No. pages for niche site?

[pbryd]

For those of you building niche sites the question is


how many articles / pages do you create at first?

Do you perhaps create 5 – then see if it ranks and shows promise, before spending any more time on it?

What’s your work flow?

 

[PoshTiger]

If it's a micro niche then 5 should be fine - depending on the subject of course..

If you want an authority site then you'd need a lot more.

I usually...

1. Create a couple of pages - onpage seo big time....
2. Get google to index it
3. Get a pretty good link (PR3+)
4. When google's re-indexed, add a couple more pages.
5. Add some more lower PR links
6. Wait for google to re-index again
7. Add the rest of the content
8. Should start to rank on page one if it's an EMD so I add Adsense now
9. Continue offpage SEO and hope it's a winner

Hope that helps..

 

[retired_member36]

From my experience with mini sites, i create two or three good content pages along with the usual such as contact us, privacy etc, etc. (i do as much on page seo as possible)

After google has indexed the site, i then do some slow off page seo and monitor the results. (I am careful not to get too excited about the google honey moon period, where your site will temporary rank high up in the results then fizzle out).

After a short while i will add new content / pages depending on how good the site is ranking and how serious i am about the site. I have personally come to the conclusion that running sites that pose no interest to me are a complete waste of time because i just cant commit or put the time they require to rank high.

Good Luck

Lee

 

[Blossom]

Depends on whether you're going straight for the exact match or are working on building the long tail.

Any pages you're adding to your site means you're adding sale value, even a quick 300 words when you get some free time makes a difference from that perspective.

 

[pbryd]

Thanks for all the tips guys.

I've got a couple of domains now using wordpress and I've created a 4/5 static pages.

To add more content, I'll use posts and go for quick 300 words.

Perhaps I'll be able to see whether the pages or posts are best for SEO and conversions.

 

[Blossom]

Thanks for all the tips guys.

I've got a couple of domains now using wordpress and I've created a 4/5 static pages.

To add more content, I'll use posts and go for quick 300 words.

Perhaps I'll be able to see whether the pages or posts are best for SEO and conversions.

I tend to use pages just for About/Contact etc., doesn't hurt to have a page specifically about your topic though (and titled as such).

 

[Sussexite]

Once you have 5 or so pages up, if your site is based on Wordpress a good tip is to....

• write a few posts at once
• then schedule them so they don't all publish at once ie one post a week, one every month, depending on how you see the site progressing over time.

This starts to make the site look as if there is new content added regularly, which some SEOs believe gives you a little boost in SERPs.

 

[pbryd]

This is what I'm trying now with wordpress.

Here's 3 static pages and a few posts.

I've made a couple of ovulation calculators using javascript this morning and put them up too.

Find the best time to conceive

 

[PoshTiger]

Out of interest...

Do you guys use unique content for your T&C pages?

I kind of think I should but I get 1/2 way through the first paragraph then quickly lose the will to live..

 

[Jamie101]

Out of interest...

Do you guys use unique content for your T&C pages?

I kind of think I should but I get 1/2 way through the first paragraph then quickly lose the will to live..

I never do and still have a few sites ranking well. I don't think it makes much difference to be honest.

 

[dazc]

Out of interest...

Do you guys use unique content for your T&C pages?

I kind of think I should but I get 1/2 way through the first paragraph then quickly lose the will to live..

They tend to be fairly generic anyway and you'd be hard pressed to make it original. Unless you really want the page to out rank everyone for 'terms and conditions' it doesn't make any odds.

 

[boxfish]

My favourite privacy policy

http://www.lingscars.com/privacy.php

 

[divebod]

Sweet!

 

[Jamie101]

My favourite privacy policy

http://www.lingscars.com/privacy.php

Copied and pasted for some of my sites, thanks

Seriously though, is that site a joke? I recognise it from somewhere.

Edit - they got £35m in revenue during 2010, wow. Quite funny actually.

 

[boxfish]

If you find the website interesting then this is well worth a read.

Lings Cars and the art of persuading visitors to buy

 

[Jamie101]

If you find the website interesting then this is well worth a read.

Lings Cars and the art of persuading visitors to buy

Was just about to post a link to this, still reading it now. Just goes to show that something weird and different really can work.

Link even replies in the comments

 

[gordi555]

My niche sites contain...

- Homepage
- Contact
- About
- Privacy
- Terms & Conditions

I'm starting to add more 'content' pages and build links to them instead of just the homepage as need to spread the links around.

Hope this helps!