The Hobby Webmaster Blog

The sub-domain site, Make Money, is open for business. This site, like a few earlier attempts, is a purely commercial site. The site deals with information products primarily from ClickBank, although there will be some related products offered as well. Of course, there can be no sales without traffic so I will attempt to build some traffic to this site.

There is a downside to using a sub-domain. It is harder to promote and, being a new entity on the web, will take some time to get working. I did put up a blog and blogs tend to get indexed relatively rapidly. I am trying to pay attention to the things that I have been learning about SEO with this site.

There are around five million searches on the web for ‘make money’ per month. But then ranking for such a broad term may be impossible. I will use longer tail names for the pages that I put up. I may need to buy a few dot info domains to point at various sections of this site. It would  be  nice to get this one to pay a little. Cash is a bit tight right now. Of course, any site like this one will take some time and a lot of work to make it an asset.

When I put up Mixer In A Box I also bought two .info domain names. When I put up the site I forwarded these sites to Mixer In A Box. I suspect that they may not get indexed without an actual page associated with the domain name, so I put up pages with tickler information and linking to Mixer In A Box. These .info domains are Cheap Digital Mixer and Live Sound Computer. I hope that this will improve the possibility of traffic from these sites so that they fulfill their intended purpose. Since the three are a family of sites I used the same design for all three sites.

These sites all promote mixing live sound in a virtual environment using the SoftWare Audio Console software package. The SAC systems allow you to mix live sound on a computer with all of the features of a big digital hardware console. This could be the wave of the future as far as mixing live sound is concerned.

I have a new website up on the web. There is still a good deal of work to do on the site, but it is up there and waiting for visitors. The site is http://www.mixerinabox.com/ if you would care to check it out. I also purchased to .info feeder domains that are now set up to redirect to the site. They are  http://www.cheapdigitalmixer.info and http://www.livesoundcomputer.info. This site is about the Software Audio Console or SAC system. I have built one and put it into service. I offer to assemble systems for those that don’t feel competent or do not have the time to do it themselves. Please stop by and check out the newest member of my family of site.

I will probably add a new site to my stable in the near future. I have assembled a tool for my business, a Software Audio Console. My primary business is in the field of sound reinforcement. The Software Audio Console, or SAC system, is a full featured virtual digital mixing environment that runs on a Windows PC. I have used the system for my last two contracts and intend to use it as my primary console in the future.

The new site will offer the service of a system integrator. I will offer to build SAC systems to those interested in owning the system, but who do not feel competent or do not have the time  to assemble their own system. This would allow me to indulge to of my areas of interest, building computers and producing sound. I will keep you posted on developments and show off the new site if I decide to put it up.

I now have another domain name – Here’s The Blog. I will begin developing this name this evening. I will link to the site in this post and in the side bar when there is something to see.

Mean while, back at the ranch, I did add a bunch of content to the PC Application Store last evening. It is all helter skelter at the present time, but I have had a few hits on the name, so I need to have something on the page beside ‘Coming Soon’.

I have a job today (for money), so it is going to cut into my web development time. But, remember, ‘There must be bacon and there must be beans (or at least rice)’.

I have worked a bit on the forum software. I made the initial categories and forums this evening. I should make a ’sticky’ post to most of the forums, but a lot of what I would do in those posts is taken care of in the subtitles.

I do have to write a welcome message and make a post under rules. I should also make a post under ‘Announcements’ requesting help with Mod and Assistant Admin positions. I guess that those things really need to be done before I sprinkle links around my sites. I will then do an email campaign to get the word out to my industry contacts.

The forum address is: http://www.livesoundwiki.com/forum/ if you want to check it out or tell your friends.

Today I purchased another domain name. It is livesoundwiki.com. It is intended as a community site for those interested in the live sound reinforcement field. I am inviting experienced engineers to post articles on the subject of live sound production.

Of course, I want to integrate the wiki into my site format. This is where the battle begins. I have tried a couple of approaches, so far without success. I have only begun to fight!! I am sure that there is a way to do what I want, but it may involve reading the documentation or locating some assistance.  I will keep after it.

Last evening I purchased the domain, http://www.pcappstore.com/. I was reading an article on one of my tech sites and the name came to mind. I think that the name has a good bit of potential. There is a big buzz right now for the iPhone app store and many of the mobile providers are getting application stores together. I think that there will probably be a good bit of search engine traffic generated by the app store keywords. This may result in some traffic and sales. Now the real work of developing the site must begin.

I will feature paid software, shareware, and freeware applications. I also intend to put some sort of feedback and rating system into place. I hope to make it a useful and profitable site.