SELECT THE RIGHT BLOG NICHE FOR BLOGGING :


Selecting a right blog niche is very important aspect of blogging. If you have got the question of “how to select the right blog niche for your blog?” then you are really going on a right niche. Very often it happens that many people just start a blog on a random topic and mess up finally. So I wanted to help newbie bloggers understand the importance of selecting a right blog niche for their blog and also gives some parameters on the basis of which they can make a right choice.

1) IDENTIFY THE TOPIC THAT INTERESTS YOU :

Everyone one of us have an interest in some or the other topic/s. For instance, if you are interested in “Computers / Laptops” say, then you can start a blog on “Computers / Laptops” and provide information about the latest computers & laptops available in the market. You can provide information such as “which laptop to chose and which one not to…etc” While blogging on this you will never get bored because this is something that interests you also you are increasing your knowledge in this domain ( of computers / laptops ) by sharing it. Remember “Knowledge increases by Sharing”.

- Don’t worry if you don’t have a particular topic of your interest, you can simply visit Social Networking Sites / forums / Directories to find one.

2) IS THE TOPIC POPULAR? 

You have to research on how popular is the topic that you have chosen for blogging. The important question you are supposed to answer here is that how long this topic is going to remain popular. For instance “If john chooses a topic ‘Gadgets of 2009’ to blog on then its quite evident that this topic shall hardly interest anyone in 2010 and after…”. So make sure that the topic you choose is going to be active down the line for years to come.

3) WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF COMPETITION :

This is also one of the important parameters while choosing the right blog niche. Check the level of competition / saturation on the topic you have choose. You can assess the level of competition on any specific topic or blog niche with the help of two important tools. They are :

A ) No. of search results on Google / Yahoo / Bing on the blog niche can be taken as an important factor to know the amount of competition on the blog niche.

B) You can also make use of “Google Adwords : Keyword Tool” for this purpose to estimate the amount of competition on a specific blog niche. The URL for this tool is https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

4) WILL I HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO UPDATE BLOG REGULARLY?

 As I have already mentioned in my previous posts that most of the websites (which get updated regularly) drive much of traffic from Search Engines, because search engines like Google, Yahoo & Bing simply love websites which get updated regularly. So make sure that if you chose a specific blog niche, you have enough time to update it regularly because some of the blog niche topics require a lot research prior to posting of blog posts.

5) I HAVE TIME BUT COMPETITION IS HUGE, WHAT NOW?

If a particular blog niche interests you a lot but you find that the amount of competition for that blog niche is huge and despite that you still want to go for it, then there are a couple of aspects you need to keep in mind while blogging on the blog niche you have chosen. They are :

- Identify the loop holes in the existing competition.

- Work on those loop holes.

- Make use of the gaps in the existing competition and try to fill those gaps.

- If you want to stay ahead in the competition “Post unique content” and “update your blog regularly”.

- Do some SEO (Search Engine Optimization) on your blog, both Off page and On page.

- “ Try to Know everything of something than knowing something of everything “, Start with subcategories in the niche and try to gain as much traffic as you can in the sub-category. However once you start receiving a decent amount of traffic you can start new categories. Remember don’t try to be “A Jack of all trades & Master of none.”

6) SELECT AN APPROPRIATE NAME FOR YOUR BLOG :

Finally after choosing an appropriate blog niche you need to choose the name for your blog. Make sure to chose a name relevant to your blog niche also remember to make it as small as possible because it will be easy for your readers to remember and come back.

I hope this post was useful to you, feel free to posts comments, queries & suggestions. I will be happy to reply back. Thanks for reading… Wish you a Happy blogging!