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The Perfect Affiliate Site Builder – Handle With Care!

After working with the Keywords to Websites plugin for several days now… I just want to affirm one thing – BE CAREFUL! This plugin is so quick and easy to use, you may be tempted to build 50 sites in one day, and end up with a spam farm on your hands!

From the feedback I am hearing from all you who have taken the plunge on this, it is just what the doctor ordered for a BANS alternative! I have a series of how-to videos as well as a few themes I am going to give away… to show the power of this thing… stay tuned!

Learn How I am Using the Plugin

Here is a quick and easy walk-through of what I am doing with this plugin. I will have videos posted before next week… too busy to stop building right now, and I do not want to publicize any of my own domains! :-)

  1. Install WordPress, Keywords to Website Plugin and the theme.
  2. Install the standard plugins, xml sitemap, contact form, etc.
  3. Prepare Keyword Lists (I use Micro Niche Finder)
  4. Create WP Post Categories based on the Keyword Groups (Style, Brands, Colors, Types, etc)
  5. Copy/Paste the Keyword Groups from MNF Into K2W
  6. Write a custom home page for the site, including an overview of what the site is about!
  7. Add in the Contact, About, T&C and Privacy pages

ALL of that takes less than 30-45 minutes for a 100 page website! Yes… it’s like that!

From here… less than an hour into it, is where I start customizing it a bit! (Changing colors, changing layout, etc)

  • Install the SEO Smart Links plugin (Auto links content to categories)
  • I Converted the K2W Plugin Menu into a Widget Area and install the “List Category” plugin, which allows me to show a list of titles from specific categories in the sidebar. (Like… Shoe Styles, Shoe Colors, Shoe Brands, etc)

After the site is finished to my liking…. I start spinning up PLR articles (Within SEO Link Vine) and marketing it in one of several article marketing resources. Ezinearticles, SEOLinkVine, GoArticles, etc… and walk away!

What Next?

To me, this is no different than BANS was… and its VERY EASY to create hundreds of very thin sites in no time at all! That alone, makes it somewhat of a danger! After a site is built, I am starting to revisit them and add some of my own unique or spun content to the pages that were automatically created from the keyword lists.

So…

  • Build It
  • Market It
  • Watch It for Indexing (same to next day with xml sitemap plugin and a few article links)
  • Revisit It and Add New Content to the Pages!

Watch for the videos to start late this week and into next week! And if you have not gotten this plugin yet…

Get the Keywords to Website Plugin Now and Save $30 with Discount Code WSO at Checkout!

Mark

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About the Author, Mark Hansen

has written 573 article(s) at the Niche Store Builder site.

I have been doing my part to "Build the Internet" since 1994, when I built my first website! Since then, I have built hundreds of niche websites for myself and many others, focused on design, applications, ecommerce, search optimization and internet marketing. 

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  • Mike said:

    Nice one Mark – I’ve been sending vibes your way in the hope you may develop a theme or two and make some vids. Looking forward to it.

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    # 27 July 2010 at 2:07 pm
  • Mark Hansen (author) said:

    @Mike – LOL. It worked Mike!

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    # 27 July 2010 at 2:08 pm
  • Mike said:

    I still find it incredible that Adam and Kelvin didn’t develop a wordpress plugin. They could have changed the business model by charging an anuual fee or upgrade fee and made a fortune. I just don’t get it.

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    # 27 July 2010 at 2:12 pm
  • Mark Hansen (author) said:

    @Mike – Agree. I talked to Kelvin several times about their next move… and BANS was really not a planned product anyhow, it was more for themselves, and then a product for others.

    I got the feeling they preferred to build their own empire in private, and be happy without having to go through the hoops of products, public support, etc.

    I can also vouch for, without doubt… the more public you are about what you are doing, the harder it gets because of people jumping on board and doing the same!

    One of the first things I did to this plugin was rename EVERYTHING! LOL! New plugin folder name, new theme names, new div names in the themes, etc. Never can be too private when you find something that good!

    Mark

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    # 27 July 2010 at 2:17 pm
  • Mike said:

    It’s funny whilst I don’t know how to code renaming everything also occurred to me as a good idea. I also wrote to Mark the developer asking for some tweaks to hide the ebay footprint better. Some of his Google snippets are a dead giveaway.

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    # 27 July 2010 at 3:13 pm
  • Sean said:

    I’m getting close to your 8 in a day (probably more by now), first day 2, today 5, I can see how once you get on a roll and know what your doing it gets easier. Hardest part and time consuming parts is tayloring how you want it and keyword research. While I wouldn’t use it for ppc, it’s nice for some keyword domains. I just got done with one that took me awhile and only came out with 35 keys, but I like how it turned out.

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    # 27 July 2010 at 7:05 pm
  • Mark Sierra said:

    Hi Mark,

    How long is that coupon code good for? I’m trying to avoid the “shiny object” syndrome, but I’m also starting to see the value of this thing. :)

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    # 27 July 2010 at 7:39 pm
  • Ryan said:

    Hey Mark, are you doing anything to cloak the eBay and Amazon links? If so, can you put that in your videos?

    Thanks!

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    # 27 July 2010 at 9:58 pm
  • Joe Wilson said:

    Hey Mark,
    I’ve been reading these posts for a few days and its really interesting to hear about ease of this plug-in. I’ve been tempted to get but have been hesitant just like Mark Sierra and others have been to avoid the shiney objects :-)

    I can totally see the time saver for sure. I may take the plunge and give a shot… follow along with you and see how things turn out.

    Thanks for sharing your experience man!

    Joe

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    # 28 July 2010 at 9:25 am
  • Mark Hansen (author) said:

    @Ryan – Not yet Ryan. It IS PLANNED for the next release of the plugin though. We are truly on the ground floor of this plugin… which makes it PERFECT!

    Some of the things being added right now are:

    - Cloaking
    - Layout of Results Customization
    - Several other suggestions being weighed out.

    M

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    # 28 July 2010 at 9:27 am
  • Mark Hansen (author) said:

    @Joe Wilson – Definitely understand the shiny-object thing for sure! I do my best to avoid them as well. :-)

    Hang out and watch it come together over the next couple days Joe. Its a pretty impressive setup and very new still!

    M

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    # 28 July 2010 at 9:31 am
  • Sean said:

    Originally Posted By RyanHey Mark, are you doing anything to cloak the eBay and Amazon links? If so, can you put that in your videos?

    Thanks!

    You can try SEOSmartLinks for no follow and up in new window.

    You can also ‘drizzle’ your posts/products over time with scheduling.

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    # 28 July 2010 at 9:38 am
  • Jason Michalek said:

    It seems that you would like to show us something alot and you always run into the “I can’t show my sites” problem.

    May I suggest you create a dummy generic domain and provide examples from that domain for everyone to use.

    Seems you can just rinse and repeat with a site like that. May help alot of your readers who are struggling understand things alot better.

    I know from a few of your emails. You’ve helped me alot!

    I just want to say thanks again.

    Jason

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    # 28 July 2010 at 2:48 pm
  • Mark Hansen (author) said:

    @Jason Michalek – Thanks Jason. I do actually have a test domain running all the time, I just try to keep a lot of code stuff to myself lately. :-)

    You can watch my little playground at: http://k2w.bansempire.com/

    This theme I have been playing around with is great! Loads very fast, runs great etc. I hope to share it up tomorrow! :-)

    Mark

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    # 28 July 2010 at 3:35 pm
  • magoo said:

    Hey Mark,

    I cant seem to generate a site map with the xml site map plug-in, is this just me or is this because of the Key word to web site theme?

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    # 28 July 2010 at 6:37 pm
  • hokieg said:

    I have an unrelated question, but I generally come here for answers. This seems straightfoward but I really can’t figure a way to do it. Any ideas?

    I have a few sites/business that want to put ads on my site as they are in my niche. I plan to put links / banners and charge them a fee. How can I track the number of outgoing links from my site to an external site per day/week/month?

    A related question is how can 2 sites set up their own ‘do-it-yourself’ affiliate system that simply tracks the number of clicks from one site to another (without the use of clickbank, CJ, etc.)?

    I’m pretty familiar with Google Analytics but don’t see anywhere it reports external links clicked.

    thanks.

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    # 28 July 2010 at 7:21 pm
  • Mark Hansen (author) said:

    @magoo – Not sure Magoo… I have had no issues with either the out of box, or my own theme. (Its not a theme thing anyhow, but a function of wordpress)

    @hokieg – Glenn, if people are requiring click tracking, you are going to need to go pretty far to setup an ad manager program, give them access, etc, etc… Its not a lot of work, but does take a good bit of technical knowledge.

    The easiest way is to tell them you will monthly, and provide no tracking! You may not get as much per ad-slot, but you also wont get bogged down managing expectations.

    So.. to summarize… Its $150/month, everything else is up to them! LOL

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    # 28 July 2010 at 7:28 pm
  • Todd C said:

    Hi Mark,

    I am a fairly long time follower of you (back to early BANS days) b/c I think you share great info. Just bought k2w on your link.

    I have not tried it out yet, but what’s been your experience as far as:

    How well does k2w handle keyword phrases that are longer than a word or two or three?

    I have & love mnf, but there are so many other easy and cheap ways to dig actually-used longer keyword phrases, that if tolerated by a tool like this could produce sites that blanket a niche.

    I suppose that scraped content for longer keyword phrases is too much to ask, but I was wondering if k2w can return on-target products based on multi-word phrases.

    Thanks for all you do,

    Todd

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    # 28 July 2010 at 11:26 pm
  • Mark Hansen (author) said:

    @Todd C – Hey Todd, for popular products like cell phones and coffee makers, etc, it does fine, as long as its the product name.

    Once you start mixing in adjectives, it starts getting a bit harder…

    Good – Cuisinart Coffee Grinder
    NotSoGood – Black Cuisinart Coffee Grinder For Sale

    I have a few sites that are in left-field and found myself going back through some of the pages and resetting keywords to shorter phrases.

    All that really means is that I can leave the titles as-is, but need to visit the shortcode of the post itself, and reduce the length to deliver targeted products.

    M

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    # 29 July 2010 at 7:39 am
  • Mike said:

    @Mark Hansen – Yep found that myself. It would be nice to have a bit more control over auctions like BANS gave (even phpBay can’t provide those sort of options) but obviously this starts to make a simple tool more complex.

    At the moment I’m preferring a combination of phpbay, phpzon, reviewazon and wprobot which enables you to mix things up in a more unique (I use the word loosley) way.

    However, I am looking forward to seeing how this plugin develops.

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    # 29 July 2010 at 8:16 am
  • Rochelle said:

    Just purchased this plugin this morning. I want to do as much cya as possible. Above you mentioned that you rename everything. What is “everything?”

    I’m going to add this plugin to one of my sites that isn’t ranking at all, to get my feet wet with it. I figure it can’t hurt too much to learn how to use it on a site that isn’t doing anything.

    Rochelle

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    # 7 August 2010 at 9:08 am
  • Rochelle said:

    FYI to anyone who wants to remove the “Comments are Closed” wording from their posts – You can remove this by going to Appearance / Editor / Main Index Template (index.php) and removing the following line from the code:

    After you save your changes, this wording will be gone.

    Rochelle

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    # 7 August 2010 at 10:06 am
  • Cherie said:

    Hi Mark

    Any update on the videos and theme? I don’t know if I’m missing anything, there doesn’t seem to be much in the way of instructions. I have made contact, etc pages but they don’t show up.

    Also I see on the comments here something about using pages instead of posts but can’t find anymore info on that

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    # 12 August 2010 at 8:45 am
  • markowe said:

    Like the idea very much, just a bit worried about the “footprint”, as a few other people have mentioned. I am using another similar, but little known script that does something similar to this one (I won’t say which, I want it to remain little-known, including by Google :)), but it does not have an unlimited domain license. And you’ve gotta love WordPress and all the flexibility that brings. So I am tempted!

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    # 9 September 2010 at 3:53 pm