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12:11 pm
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Post edited 12:16 pm – November 25, 2012 by Financial Samurai
Howdy Folks,
I'm finally discovering the exciting world of niche sites after reading so many posts about the Google Exact Domain Match (EMD) update disrupting the space around October 2012.
What I admire about folks in the niche site space is the fact that they are so entrepreneurial. As most of us are bloggers at the opposite side of the niche site spectrum, I'm wondering if there are things we can learn from our niche site brothers and sisters to improve our own sites.
If your main blogging activity is with niche sites, I'd love to hear your perspective on strategies, the future, etc.
Some topics of discussion include:
* Where do you think traffic goes if a niche site gets hit?
* Should we be be buying niche sites post EMD update if we have the content and larger sites to help build it back up?
And so forth.
Thanks,
Sam
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Sam
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3:28 pm
November 25, 2012
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I have quite a few niche sites. Basically, when I write a few articles on a particular topic for my main blog, I rebundle and rewrite those post to create a niche site of about 10 – 20 pages. What I can say is that they are really hit and miss. While all of them make enough to cover the cost of keeping them live, most make very little money. I would say that of every 10 niche sites I place up, 1 will be relatively successful. The problem that I haven't found an effective way to determine which will do well and which won't. Some I think would do great have preformed poorly while others I wan't too sure about have done great.
I really pay very little attention to google and updates (I probably should more). I haven't seen much difference in my traffic to my niche sites. I personally think they are a great way to leverage all the writing that you do and it really doesn't take much effort to do it.
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3:50 pm
November 25, 2012
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BeforeYouInvest
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Niche sites don't have to be EMD… it was only a matter of time until the howtobuyared1996hondacivic.com type niche sites got whacked and quite frankly Im surprised they worked as long as they did.
If you want to build one now you just need to think of it more like a real business… get a brandable name, get a nice custom logo, write helpful content revolving around the topic, have a twitter/facebook account and be active on them, answer comments, and basically show that a real human being is behind the site.
Like you said the downside with niche sites, or at least the ones that rely exclusively on Google or Bing is that once the ranking goes away so does the traffic (and money).
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4:08 pm
November 25, 2012
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Financial Samurai
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SavingsAdvice – Interesting to know about the 1 in 10 hit rate. Sounds like the hit rate for angel investing actually!
When you say "rebundle and rewrite" the original post, how is that different from "spun content"? Sounds like an easy way to leverage one's existing content to multiple sites if it can be rewritten effectively while getting search credit.
Are there services out there that spin content for you and set up multiple sites, shotgun method? I was reading there is actually software where you drop your original content and it's does a jiggle to spit out multiple versions!
Jeff – Sounds like one isn't building a niche site with all the work then, but a Prime site. I'm going to omit the "authority site" vernacular b/c what I've read about authority sites sound like niche sites. So in your opinion, does this mean that niche/authority sites are dead?
It really seems like there's an opportunity for buyers to pick up sites or relevant domain names for cheap now.
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Regards,
Sam
Financial Samurai - Helping you achieve financial freedom sooner, rather than later.
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4:29 pm
November 25, 2012
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Post edited 4:29 pm – November 25, 2012 by savingadvice
Financial Samurai said:
SavingsAdvice – Interesting to know about the 1 in 10 hit rate. Sounds like the hit rate for angel investing actually!
When you say "rebundle and rewrite" the original post, how is that different from "spun content"? Sounds like an easy way to leverage one's existing content to multiple sites if it can be rewritten effectively while getting search credit.
Are there services out there that spin content for you and set up multiple sites, shotgun method? I was reading there is actually software where you drop your original content and it's does a jiggle to spit out multiple versions!
Since I write on all types of different topics, I bundle all the posts that are related. I don't use any spin software, I simply write it again using the same main points from the original articles, but from scratch (I don't try to simply reword sentences or use different words that mean the same thing). I basically write an entirely new article, but there is no research or thinking to do since I already know exactly what I'm going to write.
While I have heard there is spin software out there that's OK, it still requires a lot of editing if you want it to sound natural — I figure that completely original ends up being better since it would likely take me the same amount of time.
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5:08 pm
November 25, 2012
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BeforeYouInvest
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Financial Samurai said:
Jeff – Sounds like one isn't building a niche site with all the work then, but a Prime site. I'm going to omit the "authority site" vernacular b/c what I've read about authority sites sound like niche sites. So in your opinion, does this mean that niche/authority sites are dead?
It really seems like there's an opportunity for buyers to pick up sites or relevant domain names for cheap now.
Yes and no… it's really a matter of focus. My sites focus VERY tightly around one particular niche, and only a small handful of keywords. When I think of a money site or a prime site as you called it, I think of a more broad site that covers a wider topic like cars or investing, instead of a site about a particular type of honda civics or whatever… but I'm splitting hairs.
As far as domain names, all you really need is a partial match. I prefer a domain that has been aged, but Ive seen some sites that are brand new ranking for incredibly difficult keywords so I have some investigating to do there.
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7:46 am
November 26, 2012
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BeforeYouInvest said:
Niche sites don't have to be EMD… it was only a matter of time until the howtobuyared1996hondacivic.com type niche sites got whacked and quite frankly Im surprised they worked as long as they did.
If you want to build one now you just need to think of it more like a real business… get a brandable name, get a nice custom logo, write helpful content revolving around the topic, have a twitter/facebook account and be active on them, answer comments, and basically show that a real human being is behind the site.
Like you said the downside with niche sites, or at least the ones that rely exclusively on Google or Bing is that once the ranking goes away so does the traffic (and money).
Yes, yes, and yes! As far as I'm aware not all niche URL's have been effected by the update, as long as they are steering clear of bad linking strategies. You should be safe.
I think a lot of the power has been taken away from these URL's within the SERP's rather than penalised.
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