Parking Versus Mini Sites

[Billy!]

Parking Versus Mini Sites

About three weeks ago I came across a thread on Mini Sites and I decided that I would turn all my parked names into Mini Sites.

My names were not earning much at the sedo parking program, so three weeks later I have around 160 developed mini sites with another 30 to develop. I have noticed that my revenue has increased four fold.

Any other domainers out there who have turned their names into mini sites rather than relying on domain name parking?

If so please show us your Mini Sites and let us know if your income has increased from developing Mini Sites.

Here are a few of mine using the Niche Store program

AFL Gear
Backpacks
Motocross
v8 Engines

 

[Ross]

Just got Rick Latonas latest email.

Speaking of duplicate content Rick Latona seems to be doing fine with http://www.appalachiantrail.com/

Interesting, duplicate content doesnt seem to bother his earnings.

Check out the stats on the domain. Im pretty sure the traffic is either type in or is coming from external links. Hardly any of it is natural search traffic.

Frequency (Google) 2130000
in Anchor Text 49400
in Title 122000
in URL 918
Backlinks 225
PageRank 4
Alexa Rank Not Ranked
Traffic (Visits / Day) N/A
PPC Ads # 2
Max PPC Bid $0.77
MAX PPC Income/day $6.4
Overture/mo 10214
Wordtracker/day 595

Domains like these have been promoted and this particular one has been regged since 97 and has had a SITE on it since 03. Not surprised it does that well.

 

[Premiere]

The ultimate in duplicated content surely is a PARKED PAGE, so any development into a minisite has to be an improvement.

Great Quote. I plan on stealing it often!

 

[Bampa]

Need some help...

Hi everyone:

I have a lot of names that are well suited to mini sites. What I want to know is are the articles in Wikipedia and ezinearticles usable without violating any copyright laws?

I have done quite a bit of writing, and I could alter articles easily. Integrity is important to me so I want to know if this is OK?

Thanks...

 

[Ross]

Hi everyone:

I have a lot of names that are well suited to mini sites. What I want to know is are the articles in Wikipedia and ezinearticles usable without violating any copyright laws?

I have done quite a bit of writing, and I could alter articles easily. Integrity is important to me so I want to know if this is OK?

Thanks...

Word for word, in the long run they will hurt your SERPs. As for copyrights i don't believe there are any so long as you credit the writer obviously.

Your best route for the long run would be to re-write the articles or make some content up from scratch. Just to be safe and plus you can set those little land mines(keywords) where you want.

 

[yilduz]

I'm turning all of the domains I don't have plans for into mini-sites. I have a bunch of .info, some .net, and some .com domains not being used, but none are really good for parking or selling.

They're all going to have the same look, and I finished the general layout. I have it set up so all I have to do is change one file to change how every site looks.

 

[Bramiozo]

There has been no seo , it's there - number 10 out of 3,170,000 - simply a minisite with an rss feed.

http://www.baidu.com/s?wd=%B1%B1%BE%A9%CE%E5%D0%C7%BC%B6%BE%C6%B5%EA

Just the keywords seem to have done it, or maybe others can explain - I had it made for me for vlow $'s - generally I just buy and sell.

Using adfeeders is one thing, but dedicated niche affiliates would be better of course, which is obviously a challenge for chinese domains, have you tried finding them ?

мр3.net has english content, is it IP dependent ?

 

[Billy!]

I'm turning all of the domains I don't have plans for into mini-sites. I have a bunch of .info, some .net, and some .com domains not being used, but none are really good for parking or selling.

They're all going to have the same look, and I finished the general layout. I have it set up so all I have to do is change one file to change how every site looks.

Good idea, just make sure you are happy with your layout, I have 180 sites now and I have been over allof them 4 days in a row ... using same content but I had to fix some mistakes and also the google adsense layout.

Here is an example

Mobile Phone Dating

 

[yilduz]

Good idea, just make sure you are happy with your layout, I have 180 sites now and I have been over allof them 4 days in a row ... using same content but I had to fix some mistakes and also the google adsense layout.

Here is an example

Mobile Phone Dating

Well, I'm not 100% happy with my layout, but I use php include for the template files and every one of the sites includes the same two php files and one css file. If I were to change one of those three files, it would reflect on every one of the sites. So I have a layout done, now I focus on content. Once I'm done with that, I'll touch up the layout.

 

[Ross]

Well, I'm not 100% happy with my layout, but I use php include for the template files and every one of the sites includes the same two php files and one css file. If I were to change one of those three files, it would reflect on every one of the sites. So I have a layout done, now I focus on content. Once I'm done with that, I'll touch up the layout.

IMO, its not so much about building the site as it is producing quality content. Any mini-site developer that truely makes unique content for their sites will tell you that part takes the most time.

 

[yilduz]

IMO, its not so much about building the site as it is producing quality content. Any mini-site developer that truely makes unique content for their sites will tell you that part takes the most time.

Which is why I made a general layout and am now focusing on content. I'll try to make a nice layout once the content is finished.

I only had one web development class in college, but my instructor's big thing was always "content, content, content!" That's also the big thing I've seen in web development tutorial sites, content, content, content.

 

[bondjpf]

I also went and developed most of my parking domains.
I wasn't earning much with them.
Now i can tell you that my earnings are on the lows $x.xxx .
Pretty nice i guess

 

[domainer50]

Mini sites > parked domain sites. However, both are worthless without proper back link building and marketing. You need to get traffic to these sites before you get any click throughs to your advertisers

You can not be marketing parked domains in the first place Thats the point of making mini sites. You have total freedom, and therefore increased income

 

[arthurdaily]

Guys,

Wow.....

Just reading this thread has amazed me and made me think "Why am I wasting time on Sedos 2c per click......?"

I have over 400 domains (Some with very good keywords).

I would like to have some of these mini sites but don't have the time at the moment to do all the grafting...

How much would someone charge me to set up say (10-20) mini-sites with all the adsense trimmings etc?

Arthur :gl:

 

[domainer50]

I do mini site design, and maintenance starting at $15 per site. PM me if you would like to work something out with multiple domians

 

[harkster]

Interesting stuff. I have been an advocate of mini-site development for a long time. Got led astray and involved in some other stuff but going to get back to it. There are some nice tools available these days. Been using eBay feeds for a long time but haven't hit the right niche yet. Nearly all my revenue is from Adsense. I have always believed in trying to provide something useful in the process. Never forget that content is good but original/unique content is indeed king.

 

[bizcorp]

I feel that with minisites you have more control over your domain than when you park it with a parking provider. For example you can self promote your sites and with some parking programs they don't allow you..

 

[Billy!]

Guys,

Wow.....

Just reading this thread has amazed me and made me think "Why am I wasting time on Sedos 2c per click......?"

I have over 400 domains (Some with very good keywords).

I would like to have some of these mini sites but don't have the time at the moment to do all the grafting...

How much would someone charge me to set up say (10-20) mini-sites with all the adsense trimmings etc?

Arthur :gl:

Arthur,

It is very easy to do, anybody can do it, plus you get a step by step pdf file to guide you.

 

[thetruman]

hello Billy, developing minisites is surely the way to go (by the way frankly your template is pretty...boring thought of adding some pictures or something? sorry to be frank...).
By my experience developing minisites rewards A LOT. However
1) Content has to be Original - Fresh-Interesting
2) Layout has to be an eye catcher
3) Seo optimization at a certain degree is needed.

Am having good results especially with one of mine (ipertiroidismo (dot) c o m) that is about a common disease (hypertiroidism).
Simple layout, VERY RELEVANT ORIGINAL CONTENT (I wrote it). Very little SEO... am having after 3 or 4 monthes from the launch 50-60 uniques a day (and a more then decent click rate).
The point is... it needs a lot of your time (also if you are experienced) to build it...

 

[Billy!]

Is this site better Osama Bin Laden?

I appreciate your reply, but I have nearly 200 Niche Sites and it takes time to update them, but I will follow your advice.

Cheers

 

[thetruman]

it looks much much better....