Most Profitable Websites

The internet is awash at any given time of day or night the world over with millions of people hungrily searching the net for information.

Being able to tap into the wealth of information seekers presents a massive opportunity for substantial online profits if you can provide that information.

Google’s Adsense program gives you a perfect opportunity to do just this but as with all things there’s a right and wrong way to do it.

It’s quick and simple to set up and it’s fast with your ads being seen by millions of others in as little as 15 minutes.

You can use Adsense to direct potential customers to the affiliate product you are promoting or your own website or blog.  If you are direct linking to a vendor’s product page then you won’t have any control over the content.  However, if you are directing searchers to your website or blog you need to make sure the content is relevant.

Using Adsense on your own website or blog requires a little planning.  Don’t fall into the trap of thinking the more ads the better – this is simply not true.  It is far better to have your Adsense block ‘above the fold’ so that when a visitor lands on your page the ads are immediately seen.  This has proven to increase click through rates.  If you litter your site with Adsense ads left right and centre bear in mind the ones are the top of the page are going to earn you more per click than those at the bottom of the page.  So it makes sense to have fewer immediately visible ads that earn you more per click.

Before you set up your Adsense sites make sure you research your intended topic or niche.  You can easily do this by using Google’s free keyword tool to find out if there is a demand for your intended topic. (https://adwords.google.co.uk/select/KeywordToolExternal).

Next do a little more research on Google to see if there are other sites in your niche using Adsense. This is a good indicator that there is a demand and therefore very likely profitable.

Make sure that you read Adsense Terms and Conditions thoroughly so that you understand what is and isn’t allowed.  Google will come down on you very hard if you break their rules and in some cases even ban your site.

Finally, don’t be too impatient.  Don’t expect your Adsense earnings to soar overnight.  The most important part at this stage if you are using Adsense on your own site or blog is the quality of the content.  Remember, if your content is rubbish then nobody will stay or revisit your site.  Without visitors to your site you’ve no hope of earning anything with Adsense.  So focus on the quality and relevancy of your content then if you have researched your topic or niche and there is a demand the Adsense earnings will follow!

Now that 2010 is under way you may be considering what websites will prove profitable for affiliates in the coming year.

Whilst it’s true to say that niches come and go there are also some die-hard niches that continue to perform no matter what the economic condition is, and no matter what your site is about.

A few such niches are:

fitness and health, online dating, online games, making money online

You may well ask why these niches continue to perform in fact it seems like a bit of a paradox really but let’s take a closer look at the reasons these websites perform so well.

The fitness and health niche is largely down to the ‘baby boomers’ who are now in middle age if not entering their senior years. This group of people have residual cash since their own offspring have left home and mortgages are all paid up. In particular this group of people are happy to spend their cash on staying as young as possible with nutrition, exercise and a generally healthy lifestyle.

Online dating continues to soar as a way of meeting new friends and lifelong partners. In fact it has been said that in the next 5-10 years this will become the preferred way of meeting a potential partner simply because of the ability to search for the exact type of person you would like to meet.

Online games are a firm favourite with the increasing number of homes with pc’s. The inclusion of ICT as part of the national school curriculum as young as the age of 5 has also increased the number of younger people using online games by way of entertainment.

Making money online continues to be a mainstay particularly in the current economic climate. Many households are seeking ways to make an extra few hundred dollars each month whilst others seek to escape the rat race completely. Their first port of call is online with thousands upon thousands of money-making opportunities.

The golden nugget here is not to dive into these niches blindly. They are immensely profitable but they are also highly competitive and if you don’t do your research you will get ‘eaten up’.

Your aim should be to research each niche and try to find a small sub niche within one of them that has a demand. You can easily find the most profitable sites this way.

An example of this might be to look at online games and focus on one game and one aspect of that game. As long as there is a demand for that product you will profit but remember to do your research before you setup your website.

And the same holds for any niche that you want to enter as an affiliate to create your profitable website.

Use Google as your first port of call and do a search on your chosen sub niche. If you can find other affiliates promoting that product regularly it’s a good indicator that the niche is profitable.

Time spent doing a little research in the beginning will reward you handsomely with affiliate profits.

It’s easy to create an affiliate or company website.

The first thing you’ll need to do is pick a domain name – which is your dot.com address. Any domain registrar on the net will sell you one of these, often for as little as $10. Then you need hosting – a place to physically host your site on the net.

Finally, you need to create your site.

Wix is a great place to create profitable websites – just pick one of the templates available and get to work. Also, most hosting companies include basic webpage templates with their packages, which cuts out the cost of buying a professional web designer.

But just because you have a website, doesn’t make it a guaranteed success. That’s true whether you have an affiliate site or a website for your own company. And that brings us to the final point. If you want to generate consistent sales, you really need to look at what’s working out there.

The templates you get from your host may look nice – but that doesn’t mean they will generate sales for you.

So how do we separate the moneymakers from the duds? It’s easy.

Just study existing websites on the market – do a few searches for keywords that relate to your niche, and check out any advertisers. Pay close attention to anyone advertising consistently – these are the most profitable websites on the net. And you should refer to what they are doing – the headers they use, the colour scheme, their HTMl code, images they upload – basically everything that they have done to create their webpages.

And one final point: remember that affiliate marketing is very much an evolving game. The few websites that generate profit today may well fail to be profitable tomorrow.