Comments on: Five Niche Sites in Five Days: Take Reckless Action http://thekeywordacademy.com/five-niche-sites-in-five-days-take-reckless-action/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:24:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Why NUVIGIL follows Modalert http://thekeywordacademy.com/five-niche-sites-in-five-days-take-reckless-action/#comment-8058 Why NUVIGIL follows Modalert Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:42:04 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=456#comment-8058 <strong>Why NUVIGIL builds on the success of Modafinil...</strong> General Information on Nuvigil and Modafinil I think many of us have already experienced conditions of periodic sleepiness during the day...... Why NUVIGIL builds on the success of Modafinil…

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]]> By: Imajen http://thekeywordacademy.com/five-niche-sites-in-five-days-take-reckless-action/#comment-1991 Imajen Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:55:37 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=456#comment-1991 Oh another thing.... So I have been doing my research almost the same way as you...but instead use the "phrase match" in Google KW Tool and not looking at the PR per say in the comnpetition but rather the number of competing sites AND the PR rank. Is this not a good strategy? I want to make sure I am doing it right before I spend all the time. What is your basis for ONLY using Exact match and NOT Phrase match? Looking forward to your reply... cheers Oh another thing….
So I have been doing my research almost the same way as you…but instead use the “phrase match” in Google KW Tool and not looking at the PR per say in the comnpetition but rather the number of competing sites AND the PR rank. Is this not a good strategy? I want to make sure I am doing it right before I spend all the time. What is your basis for ONLY using Exact match and NOT Phrase match? Looking forward to your reply…
cheers

]]> By: Imajen http://thekeywordacademy.com/five-niche-sites-in-five-days-take-reckless-action/#comment-1990 Imajen Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:52:25 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=456#comment-1990 Hey Mark (or anyone else), I went to Hostgator and it seems they only have hosting for Linux and not Windows. Do you know of another company that has the ulimited domains for a monthly hosting fee that work on Windows? Thanx Hey Mark (or anyone else),
I went to Hostgator and it seems they only have hosting for Linux and not Windows. Do you know of another company that has the ulimited domains for a monthly hosting fee that work on Windows?
Thanx

]]> By: Update on My Five New Niche Sites | Learn How To Make Money Online at The Keyword Academy http://thekeywordacademy.com/five-niche-sites-in-five-days-take-reckless-action/#comment-1811 Update on My Five New Niche Sites | Learn How To Make Money Online at The Keyword Academy Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:02:48 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=456#comment-1811 [...] February 17th I talked about setting up five new sites with the goal of creating $5,000 in new income by around September 1. I just wanted to give you guys a quick update on how those sites are doing, and what I’ve [...] [...] February 17th I talked about setting up five new sites with the goal of creating $5,000 in new income by around September 1. I just wanted to give you guys a quick update on how those sites are doing, and what I’ve [...]

]]> By: Make Money Online Observer http://thekeywordacademy.com/five-niche-sites-in-five-days-take-reckless-action/#comment-1535 Make Money Online Observer Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:03:35 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=456#comment-1535 Hello Mark! I read your post with great interest. You see, I have around 200 niche sites that earn me a passive income. Some of them are great, most are duds. I would like to make a couple of observations that maybe your readers might benefit from. Here we go: 1) Niche choice is important. Here's why: I have several websites that target small niches which Google pays me $0.04/click. These websites only make a few dollars/month. Generally, I view a site as a success if it makes over $10/day. I think that is reasonable. Let's take our real world $0.04/click for a "poor" niche and see what it would take to get $10/day. I go to my adsense account and see that on average, 4.49% of my visitors click the ads. Let's crunch some numbers: to get $10/day, at $0.04/click, we need 250 clicks/day. OK, sounds great. Now how many people need to see that with a CTR of 4.49%. That number is 5568 visitors per day! Ouch! OK, how many visitors is that per month? Well, just a shade over 167 THOUSAND visitors/month. OK, let's say for illustration, we assume that each keyword here (I actually looked at on of my sites for this number) has around 2,000 searches/month. Let's be kind and say that we capture every visitor. That would mean we need around 167/2 or around 84 articles to get there. 2) Optimizing and testing is soooooo important. Here's why: Let's say that we optimized our website for clicks and got a 10% CTR. That would mean we could get away with writing 38 articles instead of 84! Hey, big incentive there! People, that means you should be doing everything you can to get that click! OK, let's say we got that 10% CTR, moving on, what else can we do? Here's what: target keywords that get $0.20/click instead of $0.04/click. Really, it is not hard at all. Google's external keyword tool now has CPC (cost per click) data. Fixing our website to target these clicks means we need 1/5 the traffic. Well, how much is that? 5568/5 is a much more reasonable 1114 visitors/day. With all our previous numbers being equal, that would mean we target 38/5 keywords, or 8 keyword phrases. Isn't that MUCH better? Doing some research definitely means all the difference between success and failure. Well, as you see in my example, choosing the right niche and testing and optimizing your CTR makes the difference between writing and promoting and dominating 84 niche phrases or just 8 phrases. Which would you rather do? Now go out there and make some cash. Thomas C. Gajdjis Hello Mark!

I read your post with great interest. You see, I have around 200 niche sites that earn me a passive income. Some of them are great, most are duds. I would like to make a couple of observations that maybe your readers might benefit from. Here we go:

1) Niche choice is important. Here’s why: I have several websites that target small niches which Google pays me $0.04/click. These websites only make a few dollars/month. Generally, I view a site as a success if it makes over $10/day. I think that is reasonable. Let’s take our real world $0.04/click for a “poor” niche and see what it would take to get $10/day. I go to my adsense account and see that on average, 4.49% of my visitors click the ads. Let’s crunch some numbers: to get $10/day, at $0.04/click, we need 250 clicks/day. OK, sounds great. Now how many people need to see that with a CTR of 4.49%. That number is 5568 visitors per day! Ouch! OK, how many visitors is that per month? Well, just a shade over 167 THOUSAND visitors/month. OK, let’s say for illustration, we assume that each keyword here (I actually looked at on of my sites for this number) has around 2,000 searches/month. Let’s be kind and say that we capture every visitor. That would mean we need around 167/2 or around 84 articles to get there.

2) Optimizing and testing is soooooo important. Here’s why: Let’s say that we optimized our website for clicks and got a 10% CTR. That would mean we could get away with writing 38 articles instead of 84! Hey, big incentive there! People, that means you should be doing everything you can to get that click! OK, let’s say we got that 10% CTR, moving on, what else can we do? Here’s what: target keywords that get $0.20/click instead of $0.04/click. Really, it is not hard at all. Google’s external keyword tool now has CPC (cost per click) data. Fixing our website to target these clicks means we need 1/5 the traffic. Well, how much is that? 5568/5 is a much more reasonable 1114 visitors/day. With all our previous numbers being equal, that would mean we target 38/5 keywords, or 8 keyword phrases. Isn’t that MUCH better? Doing some research definitely means all the difference between success and failure.

Well, as you see in my example, choosing the right niche and testing and optimizing your CTR makes the difference between writing and promoting and dominating 84 niche phrases or just 8 phrases. Which would you rather do? Now go out there and make some cash.

Thomas C. Gajdjis

]]> By: Faith http://thekeywordacademy.com/five-niche-sites-in-five-days-take-reckless-action/#comment-1497 Faith Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:35:55 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=456#comment-1497 I actually make goal lists and it really is rewarding to go back and be able to tick things off. I have never gotten completely through a single goal list, but the list definitely helps to recognize the improvement because sometimes you don't feel you've accomplished anything. Those goal sheets and checking items off of them are both visually and personally satisfying! I actually make goal lists and it really is rewarding to go back and be able to tick things off. I have never gotten completely through a single goal list, but the list definitely helps to recognize the improvement because sometimes you don’t feel you’ve accomplished anything. Those goal sheets and checking items off of them are both visually and personally satisfying!

]]> By: Faith http://thekeywordacademy.com/five-niche-sites-in-five-days-take-reckless-action/#comment-1495 Faith Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:16:56 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=456#comment-1495 OK, I am going to give this a try. I already bought the domains and installed fantastico...now to do the rest. I have to try to fit in the time between family and kids - out of curiosity, how many hours did you spend? Also, I would love to follow you on your quest to make $5000 in 6 mos. You mentioned updates, I think it's actually a good idea...do you Twitter? OK, I am going to give this a try. I already bought the domains and installed fantastico…now to do the rest. I have to try to fit in the time between family and kids – out of curiosity, how many hours did you spend? Also, I would love to follow you on your quest to make $5000 in 6 mos. You mentioned updates, I think it’s actually a good idea…do you Twitter?

]]> By: Mike http://thekeywordacademy.com/five-niche-sites-in-five-days-take-reckless-action/#comment-1423 Mike Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:53:34 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=456#comment-1423 An update writing my third article for most of my websites. haven't started on link-building yet. writing the articles is quite interesting and daunting at the same time. An update

writing my third article for most of my websites. haven’t started on link-building yet. writing the articles is quite interesting and daunting at the same time.

]]> By: Mikael http://thekeywordacademy.com/five-niche-sites-in-five-days-take-reckless-action/#comment-1422 Mikael Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:59:52 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=456#comment-1422 Mike, I think it depends on what kind of time you have available and how many hours you want to work. Personally I'm spending about 1-2 hours per site per week. Mike, I think it depends on what kind of time you have available and how many hours you want to work. Personally I’m spending about 1-2 hours per site per week.

]]> By: Mike http://thekeywordacademy.com/five-niche-sites-in-five-days-take-reckless-action/#comment-1421 Mike Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:22:48 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=456#comment-1421 I'm wondering what is feasible from the volume perspective? How many quality sites can your typical person manage, in your experience. I know you can outsource some stuff once it makes sense, but if I wanted to be realistic, how many can a typical person manage on their own? I’m wondering what is feasible from the volume perspective? How many quality sites can your typical person manage, in your experience. I know you can outsource some stuff once it makes sense, but if I wanted to be realistic, how many can a typical person manage on their own?

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