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Theme: Running a Word Cloud Site

July 29, 2007

If you are somewhat known to the internet, you will have probably come across a word cloud site. Basically, this is a link cloud which is a huge collection of links all together. It’s a site whose sole purpose is to provide a backlink; however, the difference between this and a directory is that with a directory, you have certain categories; with a word cloud site, you’re just looking to get a weak link for very cheap with the right anchor text. However, how exactly do you run it and how do you make it so that it is better and better and making more money?

First and foremost, you need to find a free script. I don’t have any links to sites, but you’re going to want to find the one that suits you best. Along with finding this script, you need to find a domain. Now, I don’t care what you do for a domain because the most important thing that you do is get one with PR. The higher the PR, the better. Because of this, if you can get a PR4, you can charge more per link than if you only get a PR2. However, it can be difficult getting a domain like this, so don’t be afraid to pay a bit more to get one. Or, you can just build your domain up yourself.

Once you have done this, you need to determine how many links you’re going to want. Since this is usually a permanent link you’re selling, you need to be damn ready to pay for hosting for the site for a long time. So, if you sell each link for $2.00 initially along with size, bolding, color, etc all costing more money, you may actually make a decent amount of money. However, the more links that you try and put, the less money you might make per link, unless you have a high PR domain that is on the site. If you have this, people will want to get the link more and more.

The key to making money on these sites is that you need to continue opening new ones. I have seen a lot of people make some good money on them. It can be rather difficult to keep them all running because hosting and domain renewals can cost money; however, after a while, people forget about the link. I used to own one and then sold it to my friend. He erased all the links and no one knew. The point is this…Keep it open for a while and people will be happy. Just don’t make one, sell links, and then never pay for the hosting again. That’s bad business.

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