Comments on: Using Your Personal Blog As A Niche Blog, Big NO NO

By: moserw

moserw — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:14:27 +0000

I think it all comes down to the content and how it speaks to the readers/visitors. It is possible to have a niche blog on your personal blog, but what happens when the niche runs out or you want to change niche? Then it will become difficult to start all over again on your personal blog. Its better to let a personal blog remain for personal blogging.

By: The Red Kites

The Red Kites — Sat, 31 May 2008 03:02:01 +0000

I think your right with your point. I will follow the tings you did s my guide

By: Blogging Tips

Blogging Tips — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:22:24 +0000

I couldnt agree more, get yourself a new domain and start building!

By: Michael Martine

Michael Martine — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:29:07 +0000

Keith, I have no idea why I wrote “Tyler” in my previous comment! Nevermind that.

@Jamie: As far as “operating a blog on the same domain as services offered + portfolio”, it’s a more and more frequent occurrence. Blogs are in fact replacing “normal” websites, and in some cases they’re losing their “blogginess” to appear more like conventional websites. This is what we normally think of as a business blog, and many businesses (especially businesses of one, such as freelancers) have experienced business success by using their blog to their advantage.

By: Mike Olbinski

Mike Olbinski — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:58:02 +0000

I think the interesting thing for myself a lot of the time is that I tend to not care about the name as much as the content that it has inside it.

That’s just me though…if I found a blog by someone named ScottOnline.com and it was just a dude named Scott who loved to talk about things I loved, then I’d probably subscribe.

I see your point though…you never know what people will like.

By: Keith Dsouza

Keith Dsouza — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:41:36 +0000

Hey Mike,

There is not hard and fast rule to say that a personal blog writing about niche will fail. The only reason why I adviced against using personal domain names as niche blogs is that when your site grows you will hit against a wall when you try to expand it.

That said there are lots of blogs which have succeded even they have personal domain names.

But there are far and few in between. If you check the Technorati Top 100 blogs you will see there are lot less blogs which have their own personal name and most of those are from famous people.

By: Mike Olbinski

Mike Olbinski — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:18:57 +0000

Well, this is an interesting blog post, prompting me to register so I can comment, and hopefully get some help.

My blog is at “amikelife.com” and while it turned out as sort of a personal blog, it’s really been getting busier as an overall source for entertainment news that I find interesting, plus other random things.

Now, is that blog URL bad for that or not? It’s not like it’s my full name, but it has my first name in it.

What do you think?

By: JamieO

JamieO — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:51:52 +0000

Thanks for the ~~tip~~insight. I’m working towards a major re-design of my site and was already thinking about using a more inspiring domain than last name . com so to speak.

What are your thoghts about operating a blog on the same domain as services offered + portfolio are prominantly featured? I believe that in addition to one driving potential business to the other, it reinforces the notion that a person (or company) is knowledgeable in about their industry and best practices within it.

How about for non-technical industry sites?

By: Michael Martine

Michael Martine — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:44:23 +0000

Great point, Tyler. I noticed a big difference before I changed the name of my blog from Michael Martine to Remarkablogger: traffic and subscribers went up and are still going up.