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Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?

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Re: Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?

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Post by ricardobeat »

> But with the revival of personal blogs well underway

Is it? I haven't seen anyone in my circle return to blogging, nor kids of this generation.

Discoverability is going to be a massive problem, since search engines are dead. Maybe word-of-mouth through social media is enough?

Re: Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?

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Post by Venn1 »

Two years ago I started a niche blog and tech site focused on hardware and software guides for Linux creatives. Even set up a forum because I was fed up with digging through scattered mailing lists and Discord servers for information. I like to think it has helped some people and it gives me a chance to practice writing human-readable documentation.

Re: Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?

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Post by blakesterz »

I was wondering what the definition of "niche" was going to be:

   Kottke is one of the better known blogs that does not have a specific speciality.
I think that's a good one to highlight as NOT niche, and niche is much more specific. Like I've had a librarian blog since 1999. Pretty much niche.

Re: Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?

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Post by minimaxir »

ricardobeat wrote: post #2

> But with the revival of personal blogs well underway Is it? I haven't seen anyone in my circle return to blogging, nor kids of this generation. Discoverability is going to be a massive problem, since search engines are dead. Maybe word-of-mouth through social media is enough?

Social media referral traffic is also dead, mostly due to algorithms that really don’t want users to click out of their websites.

The only exception is Bluesky because it does not have algorithmic feeds, but technical content does not do well as most technical people did not migrate.

Re: Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?

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Post by ra »

Venn1 wrote: post #6

Two years ago I started a niche blog and tech site focused on hardware and software guides for Linux creatives. Even set up a forum because I was fed up with digging through scattered mailing lists and Discord servers for information. I like to think it has helped some people and it gives me a chance to practice writing human-readable documentation.

how's it going?
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