{"id":683,"date":"2011-12-09T09:14:36","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T16:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bizwaremagic.com\/weblog\/?p=683"},"modified":"2019-10-23T05:07:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T12:07:26","slug":"how-many-domains-or-sites-should-you-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bizwaremagic.com\/weblog\/2011\/12\/09\/how-many-domains-or-sites-should-you-have\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Domains or Sites Should You Have?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nHow Many Domains or Sites Should You Have?<\/b>
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This is a question which I occasionally get asked by
\nsubscribers. How many domains or sites should I have?<\/p>\n

Of course, there are many ways to answer this question.<\/b><\/p>\n

Around 10 years ago, when I first started online,
\nmy answer would have been one site – which is enough
\nfor anyone. However, after all I have done and
\nexperienced since that time – my answer would now be:
\nas many as you can afford!<\/p>\n

I started with my main general site dealing with the
\ntopic of Online Marketing and Marketing Tools, but 3 or
\n4 years in, I started building other closely related
\nsites which were highly focused on just one topic or
\nniche market.<\/p>\n

Most of these are what is commonly referred to as
\n“Mini-sites” – consisting of only 5 or 6 pages.
\nAlthough some can have more pages… these are the
\nkinds of sites you set-up and forget about them, more
\nor less.<\/p>\n

I usually promote them once or twice a year with
\nan article or a relevant press release. But these
\nsites run themselves and if you build them the right
\nway – they can earn you revenue for years to come.<\/p>\n

Keep Your Costs Low<\/b><\/p>\n

I try to keep my overall yearly costs for a site
\nunder $50 – I know webmasters who build sites for
\na fraction of that price, but I like having a reliable
\nhosting that I can trust. Try Yahoo or GoDaddy.<\/p>\n

The greatest benefit from having numerous sites, you’re
\nnot putting all your “resources and hopes” into just
\none basket. This was really brought home to me this
\nyear by Google’s endless Panda Updates, which are
\nstill ongoing and relentless.<\/p>\n

A few of my sites lost traffic, while others gained
\ntraffic. If I only had the one site – Panda would have
\nbeen a problem, mainly because it targeted duplicate
\ncontent including articles and all those valuable
\nbacklinks. Article marketing has been one of my most
\nuseful ways to get rankings and traffic,
\nPanda put a big dent in that whole process.<\/p>\n

Build Exact Keyword Domains<\/b><\/p>\n

What I really noticed about the Panda Updates and Google’s
\nAlgorithm changes this past year… my exact keyword
\ndomain sites rose or kept their rankings in Google.<\/p>\n

This is extremely important for the following reason:
\npurchasing an exact keyword domain and building a small
\nsite around this main keyword will usually get you the top
\nspot in Google for that keyword. If you have the domain
\n“www.bluewidgets.com” – with a little bit of proper SEO
\nand promotion – you will get top listings for the keyword
\n“bluewidgets” in Google.<\/p>\n

I also consider keyword enhancers in the domain name
\nsuch as “buy” “buy online” “cheap” “best”… these added
\nwords will usually increase your conversion rates… you
\nwant visitors who are ready to buy your product or at
\nleast seriously considering buying your product.<\/p>\n

I try to find a lucrative keyword which has at least
\n5,000 to 20,000 searches a month. If you can buy that
\nexact keyword domain and build a mini-site around it,
\nchances are very good at the moment, that you will get
\nlisted in the top 5 spots in Google for that keyword,
\nif not the top spot.<\/p>\n

How do you know a keyword will be or is profitable?<\/b><\/p>\n

One very simple thing I do is simply use Google Keyword
\nTool to find the number of monthly searches and related
\nkeywords, noting the level of competition for those
\nkeywords. Next, I simply do a search in Google for a
\nchosen keyword, are there at least 10 sites\/companies
\nadvertising on the search results page? If people are
\nadvertising this keyword is probably profitable and
\nmaking them money.<\/p>\n

I also study the top 10 sites ranking for this keyword
\nphrase – can I compete with them? Do any have the
\nexact keyword phrase in their domain? How good are
\nthe sites… and so on.<\/p>\n

Even with low traffic numbers, you can still make a
\nprofit because this is free targeted traffic from Google.
\nI have long learned that you should never underestimate
\nthe very targeted visitors you get from Google. People
\ntrust Google and once you get those top rankings,
\nyour marketing job is already 90% done for you.<\/p>\n

Use Social Bookmarks<\/b><\/p>\n

Don’t forget to use the “social bookmark” buttons such
\nas ShareThis or AddThis… on all your content. Google
\nis paying much more attention to these social numbers,
\nincluding, of course, its own Google+ numbers.<\/p>\n

Now, many of these sites don’t get a lot of traffic,
\nthey aren’t really designed to get a lot of traffic…
\nthese are niche sites created to get free targeted
\nkeyword traffic from the search engines, especially
\nGoogle. But if you’re targeting the right visitors, you
\ndon’t need much traffic to make these sites profitable.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

SiteBuildIt is having their annual “Buy One – Get One Free”
\nand the purchase link is now live. NO! I would not recommend
\nyou use SBI for building “mini-sites” – it is way too expensive
\nfor that purpose.<\/p>\n

But if you’re new to this online stuff – SBI is great for
\nyour first main site because it will take you step-by-step
\nthrough building your online site.<\/p>\n

SBI SiteBuildIt Review<\/a><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Kind Regards,
\nTitus Hoskins<\/p>\n

www.bizwaremagic.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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