Sometimes it makes sense to start blogging allover again
Ajith | Jan 2010 | Blogging Tips
Nobody becomes an overnight blogging hero. If somebody has claimed so (s)he is a liar! It takes a lot of hard work to take a blog and the blogger behind the same to fame. However, there are times when all that effort is not returning any results after months and years of blogging. In such cases it just makes sense to start all over again instead of sticking with your current blog.
I have known a couple of online friends who did not exactly do any wrong things in their blogging life but ended up getting no visitors to their respective blogs. Eventually they had to quit. In today’s post let me explain why it is not a bad idea to start yet another blog instead of sticking to your current blog where you have already spent your time and money without being fruitful.
When to start it all over?
The following are some of the scenarios where it is better to start a new blog.
#1 You picked the wrong niche
At times people blindly pick a niche that is not exactly their strong area of domain expertise. Once you realize that and/or starts struggling to get new post ideas in that domain, you may call it quits and start something else.
#2 Monetization goals not met
Sometimes despite some visits, you may never ever make good money out of your current blog due to irreversible monetization strategy picked. In such cases it makes sense to move to something new.
#3 You caused a bad image or branding problem
There are situations where you create trouble for yourself via bad brand building tactics, black hat SEO or even used strong lies to promote your blog. Once that issue grabs public attention you may not have any other go but remain silent for a while and start something new. I know a blogger who always projected big stats about his blog and closed down immediately once people came to know about it.
#4 Not in the good books of Google and no organic visits
There are some blogs that – despite having done all kinds of onsite-offsite SEOs – remain un-indexed/ in low page rank forever or hardly attracts any search visits. This happens due to inexplicable reasons many times but very often it is due to some bad monetization practices from the past or the domain name used had a bad history. Despite this if you continue to be ignored by Google, it makes sense to start afresh again.
#5 Extinct topic
This happens to some blogs (and bloggers) that start in a clueless way. Sometimes they pick a domain name and niche to write about that has time bound relevance (e.g. a programming language that’s outdated already). Once the topic relevance is no more there you have no go but stop blogging under that domain name.
Did I miss out any other points? Have you ever thought of ditching your current blog and starting another one?
Happy Blogging!
You are exactly right. Sometimes I have had to start all over again because I went into the niche purely for profit, with no experience, knowledge or interest in a topic – so of course it failed!
Tom, that is the case with most people who jumped into the ‘make money online’ world without much experience
well you have given me the reson to start all over again. But $$$ is the main motive to start all over again. Dont know whats wrong with my blog
Yes, as you rightly said one of the most important aspect here is the money.
A fresh start is always advisable. Even if something you tried is working and even if your blog is doing good, trying out something new in a whole new level might turn out to be great.
You said it in a better way than I conveyed
A fresh start can always change the outlook positively by bringing in all your past experience… you are right, you can start something fresh even if things are okay with the current blog(s)
Bang on!! But within the same blog, we can/might have to start afresh when we come to know we are not doing it right. Its always not necessary to call it quite and start something new from the scratch.
Yes Raju, you can always improvise when there’s scope for doing so. Cases like total ban by Google is almost always irreversible.
i have started all again ajith…and it was mainly due to my previous domain name….
Tushar, what happened to the cashmaker blog?
Yes, now its not getting
, choosing domain name is also very important.
Starting all over again should only happen as you mentioned rightly in the post.
Google bans your blog / search engine marks the blog as bad / (could be n no. of reasons)
Absolutely Nihar, you have no other go but start another in such cases. One can’t even flip the blog/domain if things went drastically wrong
Wouldn’t go starting it all over again.. but I always try to improve the current circumstances.. and banning is likely not to happen as 99% sticks to basics
Hi Ajith,
Can you explain what you meant by ” irreversible monetization strategy” ?
Cheers.
Lakshmi,
For example, I had planned some niche blogs that were supposed to be making money out of purely on Google AdSense and organic visits for certain keywords. I got banned by AdSense recently and had to close that project as no other monetization methods would work on that blog.
Agree with all your points. Especially about negative branding. Online reputation is really important when it comes to blogging.
Ruchi,
Yes, once you created a bad image on the web, it’s hard to continue with the same blog. Unfortunately, web archives/cache has all proofs from the past
Your points are true. Still, I cannot imagine myself starting all over again from scratch. Just takes more work.
Melvin, it’s the last resort… if one can improvise and get back traffic, it is okay to continue. At times, SE delisting can completely stop the traffic and in such cases it makes sense to start afresh.
“No work, no mistake.” lol Well, that’s what my funda is. but at the end of the day you got to do a little bit of work to get your blog going.
You try a lot of things where most of them wont work so you start to hesitate. A week later you come back start working again. Well, that’s what happens with me(but instead of the week its months sometimes).
Maybe you can another thing to your list. Server failure, no backup, i.e., all’s gone. And now you have to start again. I had this problem in the initial phases but corrected it with a better hosting server and regular backups.
Totally agree with you. I have seen some bloggers quiting their blogging carreer. And I think they must give it another try.
Sometimes some blogs just do not work out and it is better if you begin it all over again.
Excellent post, i am thinking of starting my blog again
I started adding adsense code to one of my websites . It has 8000+unique visitros every month…I make $30 to $70 from my adsense income.. Its a technology blog…Is it an optimal return??
very agree…in fact I just recreate my blog 3 months ago after 2 year of failure…