Don't Forget Bing & Yahoo
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Just a friendly reminder that with the right conversions and keywords, you can sometimes do pretty well from Bing and/or Yahoo search rankings.
I've got a plain little one-page review site in a niche that would probably crack you up if I told you what it was. Nowhere to be found in Google (they don't seem to like micro sites these days). But it's #1 at Bing and #2 at Yahoo last time I looked for the main keyword. And it does pretty good for a site that took me literally about 2 hours to set up.
I'm not saying to rely on those engines. I am saying that a well-done micro site that converts traffic at a higher rate than most can become a nice little money maker without all the hoops Google makes us jump through.
In my experience, those 2 seem to rely less on backlinks and more on solid on-page SEO. Pick a lower competition keyword and use a review site strategy centered around best sellers in that niche at Amazon, for example, and you might be pleasantly surprised.
Again, you won't be retiring from the income anytime soon, but if you create the page in 2 hours, you don't need a lot coming in from any one of these sites to see a huge ROI.
John
I've got a plain little one-page review site in a niche that would probably crack you up if I told you what it was. Nowhere to be found in Google (they don't seem to like micro sites these days). But it's #1 at Bing and #2 at Yahoo last time I looked for the main keyword. And it does pretty good for a site that took me literally about 2 hours to set up.
I'm not saying to rely on those engines. I am saying that a well-done micro site that converts traffic at a higher rate than most can become a nice little money maker without all the hoops Google makes us jump through.
In my experience, those 2 seem to rely less on backlinks and more on solid on-page SEO. Pick a lower competition keyword and use a review site strategy centered around best sellers in that niche at Amazon, for example, and you might be pleasantly surprised.
Again, you won't be retiring from the income anytime soon, but if you create the page in 2 hours, you don't need a lot coming in from any one of these sites to see a huge ROI.
John
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