How long does it take to start making money from a potentially successful website?

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Follow the general rules to get a good ranking for your keywords.follow many of teh following if not all.

In On -Page Includes:

1. Meta Tag Optimization.

2. Sidebar Link Optimization

3. Alt and H1,H2 Tag Optimization

4. W3C Validation Optimization

5. Duplicate Content Optimization

6. Keyword Research and Analysis


In Off-Page Includes:

1. Social Bookmarking

2. Directory Submission

3. Search Engine Submission

4. RSS Feed Submission

5. Forum Posting & Commenting

6. Blog Posting and Commenting

7. Press Release Submission

8. One-way Link Building

9. Social Networking Submission

10. Podcast Posting

11. Atom Posting

12. Classified Ads Posting

13. Video Posting

14. Article Submission

Then you can go as an affiliate of major sites like CJ dot com and clickbank dot com OR
you can use PPC programs like adsense, chitika, Kontera and many more to earn money from your website.