by richjo
2 replies
Ok, so ive dabbled with internet marketing for a while, and ive made dribs and drabs, but now i want to start knuckling down.

Up to now ive been making small 20-30 page review sites in different niches for physical products. Most are unrelated to each other. Some show more interest that others, and some convert better.

The ones that do well have other avenues to follow down, smaller sub niches, related products etc..

What ive considered is instead of focusing on 1 niche and building one site, i would pick a competetive niche, and a competetive keyword to start, and take a suitable domain and then build in lots of smaller subdomains to include the sub-niche keywords, so for example i might pick a competetive keyword in a competetive niche such as Gardening equipment. (I havnt checked any of this out, im just pulling ideas from my grey matter)

my domain would then be gardening-equipment.com

This would be an optimised but general site about gardening equipment, monetized in some way

The first sub-niche could then be lawn mowers

I would then set the site as lawnmowers.gardening-equipment.com
and build and optimize a review site on lawn mowers.

Then leafblowers.gardening-equipement.com

Link them all together

rinse and repeat.

My hope is that by spending enough time, i will be seen as an authority site on gardening equipment, and rank well for not only the sub niches, but also the main keyword.

Once complete, or at a point im happy with, i can then move on to another niche.

Would the guys and girls with more time in the field consider this an avenue to follow, or should i not put all my eggs in one basket. Am i best sticking to single domains, different products etc...

I suppose if i document my progress, i could follow on with an ebook of some sorts and eek my way into that side of the industry

All comments appreciated

Rich
#authority #methods #sound #subdomain
  • Profile picture of the author vatonyt
    Rich, do you want to be or are you an expert in lawn care/gardening? Start there brother. If this is just a niche idea and it's not something your passionate about concentrate on finding that. One of the most over looked things in the IM world is the difference in driving some traffic here and there and actually starting a real business. If you're selling leaf blowers and lawn mowers, you'll get killed by the major retailers, and if your driving traffic to the major retailers you'll go broke and frustrated before you ever make profit, let alone profit enough to support yourself.

    Starting a business is about connecting to the things in life you love most and looking at the business models that surround those markets. Do you love gardening? Do you garden extensively yourself? Do you have a ton of experience and success in gardening? Do you have the passion to be the best gardener in the world? If not what area of interest do you have that you could honestly answer yes to ALL of those questions. Thats what you should be looking to monetize first. If not you'll lose interest or go broke or both. Business's are to serve and help people. How can you best share your gifts to this world...Good luck.

    Tony
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    • Profile picture of the author thomarv29
      It would work but to quantify youre results in the quickest manner spend 3K over a month on a very high quality team on ODesk who can create thousands of High PR Backlinks for you. Just make sure they use anchor text and the anchor text is included in youre website. Hope that helps
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