Monetize Your Site
Everybody is always looking for ways to “Monetize Your Site” and one of the most popular methods today is focusing on ‘niche‘ markets with web sites set up to specifically target a carefully selected keyword (How to find Long Tailed Keywords).
- Server Hogs
Monetize Your Site
Building niche sites is a great marketing ploy and can work very well, but the downside for me is that because I prefer to use blogs to set up these niche sites, I am creating greedy space munching server hogs. Each blog requires a MySql database and uses lots of disc space for the WordPress blog files. Every blog is slow loading because of the nature of the beast, and the large number of files needed to display the first page. Do not despair, there is an alternative to these SERVER HOGS -
- Brilliant Solution – ‘My Starter Blog’.
Steve McGrath over at McGrath Info Solutions has invented a ‘flat-file’ blog that requires no database, and is very fast to load with very small files. This resolves my reservations about band-width and server hogs very nicely. The program files on the server disc are 116kb and the Theme files 132kb – a total of 248kb – compared with the multi-mebabytes (4 MB + Plugins + Content) of WordPress files required for every installation.
- Alternative to WordPress, Joomla, Whatever
Have a read of the authors site here to find out more about this great alternative to WordPress, or read the My Starter Blog post on my other blog or Google for My Starter Blog Review to discover more opinion about this clever little program.
- Great Method
Start setting up some of these mini-blogs and cashing in on niche markets, and you will be well on the way to Monetize Your Site!
Tags: Alternative to WordPress, Monetize Your Site, My Starter Blog, Server Hogs, Steve McGrath
Thanks for the mentioned.
WP takes 4MB depending on the version. That’s not including the plugins or content yet.
If a do an 3 word auction site, it’s mostly a little around 100-125KB. That’s including the graphics.
Btw, I like the hog graphic
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Reply to Steve McGrathThanks for the tips. Will put this stuff to use!
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Reply to BurnThatI started this, but sometimes the management of it all gets a little overwhelming. I wish I had three of me, so I keep all of my mini blogs in check.
Reply to DanielleHi there,
Nice tips,Monetizing site is my current goal, but I have not been found a efficient way to make money online and realize the goal, I think your post will help me to get the goal ,I read your article about the “how to find the long tailed keyword” and I learnt more from it.To tell the truth,I love your site because as for a beginner like me it is very informative on making money online and bog writting. I hope to hear from you soon. Thanks for sharing us.
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Reply to Sanya @ China TravelNice sites are a good way to earn money, especially when you decide to go for affiliate products instead of adsense.
Reply to smashillIt is easy setting up several sites/blogs and put ads on them. The main problem is to get a decent amount of visitors. Without decent traffic, you will never make any money.
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Reply to Make MoneyTheres never an easy way to make money online, but monetizing the site is also one way to get some traffic done!
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Reply to LesterThe “make money online” -niche is too crowded.I started 4 blogs recently on niches that are very small but have a reasonable search volume on Google.I monetize the blogs with adsense and a downloadable ebook.
I think the biggest problem when people monetize their sites is that they place too many banners and opportunities on it and the visitor/prospect gets confused and just leaves.Why not choose 1 monetizing method and a free newsletter that pushes people to your product slowly over time.No one buys anything at the first visit, but they may click on an adsense ad or sign up for your newsletter.
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I agree the MMO niche is way too competitive. It makes a lot of sense to find something else and “keep it simple”
Reply to Rhyswith too much hosting companies coming in to market the rates now are going too low . the hardest part of MMO niche is to
Reply to gagan@Miami Web Designincrease the conversion rate
I’ve never really realized that Wordpress blogs were slow. I know that some sites that are heavy on graphics because of banners etc. can be slow but I’ve never felt it with normal WP sites.
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Reply to Mikael @ Retire RichI think all the plugins can make wordpress blogs slower. Some blogs are fast but if you have alot of images and plugins they seem to load very slow. Some plugins have hard time working together so try one than add one if site slows down remove the one you do not like.
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Reply to Phone serviceNice to know. I have just been using blogger, but now i should take a decision on what system i should adopt for the future. I´ll take a look.
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Reply to Onde Vai estar RonaldoKeeping blogs/websites way past their “expiration date is foolish”. You just need to find a perfect moment and sell it. You won’t have to worry about hogging up space and you’ll make quite a bit of money.
Reply to DietyThe starter blog files sound like a great idea. Not only will site load faster it saves money because you can use smaller hosting package.
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Reply to Best etf funds listI’m glad most of you see the potential for us Internet Marketers.
I created a thread on DP about MSB and some don’t seemed to understand the value.
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1262239
Btw, v1.7 is out and used MSB to redo that part of the site.
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Reply to Steve McGrathFinally! I’ve been searching the web for a simple and small blog solution – a cousin of mine lives in eastern Europe and I felt sad watching him waiting for several minutes for his blog to load … now, hopefully, he won’t have to!
Thanks again.
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Reply to KolorowankiThat’s another great tip on here! Create multiple blogs is creating many streams of income. Market them differently and make money from each blog is diversifying and monetizing.
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Reply to Work At Home BlogI made $4.36 in the first 6 hours then zip (on day 2)…well, I guess it needs time to acquire interest but what else can I do to optimize the site and what level of expectation should I have for adsense?
Reply to Used Machinery“Used Machinery”, what is your site? If I can have a look at it I might be able to give you some suggestions.
/Mikael
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Reply to Mikael @ Retire RichI recently read somewhere that before you try to sell an old blog you might try promoting it and see if you can still make some profit.
Reply to Nieruchomosci GryfinoI like the idea of a micro blog site. Makes sense for specialized niches where you won’t have a ton of comment (or posts).
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Reply to Charles@Las Vegas Real EstateUpdate, my mini blogs are really working well. I have 2 I spend a good deal of time on and the other one I work as needed. thanks for all the advice.
Reply to Frisco Real EstateThanks for the update Frisco. Glad it’s going well for you.
Reply to RhysHmm, now this is an idea. Nothing like some passive income, eh ?:D Set up a cheap, niche blog and start earning more!
Only thing that saddens me here is that as usual, 98% of people that could be interested in this, won’t hear about it. Thus, 98% of bloggers will not be using the best tool.
Marketing sucks
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Reply to TipsyHi,
Very nice post.commentluv and keyword luv are the great plug-in.
it is great resource for link building we can get the inbound link with the keyword and comment luv gives an extra link for commentator.
Thanks for the sharing.
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Reply to Sunshine coast web designI haven’t really given this much thought, but I assume this might become an issue for me eventually. As it is, my blog isn’t all that popular and the bandwidth it eats up easily fits within the limits I have.
Reply to Noclegi Gory StoloweAssuming I do things right and actually start making some money of the blog, the problem might arise. I’ll try your solution then, but as it is the huge worpress theme I’m using is staying
Hi there, I am currently doing some “ghost writing” for a couple of blogs with contrasting topics. The big challenge to me is to not only write well but write topically to maintain eyeballs. It’s like being the only writer for a TV sitcom coming up with new story lines.
Reply to Rick @ Business VoIPYour new concept of blog flat file blog surely helpful to resolve the problem of monetize because of no database or files loading so required very less bandwidth for loading.
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Reply to Healthcare ManagementAfter seeing this I added DoFollow and Keyword Luv to my blog, thanks for the info.
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I think that you end up creating more of a vacuum for yourself with multiple blogs in trying to keep up with providing compelling content. It’s very competitive and the returns are small until you can achieve a reasonable search volume on Google. I agree with one of your commentators that “…the biggest problem when people monetize their sites is that they place too many banners and opportunities on it and the visitor/prospect gets confused and just leaves.” It does lend some weight to my argument that content is about text and graphics and you cannot control the aesthetic standards you may want to implement for your sites when others are create very low-rent, poor-quality banners. Thanks for the article.
Reply to Eric @ Motorcycle PaintSome nice tips, thanks for that.
Reply to olejek dziegciowyTo be honest – I never thought about any alternative to WordPress, it just didn’t crossed my mind.
I would like to see what You write about on My Starter Blog. hope it’s gonna be interesting
Yes, I do agree that one good way to monetize website is to focus on a certain niche. Because search engines love to much about it.
Reply to Cathy from Make Money OnlineMonetizing site is not easy. The first thing to do is to make that site a blockbuster. Huge traffic is in my opinion one of the most important things to achieve when it comes to monetize a site. For anyone that starts his work with new website a question of sense of that work is unresponsive. I think that the more work is put in site’s development the higher rate will the site get and more money we will earn.
Reply to MartinHi,
Well, make money online its not easy … but possible!
I`ve been dedicating the past 2 years of my life trying to find the superformula for that, but i`ve find out that there is no superformula, but instead there is a buntch of “mini formulas” we could use.
I recommend to trie all afilliate programs – or the high paying ones – in a variety of niches, with a few blogs/sites to see wath is worth and wath is a waste of time …
After some time, you will make money online!
Cumps
Reply to Ganhar Dinheiro OnlineThis is a great point. I use WordPress blogs for my niche sites for a variety of reasons, but didn’t really consider the fact that I was using up so much space with each install.
Reply to Make Money From BlogsI never heard of a flat blog. Sounds interesting i know blogs do take alot of hosting and load slower so it sounds like a great idea. I will take a look at the article and see how it works.
Reply to Best websitesVery interesting idea. I never heard of a blog like the one you talk about. I have to read more about it and see if i can try your ideas and make mutiple niches.
Reply to Movie downloadsI too use wordpress on my website, and I do feel like it can be a bit of a hog compared to regular plain ol html, but it is what it is, and it works for me so I continue to use it!
Till then,
Jean
Reply to used tiresIn my point of view, Monetizing site is not so easy. The first thing to do is to make that site a blockbuster. Huge traffic is in my opinion one of the most important things to achieve when it comes to monetize a site.
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A blog that doesn’t require databases, huh?
that sounds pretty interesting. I’ll consider it when I try making a new blog.
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Very interesting post. Any way you can save on hosting and have more pages is a great idea.
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Every internet hosting company offers online database services to their customers, so anyone who has a web site, or internet connectivity already has this service.
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Plus, I had a SQL insertion hack on another WP blog. The security is another lesser problem since you don`t have a backend thus not need to upgrade a site every few months. 
Reply to Steve McGrathYou are missing the point! Every time you use that online database, you hog the server. Don`t forget that you are not alone on it or might create, like me, 100s of site per reseller account. Plus, the database(yes, rare) can become corrupted. It happened to me.
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Everybody knows that huge visitors will generate masive amount of income and people always look for visitors on search engine. Problem is so many people looking at the same place and forgot about other options such as social media, viral marketing and many more
Reply to Ireland Money OnlineIt makes money if you are able to monetize the traffic… People rely too much on Adsense and other ad networks… the returns for selling your own space is so much higher then via networks…
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Please give a f’rinstance, or explain more on this
– Rhys
Reply to RhysThe trick to make money online is to drive in thounsand of unique visitors and to place and advert on the correct spot in your blog. Without visitors, how good is your article or content will bring nothing to your blog. It is just an opinion anyway…
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Targeted traffic and quality content is the way to success. It does take some marketing knowledge too make a decent income though.
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This flat-file blog is interesting! I bet, this would be very useful to site owners who own so many blogs! Much easier to handle compared to the normal.
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I think earning money online is never easy it takes much time hardworking & good research, which results to the income of the owner of the website/Blog. There are great misconceptions in the mind of beginners they really need some guidance, it’s not like get rich quick program. Well i like your tips, I will look forward to implement it on my site.
Reply to Las Vegas hi rise condosAs per the concept that has been mentioned in the post I can say that this is a great way to make the things better for my website. I loved the post and will surely keep up with the points that been advised in the post.
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The MMO online niche is so funny all the people talking about how to and 99% of them dont make anything lol
The best way is to make real sites going after real keywords and lean SEO like the rest of the people who actually make the cash.
Also go to the Industry Shows, nothing I hate more than a blog on MMO filed to the brim with ads buy links, buy post etc etc – 10 – $10 month income streams.
Build real site, business online same rules as offline.
Pete
Reply to Cheap LoansYes, I also have to agree with that Cathy; a good way to monetize website is to focus in Find the Best Niche.
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Thanks for good article
Reply to oes tsetnocUnique content is the key to success. A nice site must have useful information for its users, and it will bring more traffic together with opportuinities to monetize your site.
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i think that unique content is important, however it is just one component of SEO… Things like total number of pages and backlinks are equally as essential…
Reply to Bars and Night ClubsA bandwidth-light blog theme is a good idea if you find that your blog(s) are unnecessarily eating up a lot of server resources. Personally I think you would need to have a lot of blogs/websites setup to really need something like this. Most servers should have no problem supporting a blog or two.
Reply to Laptop BriefcaseJust because you have a lot of visitors on your web site doesn’t necessarily mean that your web site is going to make you a lot of money. And you don’t have to have a lot of visitors in order to make a lot of money from your web site….
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Reply to Teknoloji haberleriThe thing about making money that most webmasters seem to overlook is that there is no quick buck, no easy money. To make money online you have to pick the right niche, at the right time, make the correct decisions and fight hard for it.
It’s no good just having a website, you need traffic and it has to be targeted. And even when you do get traffic, you need to convert it.
One thing’s for sure, if you want to make money on the internet, it’s a long and hard slog!
Reply to Money Comparewe dont need to find long tail words. plugins do it for us.
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Reply to RhysPlease expand on that….
i just still confused from where i just start
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