Comments on: When Being the Number 1 Blog in Your Niche is Not Enough

By: mizfit

mizfit — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:01:55 +0000

Very interesting post…thought provoking and, while not disheartening, a little surprising at the fact I should widen my scope of the definition of ‘competition.’

I have a vibrant community of readers—but not as much traffic as Id like.

need to step back and view bigger picture I think.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:37:53 +0000

I found this post thanks to an interesting question that I was recently asked and was dumb founded to answer. Is it better for my site: To be a blog, to use a traditional website layout, or to use both at the same time ex. site.com is the main site, and site.com/blog is the blog for that site.

I’ve tried a ton of Google searches on this topic, and your post is the closest I’ve come to anything that even talks about the two things. Do you have anything to add on this subject?

When she asked the question she thought her post was too ‘blog sounding’ for her website and thought it would be a better blog post than a website page…

By: Shaan

Shaan — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:11:36 +0000

Luck, mouth publicity are really important.

By: TechMata

TechMata — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:41:56 +0000

and a little bit of luck ^_^

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:21:28 +0000

Well, all depends on the niche, I know many pure technical blogs that are much better than any other sites but have much less traffic. All depends on the money you’ve got for advertising.

By: gendut

gendut — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:42:00 +0000

too many factor give effect good for our web….we learn continues and combine many strategy, new information, and always doing evaluation……..survive and to be number one

By: Frank J

Frank J — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:35:54 +0000

Being #1 is great, but it’s tough competition. My reward is when a fan or friend walks away with more knowledge and understanding from one of my blogs and they let you know it publicly.

By: Shaan

Shaan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:34:10 +0000

These tips are all about niche blogs but what if somebody is having a personal blog having lots of different topics ?

By: German Romance

German Romance — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:39:26 +0000

When the no: 1 spot is claimed where we do go from there? Having also a vision to continue to serve other people will make our business grow, when we are no: 1. Staying as no: 1 is harder than becoming No: 1!

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:22:21 +0000

There will ALWAYS be somebody better than you, whether this is a blog or other things… maybe you will shine for a few days, years or decades but eventually, you get the best of yourself and others take advantage of it. As such, being number one is nice but it shouldn’t be the end and be all of your goal.

Jon
http://buzvia.com – Where’s Your Traffic Going?

By: mike

mike — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:36:21 +0000

Some topics have far less competiton than others. If you have a good blog though, I think you can be #1 in any topic. Keep growing it and making it the best it can be.

By: Papa Razzi

Papa Razzi — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:59:04 +0000

My blog is also #1 in the niche simply by default. No other paparazzi has ever made a blog about the job or how to become one. But I only get 1-15 hits a day.

By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:11:32 +0000

What’s the advantage of posting in forums over commenting in blogs?

… or is the idea that your simply visiting a different set of people (whereas you might be commenting in the same blogs all the time — so your traffic stagnates)

By: 6 Figure Blogging Strategies

6 Figure Blogging Strategies — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:16:07 +0000

Darren,

The advice you have given here is excellent. I think many of us, expecially those in relatively small niches, forget about forums and social media sites – often, because we simply don’t realize they are there.

I encountered the same issue with a niche blog that I have run for about three years. I had good Page Rank, and was at the top of the list for quite a few keywords… but the traffic just wasn’t growing like I wanted.

I happened to remember a forum dedicated to that niche, and resolved to spend 30 minutes a day posting on that forum. Within a week, my traffic had tripled!

Why? It’s about leveraging other people’s networks. I started getting visitors from the forum, and then their blog/website followers came close behind.

It would have taken me months to reach the same number of people myself. But by using just one forum, I had an army of people working for me instead.

The person that asked the question clearly has a few forums available… If someone reading this can’t find a forum/socialnetworking site in their niche, I’d definitely suggest starting one through NING or a similar service.

Lee 6 Figure Blogging Strategies

By: Andrea >> Become a consultant

Andrea >> Become a consultant — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:10:26 +0000

I read all the way through this – great article – but I’m unsure as to whether you meant “sites” or “sights”. I think you meant “sights”. A quick edit would reduce confusion. Thanks.

By: shea

shea — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:23:03 +0000

that is something I’d never thought of, You’re always so helpful and informative, that’s why you are 1

By: Wise Quotes : - )

Wise Quotes : - ) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:11:15 +0000

Without knowing your niche – you could always widen what you think your niche ‘is’. An example would be moving from ‘prayer’ to ’spirituality’, ‘football’ to ’sports’, etc.

Being #1 in your area means you already have a wide readership to kickstart things – and that are likely interested in a lot of similar subjects.

Cheers,
Mark
http://wisequotes.org

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:28:38 +0000

This is a very clear post, Darren. And this is one major problem of most bloggers. They are very busy socializing to every blogger they meet, hoping to get quality backlinks as well as high traffic.

While it is true that we have a lot competitors around, it does not mean that we are not going to mingle with them. In fact, I think we should because you have the same niche.

Forum posting is another online free way of advertising our blogs, and it’s just a pity that I seldom see making money online bloggers at Digital Point and Warrior forum. And if I do, most of their posts are irrelevant. Most of them are just socializing.

I truly believe that in any form of traffic generation, or blog promotion; relevance is the most important factor. This is even very helpful in SEO.

And yes, relevance is better than quality.

By: SEO Googles (Tigis)

SEO Googles (Tigis) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:14:43 +0000

I just started this blog couple days ago. It’s only trial and error to be honest because I’m eager to see what’s coming next for this blog. To be #1 in certain niche is very nice. I think I want to have that first before dreaming about to be #1 in all kind of site :)

Anyway thx for sharing.

By: fayzspace.com

fayzspace.com — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:57:52 +0000

we should always be watchful of our closest competitor too..they may catch up with you in no time..but to get far ahead, always look at other websites..there’s alway something new that you could offer to compete with them..