SouthAmericanVacations.com and AEIOU
Many domainers have been trying out AEIOU.com’s micro-site development as a way to rapidly develop some of their domains and get away from parking. As I’ve mentioned in the past, a developed site will still get the same amount of direct navigation traffic and now you’re hopefully going to be attracting some organic search traffic, as well. The cost of an AEIOU micro-site is $250 and the primary monetization option is AdSense.
I figured I’d give them a shot since I’m in the process of developing my portfolio and wanted to see if it was worth the money. We used my site about South American Vacations for the project. Check it out and let me know what you think.
**EDIT** - I’ve received several comments and emails all pretty much agreeing with my opinion that the AEIOU site just really isn’t that good. The only traffic that site has received has been either type-in or referrals from this post. So, I’m going to begin making gradual changes to improve the content, design and search traffic. The site you see is no longer the original AEIOU version.
Filed under: Development, Domains
$250 is really so cheap that you can’t expect much. But, I really think that it doesn’t add any value to your domain over just leaving it parked. Unless you can get those pages ranked in search engines and get decent traffic, there’s really no value at all in having a low quality website put onto your domains.
Pretty poor, in my opinion. The ads are off to the side which will bring you a lower number of clicks and a lot of missed easy SEO opportunities. The content is a whole ‘nother matter…
You should post when you hit your break even point.
Sucks
The current site does look more professional and has more going for it
Mike
http://www.wannadevelop.com/