Originally Posted by johnny_d

I would say that it is not easy. 90% of people or more dont make it in this. You make websites, and you are getting 100 or 200 uv a day max, for the most part, which translates to earnings of several cents par day.

You need to learn, and be good at the following things:
- (hardware)
- (networking)
- (hosting)
- linux
- mysql
- php
- html
- css
- javascript
- graphic design

- seo
- social media
- internet advertising
- analytics

and other things. Also:

- Wordpress
- Mech Bunny, KVS, or both
- Pinterest clone script / scripts
- Smart Cj
- Traffic trading script / scripts
- vBulletin / other forum software

and more...

After you have the knowledge, you need to have experience too, see how everything works in reality too. And after that you need a lot of time to build up a network of sites, get domain age, number of indexed pages, and links. You can buy websites too. Money buys a lot of things here too (so knowledge + money can be a good way to go too).

Again. It is not easy, you wont be a millionaire overnight. The more websites you have, the easier everything becomes, down the road...

I would say, that it would be good to:
a) find something that you like (niche)
b) work on that one thing / website only, with a goal of getting to the top of the niche in two or more years... If you are working and you are not seeing any results, or you think it is not as good as it should be, consider moving on to something else / different niche.

-> you like pornstars -> find 100 or 200 names (keyword research / seo competition) -> get a Wordpress blog (self hosted, your own hosting + domain) -> work on this one site (one domain with pornstars as categories) -> keep expanding the site... (this way you are working on something worthwhile, instead of one more shitty / unsuccessful site).