Things that make you go hmmmm. (Stole that line from my friend Jon Olson who uses it as a section of his Hit Exchange News Letter each week.)

Yesterday my neighbor had a party and they had a slip and slide going and had a lot of fun playing with it. This morning the cost of that fun was clear.

steveyard

It destroyed the grass and this was not the first time. See they have a lovely black lab that last fall destroyed the yard. So this spring they fenced off the back portion. They did all the right things.

They loosened the soil, fertilized it and seeded it. They kept the dog off of it and kept it watered. The yard was really looking good. One night though changed it.

Now if they did the same thing at Labor Day instead of Memorial Day week end it probably would not have created much damage. The grass would have been much better rooted and put up with a bit of abuse better.

So this morning when I saw it I went hmmm.

I know how much work they had put into getting the yard looking great and it was a shame to see that all destroyed in a night.

You see the same thing with blogs though. Someone will do all the right things and get their blog up and looking good. They are working hard and providing good content.

Taking part in their niche and building good backlinks through article marketing, videos, blog comments, bookmarking, etc. Really putting in the work to make it a place you want to visit.

Then frustration sets in and they start looking for short cuts. Buying links, using plr content without adapting it and all of a sudden all the hard work is gone.

The traffic declines or Google bounces it out of the listings.

Is the shortcut worth it?

Haven’t talked to Steve yet today but I think if he had it to do over he may have foregone some of the fun and have the yard they way it looked yesterday. What do you think? Leave your comments below.

P.S. Still looking for blogs to guest on in August and a kick butt title for the tour. Submit your blog at the support desk and leave your tour title below. Prize for the winner and good content for the blogs I visit.

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