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Hello everyone!

with regards to my previous topic https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5450277.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5450277.0)

i have turned it into a website!  8)

you can visit my website here https://btcusa.com/ (https://btcusa.com/)

What do you think of it from 1 - 10 ?  ;D ( 1 is bad - 10 is excellent)

Thanks!

I'm really impressed, the design is fantastic. I like the idea of the crypto real time update, it really is impressive. You really have put in a lot of hardwork and dedication into this project and it definitely paid off.

 From your previous post, I saw that you didn't have any idea on what to do with the website but you actually listened to some advice given to your by forum members and then turn it into something amazing. I will give you from 1-10, a '9'

 I added your website to my bookmark it will definitely become handy.nice work mate, keep it up.

That was fast. Great job!
Maybe in future you can strike a deal with some original authors to write articles for you. Some unique features like ATM radar or ads designed just for your site would also be great.
A chatbox could also work, maybe links to interesting videos, instructions how to self-custody, where to buy and how to set up your first hardware wallet.
I hope you won't abandon this project and keep adding to it.

Nothing special, just a common blog website. But i still commend you having a good domain name, but it sounds like an exchange than a blog. But anyway, try to make it have a higher rank in google search so at least you get ROI more sooner and create great quality contents because you have higher spam score after i checked your DA/PA rankings as the effect of having an old registered domain.

I guess you should visit the previous topic in other to understand why the OP decided to create this one. Although, like you said there may be nothing really special about it, but in due time the OP can work on it and transform it to something really mind blowing that would generate some good amount of money or he/she can cash in on the domain sale.

You have done a great job my friend. Your domain name is a nice one and can easily attract users if you work properly on it. I recommend you to write some good articles about Bitcoin on your website and do some SEO to increase its ranking on search engines. You should work on it for at least and month and get some viewers through SEO, and you should add some good features that make it unique.

Your best bet is on content the more you can produce on your site the higher the chances of it getting ranked on search engines. Once you reach a proper level on search engines then you can sell your website and earn some good profits with the effort that you put on it or you can continue posting on the website and earn via ads.

I've read your previous thread and it only took 5 days to create the site shows that you are indeed an experienced site builder. I'm impressed.

The color selection for the site is good. But somehow, I feel that there are too many articles on the main page and it looks quite "crowded." But it's okay. Oh yes, maybe you don't need to add the Real Time Update below, just the one on the right side. Also, there is a price list in the footer, so it's more than enough.

But that's just a suggestion; you don't need to take it seriously. Now you need to focus on working on the SEO because that will get the site a good position on search engines. I give my rate at 7 ;D

I'm giving it a 7 as well mate, design is good. But if I have one suggestion though, maybe you can put the ticker price just above and not on the right side? I don't know maybe I'm used to seeing price updates above.

And nice domain name you got here, perhaps it cost you something to get that.

Best of luck though and hopefully you will constantly update your project.

My rate is 6 for your site, 9 for the interface, but 3 for the content.


I look into one of your article, it's good you're not forget to give a credit for the original source which I appreciate it, but you're just blatantly copy paste the whole article without read or re-write a false article.

If someone read on the title, the investor was lost huge amount of money due to investing Bitcoin, but the content discuss the investor was lost huge amount of money due to investing in a ponzi scheme project! both are different case.

The site looks pretty good, actually. There are always things that can be improved, but for a newly created site I give you a 7. With this domain, if you don't stop making improvements, with time you will be able to attract a lot of traffic. The only thing is that you better be careful with what Despairo says in the previous post, you will have to improve the content.

the website looks good especially if it only took you 5 days to create(as michellee mentioned), but I am curious, I saw that you have a ToS and rules for people who register and post blogs on the website but I can't see a way to register, do I personally email someone for it? just to be clear, I am not really interested in registering, I am just curious.

The design is ok, I'd say 6 or 7. Domain name is 10, really nice one and probably costed you a fortune. Most headlines are from May 1st have you just launched it recently? Do you have a team or it's a one man show? Contents/news 7 out of 10. Do you use a bot/AI scraping news websites or you do it manually? Would be nice to introduce Opinions section and hire some reputable/popular Bitcoin bloggers to write for you. Just my 2c.

Generally good page, and looking at your story you created that in the blink of an eye - well done.

Only critique I have: There are hundrets of market-cap ratings, crypto-news sites and mining / trading blogs.
Why not go with something really unique instead? Just saying... ofc depends on your business idea.

Great domain name - nice HODL if it's indeed 1996.

I'm pretty sure that all of those news pieces are aggregated from other websites as there is no way even the largest site operations can churn out that many articles in a single day. Nothing bad about that, just pointing it out.

You should consider doing some SEO for your homepage, but it'll probably be extremely difficult since you'd have to rank for terms like "bitcoin news", "crypto news" and that kind of stuff.

In the previous topic mentioned,
he states that he was in a bidding war up to about 600 USD. So Amr85 got the domain extremely cheap.

It actually looked really professional comparable to something a Cointelegraph I mean your website might actually be one of the crypto news websites, you've done a really great job on your website congratulation mate! :)

I think that domain will cost a significant figure but you could easily hold that since it might actually go for a higher price because of cryptocurrency adaptation all over the world, so in the future it might even cost higher and could be an excellent investment for now.

That's a brand-able name that can be pitched to top cryptocurrency firms in the USA, they'll get interested in buying the domain name. I'd say that the site, despite its age lacks some backlinks, now that its a blog, you can work on that to add more value to the name and also help in convincing buyers to bid for the name. Hence, such name won't be difficult to rank if the right contents and SEO is implemented on it. To stand out, that's if you wish to run the site for longer period, the theme on the site is not unique, though fine as other crypto news site. I'd recommend you use a simple responsive theme or template that'll fit on mobile version. Because such themes like the one you have won't keep people to read for longer time before they leave your site; it could cause Pogo sticking, and it's bad for the growth of your site. Look around themeforest, they've got nice templates that'll make you stand out in this niche.

However, how is the domain business moving? I've been off the business since 2016 when scammers started creeping into Flippa.

You may wanna tone down the ads. Every time I scroll down in an article using my phone, I see ads... I was able reduce it with ublock origin but not everyone uses that. Ads are OK but too many could annoy some readers off.

I noticed the articles are copy-pasted from other news publishers as well - with sources mentioned. I can't speak for others but, I would prefer a news outlet with original content. If you like scraping information, perhaps a news aggregator would be a better fit for you e.g. cryptopanic.

I saw two spaces for Real time update and I think that you can eliminate one, keep only one is enough.

Then you can use that space for re-organize your website better. The current design is not good enough for different categories of news like Bitcoin news, Ethereum news, Mining news, Trading etc.

I would prefer to see you re-organize it better than the current version which looks to mix some categories and I can not clearly see them on your website. You can reorganize it horizontally category by category rather than the current design in columns.

Thanks for all the feedback & for the kind words! I am happy that most people rate it at '7'!  :)

I will work on few things from the suggestions, mainly:

1) improve SEO & ranking.
2) invite famous authors to write articles 'exclusively' for the site! and maybe reward them in someway, maybe i will leave this to another thread.

few were asking how much i got the domain for, it was an expired auction on namesilo got it for ~$600 with the renewal, i am using namecheap hosting which is a great value for the money. i know the name 'BTCUSA.com sounds more like an exchange, but as i have stated earlier starting an exchange is by far bigger than me  ;D hence why i tuned it into a crypto news website.

if anyone got a private suggestion/request/enquire please email me at: hello@btcusa.com

Thanks again for the kind words,

I would say that you really did a beautiful job, beautiful and clean graphics! the choice of the real-time update of the coin prices is excellent, it shows that you have put in a great effort and I wish you to continue your site for a very long time! my vote is 9! giving 10 would have been obvious instead giving you 9 serves to encourage you to do better in future updates

wow! thank you so much! i also think the real-time price list is a great tool! i am leaving the website on a big screen next to my workplace as it helps me to know the price anytime i want.

i will keep working on it & hopefully someday btcusa.com will be recognized! :)

have a great day!

i made a small update published:

the news now will be updated every 6hrs, rather than 24 or 12 hrs.

few people were wondering how news are generated & wonder if i manually do it, i feed my website from wide range of crypto news sites, and they automatically publish.

if you have a good source feel free to share it with me & i will include it in the website.

I am trying to gather all the news into one site so that it's easier to scroll into major news from different sources, other than visiting 5-10 sites daily.

Your website looks good to me overall, all it will probably need now is good care and constant updates of the data and news. You will also need to hire writers maybe to create fresh and engaging content that you will surely need aside from the news that you post on it. I was also wondering if you have scrapped all that news from another website or added them all by yourself one by one?

The design looks good, but you may improve it over time if that becomes a requirement and if you wish to add something extra. Overall, I think it should go well if you manage to do SEO for it and get it ranked in Google.

Thanks! i appreciate your feedback!

Here's how it works: I am feeding btcusa.com with articles/videos/news/updates about topics exclusively about bitcoin & crypto in general like 'mining news, eth news, alts, nft, and so on' from around 10 famous websites like cointelegraph.com & bitcoin.com in an 'automated way' so it will automatically picks the topics & publish it on btcusa.com

regarding authors, i was thinking about opening a section where people like you & me can write articles & grow audience by linking your bitcointalk profile, and other social media. so basically users can create an account & write articles & publish it all under this section. maybe we will see new authors who are worth a follow.

I have started working on SEO & it will be improved everyday as time passes, I was checking the visitors & i have to say that i am very happy seeing about 100 visitors on daily basis, not a bad start for a the first week!

Thanks again for stopping by! :) 

That's pretty good considering that you've only launched a couple of days ago. Is it all organic search traffic? or it's mostly coming from bitcointalk?

Thanks! yeah, all from bitcointalk since i haven't started a paid marketing yet, but it's on my to-do-list, i have registered for an account here back in 2017 but wasn't active at all. btw, since you are a staff here, could you give me some info about marketing on bitcointalk? i will be interested :)

Since the forum no longer sells ads slots, you can do signature campaigns like some other services do: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=52.0

But I'm not sure if you could achieve the same results as these services if you're going only going to profit from placing ads in your site?

Yeah I've noticed the site has no ads! I will check it out, thanks for the info!

i just visited the website but it seems the article is not authentic article because it is just a copy paste of Cointelegraph and any other crypto news.
Hiring an excellent crypto news writer for your website will be good.

hey! i have stated earlier that my site 'only' collects articles from varies crypto news sites in an automated manner. I was thinking about opening a section for crypto enthusiasts to write articles, i am working in it :)

i want my site to collect news from all the top & trusted agencies & at the end of any article you will see a link to the source, where you can click on it to take you to the source site. so rather than checking 5-10 websites, you can just visit one  ;D

You did great with the website and the design is also impressive. Now the hard part is keep running the website and don't lose the motivation you have for that website. Keeping it running is the main challenge you will face when establishing a blog.

Thank you so much! I am working on the site 24/7, soon i will publish a new update! :)

Hello everyone!

A small update, now you can sign up for an account & write an article!

Who will write the first article on btcusa.com?  :P

Wouldn't it be better for you if you could validate what's being submitted by users though? I could be wrong but I would imagine that people writing bad content (or AI-generated articles) would affect your website's SEO and ranking?

I agree with you! I removed that section & will leave it on to the regular news pushed every 60min!

Thanks for your feedback! :)

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please refer to the thread that shows the auction details for btcusa.com

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5452815.0

Thanks!

What's with the timeframe though? Most of the sites you have does have an RSS feed that shows the articles as soon as they're published. Any reason why you're not pushing them right away?

Here's how my site works:

so i collect my news articles from more than 10 websites, leading websites like coindesk & cointelegraph in a way that i take one articles 'the latest breaking news' from website number 1, then one article from website number 2 & so on.

Since this will generate tens of articles I don't want my website to update so fast that you miss what's important, and I think taking breaking news & separating them this way 'after I tested few methods' worked best!

of course I can increase or decrease the time but I figured that 60min was good enough to take the latest news & publish them in an organized way for the viewer, so that every hour 'or less' you will find new articles to reflect what's happening in bitcoin & crypto in general minute by minute!

Thanks again for your take & I hope I answered your question :)

P.S: since I am selling it over flippa.com the new owner can modify every aspect to his/her needs, I will be more than happy to guide the process in the background, it's fairly easy :)

The news page isn't looking so great. When I click on an article, it becomes hard for me to concentrate on the content as there are so many things around. I think you should keep the content page a bit more clear so people can read without being disturbed. I really couldn't concentrate on an article.
I see. You are not the first to offer so. Decrypt.co has already that feature where they share numerous news from different sources like Coindesk, Cointelegraph, etc. They have this section under news explorer. I found them interesting.

Have you already sold it? If not, can you please DM me your asking price so we can talk? I have one client from my local and he is in the domain business for a long time.

I appreciate your feedback Little Mouse & I have to agree with you! so many ads indeed, but all that can be modified or even deleted to a minimum. Since I am selling the website I think i will leave it to the taste of the new owner as he can eliminate/add as they wish! then can even turn it into any business they have in mind.

I will DM you now regarding the sale!

Thanks

OP, you made good move taking over the site  and that was a smart one indeed. I had to check on the site and it was amazing the designs and lots of every other features. I also discovered you made available exchanges and they are world biggest exchange with large trading volume which is highly commendable but i did not see casinos or is it hidden somewhere there???

I would want to point out something as regards the front  page. The news and updates seems too boring to be frank, looking  around it seems too centralized on that and if i may ask you this, was it because of the news you bought the domain? You could send some hidden features to the front page like the list of casinos and reviews on them. If you can also add to it crypto listings and possibly startups that would go a long way to draw more traffic to the site more especially investors would frequent your site very often to get updates and also giving you a genuine review would d you much good.

Nevertheless, my review ratings here based of my findings from your site and noted observations i will rate you 6 and that is a good one mate. You have done well.

I really appreciate your kind words & feedback. As I have decided to sell the website through an auction on flippa.com, I have stopped working on it, in order not to make it look different for people who are currently bidding on it. of course the new owner will be free to redesign the whole thing as he/she wishes, or even turn it into something else, since the biggest selling point is the domain itself so it's really an open world of opportunities! :)

I have to admit that this domain is by far on of the top domains I ever had, but I am sure the new owner will make the most out of it! :)

Here is the link to the flippa.com auction for reference:

https://flippa.com/11533506-btcusa-com-was-created-13-years-before-bitcoin-back-in-the-1996-i-have-recently-acquired-it-turned-it-into-a-website-for-news-about-bitcoin-crypto-related

Thanks again & have a great day :)