How Many Blogs?

[fashionprintdesigner]

Hi

just wondering on website is it good to have more than one blog. So is it good to have a link to Blogger with text about one subject, then a link to Tumblr with text about another subject and then Wordpress again talking about something else?

Thanks for your help

Mandii

 

[Chunkford]

You want one blog using a platform your comfortable with situated on your site.
The aim is to write posts that mop up the long tail (so don't for get your call to actions) and to get others to link to them.

 

[fashionprintdesigner]

hi

so would google dislike me if I have Tumblr and Blogger and Wordpress links on my site, even if they have completely different content on each?

thanks

 

[Chunkford]

What is it your trying to do and why?

 

[fisicx]

so would google dislike me if I have Tumblr and Blogger and Wordpress links on my site, even if they have completely different content on each?

Pointless and confusing for your visitors.

Install wordpress ON your site and do all your blogging in one place.

 

[UKSBD]

It depends on what you are using it for, but old posts can get gradually pushed down the hierarchy.

To combat this you can use a blog for a set time, mothball it, create another in a different directory and carry on blogging.

 

[ITsoldUK]

As above 1 blog per niche/micro niche or your visitors will get bamboozled.

I have several site that cover many niches AND over time, I have found that some of the more generic niches can move to their own site as demand dictates.

If you do go down the route of covering many topic niches then make good use of the navigation and tag system (I use these like folders so the reader knows what is in what tag).

But, I would not go down that route.

HTH

Regards
Daren

 

[andygambles]

We use a self hosted Blog for the more technical, informational and announcement style posts.

Then we have a tumblr for the fun stuff.

So far seems to be working well.

 

[traveloworld]

Hi,
Having one blog for site is good idea but you can make other blogs for website content posting.

 

[ibm@i3media]

one blog is more than sufficient unless you run multiple websites that might specialize in different niches or industries. or if you'd prefer to make them 'look' separate.

 

[Surminga]

Keep it all in the one place, install it in a sub directory and the traffic and links are brought back to you main site as well as blog

 

[TheBlogshop]

One of the most important points to remember about blogging is that quality and value always prevail over everything else.

If you are managing a range of different blogs, do they each offer value to their readers? Is the content on them consistently of a great quality?

We generally recommend that an organisation should have one blog and develop that extensively. If they want to then develop another blog (and another and so on) at a later date, that's fine - but the quality and value aspects need to always be remembered.

 

[fashionprintdesigner]

Oh thank you so much everyone,

this is so useful. I just got a bit confused when everyone talks about how important blogs are so I thought if they are soooooooooo important do I have a blogger and a tumblr etc.

I really appreciate everyone responding, you are so very kind - I thank you

Mandii

 

[fisicx]

...everyone talks about how important blogs are...

Who is everyone?

Blog can be important but 99% of the time they aren't. Blog if you have something useful to say, the skills to do the writing and the enthusiasm to keep doing it. If you don't then it's not worth the effort.

 

[Chunkford]

Who is everyone?

Blog can be important but 99% of the time they aren't. Blog if you have something useful to say, the skills to do the writing and the enthusiasm to keep doing it. If you don't then it's not worth the effort.

So say he who sells wordpress installs :|

 

[ITsoldUK]

So say he who sells wordpress installs :|

Oh No chunky. You fell into the trap

It is a CMS platform...not just a blogging tool (beat ya Fisicx)

 

[Chunkford]

Dam, hook line and sinker!

 

[webgeek]

Unless you've got radically different departments you want blogging separately, or staff members who will have their own blogs, there's not much business case for multiple blogs (aside from the possible backlink benefits - depending on how their were domained/installed).

Personally, I'd go 1 blog until such time as you get massive, then consider segmenting based on product/audience/staff. Perhaps 100mil per year or better might be a good revenue goal before such.