Hi guys,
Apologies for the following post, I'm not a fan of the "is this achievable...?" type thread but I'm curious to hear your opinions...
I've dabbled in
AM throughout the last 4 years or so, dedicating a bit of time to it whenever I get a free moment. Back in 2005/6 I set up a fairly niche
seo optimised website which is now (in the last couple of months) earning £35/month through adsense on 200-300 uniques a day, projected £50 next month.
Annoyingly the site is still PR0 but the traffic has been achieved through a lot of backlinking with generous
PR 2, 3 and 4 sites... no black hat, no shortcuts, just a lot of link exchanges with relevant websites — a slow and often frustrating process but from what I understand the most rewarding technique for long term stability in the rankings. Nevertheless, overall I've spent very little time to get the site where it is so I'm pretty satisfied.
Recently I've been thinking that if I can knock out about 12-15 similar sites each earning £50-100 a month I'll have a nice second income on my hands, which I'm sure is how it began for most of you.
My only reservation is the speed at which I can achieve this, not because of a lack of time (I figure I could put out 12-15 sites worth of decent content in 2-3 months and spend the rest of the time generating backlinks)
... my concern is with the Google sandbox.
The site mentioned above is at least two years old but it's only since February this year that I've significantly increased traffic and income through a lot of backlinking, even so I can't help but think that the two years that it's already been sat online, despite being dormant, have added a lot of weight to its rankings and the ease with which I've been able to increase traffic.
I guess my question is to you all, is creating a network of 12-15 sites over the following year, each earning let's say £50 by this time next year, an attainable goal?
Should I begin researching my niches, registering domains and getting the sites online ASAP so Google can begin indexing them right away before I begin to develop each one in full?
If I'm honest with myself I believe £50/month from 12-15 sites is quite achievable with a lot of hard work but please let me know your thoughts.
PS, before you say it, I know adsense is an "all your eggs in one basket" strategy, so to save argument lets just assume I'll be working with several revenue sources.
Thanks!