Tool Sites VS Blog sites: What's the difference

A lot of people are unaware of the fact that there are different types of websites available today. Each website is specifically designed to serve a distinct purpose. 

The most common types of websites available today range from social media websites like Facebook, Design websites like Canva, E-commerce websites like Jumia and Alibaba, Blog websites like LindaIkejiblog and Big-Response, etc. 

What about a Tool Website?

In this blog post, I will be sharing with all you need to know about a Tool website in comparison to a blog site.

What is a Tool Site ?

A tool site is a website specifically designed to enable people perform special tasks with it's embedded tools.A perfect example of a tool site is TinyURL. TinyURL is a link Shortner. It is used when there is a need to shorten a link without damaging the URL. TinyURL takes your Affiliate Link and transforms it into a professionally looking link. Other examples include SEO Tools, Link Cloaking Tools, etc

Examples of Tool Websites by Category


SEO Tools
SEMrush
Neilpatelseo
H-supertools

Link Shortner
TinyURL
Cut.ly
Bitly

Website Analyzer/SEO
Seoanalyzer
Ahref

Tool Site VS Blog Site
Functionality

Tool site provide valuable online tools for users either paid or free. Blog sites provides valuable contents to users.

Content Creation

Tool Sites do not require contents for monetization where as blog sites does. When it comes to monetizing your blogsite, your post will be scaled in most cases. 
Tool Sites do not require contents to start generating money, all you need are a set of available tools valuable to users. 

Setup Skills & Working Skills 

Tool Sites do not require any special digital marketing skills. A blog site will consistently require the use of digital skills every now and then.

The only Limitation to a Tool Site is it's installation process. And this only applies to people without any programming skills. 

Website Traffic

The essence of website traffic cannot be over emphasized. Your traffic says a lot about your website, wether a blog or tool site.

Why do you need Traffic to your Website?

  • It helps to determine how Search Engines such as Google would rank your website.A web page with a high amount of visitors will be ranked on Google search engine because it tells Google that this website page is important.

  • It largely determines your conversions. Website owners who make a minimum of $500 on a monthly basis have nothing less than 5k to 15k website visitors per month. This is because only about 20% of your total traffic may click on your Ads or Affiliate Links.

How to make money with Tool Sites.

You can start making money on Tool websites much easily compared to the stress of writing blog posts as afore mentioned. 

Buy or Develop your PHP Script

If you can develop your tool site from scratch or employ a  website design professional to do that for you, that will be way better. Another way to go about this is to buy a PHP script online and install it by connecting it to a domain and a hosting service. This sometimes take a long process depending on the gravity of the Tool site.

A good place to buy well developed PHP scripts is CodeCanyon.com

Install your PHP script

The installation of a PHP script can be very difficult if you don't have any idea of coding. Most PHP scripts also come with an installation Manual which gives a step by step installation guide.
The complete Installation and setup of a Tools may up to 3days.

Place Ads on your Tool site

The two most common ways to make money on a website is by placing Ads on your website or by Placing Affiliate links in strategic areas.

Ad banners can also be designed and placed on your website to make more money.

Drive-in Traffic

As afore mentioned, since your traffic determines how much you can make on a monthly basis as a tool site owner, you need to pay close attention to you daily traffic. This is because if there are no people coming to your website regularly, you can't make any money. Every business success depends on the quality and quantity of it product users. Google Analytics is a good tool to monitor your real time and overall traffic.

Finally,

Tool Sites are a much easier way to make money online. Once you have successfully installed your PHP script, apply for website monetization or design Ad banners on your website, the last thing you need to focus on is driving large amount of traffic. By carrying out this steps ,you have successfully monetized your Tool site.

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