The Formula

[labrocca]

1. Find something that interests you.
2. Search Wordtracker for keywords associated with a 100+ searches per day
3. Check domain availability for that keyword...check .com, .net, .org, .info, or .biz
4. Register the best name that's exact to the wordtracker search
5. Build small niche site (use adsense to monetize) with unique content
6. Create some links to site (dozens of possible methods available)
7. Sit back and make money


There ya go newbies...the formula.
:lala:

 

[Charley]

2. Search Wordtracker for keywords associated with a 100+ searches per day

100 + searches are no more really, all taken. Below, that would be effective.

 

[weblord]

7. Sit back and make money

easier said than done, on the sides you need to promote, promote and promote it.

 

[Damion]

I would like to ad something to your post Jesse, for the people wanting to get started with this.

 

[Keral_Patel]

easier said than done, on the sides you need to promote, promote and promote it.

Takes a lots of energy out of me.

Hunger for Promotion is never satisfied.

 

[soggyindo]

Nice post and comments, guys!
Labrocca - don't forget checking out the competition, also important.
Charley, did you mean finding domains with >100 wordtracker searches a day? that seems pretty easy.
Or did you guys mean >100 visitors a day with a #1 on google (as calculated via GTrends)? True, that seems nigh impossible!
BTW-Interested if anyone else has used the GTrends tool...what do you think about their estimates?

 

[labrocca]

Labrocca - don't forget checking out the competition, also important.

Actually I agree.

The reason I started this thread was because I recently did the above (including looking at some competition).

100 + searches are no more really, all taken. Below, that would be effective.

That's only true if you register ONLY dot coms. There are plenty available in .net and other extensions. The point is KEYWORDS so having the dot com isn't all that important.

One part of the research above is to check if the dot com or other extensions are valid sites or are they parked crap.

Here is my recent example. I found a nice little Sudoku script. Something I can easily work with.

Wordtracker shows good results for Sudoku.

"free online sudoku" shows 136 (#14 on list) searches per day. Respectable...after checking some of the other top 10 I saw that the freeonlinesudoku.net was available. .net's are my favorite for this type of site with the cheaper reg fee. I pay $6 vs $7.24 for them. Every little bit helps right?

So anyways...took me about 2 hours total to make this site:
http://www.freeonlinesudoku.net

The dot com is parked. (org is still available)

I followed my above formula and within 3 days..traffic. Currently ranks top 10 in G. With a little link building I hope to be in top 3. This site will require NO additional work once it's making money. I have a couple dozen sites done with this similar formula. In a way there are MFA sites but I do make these sites as unique as possible.

easier said than done, on the sides you need to promote, promote and promote it.

Not really..that's the point of using wordtracker to get a domain. Promotion is for suckers. It's all about search engines. I could spend a LOT of money promoting or I can work on getting ranked well in SERPs. Take a guess which is easier? I have so many sites that I just have to pick a relevent one to place a link and BINGO...indexed.

For those that believe in the "sandbox" crap...I laugh at you. Reg date on my domain was less than 2 weeks ago.

btw..I also snagged 2 other Sudoku domains each in top 5 of wordtracker. Should be able to make a tidy profit over the years.

While making 50 cents a day doesn't sound like much...consider 5 years income. $900...or more...certainly worth my couple hours of work. Domaining is all about residual income. Create enough small sites (or good parked ones for lazy domainers) and you just make money every month.

edit: btw estibot gives domain $140 value:
http://estibot.com/results.php?domain=FreeOnlineSudoku.net

I could probably sell this today for $100+.

Enjoy.

 

[soggyindo]

let us know how you go with the traffic? always good to hear stats. there can be a "bump" when you start (and later a drop).
by promotion...others probably meant backlinks, content updates etc - for long term search engine mojo. but keywords can definitely be a handy push.
nice quick site, well done.
lots of empty space too if you later want to fill up with ads, links to other online games and products, etc.

 

[Traveler]

Great post Labrocca, now where was that post two years ago when I needed it!

 

[estibot.com]

I believe in Labrocca's formula. Having a great generic domain name is key (again proof that generics are the way to go in domaining). Then development.

The thing is, this sort of success doesn't happen overnight. You spend some years building up the "empire" - multiple indexed, developed sites with some PR. Once you have maybe 20+ sites, the thing gets easier. You can get your new sites indexed quickly by linking from the old sites. Make sure you use multiple cheap hosts with different IP addresses for linking.

OPtimally you should first develop one site and really work to make it popular and do some serious link building, in order to get it respected by Google, up to PR4 and some real traffic. After that, you can leverage the PR of that site to start building your empire site by site, because all it takes is a single link from that site to get your new sites indexed.

So it takes effort&time at first. After that it gets easier, but for me it took years before I started seeing the sort of revenue that even justified having spent all that time.

Nowadays I'm so busy with Estibot I don't really do this anymore, but when I do, I outsource the development. I spend about $300 buying content for each new site. Then build links, maybe spend $100 to have someone build links. Usually the first year's revenue will pay that $400 back, and after that it's all profit. The profits are not big per site, but as Labrocca said, if you can get a $300 profit per year per site, just 100 sites will keep you fed. Make 1,000 and you're all set.

It's risky though - your sites could get de-indexed any time, or hacked, or just drop in a Google algorithm update and all of a sudden you're left with little or no income. So don't quit your day job (I haven't) until you're certain you can make it.

Also, Labrocca's formula is the path to winning those URDP complaints. You're providing a real service and value to people, it will be harder to reverse hijack the domain from you.