Comments on: London 2012 Olympics Site Launched http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/ Backpacking around the world on my income from the internet. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Allards http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-30461 Allards Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:47:45 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-30461 @Kirsty I agree that a banner will do for this informative site, it's still a big space to work with. I dislike "bloated" Olympic sites, looking for information should be plain and simple.I hope the site will get noticed over time. @Kirsty I agree that a banner will do for this informative site, it’s still a big space to work with. I dislike “bloated” Olympic sites, looking for information should be plain and simple.I hope the site will get noticed over time.

]]> By: Kirsty http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-30376 Kirsty Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:59:43 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-30376 Ya WJM, interesting idea and one I will take on board for sure. Allards the site that's up now is mostly finished as far as design goes except for the header which will be something sporty and Olympics-y. Whenever I get around to it, I think it will make the site's appearance a lot more appealing. I don't plan on doing much more in the way of design besides that, though. I've always been into the design side and I think it'll be sporty enough. The most important thing as I see it is having a clean, clear site with an intutive navigation system. Ya WJM, interesting idea and one I will take on board for sure.

Allards the site that’s up now is mostly finished as far as design goes except for the header which will be something sporty and Olympics-y. Whenever I get around to it, I think it will make the site’s appearance a lot more appealing. I don’t plan on doing much more in the way of design besides that, though.

I’ve always been into the design side and I think it’ll be sporty enough. The most important thing as I see it is having a clean, clear site with an intutive navigation system.

]]> By: Allards http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-30350 Allards Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:42:25 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-30350 Good idea Kirsty I'm a fan of your nerdy lifestyle, hoping to become a working nomad someday. As i understand you try to educate Olympics visitors about London ....... fine but what about a design that fits a little more with the theme Olympic Sports? I don't know how that relates to your goals but some design would not hurt and it builds more trust and could encourage visitors to return more often to the site. Good idea Kirsty

I’m a fan of your nerdy lifestyle, hoping to become a working nomad someday.

As i understand you try to educate Olympics visitors about London ……. fine but what about a design that fits a little more with the theme Olympic Sports?

I don’t know how that relates to your goals but some design would not hurt and it builds more trust and could encourage visitors to return more often to the site.

]]> By: Stevo http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-30166 Stevo Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:32:56 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-30166 Looks good, Kirsty. Best of luck with the Big G and your SEO efforts. Looks good, Kirsty. Best of luck with the Big G and your SEO efforts.

]]> By: Neale http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-30150 Neale Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:02:02 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-30150 Quote "Imagine you are a lazy student of sports history in 2020, what info would you like to find on-line about the London games of 2012?" Now thats thinkin outa the box & long term Love it Quote “Imagine you are a lazy student of sports history in 2020, what info would you like to find on-line about the London games of 2012?”

Now thats thinkin outa the box & long term

Love it

]]> By: Webjourneyman http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29986 Webjourneyman Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:38:46 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29986 I notice you say "no up to the minute news of results" or similar, and that is good tactic I think, it's too labor intensive during the games. But afterwards, to keep the traffic, you could archive of as much news as possible with links and copies (webcitation.org) when those links die. Imagine you are a lazy student of sports history in 2020, what info would you like to find on-line about the London games of 2012? I notice you say “no up to the minute news of results” or similar, and that is good tactic I think, it’s too labor intensive during the games. But afterwards, to keep the traffic, you could archive of as much news as possible with links and copies (webcitation.org) when those links die.

Imagine you are a lazy student of sports history in 2020, what info would you like to find on-line about the London games of 2012?

]]> By: Kirsty http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29934 Kirsty Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:14:47 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29934 The Adsense will be staying mostly because it would be too much of a headache to take it down. But interesting to get all of the opinions and I didn't know that about the Mediabot stuff. Neale that's a good point since those are my target words at the moment. I'll make the changes and see what happens. There are plenty of searches on those keywords, even now, so hopefully I can get myself ranked! The Adsense will be staying mostly because it would be too much of a headache to take it down. But interesting to get all of the opinions and I didn’t know that about the Mediabot stuff.

Neale that’s a good point since those are my target words at the moment. I’ll make the changes and see what happens. There are plenty of searches on those keywords, even now, so hopefully I can get myself ranked!

]]> By: Neale http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29851 Neale Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:48:45 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29851 Great site Kirsty looks very good probably the best I have seen of your sites, it is clean, professional, & easy to navigate a real gem. Adsense or not on a new site is a difficult call as long as it is not overly monetized "more than 1 ad block per page "IMO"" I see no negative affects I have a bias to keeping Adsense of home pages but it's a hunch thats all. As to the Domain looks great to me as you are after natural traffic, what has not been mentioned is a 301 redirect to a new site will pass all links & juice after the event no need to go broad that phrase is already getting a load of traffic. My only thought to the contrary is I would have the domains phrase in the header "London 2012 Games" rather than "London 2012 Olympics" your chances of ranking #1 for "London 2012 Games" are pretty good compared with little chance for the other term.. Keep us updated great work! Great site Kirsty looks very good probably the best I have seen of your sites, it is clean, professional, & easy to navigate a real gem.

Adsense or not on a new site is a difficult call as long as it is not overly monetized “more than 1 ad block per page “IMO”" I see no negative affects I have a bias to keeping Adsense of home pages but it’s a hunch thats all.

As to the Domain looks great to me as you are after natural traffic, what has not been mentioned is a 301 redirect to a new site will pass all links & juice after the event no need to go broad that phrase is already getting a load of traffic.

My only thought to the contrary is I would have the domains phrase in the header “London 2012 Games” rather than “London 2012 Olympics” your chances of ranking #1 for “London 2012 Games” are pretty good compared with little chance for the other term..

Keep us updated great work!

]]> By: Vee http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29689 Vee Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:21:25 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29689 Looks nice. I wish you luck with it. I'm sure you'll go over it again and again before it starts getting a lot of traffic, but I spotted several typos you might want to correct. Looks nice. I wish you luck with it. I’m sure you’ll go over it again and again before it starts getting a lot of traffic, but I spotted several typos you might want to correct.

]]> By: Language Dude http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29682 Language Dude Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:43:23 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29682 Passive Income: Adsense has no effect on rankings whatsoever. I will point out though, that Adsense on a page, will ensure that Mediabot will spider the page and Google relies on Mediabot for indexing as well as Googlebot. If for some reason a page is not indexed by Googlebot, it will be indexed by Mediabot due to Adsense. Passive Income: Adsense has no effect on rankings whatsoever. I will point out though, that Adsense on a page, will ensure that Mediabot will spider the page and Google relies on Mediabot for indexing as well as Googlebot. If for some reason a page is not indexed by Googlebot, it will be indexed by Mediabot due to Adsense.

]]> By: Working Nomad http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29594 Working Nomad Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:55:00 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29594 One vote to leave Adsense on. Why not start making money from today? No-brainer really. One vote to leave Adsense on. Why not start making money from today? No-brainer really.

]]> By: Working Nomad http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29592 Working Nomad Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:51:41 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29592 I can see why you would do a site on London specifically but I still think you may regret it after the games. Even if it stayed just as a London site with lots of info about the city you are still going to have that '2012' in the domain which might stunt future growth post 2012 and could put visitors off thinking the info is going to outdated, which would be a shame after all the work you are going to put into it. Having keywords in the domain might help a little (with MSN search anyway) but if you make great content that's useful, then you could use any domain name and still call it London 2012 etc etc I cannot see any other advantage to that domain name. I can see why you would do a site on London specifically but I still think you may regret it after the games.

Even if it stayed just as a London site with lots of info about the city you are still going to have that ’2012′ in the domain which might stunt future growth post 2012 and could put visitors off thinking the info is going to outdated, which would be a shame after all the work you are going to put into it.

Having keywords in the domain might help a little (with MSN search anyway) but if you make great content that’s useful, then you could use any domain name and still call it London 2012 etc etc

I cannot see any other advantage to that domain name.

]]> By: Passive Income http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29586 Passive Income Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:07:17 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29586 I too would take Adsense off for the moment - its easier to get up the rankings without monetisation - and until you have the traffic you won't make much anyway. I too would take Adsense off for the moment – its easier to get up the rankings without monetisation – and until you have the traffic you won’t make much anyway.

]]> By: pktan http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29557 pktan Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:05:45 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29557 It depends on how you want to brand yourself when link building. There are sites that I will put on Adsense immediately definitely, but in the case scenario I was saying for the Olympics site, I have to go with the nay to pennies. It depends on how you want to brand yourself when link building. There are sites that I will put on Adsense immediately definitely, but in the case scenario I was saying for the Olympics site, I have to go with the nay to pennies.

]]> By: Language Dude http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29554 Language Dude Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:20:18 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/04/08/london-2012-olympics-site-launched/#comment-29554 One last thing. I have to disagree with pktan. I would put Adsense on right away. Even low traffic sites are great for Adsense income. Not sure why people think having Adsense hurts a sites image. In my experience it doesn't. One last thing. I have to disagree with pktan. I would put Adsense on right away. Even low traffic sites are great for Adsense income. Not sure why people think having Adsense hurts a sites image. In my experience it doesn’t.

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