Help Me Find My Chunk Of The Blogosphere

Posted on May 30th, 2007 by Ed Lau in Tech and the Net


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  1. kenny said on May 30th, 2007 at 1:08 pm

    Any particular reason you want to choose a niche?

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  2. Michael Kwan said on May 30th, 2007 at 1:12 pm

    I still vote for awesome :p

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  3. Derrich said on May 30th, 2007 at 2:22 pm

    You and me both, Ed. You and me both. I think your blog is great as is. If you want a niche, go buy a nichey domain and do it. There. I said it. :P

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  4. Leo said on May 30th, 2007 at 2:27 pm

    I think teaching people how to turn a profit while barely working is a great niche ;)

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  5. BlueFur.com said on May 30th, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    I enjoy reading your thoughts and interests. The niche is it is about you. If your going to niche then I would choose another blog to do that.

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  6. Wolf Stone said on May 30th, 2007 at 5:01 pm

    The entertainment niche can be huge…just check out dlisted, perezhilton and other entertainment blogs…so doing reviews might be a good idea! I’m not saying do entertainment reviews because it has the potential for windfall traffic …i’m saying it because you mentioned it as an option so i’m extrapolating that you’ve either done something like that before or are interested in doing something like that.

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  7. Gdog said on May 30th, 2007 at 6:24 pm

    Well, seems like what you’re doing has been successful. If it ain’t broke, why fix it? I wouldn’t put so much pressure on yourself to find a niche, just let one fall into your lap one day. I would like to see more posts about photography though. :)

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  8. msdanielle said on May 30th, 2007 at 6:27 pm

    i can relate, as gary and i have talked about how i’m to focus my blog. i could take the ppc niche route but as you can relate, your theme trumps any random, interesting, or awesome things you could write about otherwise. i’m not sure i’d be happy writing 4 or 5 articles a week about ppc. i agree with everyone else, that the niche can be you. “how to maintain an awesome blog.” :D

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  9. Jason said on May 31st, 2007 at 10:24 am

    Well, what does your traffic say? If you are getting the most hits or onterest on your posts about a certain subject then go for that one. I like it the way it is, but if you just concentrated on hockey for example, I would not read it as I have no interest in hockey.

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  10. KellyCho said on May 31st, 2007 at 5:08 pm

    I don’t think you need a niche. I agree with everyone else that if you’re gonna go for a niche, start it with another blog/domain.

    I was debating this for myself but decided to drop all the niche dilemma. Working on a seperate niche site though…

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  11. Ms. Q said on June 1st, 2007 at 9:23 am

    I agree with most of the commenters here – be your own niche! I pondered that question myself and asked my friends if I should focus on any particular topic. They said I shouldn’t! That what they liked was just about ANYTHING could show up.

    You can niche elsewhere. Let this site be your playground!

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  12. Saman Sadeghi said on June 1st, 2007 at 7:11 pm

    That would have to me my vote too!

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  13. Saman Sadeghi said on June 1st, 2007 at 7:12 pm

    :lol: I hear that you don’t get much done at work!

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  14. Saman Sadeghi said on June 1st, 2007 at 7:12 pm

    I’m right there too… :cry:

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  15. soundofgold said on June 1st, 2007 at 11:06 pm

    If its not broken dont to fix it.

    In other words I vote for “Leave it as it is” about yourself blog and keep expanding more the existing “dunno what to blog about” niche :)

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  16. Steve Wordpressguy said on June 2nd, 2007 at 9:01 am

    Zombies dude. There aren’t enough zombie blogs. Retain all the other stuff, just do more zombie stuff and make an icon for the zombie posts.

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  17. Michael Kwan said on June 2nd, 2007 at 9:10 pm

    I’ll agree with Gary on this one. Even speaking for myself, although I try to steer some conversation toward freelance writing on my blog, it’s largely still a personal blog where I blab about whatever interests me at the time, be it a new video game, Wordpress plug-in, or a good slice of pizza.

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  18. Michael Kwan said on June 2nd, 2007 at 9:11 pm

    Haha, great suggestion.

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  19. Derrich said on June 2nd, 2007 at 10:44 pm

    Imagine the ad potential…

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