can a random blog do well ?

WillL · 10-19-2006, 01:14 AM

hiya , say I choose a totally random "funky" domain name. Is it possible I can just post the most random crap and get hits and make cash as well?

I've got a bit of a interest for funny stuff , music , off beat news , movies , seo , computer games everything..

could I choose a name like http://www.nooblie.com/

or just a random domain like that , blog about totally random stuff , and get some nice traffic ? (1000 uniques a day) ?

A.N.Onym · 10-19-2006, 04:41 AM

One of the important aspects is finding a niche to blog about. It should be broad enough to write about it for a while but narrow enough to stay within an industry and maybe a topic.

WillL · 10-19-2006, 04:43 AM

I'll take that as random blogs can't do well?

Dustin07 · 10-20-2006, 05:28 PM

boingboing seems pretty random to me. but to make money blogging... good money... is pretty rare I think.

IslaScotts · 10-20-2006, 05:50 PM

random blogs definately do not do that well, money wise. What really gets a lot of traffic is finding a niche, and a community of bloggers within that niche. It is the collaboration (linkage) that builds the reputation, which drives more and more hits. You still could do a weird/offbeat blog... you could even cater to a foreign market craze. Look at crazy fads or new and crazy gadgets. Seems to me there are endless possibilities. But having a mix will not bring them back nor passing it on to a friend. Just my 1/2 cent

thing2b · 10-23-2006, 03:59 AM

I would say that a random blog ( or websites like I have tried ) never will do well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dustin07

boingboing seems pretty random to me. but to make money blogging... good money... is pretty rare I think.

Boing Boing is not random from my point of view. Sure they may cover many topics, but as far as I can see the posts are always odd, off beat, new craze or IT based news. Boing Boing can not be random as there are some topics that you know will never be written about.

If a blog is completely random and each post has no relationship with the next, then:
- users would have no point to go to another page on the site (= low page views per visit)
- Do not find any similar items on the RSS feeds ( = low RSS feed usage)
- Have little reason to return to see more of the site ( = low return rate )

There are random blogs that might hit one out of 3 topics ( eg sex, drugs or rock and roll ) and then there are the random blogs that will never post a similar post again.

Also random blogs or webpages are very hard to submit to most category based systems (dmoz, directories, advertisment networks) as the webmaster can not decide on the category.

My first thoughts on a domain like http://www.nooblie.com/ is that I expect that domain to be for noob's.
I would not expect it to go into anything too advanced like quantum physics. If you targeted at noob's with that domain it would not be random as I would think it was for teaching, tutorials or how-to guides. What you might teach may be different topics, but as long as it is aimed at the noob's (what is your target demographic???) it is not really random.

Anyway that is my mumblings for old 2 cents.

chrysostom · 10-23-2006, 06:29 AM

Focused blogs are better than random ones. That said, you can probably get away with being more random with a blog than most websites.

Emperor · 10-23-2006, 08:56 AM

More important than finding a niche is to start a blog about things you like. I’ve started many money making blogs but would end up giving up because I didn’t like what I was doing. If you got interest for “funny stuff , music , off beat news , movies , seo , computer games everything” then start a blog about that because money will come over time.