Someone told me recently I need to be more objective about Portal Feeder; that it’s best to point out the weaknesses of something rather than just talking about its good features all the time.
Now, that has me thinking …. what are Portal Feeder’s weaknesses?
I have been using the system since March of this year and, while I’ve gotten frustrated a time or two, I can’t really blame it on the portalfeeder system. For example, for almost 10 years I’ve been using Dreamweaver to build websites. I have gotten pretty darned good at turning out sites fast and, if I may brag a little, they’re pretty good looking sites. So, when I joined Portal Feeder I was a mite disconcerted to find they didn’t use web designing software! Suddenly, i find myself learning a new system that is totally foreign to me. Portal Feeder uses "tokens" — I’d never heard of a token (except when I was in the sixth grade. I had to use bus tokens to ride to school). Not the same!
Well, I finally learned what tokens do now am able to use them with (almost) the ease I work with DW. So, is that a Portal Feeder weakness? I don’t think so. It was different for me but I learned and now it’s better for me.
Another frustration I had was learning how to "drip content." It wasn’t hard. It was, again, just different. I was accustomed to formatting my articles, creating a website page with a dreamweaver template, adding the link to my index page and uploading the page or pages to the server. If I had 10 pages — I just upload all ten. If I have one, I uploaded one page. Suddenly I have to learn to create a directory full of text files and (with tokens) tell the server to feed them to my site in small drips. The articles are dripped as often as I want them to appear on the site. Using the Portal Feeder dripping method makes it look like I am actively updating my sites, when in fact, I only have to do it a few times a year now. Is that a portal feeder weakness? Nah. It’s a benefit that I don’t want to live without.
See? I am not very good at being objective. But, I’ll keep trying.
I suppose I must confess that I have one really bad hangup about the Portal Feeder forum that keeps me awake at night. You see, I’m addicted. That darned forum, with all the posts from like-minded people robs me of more time than I care to admit. I love reading the posts, the success stories, the how-to’s — so much that I simply get lost and hours will pass before I realize it. Then, I come to my senses and swear I’m going to stay away. It works. I have learned to go for a couple of days without getting on there. Then, I backslide and find myself gobbling up the interesting tidbits again. Hmmmm….. is that a weakness of Portal Feeder? It really must be. I am tired of being the weak point in this post!
C’mon, help me out, here! Do I really have to be objective about Portal Feeder when it has made such a difference in my life???? Tell you what — I’ll go make a post on the forum to see if anyone else knows of weaknesses in the PF system and post the results here ….
In the meantime, get on over to the portalfeeder site and get on the announcement list. They’re giving away a free report on how to do research with eBay. It’s a great tool and it’s free for signing up.
Later …..