Choosing the Best Theme for a Niche Site

I’ve been designing websites since 1997, and since then I’ve seen a lot come and go. When I first started designing my first sites I used a program called quick site, which was a what you see is what you get HTML editor. At the time it was the closest thing I could find to using a graphical program call PageMaker produced by Adobe. This is a program I had learned to use while developing…

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Are Niche Fads Worth Pursuing?

In working with my clients on finding niches to focus their sites on – I am still surprised at how many people are still focusing their attention on the wrong niches and keywords.   One of the biggest areas or error I see is wanting to focus on fads and short lived topics. This can include Sporting events ( such as the Olympics ), a product popular on Television such as a piece of exercise…

"Are Niche Fads Worth Pursuing?"

Understanding What Makes a Bad Niche Topic

Finding the right niche is the critical starting point for building your niche site and is the most important thing a successful niche site owner can do – and become skilled at.   Thanks to a proliferation of junk blogs on sites like Warrior Forum and PLR Sites – many people new to niche site building make the mistake of choosing niches with impossible competition.     When it comes to niches like Forex and just…

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How to Block Countries with High Rates of Hacking Attempts

Over the years I’ve had numerous problems with hackers and their malicious attempts to harm or steal from my websites and that has taught me to be far more diligent and security oriented. In one such case, in 2011 I had started to notice a sudden drop in revenue on a very profitable computer software reviewed site I owned. This site at the time was making upwards of $2000, and was the bread-and-butter of my…

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Monetizing Your Niche Site

Many people new to the niche website development industry make the mistake of assuming that AdSense will provide them enough revenue to make the site worthwhile or viable. In reality though, AdSense will typically provide only 20 to 30% of the site’s overall revenue – while the lion’s share of the income will come from affiliate programs. But that brings up the question of how do you integrate a sales message into your content without…

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