Things are about to get really interesting in regards to how I am cranking out sites and how I am actually building them. Since day one of starting my xfactor building empire, I have built my sites just John talked about in his book. I recently joined John’s private forum and I have been more and more interested in Clickbump’s tweak on xfactor sites. I have probably read Scott’s thread a million times and even though it all sounded good, I just didn’t want to take a chance with building 1 page sites that could be deindexed at any moment because it did not add enough value. Scott has been doing his xfactor site sniper method since August and to date his sites have not been deindexed or banned by Adsense. Scott explains in the WF thread that his one page sites consist of 350-1,000 words. Scott combined a mixture of both John’s (Xfactor’s Micro Niche Adsense Course) and George Brown’s (Google Sniper) methods to be able to easily rank his 1 page sites without the use of article marketing.
I’ve been complaining over the past few weeks how difficult it has been for me to successful article market my sites as I pump them out so fast. The reason why is because I spend a good 3-6 hours a day doing keyword research, buying domains and getting the keywords out to my writers. And now I have scraping high PR blogs for my blog commenters and preparing their information to blog comment for me on my plate. At the end of the day, I barely have enough time to build my 2 websites, ping, submit RSS feeds and book mark them. On top of that I have to go back and upload my last 2 pages of my sites built from the day before. Most days I would say I am working 12-14 hour days. If I have a day where I finished a bit early, then I will set up some UAW submissions and some submissions for Syndicate Kahuna through TK.
And with all of this hard work my sites seem to almost always rank between #11-#13 after they have been indexed. They need the back links or they will never move closer to positions 1-5.
So yesterday I decided to look more into Scott’s method and I decided “Why not?! I should just give it a shot!” I am going to change things a bit from how Scott does. Here is my plan:
1.) Target keywords with EXACT match of at least 2,400 local search
2.) I don’t care about exact match when checking my SOC. I will look over page 1 and I will not take on a keyword if I do not see at least 3 listings of PR- or PR0. I don’t care if one looks juicy but there is only 2 PR0, its got to be 3!
3.) Only buy a TLD, i.e. .com, .org, .net. I know that .info can eventually rank but since I am doing an xfactor sniping method I need TLD only.
4.) CPC cannot be lower than $0.40 but most of the ones I target are $.50+. I will only accept a slightly lower CPC if the search volume is significantly high.
5.) Find 3-4 related keywords that have anywhere of 500-3k local searches. I don’t really care if I can rank for these. I just want them for SEO purposes.
6.) Send the keywords to my writers and I request that they write me 2 articles, each consisting of 600 words which will include these additional keywords in them.
7.) I then will create my one page site posting both of the articles on a single page built with WordPress. I’ll add the plug-ins; All-in-one SEO and Google Sitemaps. Bookmark, ping, submit RSS feeds, submit my sitemap to Google webtools.
Now according to Scott, you should easily snipe your site to land on page 1 without any article marketing necessary.
I currently have 7 original xfactor sites ready for me to build but since I am eager to see if Scott’s method works, I am going to put those 7 on hold and move straight into building my 1 page sites this week. I currently have 3 writers that will be basically building me 2 of these 1 page sites a day so basically I will have 6 Clickbump sites to build each day. 6 x 5 = 30 sites in one week! Its crazy for me to imagine having 60 sites built in 2 weeks when as of now it has taken me 3 weeks to build 42.
In the meantime, I am having my blog commenters catch up on my back logged xfactor sites that have little to no article marketing on them. I went through my list of 72 sites and picked only sites that had a minimum of 2,900 monthly searches and I am targeting those for back links.
I got sneaky with Scrapebox last night. Instead of using Scrapebox to slam my xfactor sites, I went and copied the URLS of where my links were and I entered those URLS to receive the back links. This way, instead of slamming my site with 500 blog comment back links, I distributed 500 comments over 20 links that are pointed to one of my main xfactor pages. Spread the love! I’m helping them out which is really helping me out. 
Oopsies! Thanks to Deb for telling me I turned comments off on accident. Too used to doing that for my xfactor sites. haha!
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Good luck. I assume part of the Clickbump method includes putting adsense on the sites? Or is the one page just a starting point to see how they rank? I would be concerned about having adsense on a one-pager.
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You put adsense on them. I think its fine, as long as you are providing quality content. There are no rules set out on how many pages a site must have in order to be deemed as too thin. My 1 page of good content is probably better than most 5 page xfactor sites I have seen. lol
I agree!
Lol
Hi Sara,
I’m not sure what Clickbump’s template looks like although I have read parts of the thread you’re talking about in the WF!
Just to confirm that I’ve got several 1 page sites up which are ranking on page 1. They weren’t setup deliberately to be 1 pagers but the intention was to build them up eventually. So far each of them has about 500 words of quality content. Only a few don’t have more than a paragraph but still manage to rank well. This is because they are exact match domains.
Just a few things I’d like to add on the points you’ve mentioned above, hopefully it may add some value.
Although it’s a good idea to target above 2,500, I have sites that only have exact matches of about 1,600 and are ranking on Page 1. For example I have a site today that has 3 clicks at £2.04 which isn’t too bad. Provided that the SOC value isn’t too high I’d say go for it.
My general rule of thumb is to go for sites that have a soc value less than 10, exact match less than 10,000 and with a as little MOB as possible. When I create inner pages, I try to find pages with the lowest exact match possible, from experience I’ve found this to be an important factor when trying to rank quickly.
Also, like you mentioned, I do a scan of the first page of Google to see the PR of the top 10 so one can gauge the competition.
With regards to CPC, I think you may have set yourself too low, I generally go for over $1 as on average your return is about 30-40% of the click but it also depends on where your traffic is coming from I have noticed. Sometimes I can get $0.90 per click and sometimes only $0.18.
Also, unless its a VERY easy keyword to rank for, I never go less than 720 searches per month, I try to keep it above 1,000 for inner pages but if there’s something really juicy then go for that.
What I’ve implemented today is a different approach. The homepage having an article of 1,000 words and linking to the other pages from the main article. The rest of the inner pages will obviously be the usual 500 words. Haven’t got any figures on this yet but will let you know if there’s any positive or negative outcome on this.
By the way, all my 1 page sites are also built in WordPress, I use the following plugins for all sites;
- All in One SEO
- XML Sitemaps (ensure you verify with Google webmaster tools as you may get indexed straightaway)
- Google Analyticator
- Easy Adsense
- Sociable (bookmarking plugin)
I set the permlinks so that the site looks static
I basically put in %postname%.html
So for example your site will look like; yourdomain.com/your-keyword-rich-heading.html
It works wonders.
Don’t also forget to add a few tags for extra measure. I’m presuming you already know this so sorry if you do.
Sorry for writing so much, just want to give back everything I’m learning as well and hope it helps at least 1 person…lol
Keep up the good work!
Zaheer
Why .html? Does that help you in any way?
Yes, that is also what I have always done for my wordpress blogs. i guess I always did that as a precaution, like in case once day I wanted to convert it over to a static site but wanted to maintain link juice. lol
Thats actually a good take, to be honest, I’ve always built static sites so call it a bad habit….what you’ve actually said SAra is also correct, never really thouht about that
Thanks…lo
Zaheer
I too think your CPC is low… What made you decide on such low CPC’s?
I can see going for a CPC of a dollar if the search volume is over 6000… maybe…
But for a site with 2400 searches the clicks gotta be worth something…
JMO!
Good going there though.
The way you are going about this, there is no way you will not meet your goals!
When she said fifty cents she is not talking about the CPC but the lowest value on SPYFU. For example I always go for a minimum CPC of $1.00 but also make sure that the minimum is at least .40 just like her while looking at spyfu.
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Lonnie is correct. Sorry if I worded that wrong. lol
I too have read Clickbumps thread, but the part that doesn’t appeal is using WordPress for each site. Don’t get me wrong – I love WordPress as a blogging platform, but I really don’t think it’s a good fit for these micro niche sites (and I’m speaking here as a web developer with 12 years experience).
IMHO WordPress simply requires too much setup and management for these small sites, especially if you need to move them between servers for whatever reason (not to mention the potential for security risks). I know it’s not a fashionable idea, and I’m not bashing WP in any way, but I really do think that Xfactor has the right idea with his “plain” HTML sites if you’re building in bulk.
Hi James,
I have to disagree with you here. I have about the same experieence in terms of number of years building sites however I still think that WordPress is a lot easier in terms of management for the long-term. Yes intially for a newbie it could be tricky but once you setup a few blogs, its very easy, especially if you use Fantastico in your cPanel.
Once your Niche Sites start to grow it does take time to manage them. My biz partner who is also my sister doesnt know a thing about HTML but is now a WP pro and has mastered it very well. I think both static and dynamic sites can do well, it just depends on your individual circumstances thats all.
Zaheer
WordPress sites are easier to setup and upgrade. Plus you can always add more content with the click of a button and from anywhere you want, even from your phone. I like this approach, I think it will help you out a bunch.
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I agree – I hate building html sites and can build an Xfactor site in WP in less than half an hour with content added. I also have it set up via a plugin to drip feed content over time so its set and forget. I think it all comes down to personal preference though.
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One thing I’m not quite sure about.
6.) Send the keywords to my writers and I request that they write me 2 articles, each consisting of 600 words which will include these additional keywords in them.
So you put up 2×600 word articles in the same post and that’s it for that site?
Yes, so basically its a 1200 word page. I also included a video to show extra relevancy and usefulness to the visitor. But since this post I have changed my mind. lol Please see this post, 5 page wins.
I like this idea – sort of like a Squidoo lens? Might test it out as I have a batch of domains hanging around that I bought for other reasons and never added content to. I can see that as long as the page is full of quality content it would be safer to add adsense to than a one page obviously MFA site.
I’m intrigued by the .html to posts thing – Never come across that tip before – does it really work? I might try it on the new sites.
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Hi Sara,
I hope this comment goes through. Anyway I am very keen in buying Big Mike’s RSSBot and since you’ve been using it, can you tell me how good it is in terms of getting the backlinks and how easy it is. Plus how long did it take you to set it up – set what up by the way.
I get a few back links from using RSS bot but I mainly use it to help get a site indexed faster and to get some traffic to my sites in the beginning phases. The back links that tend to show up rather quickly in Google webtools is from millionRSS.com.
Hey I like what you are up to so I’ll give you a little tip. Go find Xsitepro I promise it’s way better for a lot of reasons. You’re wasting your time with WP doing these types of sites. I cringe everytime I heard people making mini-sites with WordPress. Yuck! Unless time is something you go alot off. They take forever to make! Load wordpress, FTP plugins, optimize. You don’t need to do any of that with Xsitepro. You just copy the template from site to site then upload it to your FTP. It’s really simple and fast. Fully SEO Optimized. If you and I where in a timed race I can bust out an xsitepro site 10x faster then WP. There’s no down time as well. If you like WP then I guess stick with it. But if your serious about make a bunch of these sites Xsitepro is quick. Plus it loads quicker then a WP site because it’s not so chuncky and takes up less space. So when your rockin well into the 100′s and space matters you’ll think twice about having all this extra memory plus easier to host if your into flipping some of them. They don’t crash as much no MySQL database to worry about.
Two things;
Sara, when you add both articles you are using wp page feature not post correct?
For those who prefer static html for small sites how would you add/use rss feeds on a static html site? How about pings? I still don’t quite understand rss feeds or pings.
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Hi Witchie,
I know its a bit confusing when I say “page of content” but when I say page of content I am referring to the actual post. The only things on your site that should be used as a “page” are the about me, contact and privacy pages. All your actual content should be created as new posts. So each keyword should have its own post. Just make sure that you set your main keyword post as a sticky. You can do that by looking at the options while you edit the post. It should be up near the box on the right hand side that is in the same area as the “publish” button. Alternatively, you could create your main keyword as a page and not a post. but make sure that you go to settings > reading and under the “front page displays” option you choose “a static page” and pick your main keyword page as the front page. This will make it so that your website will always load with your main keyword information as a static page on the “home page”.
Pinging a site is announcing to the worldwide web “hey check out my site, I just added new content”. You will need to ping your website pages by hand (unless you are na automated freak like me. I use Scrapebox to ping new pages). You can use free ping services such as Ping-o-matic.
Now RSS feeds can be a bit confusing at first. RSS feeds basically creates all of your webs pages content into one long webpage that becomes easily viewable for people subscribed to your site via a reader such as feedburner.com or Google Reader. The beauty of RSS feeds is that they can take off like wild fire and be picked up from websites world wide. Especially from autoblogs that specifically scrape content from RSS feeds. Its a quick way to get free backlinks to your sites and it allows for some of your page’s content to get posted all over the web.
RSS feeds are created automatically when you use WordPress. Your wordpress RSS feed usually looks something like this:
http://www.noteworthytips.com/feedWhen you have a static HTML site, you will need to create your RSS feed by hand and then submit the RSS feed’s URL to some sort of RSS directory. I use Big Mike’s ICANN RSSbot because it allows for me to easily create my RSS feed and then once you create it with RSSbot, you download the .XML file, upload it via FTP to your server and then you can submit it to the RSS directories. The RSS feed URL looks like this:
http://www.noteworthytips.com/whatever-you-named-the-feed-file.XMLIts great because you create the feed, upload via your FTP program and then once you have your URL ready, you go back and submit the URL with RSSbot. To make sure my RSS feed URL works correctly I test it with the free online W3C Feed Validator. Nothing worse than posting your incorrect URL feed to the directories.
If you choose to manually create your own RSS feed you can use a free online service such as feedbite.com or Icerocket’s RSS Builder. (I prefer icerocket’s).
Once you create your RSS feed and you have the URL, submit the URL to multiple free RSS directories. Here’s a free list of some you can submit to.
If I confused you in anyway, I apologize but RSS feeds are vital to your website. It is a lifeline for it.