With that out of the way, I want to throw out the idea that running multiple sites is usually much more work than people anticipate. Yes, there is the content to produce, and community to build and tend. But there is also the technical cost of running multiple sites to be considered.

I wonder how far one could go with segmenting a single site effectively. By using categories, category specific layouts (ie, landing pages based on categories or groups of categories), and category specific RSS feeds, one could go pretty far. Chris, what are your thoughts on that? What SEO implications are there?

Great post!

With that out of the way, I want to throw out the idea that running multiple sites is usually much more work than people anticipate. Yes, there is the content to produce, and community to build and tend. But there is also the technical cost of running multiple sites to be considered.

I wonder how far one could go with segmenting a single site effectively. By using categories, category specific layouts (ie, landing pages based on categories or groups of categories), and category specific RSS feeds, one could go pretty far. Chris, what are your thoughts on that? What SEO implications are there?

Great post!

Your post has given me a new perspective on the “everything else” site: Fewer posts with great flagship content may be better than driving myself to write regular, and less interesting, posts.

Incidentally, I note that you provide links to your other sites only in your “About” page. Does the focus on a blog’s particular niche preclude including links on the front page to your other blogs? I have a link on my “everything else” blog to my main blog, but not vice versa.

Thanks for a thought-provoking post!

Your post has given me a new perspective on the “everything else” site: Fewer posts with great flagship content may be better than driving myself to write regular, and less interesting, posts.

Incidentally, I note that you provide links to your other sites only in your “About” page. Does the focus on a blog’s particular niche preclude including links on the front page to your other blogs? I have a link on my “everything else” blog to my main blog, but not vice versa.

Thanks for a thought-provoking post!

I’ve seen people start out and have 3-4 blogs, all loosely related to each other, but they felt the need to do them separately in order to feel like they’re “focused” on each individual sub-niche. Not only did it (in 9 cases out of 10) create burnout for writing and managing the blogs, it also hindered them from creating a solid flagship website to build off of.

Awesome post Chris.

I’ve seen people start out and have 3-4 blogs, all loosely related to each other, but they felt the need to do them separately in order to feel like they’re “focused” on each individual sub-niche. Not only did it (in 9 cases out of 10) create burnout for writing and managing the blogs, it also hindered them from creating a solid flagship website to build off of.

Awesome post Chris.

Another way is to broaden your blog in order to create a ‘magazine’ format, like Lifehack for example with a range of topics.

To accomplish that would mean using guest writers who write for particular categories.

What’s your take of that, compared to the niche strategy?

Another way is to broaden your blog in order to create a ‘magazine’ format, like Lifehack for example with a range of topics.

To accomplish that would mean using guest writers who write for particular categories.

What’s your take of that, compared to the niche strategy?

I noticed Darren is doing this with new TwiTips blog. There is a subset of ProBlogger readers interested enough in Twitter to make a go of it. Also, Darren won’t worry about wanting to write about Twitter too much on ProBlogger. It was a smart move.

I noticed Darren is doing this with new TwiTips blog. There is a subset of ProBlogger readers interested enough in Twitter to make a go of it. Also, Darren won’t worry about wanting to write about Twitter too much on ProBlogger. It was a smart move.

Cheers
Glen

Cheers
Glen