What will 2008 bring

Written by Mike

Topics: General

Most bloggers have been busy posting their goals for the new year. This is great because making a goal, writing it down and publishing it to the world is a great step to achieving your goals.

For 2008 I will be focusing on the Beijing Olympics. I have no idea as to how the site will do, but all I can do is give it a try. It is probably not one of the best ways to make money online. There are certainly faster ways to make money, like how some of the methods Cashtactics is using.

I stick pretty much to building content and user generated content sites and letting them grow over time. It can take a couple of years for sites to really start making money this way, but when a site reaches a tipping point where you no longer have to spend a lot of time maintaining it, it can then become a nice source of passive income.

Last year I became more interested in geo-domains, especially after seeing perth.com sell for $200K, brisbane.com for $100K and melbourne.com for $750K. All are Australian cities and are all currently just being parked. If anyone knows who bought them and what their plans are for the sites, I would love to know :) Imagine what a fully developed site on one of those domains would be worth.

I wanted a geo-domain of my own which I could develop into a feature rich site. I eventually bought something which I was fairly happy with, not in the above price range, but not a $10 domain either. I have since installed Joomla on the site and now playing around with the different extensions.

These two projects will be my main emphasis for 2008, along with another forum I am developing.

I don’t want to make any big predictions, but it is going to be interesting to see how much longer the web 2.0 bubble lasts.

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1 Comment Comments For This Post I'd Love to Hear Yours!

  1. http://glowicki.pl/01/10/30-most-paid-keywords-in-adsense-for-2008/ i posted this, might be usefull for some people.
    And mainly. The focus in 2008 should be to at least gain 10% more than in 2007. Should be like that every year till You retire!

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