getmein

I think the best strategy is to take a portfolio of mini sites, see which ones show promise and then invest your time in promoting them. By doing this, you get a feeling for which niches pay well.

If you've got your adsense linked to analytics - you can look at the pages/keywords that are generating your traffic and clicks, put them into a ranking tool and then target these for future promotion. For example, you see that you are generating revenue from the term 'wireless routers compared' and then you check where you rank for that (say you rank 6)- and then build more content around that and do keyword specific link building. If you can improve the site to 3, then it follows ceteris paribus you'll get more traffic, more clicks and more revenue.

So while the large network is a great way to test different niches, to generate sizeable revenue I think you need to use the feedback you get from your network to point you in the right direction as far as stage 2 (promotion) is concerned.

slowhost

thanks for the reply`s and interesting comments, i`ve decided to test the water with two sites both around the same exacts on gkwt and both similar ammount of sites in the google search for keywords both totally different subjects, one with adsense one with affiliate links only just got them on the web over the weekend...new names so i`ll wait and see what happens...

just a couple of questions...

1, how do you get your content? I know you`ll all recommend building a site i`m interested in so i can add my own content but what if i want upto date content, and competetors have that content? i cant just get it off them and post on my site... any ideas?

2, how do you get your sites into google? i know about digg,reddit and a couple of stat checking sites that give quick links but as i dont have a site hub network as such is there any other ways?

thanks for anymore advice

RSK3000

1.) Content - write your own or pay someone to do it for you.There are a few people on this forum providing a content writing service.

2.) Google - if you link to you new sites from some of your old sites you could be ranked quickly. New sites take a while to settle down in Google - so be prepared for your ranking to go up and down for a few months.

.......and some links in your sig here would do no harm, too.

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slowhost

cheers for that, basically what i had in mind, when using content writers in the past i havent been to specific and have ended up with a 1000 words of original content but i`d prefer to have fairly small snipets/bullet points of content that ppl will look at and be interested to know about...

I was thinking more of breaking news i have thought about buying magazines/ renting books about certain subjects..ect

i`ll try and be more specific next time i order content...

springer

Getting into Google: Bookmark using something like Socialmarker. If your site is/has a blog then ping it and submit to RSSMillion, BaddRSS, FeedAgg and FeedAge.

You need backlinks- write articles on sites such as GoArticles and ezinearticles.

Read this: 7 Ways to Find SEO Gold on Google

khalid

keep in mind longevity....will your mini sites still be profitable in 12-24 months?

will someone build a site with 10 pages and a better domain against your 5 page site with newly regged name?

...have an exit strategy also.

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slowhost

I have a little blog on one of my site`s, cant say its the best as i dont have a clue how to set it up but how do i ping it? once i have sorted one out i`ll start more...

thanks for the help