Comments on: The Three Legged Stool of Web Development

By: Nisha Shah

Nisha Shah — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:39:21 +0000

Great post ! Lots of useful stuff here.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:46:48 +0000

I love the analogy! I never did integrate any advertisement on my blog but I monetize it by promoting products that I genuinely use. I will definitely keep in mind your 3 legged stool concept. Thanks.

By: Wade

Wade — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:59:23 +0000

Always think of this. What would I think if I visited this site and it wan’t mine. Would I leave due to lack of content? Are there too many ads? If it isn’t what you would read, then your readers wont either.

is it me, or does this theme like 80% like JohnChows? Only his is different colors and images, but the actual layout is the exact same…

By: BlogEntrepreneur

BlogEntrepreneur — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:10:31 +0000

How much of a dork am I that I actually looked.

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:46:00 +0000

@BlogEntrepreneur, you can’t prove it
Really, I don’t know one way or the other but apparently pictures of three legged stools are kinda hard to come by on flickr so I just went with one that COULD be 3 legged.

By: BlogEntrepreneur

BlogEntrepreneur — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:34:56 +0000

Is it me or does that stool have 4 legs?

By: Connor Wilson

Connor Wilson — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:26:42 +0000

I think you’ve created a good analogy for world of developing a blog in this niche, but as a web developer, you’ve missed completely on what web development is, in my opinion.

Web development is about design, static and dynamic coding, and then continual tweaking. It doesn’t even have to include blogs at all, let alone promotion and monetization. I agree content is always important for every site, but I don’t see it as part of the web development process.

By: Neil Duckett

Neil Duckett — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:26:38 +0000

Solid work on breaking the 1000, first time i’ve seen you over that milestone. Well done indeed!

By: Freelance Web Designer

Freelance Web Designer — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:38:28 +0000

I like what you said about guest blogging. I can’t tell you how many new sites I find because someone writes an article on a site I already visit.

By: Tom Ross

Tom Ross — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:41:53 +0000

Perfect analogy to use. Just one thing though… I can’t really agree with:

“If you build it, they will come.” Trust me, it only applies in the movies.

I’ve seen plenty of sites take off big time based solely on viral traffic that just spreads like wildfire. Pretty rare I grant you, but it can happen…