My take on this:
Websites get better
SEO rankings based on how good the site is. Google is actually pretty clever. At the end of the day a static website with 5 pages of content that never changes will never do well.. (assuming $0.05 a day is not 'well').
Yes there are various steps you can take which will help you rank better, but these steps are my all definitions steps to make bad websites more popular as there is no other way of doing it,
Back and forth between carious parties about quality of minisites is pointless, as in the grand scheme of things all minisites suck.
If you have a good domain, do it justice, and develop it. Develop it properly, and update it constantly. If you have thousands of good domains, hire people to develop them well and keep them updated.
No offence, I do truly respect you Rick, and your efforts but AEIOU and similar services simply flood the internet with bad websites.