mostly contain four letters and vow to stop using all their products, let me tell you what was behind these actions and why Ryan’s experience is an important lesson for your new internet business.

These sites had something in common, they are all in the music niche. But why is Google deleting post on these certain Blogger ran sites? According to a site called Techdirt, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) sends Google lists of URLs they believe to contain infringing materials, and Google then responds. So it appears that music’s big brother scrolls the internet and reports violators to whomever is hosting the site in question, in this case that would be Google. Now let me put out a disclaimer here. I have no opinion either way on the subject of if this was okay for the RIAA to do, or Google, or if Ryan and his fellow bloggers are in the right. That is not the point of this article. This article is only from the view of a business and nothing more or nothing less.

As you begin your internet based business from home, one of your first task is to decide what your niche is going to be. In what area will your website or blog be focused on. Some people choose to either focus on whatever niche is making the big bucks at the time and some people choose to start their internet new business based on what they are passionate about. Either way you must do the research on your niche and stay involved in it. I have said it before, but it bears repeating, know your niche! Know the area of your niche that make the most money and know the areas of your niche that can stop you from making that money and always keep a close eye on both. In the above case some of these sites have been flat out closed or at the very least some of their music and content has been removed. What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and your site was gone? Your content gone. Your traffic gone. Your followers and advertisers all gone. This is what happened to some of them and can easily happen in a questionable niche.

There are three things that are the most important keys to your internet new business. Treat them like GOLD and your internet new business will be very successful for you.

1. Content – You have heard it over and over again. Content, content,content. Add more content because you can’t add enough to your website or blog and protect your content from copying or being erased.

2. Traffic – SEO, meta tags, AdWords, are all words you’ve heard before and they all mean to you more traffic. Always try to gain more traffic because there is no such thing as too much and again, protect, protect, protect! Protect your traffic by keeping your customers on your page and not linked away. Also protect your traffic from not going away due to shutdowns.

3. Your List – Your customers are like the glue that holds your business together. Always protect your customer list and treat them like gold, because they are. Without them nothing else you do in your internet new business really matters much. Your easiest sell is to someone that has brought from you before.

Whether it is fair or not, music related sites are being targeted right now by the RIAA in an effort to clean up the web. So the message here is if you are looking for a niche for your blog or website take a little time to study-up and know your biz. Keep a close eye on both friend and foe of your internet new business.

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