One website, 5 websites or 20?

13 years ago

Start with one website, make that profitable and then work your way up. I wouldn't stick with just one - it's never a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket.

One page websites won't cut it these days either though - no matter how many websites you have, you should keep them updated with fresh content.

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ChrisGuthrie

13 years ago

Originally Posted by kamalmix

Hi guys.

I am confused again. I am creating websites and of course I dont know on which thematic.

Shall I create one website and put there thousands of content?
Shall I create 5 websites with one article/each?
Shall I create 20 websites with something else?

I just want to make income from them on auto-pilot.

Thank you!
Really need your help

The single website strategy can be very powerful. I personally like to do a few very big style websites but then run a bunch of smaller websites that give me auto pilot style income.

Big sites almost always need ongoing work for them, but they can also offer big payouts (I sold one of my big sites last year in a deal worth six figures)

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TryBPO

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ChrisGuthrie

The single website strategy can be very powerful. I personally like to do a few very big style websites but then run a bunch of smaller websites that give me auto pilot style income.

Big sites almost always need ongoing work for them, but they can also offer big payouts (I sold one of my big sites last year in a deal worth six figures)

Chris Guthrie's a sharp cookie. Check out his blog at:
Make Money on the Internet

He has quite a bit of information that will help get you up and running. I've been reading it quite a bit over the last couple of months...quite helpful.

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GeorgR.

13 years ago

Make ONE authority site and focus all your efforts on it.

Once it starts to rank and becomes an authority, each single post/page on the site can have the same (+ better) ranking potential as a new site.

Remember, pages rank..not "sites". From that point of view you do not need many sites, you could achieve the same with one good site. Many niches can yield TONS of good keywords - you can make posts and optimize each post/page for each of them.

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Troy Broussard

13 years ago

Originally Posted by GeorgR.

Make ONE authority site and focus all your efforts on it.

Once it starts to rank and becomes an authority, each single post/page on the site can have the same (+ better) ranking potential as a new site.

Remember, pages rank..not "sites". From that point of view you do not need many sites, you could achieve the same with one good site. Many niches can yield TONS of good keywords - you can make posts and optimize each post/page for each of them.

Very well said. The don't keep your eggs in one basket philosophy is not practiced offline - why do people insist it makes sense online. When a pet store owned offline begins to turn a profit he doesn't think about diversifying and opening a health food store he thinks of making more from what he's got and maximizing it's profits. Focus is what leads to market dominance....

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Ernie Lo 13 years ago

Originally Posted by GeorgR.

Make ONE authority site and focus all your efforts on it.

Remember, pages rank..not "sites".

George I agree but Ive had quite a bitter experience recently, it was all going great until the Panda update. Hundreds of pages of unique content not found anywhere else, no shady link building and bam most of my content rich sites went down and havent recovered.

While my thin affiliate sites, and one plastered with amazon ads, actually increased in traffic.

It makes me wonder sometimes if its worth putting so much love,effort and money in one site when Google are in control.
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- Alan Ashwood 13 years ago
  
  I'm inclined to agree with the majority here. Concentrate and do One Thing Well, rather than several not very well.
  
  If your sites are based on blogs, they need constant attention and feeding with worthwhile material, both from the point of view of the search engines, and your visitors.
  
  GUILTY
  
  I've got three.
  My main site wasn't progressing as I'd hoped, even after several months of work, so I decided to diversify (very time consuming).
  So now I have:
  Blog 1. Dedicated to Online Marketing on a Tight Budget
  Blog 2. Affiliate Marketing Training and advice (new)
  Blog 3. IM Reviews and related information (also new)
  
  Sorta wish I hadn't but I must maintain them without letting my No.1 suffer.
  
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TBInternetMarketing 13 years ago

How about mixing it up. Make a couple of big authority like sites, and a couple of smaller niche mini sites.
That way you are spreading the risk a bit, but also trying out both types of sites.
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- karma123 13 years ago
  
  thanx for that question!!!
  also in the process of making my site &got very useful info from the replys
  
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  LilBlackDress 13 years ago
  
  I like the handful of sites idea myself. That way you don't put all your eggs in one basket and you have something else if Google slaps one. That said, one page is not going to do it. With just a handful, you can build nice quality, content rich sites.
  
  One thing I have done is to spin off laser focused topics from a big site and it has worked really well.
  
  Right now, I have to many sites and am in the process of selling some, fewer to focus on is best for me.
  
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kamalmix

13 years ago

Sometimes I see on flippa websites like this named: 20 micro niche websitea auto-pilot income - how to understand it??

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Kevin Williams 13 years ago

Originally Posted by kamalmix

Sometimes I see on flippa websites like this named: 20 micro niche websitea auto-pilot income - how to understand it??

It probably means they set up keyword targeted websites like bestdogtrainingproduct.com and built backlinks to get them to the top of serps. With 20 like that you can make a bit of money each month on autopilot.

Either way, I agree that one authority site is the best.
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JasonGrimes

13 years ago

I would start using one Website for now until you build up some experience and more skills. Make it your number one priority, think of it as your baby and focus your efforts into making it succeed.

The more you work on it, add content and promote it, the more your website will become established.

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SundOgsmukdk

13 years ago

Make one good website, with something that interrest you.

One good, is better than 5 you run half :-)

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sbucciarel

Banned 13 years ago

It's better to do one thing right than 20 things wrong. Having 5 websites with only one article probably won't get you much. Start with the first one and put some good content in and promote and backlink it ... get it going and then try another one.

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nivin80

13 years ago

Focus on a single website first. There's loads to learn ie: content creation, traffic generation, list building, adsense, etc. and if you're running multiple sites it can all get a bit overwhelming.

If you can get one site working well, you can pretty much outsource most of the redundant functions and begin work on your next site.

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arijitdas

13 years ago

Create one website and put thousands of content in it...

Now a days, it doesn't matter how many websites do you have but it matters, how many contents do you have in your website.

A Single website with good number of content can keep you standing over the huge web competition.

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Zack Lim

13 years ago

Different proven systems requires different kind of websites. I personally feel that the first thing to do is to decide on which system to follow.

Once the person make the decision to follow one proven system, I feel that the person should put in all the time and effort into doing the required work to make the system work. That person should only decide to do another project unless he has one project which is profitable already.

It might seems to be like a slow process but I think this is the quickest way to progress. Personally, I feel that multi tasking is not being effective.

Hope my humble contribution is useful

Zack

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tehnolife

Banned 13 years ago

There are people who make good money having many many sites. Take a look at "LMC" posts, he has over 500 sites I think, and he makes very good money.

It's true that is hard to manage 500 sites, but depends if you want to target very small niches you better build one site for it.

If you want to target a larger niche, you'd better build authority blogs.

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waterburn

13 years ago

Try to make each website an authority site, plenty of good and unique content. Then create another site, once the first one is doing well. It's very easy to end up with dozens of half-finished and crappy websites. I'm guilty of that myself, and I don't recommend that approach...
Quality is what matters in the end.

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John Romaine

13 years ago

If you dont know what you are doing, then it makes no difference if you have 1 website or 100.

Hundreds of websites in hope of income sounds like shotgun marketing to me

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authoritylinkbuilder

13 years ago

Start Off with One Website as it is easy that way. Do Manual work especially link building go to relevant blogs, Do quality High PR Stuff only and then from there onwards invest in Micro Niche Websites

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13 years ago

It's not worth expanding your network if it's unproven. You should start off developing one template to try out first. After the first one is built try another 2-5 sites and spend some serious time a/b testing the ideas/designs.

Out of your first 5 sites a couple will likely be duds and one or two might show some promise. Take the top performing sites, reanalyze them and come up with another couple ideas to try out - build these into another 2-5 new websites. Repeat over and over.

See what I'm getting at here? You can't just launch 100 sites and expect them all to bring in profits. You will likely waste your time. The myth of how it's easy to make $1/day off of 1000 websites is not true.

It takes time to scale up and there will be a big learing curve along the way. Most people that have this idea give up after 10-20 websites and focus on building a couple really big sites. In todays market it's not really worth building 1000 fragmented sites.

If you're serious, look at building up 1 or 2 large networks of sites (5-30+) sites in each network in a specialized niche. This way you can focus on building out only one main idea/profit model and promoting only 1 or two main mailing lists. Your points of failure will be minimal if you focus on networks instead of individual sites.

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Domenic Carlson

13 years ago

I would recommend that you start with a single website before spreading over the web. There is so much clutter online, so you should focus your efforts on creating a single successful strategy before expanding. Once your main site is established, you can create other smaller websites to drive traffic to your central web location.

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gittar1122

13 years ago

Starting with one website is a good idea. Here you can concentrate in much better way. When it starts generating revenue for you then start making other sites.

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Virginia M. Clemmons 13 years ago

Start off with one website and make it profitable first. Your site should at least break even (cover the cost of hosting, domain name autoresponder, etc) before you move on to your next site.

Also, unless your outsourcing, limit the amount of sites you have in your portfolio. Why? Two high quality sites will always do better long-term than 20 sub-par ones.

Hope this helps,
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- JohnMcCabe 13 years ago
  
  I'm going to veer off from the pack just a bit here...
  
  At this stage, you have no idea what will work for you, so you risk pumping a lot of time and effort into something that won't pan out.
  
  One way to approach it is like a fishing expedition. (OK, who didn't see that coming? )
  
  Watch an expert guide or charter captain operate, and here's what you'll see...
  
  The captain will pick a target species from what is available an currently active. This is like picking a niche within a market.
  
  Next, he'll decide on a fishing ground. This is like determining where you can reach your customers.
  
  Third, he'll put out an array of baits covering a variety of depths, looking for the winning pattern. In your case, this would be like setting up either a handful of sites dealing with different desires of your niche market, or different pages on the same site.
  
  Most days, one combination of bait, color, depth, etc. will work better than the others. So the captain changes the other lines to what is working. You would do the same thing with your sites, turning one into the main site and making the others into feeder sites aimed at the same approach.
  
  This approach works fastest if you have the budget to throw some paid traffic at the various combinations you are testing. You can get results fairly fast.
  
  Once you have the winning combination, follow the advice most gave above and focus on optimizing the winner.
  
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Ryken

13 years ago

Go with the one website first. Put your time and effort into that and make back your investment. Also with one site being established first that will help with your off-page SEO ranking. It will give you one page authority. With that you would create back links to that one page which would cause those pages to rank higher. Hope this helps you.

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celente

13 years ago

Originally Posted by kamalmix

Hi guys.

I am confused again. I am creating websites and of course I dont know on which thematic.

Shall I create one website and put there thousands of content?
Shall I create 5 websites with one article/each?
Shall I create 20 websites with something else?

I just want to make income from them on auto-pilot.

Thank you!
Really need your help

you are probably better off starting out slow, not going full force straight away.

Hope this helps.

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Fazal Mayar

13 years ago

I want to create 2 big blogs and the rest would be autoblogs (20+) this is a good strategy!

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