Blog Niche Fail

goldhome · 04-06-2011, 07:40 AM

Hi warriors!

I own a technology blog I write mostly on the latest technology and gadgets. I am getting visits from SEs at an average of 300 per day. I am trying really hard to promote it, I get decent clicks (with low CPC).

Now when I think on what I have been doing for the past few years, I have slight feel of regret. The latest gadgets that I write on will be 'latest' only for a few months or more. After that the content will remain dead and unnoticed.

I am planning to drop the blog and start a new one that is something really interesting and people would love to visit again and again. I am not sure whether I will continue with blogging so when I stop posting on a sudden, my blog will be dead for sure.

Any suggestions on this??

kposs · 04-06-2011, 07:48 AM

Turn it into an autoblog and drip feed new content to it periodically. That'll keep it alive without the work. Depending on your numbers (traffic & income), you could sell the blog.

Mark Brian · 04-06-2011, 08:00 AM

Technology/gadget niche is hard because as you said topics are ever changing. The reason why sites like Techcrunch, Engadget, etc are successful is because they post new content every 3-6 hours, non-stop plus they are composed of a lot people/bloggers. A one-man technology blog won't go far, hence you can consider that as a hobby blog. If you really want to make money as a one-man blogging machine, go for niches that are not seasonal.

taxi952 · 04-06-2011, 08:06 AM

The niche that you chose is hard to keep alive. You should go bloging on favorite products or services that will be kept in use for long time.Good luck. I now is hard i`m strugling to.

goldhome · 04-07-2011, 07:20 AM

Thank you for your suggestions warriors.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kposs

Turn it into an autoblog and drip feed new content to it periodically. That'll keep it alive without the work. Depending on your numbers (traffic & income), you could sell the blog.

If I implement autoblog, I am not sure whether my adsense account gets banned? Has anyone tried successfully implementing Google adsense in an autoblog??

pagerank · 08-29-2011, 07:08 PM

flip it on flippa and move on I do this all the time. If a site doesn't take off I just sell it. Gives you a clean break from the site and gives you a little cash back. The break is the important part. If you just let it sit there you invariably end up looking at it from time to time, which really is a waste of your time.

Amy marketing · 08-29-2011, 09:26 PM

Maybe you can sell it,cause you have spent a lot of energy in it.These two niches are not related.

04-06-2011, 07:40 AM	#1
goldhome Verified Warrior Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 100 Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Blog Niche Fail Hi warriors! I own a technology blog I write mostly on the latest technology and gadgets. I am getting visits from SEs at an average of 300 per day. I am trying really hard to promote it, I get decent clicks (with low CPC). Now when I think on what I have been doing for the past few years, I have slight feel of regret. The latest gadgets that I write on will be 'latest' only for a few months or more. After that the content will remain dead and unnoticed. I am planning to drop the blog and start a new one that is something really interesting and people would love to visit again and again. I am not sure whether I will continue with blogging so when I stop posting on a sudden, my blog will be dead for sure. Any suggestions on this??

04-06-2011, 07:48 AM	#2
kposs Booya! War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NC, USA Posts: 402 Thanks: 33 Thanked 37 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Blog Niche Fail Turn it into an autoblog and drip feed new content to it periodically. That'll keep it alive without the work. Depending on your numbers (traffic & income), you could sell the blog.
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04-06-2011, 08:00 AM	#3
Mark Brian Spartan Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: PH Posts: 906 Thanks: 124 Thanked 145 Times in 73 Posts	Re: Blog Niche Fail Technology/gadget niche is hard because as you said topics are ever changing. The reason why sites like Techcrunch, Engadget, etc are successful is because they post new content every 3-6 hours, non-stop plus they are composed of a lot people/bloggers. A one-man technology blog won't go far, hence you can consider that as a hobby blog. If you really want to make money as a one-man blogging machine, go for niches that are not seasonal.

04-06-2011, 08:06 AM	#4
taxi952 Active Warrior Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Romania Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Blog Niche Fail The niche that you chose is hard to keep alive. You should go bloging on favorite products or services that will be kept in use for long time.Good luck. I now is hard i`m strugling to.
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08-29-2011, 07:08 PM	#6
pagerank 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Blog Niche Fail flip it on flippa and move on I do this all the time. If a site doesn't take off I just sell it. Gives you a clean break from the site and gives you a little cash back. The break is the important part. If you just let it sit there you invariably end up looking at it from time to time, which really is a waste of your time.

08-29-2011, 09:26 PM	#7
Amy marketing Active Warrior Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 64 Thanks: 40 Thanked 13 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Blog Niche Fail Maybe you can sell it,cause you have spent a lot of energy in it.These two niches are not related.
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