Website Ideas

Many website owners out there have no idea that such a thing as website stats even exist. Believe it or not, they just don’t have a clue that this technology is out there even though it sounds very elementary to web developers like you and me. These new website owners would be delighted to know that they can see where there visitors are coming from and what forms of advertising are working for them and what forms are not working for them. This kind of information is vital to any successful online marketing campaign. Without it, there’s no way to know which online referers are worth the cost and which are giving the most number of visitors to you.

The website idea that follows is a site that tracks visitors for others. A couple websites like this exist already and you may be well aware of this. But, not everyone knows how easy it is to plug the simple code into an html page and get this up and running. Your website could provide a simple easy to follow step by step way to cater to the beginner and give them a simple free stats program. Of course, you can charge users for an upgraded statistics program down the line and make this all worth while for you.

Here’s an idea that you might want to consider when trying to think of your next website idea. How about purchasing a database filled with thousands of records for your local state or country. This can help you build a framework for a website that will not only give your website some structure, it can also be a great way to attract local business owners to your community. You can take this database and write a script to display it however you wish. They key here is to be creative and try to link the data in a unique way that noone else currently does. Perhaps, your script would create thousands of pages devoted to each city in your state and each of those pages would link to a forum category that would be dedicated to discussion about that local community.

Business owners listed in your database will most likely find your site at some point from a search engine when they go to see their visibility on the major search engines Google, Yahoo, or MSN. They will type in their business name into a search engine and somewhere down the results, they will find a link to a page on your website. Once they visit your website and see that you’ve given them some free advertising, they will likely browse the rest of your website to see what else you have to offer. You may monetize this website by offering business owners a banner ad for a section on your website that is devoted to their city.

Video posting websites are the big thing these days. After the success of Youtube, dozens of competetors have risen up and tried to attract some of the attention. If you’re looking for one of the hottest and fastest growing areas on the web today, this is it. Make a website where users can post their home grown videos and where other visitors can come to enjoy them. It’s a win win situtation for everyone involved. You can offer those who submit their videos a portion of the profits that you make from Adsense ads. This can all be automated via rotation of banner ad ids which takes all the hassle out of it. Many scripts offer this functionality already under the title of “revenue sharing”. There are also who scripts out there that advertise as “youtube clones”. Look on Ebay or other popular online web development forums and you can find a script that will get you up and running in no time. Of course, you could also have a programmer help you with this as well, but you should probably expect to pay a few hundred dollars in exchange for setting up a website like this.

After your video website is up and running, it’s really all about marketing it. You don’t have to spend any money doing this if you don’t want to throw too much into advertising consider articles writing, link exhanges, and forum signatures to advertise your new site.