{"id":157,"date":"2009-09-18T21:01:12","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T01:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2009-09-18T21:13:53","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T01:13:53","slug":"mass-developed-minisites-stand-no-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/mass-developed-minisites-stand-no-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass developed minisites stand no chance"},"content":{"rendered":"

After reading Rick Schwartz’s<\/a> latest blog post about how Google AdSense closed down his account over minisite content, I had an obvious question: why did Rick pay TENS of THOUSANDS of dollars for 10 minisites?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The term “minisite” was coined as an obvious bait for the domain community, sometime in the past year and a half. It indicates a quick and dirty development of a web site, often with no graphical user interface, with no custom images and with content of dubious quality. Creation of such “mass developed” minisites is aimed at those with a very small budget that want “something” to go live, in order to monetize it via the placement of AdSense ads or ads from other networks.<\/p>\n

There are several such firms that provide development of small web sites, catering to the “minisite” domain gang. Quality of work varies – however, a minisite is a minisite and it does not really qualify as true web development.<\/p>\n

With parking revenue dwindling, panicking domainers often opt for the cheapest alternative, not considering long-term results and consequences of pushing out badly executed content. The alternative option would entail the following elements:<\/p>\n