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I think that one reason for the confusion is that the way that Search Engines work has changed. You used to be able to quickly slap up lots of little Adsense sites and make money from them. That's becoming harder to do now because what Google wants is useful content that provides relevent information for the person who's searching. Their spiders are getting better at finding those type of articles so that having lots of little adsense sites is not the way to go for the future.

I think that the way to go is to build a couple of Authority sites in a couple of different niches that you are interested in and knowledgeable about. That way you are not putting all your eggs in one basket but you are giving the Search Engines what they want - a site with quality content providing value.

Create sites and products that are valuable to PEOPLE not search engines and you'll be way ahead of the game.

BOTH answers are correct. It depends on where you are at in the process.

When you're beginning, focus on ONE think, and make it a success. In the beginning there are far too many ways to fail if you spread yourself out with many projects.

Once you've firmed up your first project/business, then you can consider diversifying. Keep building your business, and diversify after each success. If you don't diversify, you stand a much greater chance of losing it, especially if you're relying on a third party like Google, Amazon, etc.

Yep...I.M. is about as stable as a house built on quicksand.

Basic business principles will always be the same..DO NOT RELY ON G. Use it..but don't rely on it.

when first starting out yes you should just focus on 1 method say adsense or amazon etc but when your making a bit of money ive always said around $700+ a month then start looking at other areas which are more stable

as jim said above DONT RELY ON GOOGLE to put food on your table

if you take your business seriously then you need to have a good solid foundationnot just rely on search engines to send you most of your traffic to make you money

this is why i cringe when some people say they have 100 adsense or amazon blogs which is there main income

imagine if most of those got slaped overnight from the clowns over at google?

it does happen and has happend

so at first focus on 1 method make some money, then diverse into a more solid business model such as creating your own products, build a list of customers. Your list wil be your biggest leveraging tool you can have

i still build affiliate sites for adsense and its great fun but i build more authority sites these days 30 + pages as a minimum, but i dont only build these sites its just extra income

build thise online assets otherwise you will be sorry you didnt further down the road

paul

The idea people are trying to get across when they say that you should stick with one method at least until you know how to do it well.

Don't try to master 5 methods at the same time or you will end up doing a half arsed job of them all. Stick with one until you know what you are doing and can replicate easily. Once you are at that point you are able to learn another technique in the extra time you now have due to being much more efficient.

good advice guys, thanks!

Too many times I see newbies and even experiences marketers try to create just a niche site. What you should be trying to do is create an authoritive site in your niche or like the go to site.

Doing this will help your google rankings, traffic and sales ulimately. What you should be trying to do firstmost is help people.