Web site creation system open to new registrations.
DevHub, an online web site creation system, is finally open to new users.
DevHub allows users to create web sites using a simple, drag-and-drop system. Using dozens of APIs, users can add real estate listings, local search results, advertisements, and job listings into their web sites by literally dragging them onto the page.
Examples of web sites created with DevHub include BankProfiles.com, InvestmentsofWashington.com, and BestSeattleSushi.com (see video below).
The service makes sure to differentiate itself from other WYSIWYG and content management solutions, blogging tools, and domain parking. As DevHub describes, it:
In short, the DevHub platform is open to anyone who wants to be rewarded for the value they bring to users on the website they create. Developers, Internet Entrepreneurs, and Affiliate Marketers are all welcome as long as they meet our quality standards.
The service is free, and DevHub makes money from sharing revenue from affiliate actions and advertising. Customers can also add their own affiliate and pay-per-click advertising code, which of course doesn’t share revenue with DevHub.
DevHub is a product of EVO Media Group.
Below: DevHub video showing creation of BestSeattleSushi.com.
bernard says
FAQ is very short on the topic earning.
ToS says:
“DevHub will pay the User a percentage of all revenues generated by the User’s sites.”
What percentage?
The topic of expected revenue from their blocks system with duplicated content alone (apart from original content created by user) is also not clear. I would be eager to have the stats for their sample website InvestmentsofWashington.com.
The basic idea is somehow interesting but how will they prevent duplication between their customer targeting the same niches, with content that is already duplicated from sources.
Andrew Allemann says
@ Bernard – no parking companies share their revenue share, so I’m not surprised they don’t share it. At the end of the day the rev % doesn’t matter, it’s the earnings that matter.
Because the automated content on DevHub is in the form of modules rather than complete articles or pages, I don’t think duplicate content will be a big issue. The bottom line is you have to create your own custom content to go along with the “easy” content.
Niznath says
any duplicated content is crap content.
if it was that easy to rank for a site by just throwing on a few sentances from articles that are already published around the web… wouldnt everyone do it?
duplicated content is a HUGE issue… you won’t get anywhere far with it.. yeah maybe a few hits a day but a quality site does not use news feeds and auto generated duplicated content to get ranked…
look at domainnamewire.com? do you use feeds or publish duplicated content? No. You write quality articles that are about domaining and websites… thus, you have a quality website that ranks well and is loved by thousands of people!
Johnny says
I did not get the announcement….even though I signed up by email on their site for the “grand opening”. 🙂
Johnny says
I just read the terms. I like them…except:
1. You get paid “about” 45 days after the end of any given month.
2. You must have made $100 for them to bother sending you a PayPal payment or check. I kinda’ understand the check angle….but PayPal is easy and they will end up holding a lot of small publisher’s money….the ones that need it the most. I remember those days and I don’t have sympathy for companies that set payouts at a high level.
PayPal payments ought to be $10…IMO.
You should change that DevHub !
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Johnny says
Just signed up and went to the email confirmation to confirm my signup and when I clicked the link it told me I had a “Bad Validation Code”. However, when I went to DevHub.com it says I am already logged in.
Johnny says
It appears that you have an equivalent to a Yahoo TQ score or Google Smartpricing governor to your sites…..if they don’t perform as well as DevHub wants/expects then they don’t allow you to go above 10 sites.
So….that leads to the next question. IF you have 100 sites and their “Quality Score” on your site/traffic drops….then do they jam you back to only 10 sites? Does that now mean the publisher has to scramble to make their sites “better”, or move them away from DevHub in a furious manner to avoid a big loss of income? This is a definite Achille’s Heel from this publisher’s viewpoint. 🙂
From the FAQ:
Why Am I Only Allowed to Add 10 Sites At a Time
Sites on the DevHub platform are quality checked 10 at a time within your account. Once you reach a certain quality score you will be permitted to add another block of 10 sites. To increase your quality score, take some time to add original, pertinent content to your sites. Create something you are proud of!
DevHub Spammers says
How about mentioning the fact that when Trafficz, by mistake, emailed all the clients via cc and not bcc, disclosing everyone’s emails, DevHub collected those emails and is now spamming that list. Furthermore, the email states the following at the top:
“Thank you for signing up for notification of DevHub’s launch — we are now live!”
Signing up? The email address I use is exclusively tied to my trafficz account, in this case trafficzacct@MYDOMAIN.com
Johnny says
@ DevHub Spammers …..Sucks….that DevHub would do that. Nobody likes a spammer.
I think DevHub is on to something here….so they should stop the cheesy and low antics…IF that is what they are doing.
I will say I just created a DevHub site for RV Parks and I did it in 10 minutes and it is nothing short of remarkable. The only thing I can’t figure out is how to add a site title where a logo would normally go. Must a logo be used in that spot?
My hat’s off to the development team at DevHub. It’s good work it seems….so there is no need for spamming or $100 PayPal thresholds.
wannadevelop.com says
DevHub / EvoLanding is a dream come true for web spammers and link spammers.. Match made in heaven!! Oh it is 🙂
A simple and easy system to generate a lot of content across 1000s of domains with the push of the button.
This “opening up” to the public and latest offering will do way more harm than good for the industry and the company as a whole.
Not smart. I could never even figure how they sold the idea to those very smart VC’s.
I created the same exact thing like EvoLanding back in 2005, which was a bit more simplified, but it was a hybrid of TGP/Blog style for adult domains.
It syndicated content.. It sold advertising automatically… It auto updated… It did everything it needed to.
The DevHub staff are way too ambitious with this project and I just don’t see it as having any use from a visitors usability perspective.
The content provided by them is mostly irrelevant. The search doesn’t work well and results don’t even make sense. Their system is plagued with errors.
wannadevelop.com says
Oh, and I wrote something about the likes of EvoLanding and WhyPark..
“Transition from domain parking to full blown development really possible… Millions of new sites to pop up on the web real soon!?!!?”
http://www.wannadevelop.com/articles/millions-of-new-websites/
Must read 🙂
Best,
Mike
RS says
Unless they have some special deal with Amazon (which I doubt) they cannot share revenue from any sales per Amazon rules. Overall a good idea but I doubt anyone will make money except them…
Andrew Allemann says
@ Johnny – I believe the TQ score is related directly to adding original content. So I doubt it would drop on existing sites.
Kevin Ohashi says
@Andrew: A lot of companies reveal their base rev share: http://ohashi.info/domain_parking
Andrew Allemann says
@ Kevin – thanks. A lot of parking companies say they aren’t allowed to share the information. I think the base rev share numbers probably apply to only a handful of people…most of them I know pay more than that. How current is your payout data?
Kevin Ohashi says
My data was all collected late 2007/early 2008. Base rev share may not apply, and we all know they change and give more based on volume but it does give some indication of where they start and how much room they have to offer. Of course, not all provided that info and some of it may be out of date. Also, none (AFAIK) give out their google rev share which is the other part of the equation, but based on size, you can probably generally assume bigger=higher.
bernard says
I think the only solution for domainers is for each domainer to develop his or her own software tool to create in an automated way one website for each domain, and avoid a massive content duplication and website duplication.
Thus, a good domainer ***should be*** a good developper !
JT says
There is no such thing as a ‘good domainer’.
Danielle says
This is right here, in the present, not the future.