I'm in process in building content site for adsense. I would like to seek some opinions: Is it better to build a single site with multiple niche? OR Is it better to build multiple Mini Sites with different niche? The disadvantages : Cost - Need to have multiple domains.
You dont need multiple domains really if you are hosting the sites on the same server. You can use subdomains, its free And subdomains are treated like different domains
i am strongly in favor of a single site without sub.domains - just a smart SEO'd sub_folder-structure that allows you to grow and grow I most successfully did so myself in past 10+ years of content publishing * advantages are manifold - examples: * all traffic counted toward one site ( higher alexa ranking ) * all generic/organic backlinks added up to one site * easier maintenance and control * more site visitors / higher traffic attracts higher paying site-advertisers of top companies/sites * easier setup of targetable adsense channels for more advertiser comfort and advertisers-success-control
I like to use the structure where you have different domains and mini sites, reasons - * If you get snadboxed in google you have backups and revenue keeps comming in, * If you want to sell one of your sites you can sell it and still have others running, great for revenue building. * Also i think different sites on different servers is good for ranks, build pr on all sites not just one. * Its allways good to have backups, and if your sites are making 300 USD a month 200 a year on hosting and 10 a year on the domain are only small factores in ROI...
when you are talking about a few hundred $ a months, then you are more or less talking about hobby sites. my idea was a full time professional site making many thousand $ a months. that certainly is a different world we are talking about. in below post, I am talking about a single content site you do with all your heart, body and soul - hence that usually is something you fully identify yourself with, something you never sell and even less risk to be suspended, sandboxed or banned - but something you care for a full life, like your heart or your kids or your one and only wife ....
We currently use a single domain with sub domains (as they are somewhat related- different states of our country) but in time, we plan to branch out in different areas and will probably have new domains for those.
its not wise having just one site, they can get hit by the search engines and then you loose all your revenue... I found out this the hard way.....now I have multiple hosting accounts, multiple domains and multiple niches, so if one goes down I still have a bunch running. if its just for a small hobby site, then yeah go for just one domain.. but if your serious about adsense and money mkaing go for a few imo... its smart to have 1 domain but its better to have a few domains.
IMO Don't put all your eggs in one basket. If you are sendboxed or banned, you will be in a dodo. Also, don't stratch too much with mult-domains that will kill you. Find a sweet spot and settle down with few domains with quality content.
This is a common debate I see on webmaster forums. There are pros and cons to each. Diversification is a smart strategy, but there is also power in focus... I wouldn't build just one site, nor would I build an army of sites... Focusing on about 3-5 profitable sites would probably be the best bet.
I definitely agree with this. One thing you could try is to put the ones that you think are least likely to make you money as a sub-domain if you want to, or use a .info domain ($1.24 including fees), or for something that you feel you have a pretty good chance at making money at I would suggest the usual .com/.net/.org (or .co.uk/.com.au etc for localized info). I know that sometimes money can be really tight when starting a new venture, but you'd be looking at a startup cost of ~$12US per website including hosting. I think if the site is building upon a theme, you should think about having it as a sub-domain or directory on a main site. For example, if you have a site about making money with blogging, you could have an affiliate marketing thing as a subdomain or a single page within the site (if it doesn't look out of place). I think it will be mostly trial-and-error for most of your sites, so I would try it both ways and see how it goes. Have a few regular sites, and maybe a few mini-sites within those sites. If nothing else, you don't really have anything to lose on mini-sites.
Multiple sites hosted by different servers would be ideal like I'm doing now to earn enough to go full-time. Dedicated servers + blog farms would be another interesting story. Write to me for further info.
From my idea i will make only one site because you can use all time for make the site is nice than you make multiple site
I think the key is really just testing different things and see what works. The important thing is just do something and don't worry if it is perfect or not.
Google dont treat subdomain as separate site.Google dont recommond use of somany sub domains it may cause your se position for details you can go through google guidelines
This is true, if you're dedicated to one or two sites, you have the time to make them really really nice. You have to take into account the quality of material you can produce for each site and the rate that you can update. Big name sites like problogger can update ten or more times a day if they want to because that's the owner's major source of income and they have outside help. If you're running several blogs alone, that can really limit the amount of and quality of your posts. If you start having issues with one blog (hosting or whatever), it can throw a wrench into the whole process and you may not have many posts on any of them for a week. So think very carefully about which to turn into a full-fledged site, and which to make a part of a pre-existing site. If you're starting out with no sites at all, I would suggest looking at the sites you plan on having and separating them carefully. Example: If your ideas are Affiliate Marketing, Making money With a Blog, Recipes and Plastic Surgery -- combine affiliate marketing because they are very similar, and then you have three sites to update instead of four. You need to think very carefully about whether or not to have two similar sites. Yes, it sounds like a good idea to have a few sites based on the thing you know best, but you have to plan for the fact that with that, you may run out of things to write about faster. I imagine there are only so many articles one can write about rel=nofollow before they get burned out on it. If it looks like a good idea for a mini site, go for it (especially if you stand to receive a good ROI). If it looks like it would be better as a full-fledged site, go for it. At the end of the day, it's your sites and you working on them, so it's definitely your call. Griffin
Is it true that Google does not allow to many sub-domains? Almost all SEO Gurus teach us (Dummies?) to use sub-domains (something.yourdomain.com) instead of those ugly slashes (yourdomain.com/something.htm).