I’d say that when it comes down to what type of websites we prefer having, everyone has their favorites. Whether it be the niche or whether it be the kind of work you do on a website. There’s really a website for almost anything nowadays. The huge differences of websites I’d say would be the high maintenance websites and the low maintenances websites. Wheter it be either one, both of these type of websites has their benefits to any web publisher.

High Maintenance Websites:

• Requires to be updated very frequently.
• Takes up more time maintain.
• Provides higher quality content than low maintenance websites.
• Visitors are usually more engaged in discussions.

An example of an high maintenance website would be a blog. Blogs requires some time to be updated on a frequent basis, requires some time to engage with users interactivity and also requires a lot more work/effort to promote. These type of websites are generally worth a lot once you’ve gained much reputation/popularity and have a nice base of readers.

Low Maintenance Websites:

• Most are easy to build and can only take a couple of hours to set up.
• Usually needs updates but can updates can usually be made automatically.
• Usually established and then later on sold for profits.
• Ability to purchase one already established for a few bucks.
• Many are started with turnkey scripts and are turnkey websites.

You can easily start these type of websites and start making money instantly with little effort. For most, you can purchase an already made script and have it up in a flash. Little HTML knowledge is usually required but it’s a great way to start out for new publishers. While playing around with it, you can gain quite a bit of knowledge on many aspects of maintaining a website.

I enjoy working with both type of websites but I’d have to say that low maintenance websites can be a great way to make money much sooner off of. I currently run both type of websites and it’s quite different the way you promote them. The niche of the site definitely plays a huge role though therfore; you shouldn’t conclude that all low maintenance websites would make you instant profits off of. The more type of websites that are out there that are similar to yours in your niche, the easier it is to grow in my opinion. It’s only the matter of communication with the other webmasters.

What are your opinions of these type of websites? Which one do you prefer to work with?