Getting traffic: Parking vs. Development?

[sky]

I now have a lot of new domains, all parked. I don't see a lot coming in. About a $1.00 in week or so (53 domains). Some of the domains are hotter (.pro) recently added, but still in one day, not a lot of clicks.

1. Do they gradually get more traffic if you leave them parked?

2. The sedo 'master keyword', should that be ONE keyword, or a combination of keywords to fine tune like a Google search?

Some people have said develop, then park. Some said park -> develop -> park. Someone replied, if you develop and then park the search ranking will go up and then down. So how do you keep traffic coming? I've heard some people get $hundred's a day from parking. Is that from having thousand's of sites? From them being there a long time? Good keywords? What?

 

[yandig]

1. In my experience, domains don't generally get much more traffic if you leave them parked.

2. The main keyword can be one or more words. It depends on the niche you are trying to target. Your main goal is to get as much traffic to your site as possible, and maintain a high click-through rate once visitors reach your site. I have a food-related site that in on Google Page 1 for its keyword. It doesn't get a lot of traffic, but gets a nice conversion rate, and the highest revenue/click that I've had on any domain. I also have domains that get decent traffic, but not much in the way of click-throughs. I would pick keywords that give you the most traffic, however you decide to achieve that.

Most parked names that generate big traffic have had a high-traffic site up previously. It's possible to generate big traffic based solely on keywords and search engine acceptance, but I wouldn't count on that. Development takes a bit of work, so you need to decide if that's what you really want to do. If you do develop, I'd concentrate on ONE domain, and build it up/promote it as much as you can, and then try to sell it.

Good luck with the new domains

 

[sky]

Hey, thanks! GREAT answer

I'm looking forward to other thoughts on this, but I sense that is very excellent advice.

 

[Mobi Cheap]

1. In my experience, domains don't generally get much more traffic if you leave them parked.

2. The main keyword can be one or more words. It depends on the niche you are trying to target. Your main goal is to get as much traffic to your site as possible, and maintain a high click-through rate once visitors reach your site. I have a food-related site that in on Google Page 1 for its keyword. It doesn't get a lot of traffic, but gets a nice conversion rate, and the highest revenue/click that I've had on any domain. I also have domains that get decent traffic, but not much in the way of click-throughs. I would pick keywords that give you the most traffic, however you decide to achieve that.

Most parked names that generate big traffic have had a high-traffic site up previously. It's possible to generate big traffic based solely on keywords and search engine acceptance, but I wouldn't count on that. Development takes a bit of work, so you need to decide if that's what you really want to do. If you do develop, I'd concentrate on ONE domain, and build it up/promote it as much as you can, and then try to sell it.

Good luck with the new domains

The advice above is spot-on.

$1.00 per week for 53 NEW domains is not far off from what can be expected unless you were really lucky. The reason - as you may already know - is that most domains that have even a small chance of bringing traffic have been tested over and over by the biggest domain tasters.

If you just leave them parked some of them will probably gather some more traffic, but you'll have to wait a really long time and you're not likely to become rich that way.

Any of the other scenarios you mentioned is preferable if you have time to develop.

And luckily, nowadays the develop-parking distinction is not all that clear cut anymore. There are service that allow you to add content to parked pages. The problem with that is that you are not allowed to market them in any meaningful way.

This can be a really long topic if we get into details on all aspects of it, so I'll leave you to direct the converation in the direction that's most relevant to your circumstances.

 

[sky]

Thanks... I just need to keep reading I found this "Dont Park" article

This is really interesting, and plays well to my instincts.
I'm going to develop and sell, leaving most parked while I develop those with the highest revenue potential.

http://domainsmagazine.com/Domains_8/Domain_8303.shtml