My newest site is doing very well -- here are a few tips

[Giles]

Sorry, im not exactly frustrated, I just get confused sometimes.

If my post seemed a bit negative then I apologise. This is great advice and i'm new here so i'm still learning the ropes.

I have been looking for good nieche hobby topics for a long time. It has to be simple so that you can make a site about it, even though your not an expert. I have had some pretty good ideas but I keep getting discouraged by the amount of time I spend making websites and the amount of return i get.

I haven't made a very successful site, but im waiting for my break and building up my sites, I have 10 or more.

I am also pleased that my earnings in the last 7 days have hit a record high. i just hope I can make it to 100 bucks so that I actually get some money out of all my hard work.

Wow, long post.

[Cutter]

My first year I just built a bunch of sites, some worked, some didn't. Out of those first sites, my best took me 2 days to build and averages $10 a day with no additional work. Its a far cry from $10,000 a day, but with a few of those in your portfolio you can dedicate yourself 100% to the business.

I think you are on the right track, just don't over think this. Get a list of niches, don't worry about what they are paying per click but rather that people are searching for them. Use overture's tool to find the top searched keywords in that niche, and then build pages around them. Get a few quality incoming links, and move on to the next project.

[Giles]

Thats the million dollar question though isnt it:
What is a niche that is easy to rank with and pays well?

I've got a list, but every time I search the terms I find massive sites that are right where I would want to be.

I'll keep trying.

[chromate]

Keep in mind you don't need to rank #1 to see good results. There's normally room for a few websites to do well out of a single search term. So don't be put off just because #1 and #2 have been filled.

[Masetek]

It helps if you write an attention grabbing description. I dont always click the #1 spot

[Emancipator]

being #1 is not the be all end all. I speak from experience. Top 10 is most important and making sure you look like you belong there!

[Giles]

I could probably make the first page on a few of my niches. I'll have to have a look at some related domains...

[izwar]

im launching my website very soon i will let all know how i did or are doing, ive learned so much from this site

[michael_gersitz]

My new site halo3site.com gobbled up some nice MSN rankings within a week, by the end of two weeks I got some good google spots. This is just a site I created because I want to stay ontop of the news of halo3 even though it comes out 11 months from now.

It might be a good idea to start targeting topics in the future like a movie that comes out in 1 year or to, and then you can gobble up the rankings.

Throw some google ads up, and you can earn yourself some easy cash.

[Cutter]

Absolutely, the guys who created cellphone sites early on are making a killing today sitting at the top of the rankings even though they may have been lucky to make enough to pay the bandwidth for the first few years.

[allout]

Hey thanks Cutter for the info, I've been reading alot of post on other forums about making thousands a month and was getting a little bummed because I can't get traffic.
But your info makes sense and I am happy if I can just break even and learn for the future.

[Emancipator]

never get fooled by big talk Allout. Most the people who say they are making thousands are talking out of their ***. I know I am friends with some of em . start a few small sites, focus on MSN search and you can build up a steady stream that will at the very least keep your expenses covered.

[Sagewing]

True. And also remember that the more money people make, the less likely they are to talk about it.

[Giles]

I have a good idea about a TV show which I love and is just about to go from satellite tv to regular free tv. I love it and it's really addictive. The problem is I'm not certain iut will become popular. It only had 200 seacrhes last month.