
Originally Posted by
chaumi
It depends.....
On what level of profitability you mean
On how long you can give it to achieve that profitability level
On what your targets are
On what authority (or age, or trust, or expertise) level you start with (or can build over time)
On how expertly you can present your subject
On algorithm changes
On how much you can get done and how well you can do it
...and probably a few more that I've missed.
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I'll make a guess that you don't have access to the sort of budget previously mentioned anymore, hence the point of the question in the first place.
PS As encouragement.......
1. I know of at least one general gambling site (owned by a member here, I won't say who/what because they may not wish me to) that's roughly a year old and is already making big enough waves. I don't know for sure, but they probably haven't been spending a lot on links and are relying on structure/content etc. Needless to say, those are of high quality.
2. I know that (some) new pages (on a weakish, but fairly aged site) can go straight into top 20 (for 'hammered to death' terms) with minimal external inbound links helping (I mean either none or at the most one or two). Which suggests that with added links, there could be some untapped potential.