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I decided that it was about time I actually do a little research and write an informative post rather than just ramblings about my site.  So, I sat down and decided that the best thing to write about is something that many people think about often.  Do I want to own many sites or few sites?  Or, in other terms, is it better for me to own two really big sites that earn me one hundred dollars a day or is it better for me to own fifty tiny sites that earn me one hundred dollars a day.  What is better?  I am not a believer in there being a pros and cons on both sides.  I am not a believer that it is easier to throw a bunch of articles onto a site and call it a day.  That’s not my belief anymore.

When I started this blog, I bought a notebook from the campus store and started writing down numerous ideas about the most random things.  I had Brad Pitt, credit cards, the Mafia, quit smoking and numerous other ideas coming to mind.  The most random ideas, but they were popping into my head.  I wanted to own fifty websites.  One hundred websites!  And then it dawned on me.  How was I going to create them?  I could make a deal with a web designer and get someone to make me a new template every week for a new site.  I could easily do that, but would that be the right thing to do?  WOuld I honestly profit?

I have a series of points to make about why owning a few sites is better than owning a lot.  The list is here:

• By owning only two or three sites, you are given enough time to build them up faster rather than having to focus on ten or twenty sites.
• Since all your attention if focused on these few sites, you are given the ability to mold them, tweak them and massage them in the way that will ensure the most success.
• The cost for running this many sites decreases significantly.  A domain name costs quite a bit of money each year and if you want to make 50 or 100 websites, you’ll be spending quite a bit of money.  How long before adsense gives you a return?
• If you don’t keep adding fresh content to these fifty different sites, after a while, they will become dry.

So, what can one say about these points?  It is a more ideal work method to work with one or two different sites.  I own one site that I have to update regularly for profit.  Well, two, if you count this one.  But, SciFreak.com is the only site that I need to update on a regular basis.  The reason for this is because it is my only site.  If I wanted to sit down, I could write five or six posts in one day.  However, I don’t want to do that.  By only owning one site, I can build it up.  People who read my blog know that I intend on making a forum on it and really making it large.  If I only owned one site, I’d be fine with that, so long as it made me that necessary money for medical school.

The point that I am trying to prove is that sometimes it is better to really only own one or two sites.  Sure, you might get some quick profits in the beginning, but running ten or twenty sites and really updating them becomes difficult.  I know that I wouldn’t want to try and focus on so many different sites.  Different people have different methods, but I’ve come to the conclusion that it is easier for webmasters to focus on one or two projects rather than ten or twelve.