I'm very new to this blogging. just want to ask which one is a better blog concept.

1) General - where anything goes. no specific niche / area of blogging. very much like mine
2) Specialized - for example blog dedicated to handphone/overclocking etc.

any opinion is appreciated. may change the concept later on

Self preference for this. Some people just focus on a topic for example computer tips and such and in the same time earn money through advertising. Some prefer to have their very own personal blog.

i agree. it's just that so many blog tips encourage new blogger to stick to one subject at the early stage (to ease the search engine bot maybe). i was wondering is it that important.

so many things interest me, i don't think it's a good idea to have multiple blogs.

Depends on your motive to blog. Those tips out there are for those who would like to focus their blog onto certain keywords so that they are more SE friendly.
If you just blog for passion and would like poeple to share what you are thinking or something personal, you blog everthing...

These are the beauty of blogging where you'll find almost anything...

Can you really earn money via Google Ad Sense?

Yes you can and you also can with all those advertising sites out there. I am so regretful after those stupid acts that I've done after getting a ban from Google.
See yourself about the cheque here: http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry11562999

i guess at the moment i blog for passion. not so much care about the adsense thingy. but then i am 1 week old. Things will definitely change later on.

one question though... do you guys know any blog (with general topics) that is popular or at least have a decent traffic? oh ya with the exception of online diary. kindly provide the link here.

OT : how do adsense detect we are clicking on our ad? through ip?

Decent traffic?? What do you mean by that? How many pageviews per day? 50?
They use several different ways like the trend in clickings, your IP, ad keywords you are clicking, and the ratio of clicks/pageviews. Moreover, Blogger is under Google, if you logged in to Blogger and click, it will be a stupid mistake.

Google is smart, don't fool them...

Its easy to detect you.. Even you use proxy... so.. do not clicks your adsense by your own..

This post has been edited by 65002: May 12 2007, 02:03 PM

50 unique pageview is luxury already for me. yes.. around 50. do you know any blogs as such?

OT : if they're using ip. most probably i'll be banned in no time, because i used Digi Edge to connect. and i believe all digi edge user were given the same ip. even irc sometimes got banned. *sigh

heh.. you can watch my blog stat.. around >50 unique everyday..

To create multiple blogs is 1 thing.

To maintain multiple blogs is another.

So maybe a strategy you could try is this. Create 2 blogs. The first which you'll update regularly always and the second you will update less regularly but will always meet the scheduled date of entries. Try juggling this for a period of 6 months to 1 year.

If you pull through this with the commitment and discipline required, add another blog and prioritize the importance of the updates.

In a blog, your content is important and the frequency is what keeps your readers from rioting.

Hope that helps.

Cheers.

p/s: We're talking about blog updating and not even the need of social life yet - depending how active you are. LOL!

This post has been edited by etsuko: May 13 2007, 10:04 AM

hm.... i would categorize your blog as in specialized topics. Thanx anyway. What im looking for is actually general ones.


Thanx for the idea. I would see first how my first blog do, before start creating another. Even to update the one is a great lesson in dicipline already

any other opinion?

Your site is like full of ads as well..

I get only near 50 It depends but it will not be less than 30....

What kind of topics you guys post? around 50 views?
I post something related to security only enables me to get around 90max.

Well, a personal site like mine is too just post something interesting. Don't quite know what is it but you'll know some topics that people just like to read... Maybe some psychological stuffs or motivating stuffs if you are blogging your personal style.

I guess I had to stick to technology side then...

Technology blogs, blogging tutorial blogs and money making blogs are among those having good visitors number and making good bucks if they have ads...

That's why I'm planning to try hosting it myself.