Friday, April 23, 2010

Why Not To Create Niche Websites With Blog Applications

There are many small niche websites on the internet that are created using a blogging platform like Blogger. While this can be very convenient, it isn't always the best option for a niche website unless you can modify your blog site heavily. Some of the disadvantages are that the site will be less static, and people recognize blogs much too well.

When creating a niche website, I find it very important that the website be static, with just a set of simple HTML scripts and no dynamic content. My strategy is to keep my sites very simple and somewhat ugly too. The less the website itself attracts my visitors the better, since then they may be more inclined to look at the ads instead of my header or navigation. If the whole point of your niche site is to make money with PPC or affiliate programs, then making it with a blogging platform can be bad since your website will automatically be dynamic. It has basically been proven that simple static sites will help you earn better when working with niches, and also let you rank higher in search engines. It is definitely possible to modify your blogging site to be completely static, but this may be more work than its worth.

Another reason that you shouldn't use blog sites for niches is that people are very familiar with blogs, and they are traditionally fairly bad for PPC advertising. When people view blog sites, they usually already know how to navigate them and where to find the content. You probably don't want this since you sort of want to push the ads directly into the users face right when they come to your page. You don't want them to know exactly how to navigate the site and how to use all its functions, or else they will initially already have no interest in clicking on the ads. If you insist on using a blogging platform though, just make sure to modify the template very well, to the point where it doesn't even look like a blog anymore. This can definitely help with conversions/CTR.

In my experience it is a bad idea to create niche sites on blogging platforms unless you want to modify the code and template a lot. I find it much more convenient to just create static HTML pages, mainly because the SEO will generally be better and my visitors won't know what to expect when visiting my site. Just consider this if you are planning on creating some new niche sites.

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