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November 22, 2007
I am currently in very deep thinking and wondering how to structure my blog(s). The problem being that I have too much to share while the current structure is holding me down too much.
What do I mean?
I want to share my personal thoughts as well as professional thoughts. Those thoughts often come quickly and I may forget it later on. So I would like to post it as fast as I can to keep it and share with others. But then... people hate personal stuff mixed in a professional blog, and I want mine to be professional niche blog.
The decision is not made yet, but I'm having a thought of separating my website into multiple blogs. It's a very complex issue.
I started searching for an answer... well here is some interesting piece of information if you have similar problem.
Some different type of blogs
I stumbled on this interesting Bloggst.com site and found a few nice definitions which I would like to learn and share. Some types of blogs include:
- Personal
Mostly centered around the author and his or her personal ramblings on everything that crosses their minds. - Blogging
Focus on the topic of blogging. - Technology
Focus mainly on various aspects of technology, be it the latest and most sexy gadgets from Apple, or just plain old Microsoft stuff. - Marketing
Centered around the different aspects of marketing and promotion, such as for instance Search Engine Optimization and more. - World Wide Web
From the latest Web 2.0 startups to various Web Development tips and tricks and everything in between. - Art and Culture
Music, movies, paintings and everything else that defines our cultures. - Money
About everything related to money, which is an important factor in all of our lives, and cause for both joy and concern for most of us.
- Self-development
Focus developing yourself as a person both professionally and personally. - Writing
The art of writing is something that is enjoyed by many, and the blogs in this category write about just that.
What's the answer?
I can write enormous personal stuff, amble of web stuff, a lot about technology, many marketing, some art, some money, some self-development, and some writing.
What do you think? What decision should I make? To hold back and write less, or to write more but separate the blogs?
How about yourself as a blogger, what would you do?
honestly, i do not prefer the idea of having several blogs. this is my personal point of view.
for myself, i started off writing blog to share things & experienced with friends/family/colleagues. the main focus was about travel. however, i'm not a full time traveler hence it's impossible for me to always write about that.
besides, my blog also serves as the medium to keep myself updated to my friends, without the need to actually meet up or call each other. meaning that, when they read my blog, they know how am i getting on, what i've recently done and know me better etc.
of course, we do write about lotsa things. some personal life & thoughts, some entertainment, some for knowledge sharing etc etc. yet, they can be distinguished easily using labels or tags. moreover, sometimes they seem to be "crossover", you might have a problem to decide which blog to put it to.
in short, i still stick to the idea of "only 1 blog".
You raise some very interesting points. Some people object when the author goes off topic so to speak. But I feel a blog should reflect the personality of the writer, not the subject. If the subject is all there is, it becomes impersonal, for me. Whatever we do with our lives, we are human beings, first and foremost.
I personally advise against setting up more than one blog. It will divide your time and efforts. Better perhaps, to have subdomains for different subjects. In my own case, the blog is reviews, mostly music and guitars, which I worked in, and know best. I can write and contribute more on that for sure, but if I find interesting resources, and tips, I like to post those also.
Later, my root domain page will be purely technology. I still think, if you write quality articles, you will suceed eventually. Best of luck. Mark.