SEO Impact - Launch Website or Wait for Content

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by zigster, Oct 18, 2007.

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Should a site be launched with little content?

  1. YES, start working on SEO while generating content

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  2. NO, wait until you have something useful

    2 vote(s)
    33.3%
  1. #1
    Hello,

    I am wondering what the best option would be for a new website (multiple actually)...

    I have at least 5 websites that I am looking to develop and they are going to take some time to get some quality content. So, what I am wondering is should I:

    A) Launch the website with a landing page using keywords that are relevant, proper headers, title and a little bit of content for now.

    OR

    B) Wait months until I have enough quality content to make it useful for visitors for the website

    My guess is OPTION A. My thought is that it is also going to take a long time to create links, get any kind of PageRank, etc. So, the site can be "aging" a bit and helping to improve the SEO. Or will that hurt the SEO?

    Thanks!
     
    zigster, Oct 18, 2007 IP
  2. Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great Peon

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    I would go with B so as not to give a bunch of people a bad first impression and never get the chance to fix it.
     
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  3. SolomonZhang

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    #3
    That is true until an extent.

    If the domains are new, they would probably have no visitors and no SERP ranking anyway, so no visitors, so what's the big deal. If the domains are "blind typed" domain, then you should get it going ASAP, pay others to help you.

    For me, I would choose a domain and start working on it. For the others, I would just put adsense codes as a "parking" page. Then after the 1st site "establised", I would move to the 2nd site. So, it's kindda option A.
     
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  4. agusjuara

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    recently, i buy domain and start a web with template then update my content. 3 month to get traffic from my own content. thats my exp
     
    agusjuara, Oct 19, 2007 IP
  5. Diablos

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    I would do some basic SEO, om site stuff and very high ranking directories and press releases while you are working on the content so that by the time you are finished all this will be done as well.
    After that you can swtich to some more conventional methods
     
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    My advice is to wait until you have at least 20 pages with good content, then go live. Choose easy to win keywords, so the BIG G will take notice quickly.
     
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  7. webcosmo

    webcosmo Notable Member

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    Content always pays off. Rather then having a crappy site, waiting until you can launch a site with good content would be better in my opinion.
     
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  8. Matt B

    Matt B Active Member

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    How do you expect to optimize a site without any content?

    Sure, you can create a framework but without any content it is useless.

    - Matt
     
    Matt B, Oct 19, 2007 IP
  9. zigster

    zigster Well-Known Member

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    I would definitely have some content. But perhaps just a few articles and some other simple things to start... that is the thought at least.

    It seems pretty mixed from reading the comments with people leaning towards having the content prepared first.
     
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  10. Alexander the Great

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    Press release?

    "Extra extra! Read all about it! I bought a domain name!"

    :confused:
     
    Alexander the Great, Oct 19, 2007 IP