Xfactor "Authority Site Adsense Course" ?

Just finished reading through the entire course. The short version: I'm very impressed with it

The longer version: at first I was a little skeptical about purchasing the course due to the way certain things were handled in the past (video series, 'new book will be for free', the forums etc etc), although I'm most definitely glad I purchased it. The information goes into a lot of detail about pretty much all aspects of what you need to do in order to have a successful authority site.

It doesn't go into much depth about the basic stuff like registering a domain and how to build a website. Although I view this as a positive since the guide is over 200 pages (single spaced, size 12 font) and thus you can be sure that it drills down into some good detail about various key concepts.

I especially liked the parts about writing themed content. The site I'm currently working on is at 53 pages although I made the mistake of only targetting 1-2 keywords per page, and thus my traffic isn't great so far. I can definitely see how adding in more themed keywords and phrases will help increase my traffic a great deal.

Actually it's more like (up to) $1,000+ per day for his largest authority site.

If you're interested in general $$ figures you can make from such sites, check out Lisa's truth files at InlineSEO.com. She outsources the content writing hence the income growth would be faster than if just 1 person did a couple of hours work per day on a website, but I hope that helps give some perspective.

In short, believe the figures. It's most definitely possible (albeit I'm not there... yet)

I think that both guides are good. I also think that they target slightly different audiences (not in a bad way either).

The 100k AdSense blueprint goes into more detail about the basics, e.g. about how to pick and register a domain, how to add analytics code into a website, etc. (Naturally, along with more 'advanced' concepts too).

I'd also be somewhat cautious about comparing both courses based on the income levels without trying both methods first. The 100k blueprint seems to say (and please correct me if I'm wrong ) that you should target 1 keyword per page. And that's a fine tactic and one that's been used with great success for many years. Conversely, John's guide talks about writing themed content which targets many keywords. (Again, which is also a fine tactic).

On the face of it, targetting multiple keywords per page would imply greater earnings per site than targetting one keyword per page. However as I say, without trying out both courses and doing a fair bit of testing, it's difficult to form a decision either way.

So yeah, to conclude: both courses IMO target slightly different audiences (100k blueprint is great for beginners, whilst John's guide covers a good number of more advanced concepts in a good amount of depth). And that's a good thing, especially since both guides together make for some great learning potential

Just my $0.02 really.

If you know how to structure a site using 'silo architecture' you'll be setting up your sites just the way Google loves them to be.

If you're monetization model is just using 'Adsense', and you structure your site using siloed architecture, they'll always will rank well for you and never get banned

Silo architecture sets up all the themeing and internal the linking structure in a very specific way, exactly as Google likes it, and it is the ideal structure if you want to do an 'authority site'.

However because it's not easy to understand, and because it's difficult to manually do a silo structured a site correctly, most webmasters dismiss the method.


--Glen

Hy John,

Please explain me your example in your authorithy course ebook;

You say this;

"For example, I have used keywords that showed absolutely no search volume from
Google, but ended up bringing in a steady 20-50 visitors per day.
These pages are articles that were written once, have a few backlinks to them, but earn
a steady $10 - $30 per month from that one page alone".

and this;

"Black Tea Preparation" is a great article topic to write for people, my people.
And I guarantee you this article, so long as it is highly themed with related terms from
the top 10, will earn at least .50 to $1.00 per day over time with patience, some
backlinks and domain age

So, actual, the google keyword tool shows by the key exact match;

black tea preparation this cpc for advertiser ; 0,09$

So, how can get this 0,09$ cpc key an adsense earning from 0,50-1,00$ a day?????
You must have min. 50 visitors a day from this key and a high ctr about 20%, than you come near to the 1,00$ adsense earning a day.

Halt Stop! But google adsense pays you not 100% from the advertiser cpc, adsense payout 30-50% from the cpc, sou that this key brings you max. 0,05$ per click. So you need 20 clicks to made 1$ a day.

by 20-50 visitors you said in your ebook, this is not possible.That means a 40% ctr by any 50 visitors a day, this is not possible.

Please correct me if Im wrong there, to understand better your authorithy method.

with best wishes
marco005