I'm planning to start with a new blog where I'm planning to cover multiple niche like "health" "internet" Computer problms" "Autos" and more Suppose I have a domain name www.blog.com what will be the best way to dot it? I have three options: 1. Every topic will be covered within the same domain 2. Divide the domain into sub directories like www.blog.com/auto www.blog.com/health 3. Divide the domain in following pattern: health.blog.com auto.blog.com What will be the best idea according to you? Please suggest me something useful.... Thanks and regards P@r@noid
you should get separate domains for different topics so that people identify with the domain names and it is brandable.
@ Falguni1 I understand seperate domain name would be the best option, but right now Im planning to do it in any on the following ways.. Seperate domain is not feasible for me..: Buying 5-6 domain will cost me around 50$ which is somehow noe feasible for me So I will plan to use one domain for the same purpose. Is there any drawback of using single domain for multiple niche?
once get a site started on one topic, earn money and get more domains, then use them to start other topics. dont just jump in a clutter. when people look for best wp themes they will click a site having a domain name like freewp themes or bestwpthemes. It is easy to relate to. domain names also does half of the seo job. if you want all topics on one site then your site should be like yahoo answers ask.com rediff news how to do sites This is also a good idea but need too much hard work depends everything that is good is succesfull. best, of luck.
@Falguni1 I understand, but then using multiple niche on a single site is it good..?? Ot sub directories will be a better idea? Please justify with keeping SEO n readers in mind.
If your domain is generic enough you can be as wild as you want with sudomains and topics. Simply look at About.com, they have a PR9 and millions of pages indexed by subdomains in thousands of topics. You don't NEED to have more than one domain, it's just wise to build separate brands to increase profitability when you want to sell them.
@ Domainloco Thanks I have decided that I will use only one domain and one directory ..and make it wide.. because I will be targeting search engine traffic ... Any more suggestion or advice will be appreciated ..
The problem with using sub-domains is that search engines consider them as a separate domain. Also some people find it annoying to type the sub-domain. The problem with using the directory is that again some people may find it difficult to remember or type and sometimes annoying. And the problem with registering a separate domain for each niche will simply add a yearly recurring cost to your expenses. I don't wont to confuse or scare you but everything has its own pros and cons. In my opinion, I think you go ahead with sub-domains since that is cost effective and much preferable as compared to option 2. But if you have sufficient funds, you can try registering a separate domain just like I have (see my sig).
@ Alok Thanks for the response and reply, Well I have decided I will use one domain and will use it for multiple niche.. Since Im targetting Search engine traffic so in my case well written contain will be a king. Thanks for the response and reply to all. Regards Harsh
@ Alok No I will be using single domain with multiple niche.. but somehow I feel its not a very good idea... but since I will be targeting Organic Traffic I think it will be the best... Planning to update more then 10 topics a day
Hi Harsh, Please do not mind but if you concentrate more a particular niche, it will give you more better results. Its proven that a visitor looking for something of his/her interest is more like to stay on your site if they easily find it. No one has time to put efforts to find something for which they have already come from search. Promoting multiple niches on the same site is not a good idea. For e.g. lets assume there is a classifieds site on cars and another on general or multiple niche. A visitor looking for information on car is more like to stay at the classifieds site on cars since that site will provide complete information on cars only as regards to the general site where he will have to put additional efforts to find information on cars. I hope you get it. Just my views.
@ Alok Thanks for the Input I will see the downside of starting multiple niche and sub dir on a blog. I likes your point and you justified it. But I don't care about the bounce rate or anything. It will be more like a databse of knowledge where you will get answer of most of the thing. So It will cover each and every stuff. It's just an experiment. lets see... If I will succeed will let you know.. Within a month I will have an idea where this is leading me.. So I wil make sure I will reply to it after a month meanwhile can you suggest me few downside or good point about using multiple sub dir (for diff niche)
Problems with using different sub-directory or sub-domains for creating multiple niches:- 1) The visitors might find it hard to type it in the browser. 2) You will need to install the script/software on every sub-directory/sub-domain. 3) It will become a permanent headache for you to manage these installations. 4) How you will come to know that one of your installations is down. This often happens. Take my sincere advice. What you are trying to accomplish has been tried and there's no point in wasting your time and money on experimenting something which would bring no results. There's still time, just pickup some good niche and start building a site on it and then fully concentrate on it. This is the only way to get success. Otherwise, its up to you.