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Picking The Right Niche When You Create A Blog!
Posted September 8, 2007 , By webmann
The topic you choose to discuss on your blog can make the difference between income and wasting your time. The type or themes of your blogs are limited only by your imagination and by your willingness to do the research. For instance, while some bloggers focus on very general topics, such as cars, other bloggers narrow the scope of their blogs even further to sub-topics, such as luxury cars or antique cars.
From an optimization standpoint, a blog with a narrower focus would likely outperform a blog with a broad focus in terms of conversions or clicks-per-visitor. So, if your goal is to make money online, the types of blogs you can build are somewhat limited.
In terms of actual topics for the types of blogs you can build, there are about 10 major areas that are popular for current blogs: business, culture, community, home & graden, politics, religion, science, travel, online diaries, and gossip. Most blog directories use similar topical categories to order blogs.
In addition to the topic for the types of blogs you can build, you will also want to consider the program used to generate it. This is another way that directories categorize blogs. For instance, blogs can fall under the category of the tool or software that was used to create a blog. Some blogs are created using Google’s Blogger.com. These blogs are often lumped together in directories as the same “type” of blog. They actually have an auto-surfing system that allows you to jump randomly from one Blogger blog to the another.
I personally use Wordpress for my blogs because the plugins available help my pages get indexed faster and deeper. I use cPanel on my hosting accounts and from within the cPanel I have access to Fantastico which lets me install Wordpress on my site in less than two minutes.
Other types of blogs you can build include social networking blogs, which allow members of the same network to interact with each other using various blog functions. Two examples are Livejournal–which was one of the original social networking blog systems–and Myspace, which is currently the largest, boasting a base of around 80,000,000 users. In recent months, marketers and business persons have begun using Myspace to introduce their product to potential customers.
Another type of blog you can build is a video blog or “vlog.” These usually contain videos and allow other posts to attach media in comments.
The last types of blogs you can build are geographical blogs. With such a robust blogging atmosphere–with users weighing in from all over the globe–directories, such as Blog Wise will allow users to search for blogs by geographic location. If you believe you have some information you can contribute about your specific region, you may want to start a regional geographic blog.
Related posts:
- Types of Blogs You Can Build
- Why Online Social Networking Sites are So Popular
- Social Networking Websites Defined
- How to Create Your Own Blog Account
- Blogging Defined, Create A Blog And Start Earning.
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