New Site - worth waiting for full content?

[stuartc1]

Hi,

I've been working on a new site for a while... mostly getting the concept and design together. Im at a stage that most pages are created but I've still to add the actual content. It basically a skeleton.

My question - is it worth while putting up what I have and getting a few inbound links? I'll be adding the content gradualy over the next 2-3 weeks when it'll hopefully be completed.

The reason I ask is - if google update the toolbar PR in a month or so, I would like to get some green this time around and not wait for 3-4 months for it. I know it doesnt mean much these days as the real pr will be the same regardless of the TBPR. But I hope to get some people to link to my site (link exchanges), which almost always required some green in the old toolbar.

And to relate my question to Adsense - When do you think is the best time to place the google ads? when the site is totally complete, or wait longer until the traffic really starts?

Im really looking to see if letting google index a skeleton site is good, bad or indifferent. I would hate to risk getting penalised for the sake of a few weeks. Anyone have any experience with this?

Cheers,
Stuartc1

[webnoob]

when the site has content..

u aren't suppose to put ads on pages with no content anyway.

as for PR. just because you add links incoming or outgoing doesn't mean you'll get a PR on the next update because when it updates it doesn't check what you currently have, but rather the history..

[jeter4982]

I would wait for at least for some content, before placing Google ads on it, or trying to aquire inbound links, because you don't want Google to get the picture that your site has no content, and then put you in the sandbox for a few months, when you actually add the content.

Tom

[smilybilly]

Since it's a new site, I suggest u need lots of orginal content.

This post ( below link) by Brett Tabke on "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone" is really good!

[webmasterworld.com...]

[mike schmitz]

If your site has a lot of unique pages, I'd get the Adsense on it right away. Better targeting when people go to each page vs the original ads that appear prior to a deeper Google scan. My $.02

[Sweet Cognac]

When uploading a skeleton site it's not Google you have to worry about.

In my experience, Yahoo and MSN spider the site first... and then they don't come back for awhile. So you are in their serps as a skeleton, which is not going to give you good rankings, unless it's unique.

If it's a new URL, it may take Google a couple of weeks to find it, because Google follows links.

So depending on how much you value the traffic from Yahoo and MSN (which you may need while you're in the sandbox) should determine what you do, and he could be right about adding Adsense now, because it may take the mediabot 2 weeks to come around.