Like most bloggers, I have been constantly bombarded with stories of how niche websites have made bloggers a nice passive income. Now that I have finally got an approved adsense account, I decided it was finally time for me to test the waters in the niche website business.
So, for $10 I decided to buy a domain name that I believe has some potential. Unlike most bloggers, who keep their niche sites a secret in order to avoid competition, I will share with you all aspects of my new site. We will have some fun here discussing any success and failures that Obamadales.com might experience. If nothing else, it will be a nice learning experience for anyone who is considering playing around with niche websites.
Drum roll please . . . My first niche site is Obamadales.com
I chose this domain name because I think it is very memorable and Obama related Google searches are always amongst the most popular. Although I do think there tons of competition for Obama keywords, I believe even if I am able to “sneak a couple by the Google goalie,” Obamadales.com could become profitable.
Although I was finally indexed by Google today, I have not seen any search traffic as of yet. I will next concentrate on getting some quality backlinks by writing a couple of articles and submitting the site to some social bookmarking sites. I am also considering writing some legit Obama posts in order to give Obamadales.com some more meaningful (non-ad) content. My first mistake that I think I made was to not include some legit posts first, before adding all my amazon ads.
What do you think? Did I waste $10? What would you do differently if you owned obamadales.com???
@Lindsay–I agree, I look at this as a long term investment. I figure I have at least 4 years (maybe 8 if Obama get re-elected) to make some money of this site.
@Zach–It will be interesting to see how Google treats this site. Got some search traffic today, so I am a little more optimistic. Still, my experience with this blog tells me that I will have to wait a couple of months in the sandbox before getting any major Google love.
Interesting idea, I’d suggest you do some keyword research for keywords related to Obama. I did a quick check on the Adwords tool and there are loads of synonym suggestions which you could possibly include to your advantage.
Haha I also did not get the connection with Bloomingdales until it was laid out in front of me. Good luck with the new site at all, it might be tough beating out the news websites if you’re trying to rank for any Obama terms, but I have faith! If it doesn’t work out, you can always do some retail therapy at Bloomingdales, but make sure you grab a Bloomingdales coupon first
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