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I guess it really is a niche issue that should be well thought out before I implement just any old niche
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There are two ways you can build a content site: one is to go after the ads dollars (DUI lawyers in Miami) and the other is to go after what you love (flyfishing). If you go after the former, every day you wake up to drudgery, knowing you're gonna hafta be looking for and adding content about something you don't give a crap about. The other, you wake up and can't wait to add more stuff about the shiny new brook trout thingamajig you made. Sure, the money might come in quicker and in greater quantities initially in the first case, but will you wanna keep it up, and will you feel good about it? Over the long haul, I'll bet you'll find waaaaaaay more ways to monetize your thing-you-love site, and not just using AdSense, either. Establish your site as a good content site and companies with products your audience would be interested in will court you to display their wares, offer discounts to your customers, pay you to put ads in your newsletters, and so on. And it won't feel like work, and you won't feel as if you're pulling something over on folks. You'll feel as if you're doing them favors.
But I don't know you; maybe you'd be perfectly content churning out content you're not interested in. (shrug) Me, I see a lot of sites about mesothelioma, all with identical content, all with identical Adsense ads, and I can't think of anything more boring, trying to compete with a buncha identical sites all trying to grab at the same money. I'd rather do something I think is fun! The money will follow. (Eventually!)