I would beg to differ. This is a fantastic outline for anyone looking to develop a domain. I think you should make it a sticky some how. Maybe make a resources page here, this one is a keeper.

I would add that people should use xsitepro. It is 1000% better than Frontpage and has LOTS more features than any off the shelf/free software. I would venture to say that it is better than dreamweaver and MUCH easier to use.

I am no web designer but xsitepro makes it VERY easy to ad adsense blocks, cloak email, site search, headers, footers, multipage creation and on and on.

Thanks for the post. The google published seo guide was not found when I clicked on it. Can you please make this available?

Thanks

One other suggestion is to go after something that you can SELL around. Don’t make a Jonas Brothers fan site, because as much as you get a ton of traffic – you won’t make much money.

Pick a random consumer product that people actively purchase and be the best site about it and you’ll do great.

Lets take the travel vertical for example.

Travel > Vacation > Rentals

Travel > Vacation > Rentals > Europe

Travel > Vacation > Rentals > Hawaii > XYZ

Travel > Vacation > Rentals > Hawaii > XYZ > Beachfront

You get the idea.. the more specific your site is, the better your chances are at success and making more money too. Don’t make your life difficult trying to rank for Travel or Vacation Rentals or Hawaii Travel…

You simply won’t get anywhere and your time will be wasted — individuals and companies already involved in this space have been competing for those keywords and shares for years and are backed by experienced teams and hundreds of thousands of dollars in budget towards this project.

As Elliot mentioned — there are plenty of opportunities to be had. The most difficult part is finding them… Then you just have to put all the pieces together and development isn’t that difficult once you actually do get started!

Mike
http://www.wannadevelop.com