This is a tremendous thread.
I have tried the one page minisite thing with a
car seats domain and it worked for a while as it hit the top of msn, but a few days later it is nowhere. However it has earned a total of $23.50 in about 6 months so, whilst not a champagne moment, it has paid for its keep and can be put on the prize shelf, as it gets the occasional income.
I am also trying with a whole load of zero/low traffic domains to develop sites slowly, in bulk, using available content, but fed in every week or so as if the site is being built.
It has so far listed all the domains in the search engines, which is a start, although I don't think they rank particularly highly. It has increased traffic from 300 a day to 2500 a day on average (in 4 months) and increased revenue from about £0.80 to about £3.00 a day - but this is for the whole lot of them together, so is nowhere near break even.
There are a whole load of things to do to increase this, including much better site design, better ad placement, different ad feed (I am using Miva at the moment), better more unique content etc etc. And spending a whole load more time on it.
I'll let you know how it goes once it starts to break even.
I think Scott, your comment about putting a gadget on the site is spot on. People will bookmark it just so they can use that gadget occasionally.
Tommy, your full on sites are great.
I think with BFTUK and Murph and mibut's
seo skills and rob's domains we can all make a good living
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How can I release money from my pension or property