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One of the recurring questions that I seem to be getting asked lately about the Adsense 101 Bootcamp is, “How does it compare to the XFactor or Clickbump methods of building sites?”

First of all, the answer is VERY DIFFERENT! Sorry for using bold capitals, but I wanted to stress that the Adsense 101 bootcamp is entirely different from the approach those two guys advocate.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying those methods do not work, they do and a lot of people are making money from using the techniques they demonstrate. In fact before the techniques became known as the “XFactor method” or the “Clickbump method”, they were just known as building minisites or even microsites. I have been building those for years and using the exact same techniques as XFactor and Clickbump advocate.

The thing is, even though those methods work, they are NOT the best way to earn a living from Adsense and I can foresee over the coming years a trend very firmly away from those type of sites in Google’s index for a number of reasons.

Here is why my advice is to turn away from building small sites like these and instead adopt the authority site model I advocate.

Even though it seems quite alluring to say “you can make money from sites with just 5 or 6 pages of content”, the truth is you are going for low competition keywords that get little amounts of traffic in the big scheme of things. Nothing wrong with that, by the way and I shall explain why in a minute. However, if that is the only strategy for building 1 site then it isn’t the best way of doing things.

You see, to make any real income from Adsense, you will need maybe 30, 50, 100 or many more minisites like these, right? Suddenly that allure of only having to create 5 or 6 pages to make money from Adsense doesn’t seem quite so appealing. That means 100 sites X 6 pages = 600 pages of content to make good money with Adsense! Then, a year down the track, you have suddenly got a 100 domains that need to be renewed and then there is all the duplicate IP addresses etc for all these domains.

I liken the scenario above to getting a bumper bag of “fun size” Mars bars. Even though a fun size mars bar looks easy to eat and better for you, before you know it you have gorged on the whole bumper bag and you feel sick! Okay bad analogy, I know.. However, the point is why waste all that content on isolated, small sites that flounder around in Google’s ocean at the mercy of all the big authority sites that can blow them away in an instant?

It is far better to build a site in a competitive niche.. Yes, “COMPETITIVE” niche but the approach that I advocate in the bootcamp shows exactly how to do it. The secret is to “start small to grow big”.. It might not sound as catchy as the clickbump method or the XFactor technique but trust me, it IS the future of not only making a success with Adsense but with everything you do from now on in Internet marketing!

Sign up to the Adsense 101 Bootcamp notification list to find out more..

Many people try and many people fail but most people in reality just try a little bit, and then give up. What am I talking about? Just about everything to do with creating good Adsense sites. This leads to the main question, What does it take to make a good site monetized with Adsense?

The secret is to create great content that people in your niche will love. It might seem over simplistic and to some people downright crass, but it is the truth. Of course there are a gazillion other factors that when combined together make for Adsense success but the overiding factor above everything is good content.

You see, good content is the seed for a positive spiral effect culminating in your Adsense income getting involved in that positiveness as well. This is the chain of events surrounding good content..

1. You write or create great content for you blog with Adsense on it.
2. Other webmasters find value in your content and tell other people by offering links on their sites to your content.
3. Google picks up on this buzz surrounding your content and indexes your content for the keywords you are writing about.
4. As more people get to see your content via searches on Google, links from other people’s sites, social networking and various other web 2.0 properties, your content receives more backlinks.
5. As your content receives more backlinks, your content gets indexed higher in Google.
6. Go to Step 2. (This carries on infintely)
7. You add more content.
8. Your visitor count increases.
9. Your Adsense income increases…

Compare this scenario with…

1. You create 50 autoblogs with 1000 pages of scraped content on each.
2. You create masses of automated linkwheels and links from various other schemes for backlinks.
3. Google spots patterns in all your backlinking efforts
4. Google sees all your content is either duplicate or very poorly spun.
5. Other webmasters see your content for what it is and avoid it like the plague.
6. Go to step 2. (This carries on until you finally realise, it’s crap)
7. Google might index a few very obscure keyword phrases that get you 3 visitors a week.
8. You build more crappy sites.
9. Your Adsense income stagnates into mediocrity.
10. You give up/lose your Adsense account/Move onto the next bandwagon (delete as appropriate)…

It is true, great content is the secret to success with Adsense but before you click away in disgust, the real secret is that it isn’t that hard to do.. You just need to learn how to do it, the tools that can help and a detailed plan of action. The Adsense 101 Bootcamp will be the blueprint you need to follow and I urge you to get your name down onto the notification list today.

It is time to put right the bad teachings out there and show the ONLY way to build great, quality sites that Google will love and your bank balance will love even more!

A big apology to everyone who has been waiting for the opening of my Adsense 101 bootcamp. I want to give you some good news though and that is that the opening date for the first 50 people will be Monday 22nd February.

Remember that because of the limit on places in the initial run, only people on my notification list will be told where they can sign up. If you want to add your name to the notification list then you can do so by entering your details in the optin form over on the left side of this blog. More news will follow soon!