Monday morning poll- I was curious whether any of you utilize the network concept of sites to feed your adsense income, or if you used one or two big sites to drive profit. Personally, i've been developing seasonal network'd sites that have done pretty well together, whereas separately they probably would have done less traffic. I qualify a network to be made up of front page or banner linked sites that feed traffic off of each other. Doesn't necessarily have to be same subject context. EDIT: who..i apologize for the thread title grammAr mistakes..i'm still waking up
I think its really hard to have one or two sites to start with lots of traffic network site can help you at start.
I have been heading the opposite direction. I started out working a niche, with for fee subscriber-based sites competing at different price points based on variations in content. But we have reached the point where the only way to grow the business is to try to find ways to upsell existing customers. So, I am trying new things. I am thinking it might be better if the sites were unrelated, though offering links to one another if it makes sense.
I'm a big proponent on network websites. I think when they're done properly, they can be very effective. But it's really all about how much effort you put in.