I have 'stumbled' upon this site. But I have hope. The reasons are:
1. My original KW research did not hit them in Google. One mail KW did later, but I am not targeting that main KW because the competition for Adsense is super low, as in some clicks with it would get me $2, other 0.01. The money is in the 'long tails'. Which they do not target all of them. When going deeper, into 'higher competition' to rank and pay out KWs, and the main KW, they pop up.
2. I can over take them. I am not an SEO noob per se. I do see they 'Spammed' to get to the top. That is the beauty of this niche. Sure, a lot of authority sites have articles for some of my KWs, but they are easy to over take. I can beat Wikipedia for the specific page over time. Many others are small blogs with no real competition, or so research seemed. If their spam to the top worked, great, they also LOST a lot of links due to this initial push, which make me confident I can beat them with superior quality.
3. I will not give up.
I know I can make money because despite the lack of Google love, I get a handful of visitors a day and they convert for Adsense. Although a buck or a click per day is no big deal, a three month old site with minimal SEO done so far has promise.
You are 100% right. For the site I put the most time into, the 50 - 100 KWs I have stiff competition for would have been great to know before. But it does not dissuade me. I need to target more KWs, rank better, work smarter, and be more diverse. Which I can do.
I do appreciate the advice. I do work on Parasites, Affiliate Products, etc. But that is not my long term SEO income I can quit a 9 - 5 over. I need to be relentless and work hard. I out sourced a lot. Learned a lot. I keep plugging along. I can't risk not having either a SEO business or a few Authority sites I can pay the bills with while I try other ventures. It is a calculated risk to avert from passion and fast money to long term business models.
Another Niche I am in I was active in forums, had direct traffic, and so on. Site gets a minimum of 100 long visits a day and converts moderately well for not doing anything to it for over 6 months. Problem was, juice was not worth the squeeze. I know the juice is worth the squeeze for this niche and it answers common questions, specific to people problem solving, and has enough searches to make money.
Perhaps my posts are not optimistic enough. I am used to making money after a month. But this is a different strategy. Once my strategy pays off, I will detail how I did it. I know I will make this work one way or another.
I did try my hand at writing. I made a little money. My problem is if I care about something, I spend too much time writing for it. It is a gift and a curse. For making money sake it is not a good thing.
I know, "I cant. I wont. I did it already." All Bull Shit newbie excuses. I just have my mind set on a journey of multiple authority sites making me relatively passive income after six months. With the amount of work I am putting in, and money, and assuming google wont hate me in the Sandbox forever (Link Velocity, New Links, New Domain) I know I can make money.
On the big site, Site A, I have 500,000 impressions so far and 8,000 clicks. Not great. But Google is slowly but surely working for me.
