Comments on: How Many Blogs Should You Run?

By: MoneyEnergy

MoneyEnergy — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:27:48 +0000

I see this is an old thread but I’ll try posting here, anyway…

One topic that hasn’t been covered which I would like to know about is, if you DO have multiple blogs, where do you host them all and how?

Do you keep them all in your account with the same host?

Or do you open up different accounts with the same host (is that possible)?

I’m confused because I’m at bluehost and I tried to start a second blog (with its own domain), but bluehost automatically stuffs it in a subfolder within my flagship account. You’d never know on the public side: it shows its own domain and is a totally different site, but I guess the files are stored in a subfolder of my flagship blog. Is this a bad thing, will it cause me administrative problems later?

It’s a new blog, so if there’s an easier way to set it up I’d like to make the change now. Please feel free to email me about this too (moneyenergy [AT] hotmail…) thanks.

By: Tech guy

Tech guy — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:58:27 +0000

I have about 10 blogs…well maybe 15 but only post to a couple on a regular (almost daily) basis and the others are only once a week or two. Darren you are right. I get almost all of my adsense and affiliate income from the one blog that I really concentrate on.

If you wanted to have more than a couple of blogs that are successful then I think that you have to have a very disciplined systems not only for posting but also getting links, getting products to sell, ideas to blog about and all the rest of the things that are more than just the click of the post button.

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Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:00:26 +0000

[...] When Walt and I started this site we had monstrous ambitions of running multiple blogs covering all the themes we cover here (all aspects of entertainment we can handle). We quickly realized that running 4+ blogs at once would not be possible. Darren Rowse has a great article on that very topic, “How many blogs should you run?” [...]

By: Chris M

Chris M — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:49:54 +0000

I currently have 1 blog, which I author myself, but I have a number of blogs which other people author.

I agree with you when you say authoring multiple blogs isn’t the best approach, I attempted this, and it was not worth my time and research. Having other people author your blogs is a better bet.

Many for the interesting article!

By: Make Money Online » Blog Archive » Too Many Blogs Can Kill You

Make Money Online » Blog Archive » Too Many Blogs Can Kill You — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:30:08 +0000

[...] Darren Rowse blogged about it. Chan Lilian blogged about it too. I’m not going to repeat what has been written, but to relate some of my experience juggling between multiple blogs and my real life. Believe me, life is not easy being a full-time student and a part-time blogger. [...]

By: Tranix Web Directory

Tranix Web Directory — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:37:14 +0000

Well, there are many reasons that people wanted to create many blogs as they can. They don’t want to put too much effort and time on one thing, which they were expecting will be paid off but magically doesn’t come to them. If blogger has time to manage all of his/her blogs then it would be no problem.

By: Dave Starr --- ROI Guy

Dave Starr --- ROI Guy — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:46:19 +0000

I think for an “average person” (whomever that might be) two or three blogs will max one out. I currently am only truly blogging on one “main blog” and three semi-inactive ones that can’t hold my attention … so certainly can’t hold other readers.

I do feel however that you can not discover your best niche without trying a broad range, though. As several have already suggested, try a few “experimental” blogs every month or two, prune the ones that don’t “click” and then build on the few that prove they have potential.

By: Ajey

Ajey — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:04:27 +0000

I toatlly agree with Jayson . Having a regular day job, it is not easy to post regularly. In a “good week”, I manage under 5 posts.
I agree with Darren’s point that achieving a critical mass on the first blog is vital before diversifying. As far as I am concerned, I would concerned, I would start another blog- if ( and only if) my current blog makes over and above what my regular job pays.

By: gabo_uy

gabo_uy — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:53:34 +0000

Darren,

Once again, thanks for answering my question. I actually run actively only three blogs, plus one open source project.

Good post, and great comment discussions.

thanks,
gabouy

By: Jayson Joseph

Jayson Joseph — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:38:45 +0000

Interesting. I have a full time job and blogging is just an experiment (but still I wouldn’t mind some extra cash! :))

I think regularly updating even a single blog is difficult as long as I have a regular job!

By: raj

raj — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:17:09 +0000

What emodo said above is bang on: exponential growth. (In fact, I have an unposted Performancing article called “Why It Takes Your Blog So Long To Rank” that was supposed to go up earlier this week, and which discusses exponential growth of links and authority.)

I made the mistake of starting too many blogs (mainly because that that was the way to go 2 yrs ago) and have tons of mediocre blogs. So now, I’m focusing primarily on one blog of my own (not including ghost writing), and have a couple of other bloggers helping out with some of my (low) income-earning older blogs. Everything else I post to once in a while – (1-3 times per month) to keep them up until I decide what to do with them.

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:25:10 +0000

Hi there,
I’ve just started a blog recently. Still consider new to blogging and due to my limited computer knowledge, still trying hard on implementing google adsense ads to my site. Hoping that I can join you all very soon. I have been reading your posts for quite sometime since I stumbled upon your site and have learned a lot from your sharing tips. Thank you very much.

By: Marc Beharry

Marc Beharry — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:07:09 +0000

thats funny, i just just killed to of my lesser blogs last night. naturally, because i found that having too many took away from the main one.

By: Glen

Glen — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:04:00 +0000

I currently run two and have one more in the works. the first two take up a lot of time. The only way I could see someone running more than 10 blogs is if most of them are Splogs.

By: Bret

Bret — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:42:34 +0000

I have 2 blogs. My first blog focuses on technical tips and blogging insights with WordPress. I’m very interested in this topic so while the work does take time, it’s not really work because I enjoy it so much. My other blog I share with my brother where we blog about any topic. It’s a great place to vent about anything and sharing the load with my brother allows us to consistently post twice a week without killing either of us (we both have day jobs). I’d like to branch out in the future but am trying to stay focused on these two blogs for at least a year before I do anything else. There’s a lot to learn and time will obviously make doing another blog a little easier.

By: Liza

Liza — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:22:08 +0000

Helpful discussion here.

I have 2 blogs right now and guest blogger on the 3rd.

Before I read this post I actually was already thinking of consolidating and running only one blog for now, mainly because I do not have the time and energy to handle the two with passion. I started a personal blog first and then started another blog about Learning Disabilities which is my passion, but even with the passion I tend to neglect it due to time constraint (I’m a working mom). I recently started adding Adsense to my personal blog and it’s earning a little (oh yes, very little but I see the potential there :) …

Thanks for the tips and comments here :)

By: mbm

mbm — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:55:57 +0000

I currently run one blog about Internet and computer software but I have also 4 web sites, 2 of that have forums. This is not my primary job and I am working on these sites and on the blog only when I have some spare time. At this moment I can not imagine how I would be able to handle one blog more. However, my intention is to improve the quality of these sites and may be I will consider using an external editor to fine tune the articles’ text that is the most time consuming job for me.

By: Henrik Edberg

Henrik Edberg — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:31:21 +0000

For now I just focus on one blog. I think my time is be best spent pouring energy into that one instead of spreading myself to thin and making blogs with just a few readers each. And I agree with Emodo above: income, readers, links etc is exponential.

By: chinna

chinna — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:46:42 +0000

Inspite of trying to deliver more and more number of blogs, Try to put your entire Strength and concentration on one blog and make it popular so that u can earn more from that blog

By: Sugar Mouse In The Rain

Sugar Mouse In The Rain — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:32:13 +0000

In my opinion, quality is much more important than quantity. So few blogs with high quality content is the way to go.