Chapter 36 : Powerful Reversal
Chapter 36: Powerful Reversal
Under Chen Fan's unconditional promise of no upper limit,
These internet trolls finally unleashed themselves completely.
All the comments were varied, but the main theme was the same.
That is, Yiyu.com's functionality was too crappy and couldn't compare to Yuming.com.
Some people tried to defend Yiyu.com on the forum.
But their comments were instantly flooded by dozens of troll comments, and they didn't dare show up again.
The administrators of Yiyu.com clearly noticed the problem.
But in those days, they didn't have a clear understanding of the concept of internet trolls.
So they failed to take timely action.
By the time they realized what was happening, it was too late.
The entire forum had been flooded with all kinds of troll comments.
Yiyu.com's administrators started frantically deleting posts, banning users, and putting them in small black rooms...
But it was all just a drop in the bucket.
Whenever they deleted a post, the trolls would accuse Yiyu.com of being a one-voice hall, unable to accept criticism, and only accepting praise for themselves.
Whenever they banned someone, the trolls would accuse Yiyu.com of being unable to take it, just for telling the truth that their website was inferior to Yuming.com...
After a series of actions, they achieved little effect, but instead damaged Yiyu.com's reputation significantly.
The commotion continued until after 9 PM.
Finally, Yiyu.com couldn't take it anymore and directly shut down the forum's posting function.
The reason given was a network issue and that they were urgently fixing it.
With the forum unable to post, the trolls couldn't make money.
So these trolls, without being instructed, started to spread to other corners of the internet.
Some discovered Yiyu.com's ads on the three major portals.
Then a group swarmed over and started frantically posting comments directly under Yiyu.com's ads.
Even more infuriatingly, these guys didn't directly insult but instead listed various shortcomings of Yiyu.com.
Even if someone wanted to refute them, they had no way to do so because what they said was true.
Some even took the opportunity to promote Yuming.com.
"Everyone should check out Yuming.com. Once you browse Yuming.com, you'll understand the difference."
"I really don't understand where Yiyu.com got the guts to compete with Yuming.com."
"They have money to spend on marketing and promotion here, but can't be bothered to improve the crappy forum features."
"Yuming.com is better. They don't advertise, and all their money is used to improve the website functionality."
"Good wine fears not narrow lanes, everyone start posting..."
You have to admit, these netizens caught on quickly and sounded quite convincing.
At least many uninformed passersby all remembered a website called Yuming.com.
In just a few days, all of Yiyu.com's ads on the three major portals had fallen.
Opening the comment sections, the discussions were all about Yuming.com.
The good ads had completely become wedding dresses for others.
Moreover, tempted by the money-making opportunity, these trolls didn't just post on the three major portals but roamed various forums and web pages...
Wherever there were many people, there were their troll posts.
In no time, almost everyone who went online remembered a website called Yuming.com.
In less than half a month, Yuming.com's traffic experienced an eruption of growth.
Countless netizens flocked in, and the traffic kept surging.
The backend registered user numbers also climbed steadily.
During these days, Chen Fan was maintaining the backend, watching the climbing data with mixed pain and joy.
If Yiyu.com wasn't stupid, they must have guessed who was behind this.
They tried to follow suit and organized members to defame Yuming.com.
But due to their small numbers, they were directly crushed by Guo Shuai's team of trolls and were no match.
Moreover, this was the third time in half a month that Yiyu.com had to shut down their forum due to being flooded with posts.
The extremely poor experience caused even the original users to curse and leave the site, moving towards Yuming.com instead.
In just half a month, the traffic of the two websites underwent a reversal.
Chen Fan's Yuming.com data directly surpassed Yiyu.com by a large margin.
Those who had experienced Yuming.com would never go back.
From then on, the two sides had changed positions in their attack and defense.
Chen Fan had used this method to stage a powerful reversal and leave the competition far behind.
And the money he spent didn't even reach half of the previous promotion costs.
There are no secrets on the internet.
In the eyes of some insightful people, Yuming.com's marketing reversal was simply too brilliant.
It could be considered a classic case study of business competition.
Previously, a business tycoon had specifically analyzed Yuming.com and Yiyu.com on a forum.
He speculated that the owner of Yiyu.com was financially strong, while the owner of Yuming.com seemed to have little money for promotion.
Even if Yuming.com's user experience was better, it would still be difficult to surpass its competitor.
He estimated that it wouldn't be long before Yuming.com would be left far behind by Yiyu.com.
However, reality gave him a resounding slap in the face.
Relying on ubiquitous netizen comments,
Yuming.com staged an amazing reversal, leaving its competitor far behind.
The traffic pools of the two were no longer on the same level.
On several famous business forums, some future internet giants were having heated discussions.
Some said the competition was over, and Yiyu.com had no chance of recovery.
Some analyzed the reversal strategy used by Yuming.com, discussing how much of it was worth learning from.
Some were inquiring about who was behind Yuming.com, seemingly wanting to establish connections.
Some even directly offered to pay 10,000 yuan to have a meal with Yuming.com's owner.
If the owner agreed, they could join their company with an annual salary of 200,000 yuan.
Just as everyone was excitedly discussing the mysterious creator behind Yuming.com.
A piece of news exploded in the internet entrepreneurial circle.
"A mysterious person spent 50,000 yuan to buy tudou.com, setting a new record high transaction price for Yuming.com."
Now, tudou.com and Yuming.com were on fire again.
"It's just a web address, and it sold for 50,000 yuan?"
"Since when did potatoes become so valuable?"
"Tudou is just a potato, right? They cost just a few mao per pound at our local market..."
"Madness, I don't understand the world of the rich..."
"..."
At this point, people were only shocked and puzzled by the transaction price.
No one noticed the special significance of the tudou.com domain name.
Only Chen Fan knew that in a few years, this domain name would go through a few more transactions and eventually launch in 2005 as one of the world's earliest video websites.
In no time, countless spectators swarmed into Yuming.com to check out the transaction notice.
Some capital also began to quietly take notice of Yuming.com and Yiyu.com.
Just as Yuming.com was basking in glory with surging traffic, Yiyu.com was becoming increasingly dismal.
Their traffic plummeted rapidly, and their reputation also deteriorated.
The two had become a stark contrast.
Originally, Chen Fan thought he could finally take a breather.
But before he could even exhale, his cornered opponent resorted to extreme measures.
They actually sent hackers to hack Chen Fan's website.
Staring at the inaccessible Yuming.com,
Chen Fan was dazed for a while before slowly nodding.
"Good, good, so that's how you want to play."