Project DIY Niche SiteSuccess! It looks as though I acquired a domain name for the niche site that I will be giving away. If you aren’t familiar with this project then you can read about Project DIY Niche Site here.

If you’re too lazy to go read that article then basically what I am doing is creating a money making niche site from scratch right here for the readers of this blog.

I will find a domain, show you the keyword information, build the website, get it indexed, build some back links and monetize it all before giving it away to a lucky reader in a future contest.

A lot of blogs claim to make money with niche sites but few of them do. I will share everything with you piece by piece and you can see for yourself what works and what doesn’t.

Most of my future posts on this project will show up in my FEED only so make sure you subscribe before you go.

As for the domain that I selected, I am not going to reveal the name in this post simply because it isn’t official. I have not yet become the official owner of the domain and the previous owner can still lay claim to it during the next 7 days. It’s scheduled to be mine on 02/12/08 so after that I will reveal the domain.

I will share this:

  • It’s a 7 year old domain - GREAT for building trust and authority in Google’s eyes. Seasoned domains allow you to rank much more quickly than new domains.
  • No PR and no backlinks - Not ideal by any means. It would be great to find an expired domain with both PR and backlinks already built but not in this case.
  • Domain appears to be valid and not banned from Google Adsense but with no PR and no backlinks it is difficult to tell. Considering the age of the domain I am willing to risk it.
  • The main keyword that I am going to build this around has nearly 14k searches daily. It isn’t as “nichey” as I would like but it fits the bill of this project and allows a number of monetization methods other than Adsense.
  • I will be using Wordpress for the niche site so you can expect a site that is very easy to modify.

If you are interested to find out how to acquire aged domains then you can read this short article discussing the subject or wait another day or two and I will have a complete write up of the process. Trust me on this, an aged domain is a gajillion times better than starting out with a new domain for a number of reasons.

Time spent searching for one with seasoning and backlinks will give you a big head start on your competition and allow you to rank much easier and higher. I wish I could find one with backlinks but if I did it would skip an important part of the development process.

That’s my DIY Project Niche Site update for now, remember future posts may be FEED Only so grab my feed and make sure you don’t miss anything. Love to hear about any of your own project niche sites that you have underway.


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