Comments on: Leveraging Mini Poker Sites to Boost Rankings for your Main Site http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/ Poker Affiliate Blog, courtesy of Jeremy Enke, expert in Poker Affiliate Marketing. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:51:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Les http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2743 Les Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:03:18 +0000 http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2743 I feel with mini sites you just want to add static content. I don't see how you could keep on updating serveral sites. So once you are done adding content to that site there would be very little else to do, except maybe writing some more every now and then and rewording the stuff you have. This leaves most of your time to focus on your main site or another project whilst still have good mini sites leading peopl to the main. I feel with mini sites you just want to add static content. I don’t see how you could keep on updating serveral sites. So once you are done adding content to that site there would be very little else to do, except maybe writing some more every now and then and rewording the stuff you have.
This leaves most of your time to focus on your main site or another project whilst still have good mini sites leading peopl to the main.

]]> By: Marcelo http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2732 Marcelo Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:01:56 +0000 http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2732 I am going the mini sites way, but I can say that it is very hard to run all of them if you don't have a team. Since I am my own team, you can imagine how tough it is. It took me more than a month to realize that one of my biggest sites were not being indexed correctly, and I lost revenue to this fact. What I am saying is that by having many sites you have the risk of giving no enough attention to each one. I am going the mini sites way, but I can say that it is very hard to run all of them if you don’t have a team. Since I am my own team, you can imagine how tough it is. It took me more than a month to realize that one of my biggest sites were not being indexed correctly, and I lost revenue to this fact.

What I am saying is that by having many sites you have the risk of giving no enough attention to each one.

]]> By: Jeremy M http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2622 Jeremy M Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:10:57 +0000 http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2622 Andy, yes the mini sites do take time, but it really depends on how you do them. Blogs for example are very quick to set up and can hold a lot of value over time...Do some quick exchanges, add some regular content and see where it goes from there. Google seems to love blogs now a days. Mini sites won't only benefit your "main" site. Whenever you create a new site that you want ranking, if you have a bunch of mini-sites, that's a great way to get things going. Also, don't forget that some of your min-sites could actually end up making you some money down the road. Like you mentioned, the links may not be worth too much, but as it ages the links will also gain more authority. Having some mini-sites to leverage your main project and any future projects can have some major benefits. Andy, yes the mini sites do take time, but it really depends on how you do them. Blogs for example are very quick to set up and can hold a lot of value over time…Do some quick exchanges, add some regular content and see where it goes from there. Google seems to love blogs now a days.

Mini sites won’t only benefit your “main” site. Whenever you create a new site that you want ranking, if you have a bunch of mini-sites, that’s a great way to get things going. Also, don’t forget that some of your min-sites could actually end up making you some money down the road.

Like you mentioned, the links may not be worth too much, but as it ages the links will also gain more authority. Having some mini-sites to leverage your main project and any future projects can have some major benefits.

]]> By: Andy http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2598 Andy Wed, 28 May 2008 22:46:11 +0000 http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2598 Hey, i posted this a little on the forums but i really do believe that making one site great and doing everything is alot better then having a ton of sites boosting up your main site. The main reasons why i belive this is: - Easier to build natural links to sites that are remarkable. IE one great site instead of a ton of crappy sites. - I still believe google takes overall link profile of a site into account. By this i mean, if your going to build a ton of links to your sub sites it will probably bring more ranking benefit if you just directed those links to your main site instead of creating sub sites. - It will hard to gain good ranks for the sub sites, none of them will have a high "hub score" or be seen as an "authority" by google. - It takes a ton of time to setup a new site. New hosting, new class c ip blocks, new design, cms etc. If your doing splogs or something how much weight do you actually think u will create.. Hey, i posted this a little on the forums but i really do believe that making one site great and doing everything is alot better then having a ton of sites boosting up your main site.

The main reasons why i belive this is:

- Easier to build natural links to sites that are remarkable. IE one great site instead of a ton of crappy sites.
- I still believe google takes overall link profile of a site into account. By this i mean, if your going to build a ton of links to your sub sites it will probably bring more ranking benefit if you just directed those links to your main site instead of creating sub sites.
- It will hard to gain good ranks for the sub sites, none of them will have a high “hub score” or be seen as an “authority” by google.
- It takes a ton of time to setup a new site. New hosting, new class c ip blocks, new design, cms etc. If your doing splogs or something how much weight do you actually think u will create..

]]> By: Mike W http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2597 Mike W Wed, 28 May 2008 14:17:00 +0000 http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2597 I wouldn't really set it up based on how much traffic they're receiving. I'd do it so that the site targeting the hardest/biggest keywords is the main site, because that site will need the most link power to rank. If you have a domain that is www.keyword1-keyword2.org it will rank quickly for that exact phrase and will receive traffic, possibly even more traffic than your main site. But, in the long run, if you are targeting major keywords with the main site, once it starts to rank it will get far more traffic/revenue from the niche site. Plus, in the above situation you get traffic from all of your longtail keyword domains, plus get the link juice to the main site that will need it to rank. I wouldn’t really set it up based on how much traffic they’re receiving. I’d do it so that the site targeting the hardest/biggest keywords is the main site, because that site will need the most link power to rank.

If you have a domain that is http://www.keyword1-keyword2.org it will rank quickly for that exact phrase and will receive traffic, possibly even more traffic than your main site. But, in the long run, if you are targeting major keywords with the main site, once it starts to rank it will get far more traffic/revenue from the niche site.

Plus, in the above situation you get traffic from all of your longtail keyword domains, plus get the link juice to the main site that will need it to rank.

]]> By: Les http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2596 Les Wed, 28 May 2008 13:24:09 +0000 http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2596 I've also tryed this. What do you do if 1 of the mini sites starts getting more traffic then the main 1? MAke that the main 1 and lead all the other traffic back to there or keep it the way it is? Thanks for the great post! I’ve also tryed this. What do you do if 1 of the mini sites starts getting more traffic then the main 1? MAke that the main 1 and lead all the other traffic back to there or keep it the way it is?

Thanks for the great post!

]]> By: Simon http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2595 Simon Wed, 28 May 2008 09:01:40 +0000 http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com/blog/2008/05/27/leveraging-mini-poker-sites-to-boost-rankings-for-your-main-site/#comment-2595 This is something I've been trying to play around with recently too. Thanks for the tips This is something I’ve been trying to play around with recently too.

Thanks for the tips

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