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Is a Site/Blog with Multiple Unrelated Topics a Bad Idea?

by Reverb
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I often hear that it's best to have a site or blog that mainly only covers one subject/niche/theme. I can understand why - because it brings targeted traffic and visitors pretty much know what the site's about. So far, all of my sites each cover one subject/niche/theme.

Sometimes I have an idea for a "random" post, but I don't have a site or blog that it would really fit on, and it's not of a subject that I'd want to start a new site on. I sometimes wish I had a general blog, for example.

If I started a more general site/blog would it be an uphill battle to get decent traffic, or is it not really an issue?

Thanks for the replies.
#bad #idea #multiple #site or blog #topics #unrelated
  • Profile picture of the author Shaunman
    You know it would probably be hard to get repeat visitors who follow your blog and read it on a regular basis. I mean how many people follow Ezinearticles?

    However, from an SEO standpoint I could see it still getting a lot of great traffic from the search engines even if it is just a bunch of random posts.
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  • Profile picture of the author thriftgirl62
    However, from an SEO standpoint I could see it still getting a lot of great traffic from the search engines even if it is just a bunch of random posts.
    Just remember to do the opposite of what any "guru" tells you works and that's what does work! I took a (boring, to me) car care products website from obscurity to a PR3 in around 6 months by posting whatever the hell I felt like posting. I got so sick of hearing about all those tedious rules that don't make any common sense when you think about what they're saying.

    They're a bunch of "word - switchers" and the SEO quoted above is one of the first to post the truth on this subject!! Nobody says that but it's true, thank-you very much!!
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Grant
      Originally Posted by thriftgirl62 View Post

      Just remember to do the opposite of what any "guru" tells you works and that's what does work! I took a (boring, to me) car care products website from obscurity to a PR3 in around 6 months by posting whatever the hell I felt like posting. I got so sick of hearing about all those tedious rules that don't make any common sense when you think about what they're saying.

      They're a bunch of "word - switchers" and the SEO quoted above is one of the first to post the truth on this subject!! Nobody says that but it's true, thank-you very much!!
      Page Rank doesn't make you money, though.
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  • Profile picture of the author Reverb
    Thanks for the replies. I was thinking that a site with "random" or varying subjects probably wouldn't gain many repeat visitors, but if there was decent traffic from the search engines, that would be OK.

    Anyone have any tips for coming up with a domain name that would be appropriate for a general site/blog?
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  • Profile picture of the author thehobbster
    How about a domain name involving your name here, "Reverb," since reverb is sound bouncing off of everything, and conversation is sound. "ConversationReverb.com" or something.
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    • Profile picture of the author dotslash
      I've tried this on a static html site and got ranked for all sorts of things in the same website. Everything from electronic items, gambling, world of warcraft and SEO keywords.

      It was quite a old domain and originally targeted at SEO but seemed easy to rank for anything using the usual techniques - I just put the pages under separate directories.



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      • Profile picture of the author Reverb
        Originally Posted by dotslash View Post

        I've tried this on a static html site and got ranked for all sorts of things in the same website. Everything from electronic items, gambling, world of warcraft and SEO keywords.

        It was quite a old domain and originally targeted at SEO but seemed easy to rank for anything using the usual techniques - I just put the pages under separate directories.

        Neil
        Sounds good that you got ranked for different things. When you say "I just put the pages under separate directories", how do you mean? Something like:
        website.com/music/elvis-presley.html ...and...
        website.com/reviews/philips-dvdr985.html
        ...or subdirectories like....
        music.website.com/elvis-presley.html ...and...
        reviews.website.com/philips-dvdr985.html

        --- Thanks everyone for the advices!
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        • Profile picture of the author Shaunman
          They're a bunch of "word - switchers" and the SEO quoted above is one of the first to post the truth on this subject!! Nobody says that but it's true, thank-you very much!!
          Thanks for that.
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  • Profile picture of the author DNChamp
    Depending on the forum niche I belive it can look spammy. Have a free for all topic page that others can "shoot the s&^%" at. On a blog its a bit more diffrent as generally a blog has just a place to write about something and post about it...
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  • Profile picture of the author Reverb
    I've thought of another possible benefit of a multi-topic site. If I find a certain topic or post receives a good bit of traffic, it may be something that might work well on it's own niche site or blog that I could then start. Anyone experience anything like that, or any other thoughts on it?
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    • Profile picture of the author bigleaf
      A random blog might not get much traffic, but if the links are 'follow' links, then it will help any pages/sites you link to, especially if you run the blog on a mega-site like Blogger. The path to success is continuous, incremental improvements.
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  • Profile picture of the author Groovystar
    People will bookmark a blog because it has a particular subject/style they like. If that varies too much they may lose interest.

    I've got lots of topics on my forum, so does this forum, but notice, it has a very specific genre and anything that deviates from that is a small part of the site. That is as it should be for a blog.
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