Here are the 8 steps I go through to knock out starter minisites in under 90 minutes (excluding the uniquely written content if you are doing this yourself). These are sites that I want to encourage users to spend a little more time on, navigating around - in order to hopefully achieve a higher CTR. They are not supposed to be authority sites, which are an entirely different … [Read more...] about 8 Steps to Build out a Starter Minisite..Fast
‘DIY Domain Parking’ Performance Monitoring
I've been using my DIY Domain Parking template since the start of the year so thought that now would be a good time to go through the process I use to monitor the performance of a group of domains. As an example, below is a report which details the Q1 2013 stats for of a group of parked domains from my portfolio. I register and hold my domains at NameSilo and this costs me … [Read more...] about ‘DIY Domain Parking’ Performance Monitoring
When to Turn a Parked Page into a Minisite
I see this type of thing discussed quite a bit on forums and blogs so thought it would be a good idea to write a post about how I go about making this decision. Type in traffic is essential The first thing to say is that I always buy descriptive .com domain names with some type in traffic. I reckon that the best way to start any race is with a head start. That's why type in … [Read more...] about When to Turn a Parked Page into a Minisite
Type in Traffic Estimator Analysis – Part 4 – Conclusions
This is the last of a four post series on estimating direct type in traffic - the purpose of which was to come up with a reliable metric that can be used to assess a domain's revenue parking potential. Results are based on the performance of 28 random descriptive domain names that were parked (using my DIY Domain Parking template) and monitored during January. So - having … [Read more...] about Type in Traffic Estimator Analysis – Part 4 – Conclusions
Type in Traffic Estimator Analysis – Part 3 – Number of Letters
This is the third of a four post series on estimating direct type in traffic - the purpose of which is to come up with a reliable metric that can be used to assess a domain's revenue parking potential. Results are based on the performance of 28 random descriptive domain names that were parked (using my DIY Domain Parking template) and monitored during January. Part 3 – … [Read more...] about Type in Traffic Estimator Analysis – Part 3 – Number of Letters