Oblog Webmaster Interview Series ②:VV blog Lin Lin

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When he was about to start writing Lin Lin, he sent a message in the group. To us the BSP stationmaster, shock is no less than Hiroshima that atom bomb. Ringling plans to delete his VV blog One-third users, about 50,000 to 70,000. The criteria for deleting users are as follows-

"Reprinted articles more than 80% of the total number of articles (including 80%) of the blog (update: later changed to 50%), the page to put more than one advertising blog, more than 1 articles, but more than 6 months did not log on the blog, the registration of a week did not publish at least one article blog ... ”

As soon as the news came out, the group blew up the pot and the peers thought Lin was crazy. As we all know, traffic is important for web2.0 websites. Even Lin Lin himself in the clean-up notice said: "For a commercial web site, it is really the need for traffic, we do not deny that these ' beautiful photo ' music video ' blog to bring us a lot of traffic, traffic represents money, money to sustain the survival ..." Now that he knows it, why he cleans the door, Did you learn the legendary eight honors and eight disgraces?

With these days to the deep understanding of Lin Lin, I know he this time the determination of broken wrist is no less than the grand transformation of Chen Tianqiao. Learn about Lin Lin, or from his experience

Lin Lin, Nanchang, Jiangxi people, unmarried. At the age of 14, he began to live independently because of his eccentric personality. 98 Repair Pager, 99 repair mobile phone, 2000 repair computer, 2001 began to sell computers, do sales until 2004, and then learn the network, engage in forums, November 2004 set up VV Blog network.

Lin Lin's QQ data show that he is 28 years old, and the actual age is close to 23. Asked why he had deceived the crowd, Ringling said: "Many people are sensitive to age, I manage the people are bigger than me, basically all in the 26~30岁, just beginning contact, if I see my age is too small, even chat are not willing to chat, how do I close to understand them, understand, I will tell you the real age, We can all accept it. ”

Years of experience so that Lin Lin talk more mature than their peers, junior high school diploma he has been insisting on work-study for years, got a college diploma, and in Hunan own property. In said his VV blog before, not to mention Ringling's girlfriend, it is she made Ringling came to unfamiliar Changsha, but also because of her encouragement, Lin Lin can in the most difficult time to keep the site down ...

Five years ago one day, Lin Lin and friends in the Internet café to play, friends to leave for a while, told him to help chat. It is this wonderful opportunity, Lin Lin and the future girlfriend in QQ met. At that time she was 16 years old and studied in a high school. Later his girlfriend admitted to a university in Hunan, he also followed. Ringling said, "Anyway do the network, have a computer, can surf the line, where are the same." ”。

came to different places, Lin Lin feel to go to work to get dead wages, to n years to buy a house, decided to start their own business. He didn't want to be distracted, so he didn't look for a job outside, and he kept burying himself in the web. There is no money in the early stage, can only rely on years of savings, sometimes even basic living expenses are difficult to maintain.

In the early days of VV blog, Lin has no other way to make money, the most difficult time he and his girlfriend one meal a day, but only white noodles. At that time Ringling once wanted to sell VV, let girlfriend can live better, but she advised Ringling in order to the future, should insist on doing, if give up, may never have money to buy a house to marry, not to talk about having children, now eat a bit bitter, not what.

The rules of life are so ordinary, but also so touching. "If she had agreed to sell it, I would have sold it," Ringling. "I am not without vision, but I do not have the heart to suffer her suffering, but she gave me trust and support and encouragement, without her, there is no vv now." ”

Now the VV blog network, although relatively low-key, but a data can prove its strength: as early as a year ago, VV blog's global ranking beyond the veteran blog hosting Shang Min blog. And its birth, and many other blog sites as prosaic, just because Lin Lin's interest: "I do not like a lot of people gathered together noisy, blog is more independent of the place, in line with my character." ”

Memories of the early days of the establishment of the station, Lin Lin very much miss. Like the Darling Blog, VV's predecessor is also a small forum, just beginning on the forum moderators are everywhere to pull people. "Everyone is working hard, these people are still in my station as an administrator, there is no less." ”

VV blog network style simple, never to hype, perhaps it is this attracted the noisy users. In many short time VV rapid development, has become the domestic top personal blog service provider. But the unfortunate events also began to fall on the site.

Content supervision of personal webmaster is a matter of heart, but this is a BSP of the required lessons. Lin Lin's station with the increase in traffic, but also by some bad intentions of the people, such as spam messages and illegal speech. The spam message makes the VV blog network by the search engine penalty, the traffic plummeted. Although this setback may seem a good thing afterwards, "The station is cleaner, there is no rubbish flow, SEO is less." But at that time let Lin Lin's very depressed, go around for a long time still did not solve the website, had to do optimistic pie. Lin did not know, the more heavy blow is still in the back ...

July 26, 2006 16:27, because a user published pornographic articles, VV blog network server was seized by the public security organs. The next day 12:28 noon, Ringling received a notice, immediately rushed to the front of the train to the server location. After the Tang Sanzang to Tianzhu difficult, vv blog finally in more than 20 days after reopening the station.

After so much pain, Lin also began to brew an important decision, that is, the location of the site. Will VV blog full "transformation to the original, for all original writing users, in fact, not to change, the blog should have been original, but in China, just stale." "It was a seemingly simple decision and it was very difficult to implement. Especially in the field of Pan-blog hosting is fiercely competitive now, to drive away users is tantamount to suicide. In the days of the cleanup announcement, opposition from VV's blog was heard.

Ringling's decision seems more determined than they thought. Four months ago in the QQ group of a small talk, we are talking about the site is to sell good or financing good, only Ringling said: "I do all my life." Passed to the son, son to grandson. "I mentioned this in my visit again," Ringling explained:

"(it is) a belief that the foolish and the foolish. People are emotional animals, to the VV, I poured all my efforts, like in the cultivation of their son, want me to give up my son, how can it be, hehe. I do not think that I am very smart, very capable, I may not be able to do a good job in vv, but I believe that if the children and grandchildren can continue to do the next generation, it will not be unsuccessful. ”

Read this passage, it should not be difficult to understand why Lin Lin to the waste flow clearance. Who would want to see his son polluted, even if it were left out of reality? "No development, no flow." Do the most fundamental thing "maybe this is the way of BSP development."

Optimistic Lin Lin believe that see VV at least in the next generation of success, can be the site has a realistic profit pressure. Even if only to balance, the server needs a lot of money every year. Lin Lin's view is "blog can not profit is not a big problem, son will not make money, his own to make money to raise a son, this reason is very simple, nothing." "It is this kind of pragmatic thinking, so he bothered to develop VV blog network at the same time, still do not give up profitability of the IDC business." So although the current VV blog Net profit model is not clear, Lin Lin is still not anxious.