Minisites strategy

[Chappy]

I have not created any web pages before but I'd like to try some minisites to make money off Adsense (or similar). I have some decent domains and some ideas for content.

My goal is about $100 per month, from say 2 or 3 sites...no more.

My plan is:

1. Create website (got some free templates with Dreamweaver).
2. Load with content (nothing fancy but I have some ideas).
3. Submit site to search engines.
4. Sign up with Adsense (or similar)
5. Splash some links around.
6. Let the traffic roll in.

If these sites do well I will soon replicate.

Any tips?

[typist]

Any tips?

research keywords carefully, both in terms of seo competition and adsense payout.

[Thor King]

How do you research adsense payout keywords?

Thor

[typist]

Originally Posted by Thor King

How do you research adsense payout keywords?

Thor

yahoo/overture bid tool can give you an idea. there are also lots of free and paid lists (search for something like "best paying keywords").

[unholy1]

Originally Posted by Chappy;

1. Create website (got some free templates with Dreamweaver).
2. Load with content (nothing fancy but I have some ideas).
3. Submit site to search engines.
4. Sign up with Adsense (or similar)
5. Splash some links around.
6. Let the traffic roll in.

If these sites do well I will soon replicate.

Any tips?

For 2-3 sites, Dreamweaver is OK, and if you intend to replicate it for more sites than that, it will eventually use up all of your time.

If it's content sites you want to build, use a CMS type site builder , Wordpress is ideal for this, very easy to use and learn, highly customizable, you can pretty much make the site what you want it to look like, hundreds of plugins available, and so on...
There are also hundreds of templates available and if your not happy with the ready built templates, just head over to oswd.org and see if there are any templates that interest you, if not you can either build your own (quite easy to do, since there are only a few files you need to modify) or buy templates from other sources like template monster.

Originally Posted by Thor King;

How do you research adsense payout keywords?

Thor

If you can't afford or don't want to pay for services like wordtracker or Nichebot, sing up for Adwords and use their free tools.
Using Adwords can be time consuming so you can either buy a software like SEO Elite which can parse the results of Adwords bids or if you cant afford that either, use the free version of TheDowser which can provide a similar result to a limited extent. Either way sign up for an Adwords account, and as previously suggested, use the OVT bid tool if it works...

Just my thoughts....

[sji2671]

I made a couple of posts recently about mini sites that may be of interest to you.

Mini Sites dont always make mini money
Mini Sites Revisited

[duskdawn]

Originally Posted by unholy1

For 2-3 sites, Dreamweaver is OK, and if you intend to replicate it for more sites than that, it will eventually use up all of your time.
If it's content sites you want to build, use a CMS type site builder , Wordpress is ideal for this, very easy to use and learn, highly customizable, you can pretty much make the site what you want it to look like, hundreds of plugins available, and so on...

This is exactly what I wanted to say. I use wordpress for all my minisites. And they work efficiently.

[poing]

Originally Posted by duskdawn

This is exactly what I wanted to say. I use wordpress for all my minisites. And they work efficiently.

I like wordpress as well for this purpose, and with a custom permalink URL it works really well in search engines. I managed to run all of my wordpress blogs of one code-base, so I only need to upgrade one time, and then re-mod my configuration file.

Basically wp-config.php has been modified to check which hostname it's being accessed under and will read an additional config-file depending on the hostname.

/Frank M

[cwsteam.com]

Frank, is that something like Wordpress MU ?
Chappy, keep one thing in mind, Content is King.

I did some mini sites myself, and over a period of time, they do good. Just dont expect them to start making money right away.

[Thor King]

Ubberawesome replies! Thanks to all. I haven't been in DM since June. Got caught up with something. Don't ask. Anyhow, I'm just starting to set up wordpress mini's. A couple Greats suggested Kiosk or Hostorix hosting companies. Any comments. I use cheapie hosting now.

Thor

[tonyfloyd]

Originally Posted by poing

I like wordpress as well for this purpose, and with a custom permalink URL it works really well in search engines. I managed to run all of my wordpress blogs of one code-base, so I only need to upgrade one time, and then re-mod my configuration file.

Basically wp-config.php has been modified to check which hostname it's being accessed under and will read an additional config-file depending on the hostname.

/Frank M

Frank....

what do u mean by custom permalink URL?...and how did u set all blogs off of one code-base?....this allows u to mass upgrade wordpress?...or plugins also?

Thanks
Tony

Originally Posted by unholy1

buy a software like SEO Elite which can parse the results of Adwords bids..

Unholy....you can do that with SEO elite?...i have it...but i havent seen that option....is it easy to do?

[Michael_Goldman]

You'll need many links to get google traffic and revenue.
The easiest way is go signup at digg, delicious and a few similar sites and submit your newly created sites there - that will get them indexed fast and help you get some initial traffic..

If you're going to write content yourself - make it something you're interested in, otherwise do some research and choose a narrow niche with enough ads.

~MG

[_Rian]

Originally Posted by Chappy

Any tips?

Yes, i also have tipps

1) Save hours of time by using our script
2) Use the keyword/setup tool
3) Spend the remaining time only for link building
4) Don't worry about SE optimization, it's all build in


Rian

[sji2671]

and make a large offer for minisites.net
Mini sites can make big money and the demand especially from domainers is growing fast.

[_Rian]

Originally Posted by sji2671

and make a large offer for minisites.net
Mini sites can make big money and the demand especially from domainers is growing fast.

I'd like to check this one out.. No website up yet?

[sji2671]

No but I also have the .co.uk which I will play about with when time permits.

[MOCKBA]

nice information, thank you....

[wasistdas]

That's a good strategy, but it doesn't work that way, alas.

[smile]

u need 6 months at least to rank for competitive keywords.

[paulbakerboo]

Make a youtube video about your site.