Hey guys. Im a pretty young entrepreneur into this whole google adsense stuff. It seems like pretty good money. I want to start a site, but I don't know what to base it on. Any of you have ideas of what type of sites make good money?
You're off to the wrong start, creating crappy sites with no value just to earn some quick bucks, there are too many out there and one day the bubble will burst for them. Try making a site on a topic you know a lot about and enjoy. Create good content and the traffic and money will follow and you will never have to worry.
Learn how to cut and paste "mesotholemia" and "asbestos", register an account with Blogspot, and then slog it out with the 5 trillion other fake mesotholemia and asbestos "information sites" out there.
i can tell you that: build content, not service. i'm still trying to get 3-4 clicks each day with my service site. but i agree with roman1 with the sites for ads part. don't just make sites for adsense revenue.
its easy this is what you do: go buy a dozen cans of coke or soda and a few bags of popcorn. Get comfortable this is going to be a long journey of discovery. read read read the posts on this forum until your eyes hurt. then you can come back and tell us how you are making money and what topics your sites are about.
Um, did I miss something? I didn't see any URLs in his post so why are you assuming his sites will be crappy? Not every good website is started as a hobby based on what someone purely enjoys. Many of the best sites on the net are for profit ventures based on a sound business approach, not just pie in the sky "I think this will be fun to write about" thinking. And I bet there a ton of ghost town websites with very well written and information rich content that were developed without any forethought or planning in terms of how to bring traffic or monetize. IMHO this person is asking a smart business question! The internet still has lots of ways to make money. I think you need to ask yourself and provide some more information before anyone here can hope to give you decent advice. Some of the types of things you need to consider: 1) What do you consider to be be "good money"? 2) What are your strengths? Writing? Coding? Graphics? etc. 3) How much time are you willing to dedicate? 4) In what timeframe are you hoping to achieve your revenue/profit numbers? 5) Do you have any other success factors besides profit? 6) Do you have financial resources to commit to the project and if so, how much? 7) What is your risk tolerance? Can you afford to invest xx hours and $xx to gain knowledge and for a potentially high return but also with higher failure rate? Or are you more comfortable with lower returns if it means significantly lower risks? If you are coming at this as a business person then these are some of the questions you need to ask yourself and the answers will begin to drive you towards the type of site. If at the end of this preliminary analsysis you find that a pure content based site is what fits, then unless you have a lot of funds to purchase content, you'll probably want to pick a topic that is within your own personal comfort zone for being able to research and write about. Good luck and if you treat it like a business and not a hobby then you'll do fine.
sorry but the above post is to heavy with comments like "What is your risk tolerance?" "preliminary analsysis" I can see you have put some good stuff in your post but it reads like the last mba lecture you attended or book you read. the kid wants basic stuff to start with,he wants to work with google not take the company over. your post is more suited to a google conference than a forum. i can see from your post you are a clever man,why not rehahash your post and aim it at a newbie and see how it comes out,i think it would be more helpful,as the guy wants to learn from you not read in to your ego.
Give me a friggin break. Should I also refrain from using correct punctuation, sentence structure, and capitalization? Anyone that comes in saying they are an entrepreneur isn't going to have any problems deciphering my post. Gee, thanks, I think? There actually are many intelligent people on these forums so while you may not appreciate an articulate and thoughtful response, I doubt you speak for everyone.
nitin sorry if any of my post offended that was not the intention. maybe you could give me some tips on sentance structure ect
Greenway is trolling. Great response, Nitin. As a complete noob to this forum, and the whole idea of making a living based exclusively on online revenue, I found it very informative and straight to the point.
I was making a point, if you build a site for Adsense or ads in general it's a good bet it will be crappy. His question was what's the best site for making money and basically is asking what topic to make his site about so he can earn from it. Right now mesotholemia seems to be a hot ticket, but try building a decent site when you are not an expert in the field. All you'll be doing is spamming the term in the SEs. If you read the second part of my reply you can see that I'm telling him to build a site on a subject he'll enjoy working on and that he knows a lot about. By doing so he can contribute some quality content to the WWW and the traffic and money will follow.
I disagree, disagree and disagree some more. I have a new site planned that is /built/ for ads, but to look at them, to read through, the information within, is all very useful and concise for the visitor to read about related topics to the subject. Every page I have I'm targetting a certain, high paying keyword, but the full site, 26 pages at present, is all on one theme and it all relates to each other. The content in development is solid, original and will suit the type of visitor I'm attracting perfect. Do I have an interest in the sites topic? Hm.. not really, I'd say my interest in the topics was more advanced, but as I'm targetting newbies to the area who are far more likely to be responsive to adverts, hey, the site's a great introduction to the areas and it's certainly not spammy or crappy. I don't see what's wrong with building a mesotholemia site anyway, not that it's something I'd do - personally I don't see the value in it from a CPC perspective or any other.. but if the content is about mesotholemia and the user is searching for information mesotholemia and they get it from who ever is ranked the highest.. who cares if there's a billion other websites on it. It's not harming anything. Aslong as the content is accurate! Quality content is added to the web by using writers who know what they're talking about - I don't believe we have to know anything except which topics pay high and are viable to target, what writers to use for the specific topic and how to bring in more traffic and dollars. The only thing I'd add is... a *little* capital goes *along* way with this Internet m'larky and a lot can be wasted in the beginning while you're learning the ropes. I've never seen such a short and quick return if you nail a sweet formula..all of which can be developed right from reading these forums and testing, tweaking and some more testing. That will of course take anything from 6 months to a year in my opinion, but WELL worth it considering the rewards. Persistance and belief! Once you nail that formula you'l be able to afford 'things' most can't, do 'things' most can't, go places and see 'things' most can't, your time will be *free*, you can shop, bask in the sun or go to the gym off-peak hours when most people are working. It's the lifestyle that attracts me to this more then anything.. that of a free one. The thought of working for someone else again, being so restrained in what I can afford, where I can go, when I can go... horrible stuff. Aslong as you have some kind of drive or reason behind wanting to get involved with this it should be a breeze to get where you want to be..... this forum's definately helped me nail my 'formula' to the degree it's at which works small-scale after nearly a year of tweaking and testing now. I'm about to roll it out now with my first large site using it and hope for big, big things. These forums are key so you're in the right place! Pete
you may of found it to the point and informative but was it aimed at the original poster ? as your own website says"I work for a company called SansLab where my primary functions are webdevelopment and designing interactive media content". but the guy who started the post is a young kid just starting out. nitins post was informative but it did not answer the question as the guy stated he was a newbie. I agree that it will help others though as for trolling i am here to learn not to troll.
Not to derail this thread completely, but your reply was at the least crude. In my book that's trolling. As to the "young kid just starting out", he has successfully run a site for 6 months where he has "made pretty good money through adsense" and thus rightfully can call himself an entrepreneur. Also, as Nitin already has pointed out, anyone who can claim that title shouldn't have any problems understanding the follow-up in question.
My #1 tip for making money online is to get visitors to your site. Wait, that's second. #1 tip is having a site that people want to visit. It all stems from that.
sorry are you reading a different thread to me i cant see were you have got your quotes from its not this thread ? are you not also nitin ? your ip says you are anyway back to the topic please...
Actually I don't consider asking "what can I do to make money" a good business question. It is a naive business question. Any business can make money if run properly. So why not start with something you have some knowledge, interest or understanding of? Certainly going to allow you a much better chance for success than just trying to find out what business offers the most potential. You could make a ton of money starting an off-shore drilling company. It doesn't mean you can or will succed at it, nor does it mean you will make a lot of money. And ifyou know nothing about oil or drilling your chance at success is fairly slim. Same goes here. Until you actually have an idea and vision for a business you are putting the cart before the horse. Someone who has no idea what they want to do or how they want to do it should not be in an adsense forum looking for tips on what kind of business you should start. The business you eventually decide on may have nothing to do with adsense.