I am a big fan of developing domains. Here are some quick ideas to help you develop your domains –
Blogs: It is extremely easy to install wordpress, install a nice web template and start posting re-printable articles from sites like eZine Articles.
Forums: You can install vBulletin vBulletin or PHPbb, make some categories and let people create content for you. It is an extremely easy way not just to get content but also get good search rankings and develop a community that will get you long-term profits.
Gallery: Let people upload photos on your site using PhotoPost or Gallary 2.0 or Coppermine. Be sure to use the watermarking feature of these software to allow for viral marketing of your website.
Directory: You can make loads of money by charging people to get listed on your directory. PhpLinkDirectory and PhpLinkBid.
I will be covering this topic in detail in next few posts and talk about each strategy individually. Stay tuned.
PS: Yes, I know the newsletter link is broken and will be fixing it soon.
September 11th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Great tips here. I think forums and communities have a great opportunity. I’m less of a fan of directories, but think you cover all the obvious and quick ways to develop a domain.
September 12th, 2008 at 4:32 am
nice ideas. also you can include upload and download scripts in that..
September 12th, 2008 at 7:25 am
I agree. Wordpress is very easy. Nerv thought about the others. Thanks for the tip…
September 12th, 2008 at 8:18 am
All great ideas, but posting re-printable articles on a blog will create duplicate content. Isn’t RSS a better solution?
September 12th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Duplicate content penalty is just a myth. =) You can counter it with good link-building.
September 14th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Yes I agree, wordpress is pretty cool and easy to set up.
September 15th, 2008 at 9:55 am
That is news from me about Dublicate content. Links are all it matters really seems.
September 20th, 2008 at 2:53 am
I am a little confused about the dublicate content. I feel it does get indexed but as you said links are important. But I had a site with good unique content and it got indexed fairly quickly.
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:56 am
informative microsites works best for me