Speaking of Horse Thief King, many webmasters may not have heard of it, but when it comes to the website building source code of Taodongdong Taobao guest program, I believe many webmasters, especially many Taobao guest webmasters, will definitely be familiar with it. Let’s take a look at the introduction of Horse Thief King first:
The King of Thieves, the founder of Taodongdong, a free Taobao client program, is the only webmaster in China's IT industry who can be called the "Great Man". In an era when all kinds of charging programs are rampant, Ma Thief King almost single-handedly developed Tao Dongdong. He was once an urban white-collar worker, but he resolutely gave up his position as a software engineer and chose to join the army of Taobao customers. He has not made a dime so far. Money, but he believed that his future was not a dream. After resigning, he spent his precious time on the development of Taobao source code. The source code he worked hard to develop was completely free for Taobao customers to share. Free programs, free upgrades, and free technical consultation have enabled Taodongdong to develop a large number of webmasters in just one year. More and more Taobao webmasters use Taodongdong, a free program. Taodongdong’s strength This makes the official cooperation program between Dreamweaver and Taobao Alliance eclipsed. I don’t know how much effort of the webmaster Ma is involved in this. (Ding Daoshi’s comment: Another picture king in the Chinese webmaster world, a model of unknown hard work)
I have been admiring Ma Thief King for a long time. Yesterday, I had the honor to have a conversation with Ma Thief King. We talked about many topics about website construction and operation, and learned a lot. Now I have compiled the content of the conversation and shared it with you. I hope everyone can learn and make progress together.
Master Ding (very excited): Hello, are you the Horse Thief King? I admire you very much. I have said something before. The person who is truly considered the greatest knight in the world of webmasters is none other than the Horse Thief King.
Horse Thief King: It's me, I guarantee it's fake.
Daoshi Ding: Let me get excited first. Others are making paid Taobao programs. Each program costs hundreds of dollars. Many small webmasters simply cannot afford it. You are making this free Taobao program, not for personal gain, but for convenience. Webmaster, it’s really worth learning from everyone.
Horse Thief King: Haha, what’s so exciting? In fact, it’s an exaggeration. People are selfish. I do this with the thought of making money. Taobao is free. I will also develop some other profit models. Otherwise, Can't hold on.
Master Ding: Yes, that makes sense. Both free and paid are for profit. This is the profit model of China's Internet. By the way, Horse Thief King, what kind of media do you usually promote Tao Dongdong through?
Horse Thief King: I don’t deliberately promote it. I show more of my face on the Alimama Forum. Of course, the Super Station Forum is the main communication center and the main publicity platform.
Daoshi Ding: To operate such a large software as Taodongdong, it needs to be continuously updated, so your team should have a lot of people.
Horse Thief King: I’m not afraid of making you laugh, but our team currently only consists of three people, my brother and I, and a customer service person who is responsible for normal console sales.
Ding Daoshi: After the tutorial of Taodongdong 2.2 was released, I spent two hours watching and learning, and found that many new things have been updated, especially the enhancement of the article system and the pseudo-original function, which are very practical. Can you give me more details? Can you please explain the highlights of the 2.2 article system?
Horse Thief King: Well, you are right. In 2.2, we have made key improvements to the article system. Now with the keyword mining function and keyword article collection function, users only need to enter a keyword and the system can automatically collect articles related to the keyword. In the article system, we have added a custom frame function, which means that even webmasters who do not understand code can easily open up an area on the article page and place advertising code or other things without causing confusion in the section. . In terms of the pseudo-original function, Taodongdong 2.2 adds a pseudo-original replacement function for commonly used words. The latest patch adds a function that can customize the combination of product titles, so as to achieve pseudo-original titles of products and improve the quality of products. The product image address is encrypted, which can effectively increase search engine inclusion and improve website ranking. Of course, Taodongdong 2.2 has updated more than just the article system. Functions such as product management have also been greatly improved. I won’t go into details about these. You can download and experience it yourself.
Daoshi Ding: It is said that you were originally an urban white-collar worker with no worries about food and clothing. Why did you later give up your decent job and turn around to develop a free Taobao program?
King of Horse Thieves: I used to work at Xiamen Yamaha Information Systems Company, but by chance I saw a post about a black humorous Taobao customer who earned 3,500 a day by "stepping on dog poop". I was greatly stimulated! After having an in-depth understanding of Taobao, I think Taobao will have great potential in the future. At that time, there was no free Taobao program for webmasters to use. At that time, I came up with the idea of making a free Taobao program to fill this gap and contribute to the Internet. Of course, I also hope to make money through this.
Daoshi Ding: What is your team’s current profit model? I heard people say that you are now earning a thousand yuan a day.
King of Horse Thieves: Profits now mainly rely on Taobao customer commissions and the purchase of virtual space. As for making a thousand yuan a day, it is too exaggerated. It is praised by everyone. Fortunately, now we have achieved a balance of payments and have no worries about survival. We can calm down. Come and provide better products and services to everyone. Although we don’t make much money now, many webmasters who use our program have made money, and many of them are living a pretty good life. I never heard of a webmaster making over ten thousand a month through Taodongdong. We are very happy with the information, which is an affirmation and encouragement for our work.
Daoshi Ding: Last question, in the eyes of many people, you are now on a path of no return, investing your energy in developing programs but making money for others. What do you think about this?
Horse Thief King: Indeed, there are many people around me who say that I am idle and lose my mind by playing with things. Many people think that I am relatively "stupid". I was prepared not to make any money within two years when I started doing this. I don’t want to explain too much about other people’s opinions of me, because many people are not in this industry and it is difficult to explain clearly. I just stick to my career, and now through my efforts, I have helped many people achieve success. If I add value-added services in the future, these people will be my loyal users.
Master Ding: It's getting late, it's almost 1 o'clock in the morning, we've been talking for a long time, you should go to bed early. Continue to work hard in the future and contribute high-quality programs to Taobao customers. Everyone will support you as always.
Horse Thief King: Okay, you can rest too, bye!
Support Horse Thief King, support Tao Dongdong, and support Chinese grassroots webmasters. Let’s work together, learn together, and make progress together.
Thanks to Ding Daoshi for his contribution