Nov

10

Why Did I Start www.UpDateXP.com ?

Filed Under Windows XP 

I was asked this question the other day:

“Marc, why did you start your website www.updatexp.com?”

Then I just read Ken Evoy’s blog post: Advertising Technology, Today’s VC Game?

And that got me looking back over my “Internet Life”…initially UpdateXP.com was just a place to host the odd article on using Windows XP.

I used to “patrol” some of the XP newsgroups a few years ago and instead of providing an answer within the post, I would link to the answer on my website.

But a strange thing happened….

Because I was creating a website with in-demand content, the site started to pull in a lot of traffic from Google.com

The when Google released their AdSense program (the ability to place their adverts on your site, then get paid per click) I found I was earning some good money :-) In fact things just grew and grew….

I even have an online case study of my success here: http://case-studies.sitesell.com/webmaster-marc.html

Fast forward to the end of 2007 and I have a few websites and LOVE what I do - writing about Microsoft technology!

I am even now creating software myself: http://www.databucketpro.com

SiteBuildIt gave me that early opportunity to succeed online and I am so glad I took it!

If you have a hobby or passion for a subject - perhaps you too should start a profitable website?

Site Build It!

Regards

Marc Liron
Microsoft MVP
www.marcliron.com

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