Blogging Niches: How BROAD Can You Go? [8 Months Case Study]

[@kf88743]

Instantly subscribed after watching your keyword research video a few days ago. I have been binge-watching your content every since. You have answered so many of the questions that I have wished others would have answered and you seem so helpful and genuine. I hope that you continue to stay the same and maintain this attitude after you blow up.....which I know you will. I t's funny that a lot of people teaching blogging say that the goal is to provide the most helpful information to the consumer, but very few of them do. You are definitely one of the few actually providing very helpful information that is actionable.

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Thank you so much, appreciate it!

[@paulharrison8399]

Thanks for taking the time to share your findings with us. Definitely keep us posted with regular updates on this site if you can. I don't think that there is much information on YT regarding broad-topic websites so this very interesting indeed!

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

I agree, most people preach about micro niche sites that you cannot grow well past 200-300 articles.

[@tropicallivingoverseas5202]

Very impressed that you took the time to answer this difficult question. I've started a blog about homesteading which worries me that it may be too broad as I touch on subjects from homeschooling to food preservation...

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mazmodigital]

I was also looking for this question, that you explained well. Thanks sir

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

You are most welcome

[@Ghostjam1]

Your content is helpful all the time and we appreciate your work.

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Thank you so much!

[@utopianclass]

He's the best on KZbin. I pray his channel grows faster!

[@hamzayunusa2224]

I have been following you for a while now and your videos are extremely valuable. I have one question, and it has been ringing in my head multiple times but still, I do get confused. I am in the tech niche. I write about android apps, software reviews, crypto, programming, and windows OS. My question is this, Is this too broad? because it seems sometimes these sub-niches I'm writing on don't have enough underserved topics to write about, and that is the main reason I'm writing on different tech sub-niches. Please what is your say about this? I will be really grateful if you can reply to me because it's the first time I'm asking you a question. Thank you!.

[@utopianclass]

Can we get an update on the site you created this January with your course members.

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

I'l probably do an update on how it goes at some point, but for now it's exclusive to the course members...

[@promiseonwuachu]

Finally. I have been waiting an update since. Thanks.

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Glad to hear it!

[@kelvzn]

Hey Morten...I was wondering what impact writing articles that are not specific to a topic would have. Awesome insights...thank you for this test!

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Glad it was helpful!

[@infinitedreams1350]

This video was very well timed! I was reading on reddit this morning that broad sites don't work period and google only wants very focused niche sites. Needless to say I was feeling pretty discouraged about my site which I intended to start opening out a bit. You've proven that to be complete nonsense though!

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Oh, there's SOO much information and few people testing their stuff :D

[@hassanahmed6201]

very informative video for me because i was starting a broad nicge topic

[@adrianasim5454]

I'm an orthodontist interested in creating a niche site about braces questions, which I know is heavily YMYL, but I am an expert, after all. My question is - how does Google determine that I'm truly an expert. My identity online is multiple, I have a new gardening blog, and also write on Medium, so would that confuse the algorithm? Do I need to place my degrees in an about me page? Thanks, love your channel, it's so helpful.

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

No one knows for sure. It really sucks when you have the credentials that Google might now recognize it!

[@COLOMBIAFRANK]

Nice experiment, congrats!

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Thank you, Frank! Cheers!

[@markalsa6922]

Awesome video as always! could you do a video with a more in-depth approach to how you research topics for articles . I’ve watched your other video going over that and maybe some live action would be nice as well. much love

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

There's 4 hours of that in my course :D :D

[@effortlessschool]

Hey .. Its a little bit off track but... How long does it take google to index a new site? My site hasn't been indexed since a month, I have 10 articles.

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

you should ping Google in Search Console and also upload a sitemap, that should speed things up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2aUhZqfiK2fmsk&ab_channel=PassiveIncomeGeek

[@motivationpositivity100]

great content keep going. Please we want a video where you show us according to your experience the best places to place ezoic ads to increase revnues and thanks

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

well, sidebar + footer + in content. Check SewingMachineTalk.com.

[@muntaseerrahman4077]

Hey Morten! Thanks for the great content and value you provide through these videos. I had a question. Normally, how many contents do you think are required for a particular category to establish topical relvance of that category on the site? Suppose I have a pet niche site and I talk about many different pets. How many contents may I need to publish on pet 1 so google sees I have a good topical relevant on pet 1? Thanks again for the awesome videos.

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

I'd say at least 20.

[@muntaseerrahman4077]

@@PassiveIncomeGeek Thanks a ton!

[@mildabe5896]

Thank you, Morten. Very interesting content as always! I have a quick question about spammy backlinks. My project has a steady growth in terms of traffic. However I added more content than usual back in the summer and somehow I got a peak of spammy backlinks to my site, hundreds of them, no idea where they came from... (no, I didn't do any paid links or applied any backlink strategy). What is the best approach to fix it? Ignore or buy high-quality backlinks or continue writing content? thank you!

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

It's almost ALWAYS not a problem. Check this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6mUf4mCe5KGZqs I'd not recommend building backlinks, and these auto-generated sites that link to you look a lot like spam - and you can say that in a way it is - but Google knows this and ALL sites with good organic traffic get these links...

[@mildabe5896]

@@PassiveIncomeGeek, thank you for your comments and video! going to check out all your older videos, they are too good to be skipped! :)

[@proceduralgames]

Morten, in hindsight would you now make your sewing machine site brand using broader terms like stitch or craft? (Probably not super suggestions but you get the idea)

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Hmm I feel like the name can work for almost anything crafting. "Talk around the sewing machine" can be almost anything for the creative crafting space in my mind...

[@Jake-vd8os]

Great video as usual. If you don’t mind me asking where do you source your writers from?

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Mostly via Problogger.com.

[@Jake-vd8os]

@@PassiveIncomeGeek Thanks 🙏

[@mazmodigital]

You got 2nd position in my book in teaching blogging. Love from pakistan 🇵🇰

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

haha, Thanks.

[@mazmodigital]

I have a question. I did a keyword research, the results were not exactly on point. Some big websites have that question in their article like tech radar. And some of the keywords haven't wrote yet but bigger websites of tech have their reviews but they dont have the specific answer there. Should I write article on them or not?

[@robertodiazdelpinal2386]

Would you recommend content mills like iwriter?

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Not really. I use my own writer. However, I do recommend one content agency on my tools page: passiveincomegeek.com/tools/ for easy beginner's type content where you don't need an expert in your niche.

[@exposedthat]

what is the process to search for low competition information keywords or questions?

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/roLYiH-Qn6eegpI (There's 4 hours video on my processes for topic research in my course!)

[@jawadalizada5050]

Thanks for everything! How you check the plagiarism for your articles? Should we check the title for plagiarism as well?

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

I only check the content. We use various checkers- cannot remember the names right now (gave it to my editors long ago, but will check)

[@jawadalizada5050]

@@PassiveIncomeGeek Thanks! I would appreciate it if you name them.

[@promiseonwuachu]

Hello Morten how are you doing? I have a question. So I opened this site a month ago and published about 20 contents on it. Later I realized that the Domain name I used for the site did correspond with the content. So I bought another domain, because the old site is just a month old, I decided to transfer all the post in the old site to the new domain. My question is, will this act affect the new site? Will Google see it as copied or scrapped content? Note that I have trashed the contents from the old site, so its no longer available in the old site. Thanks.

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

You should just set the old domain to redirect (basic 301 redirect) to the new domain. Ask your domain provider to do this. And then tell Google via Search Console that the site has been moved (Settings > "Change of Address")

[@health-generation268]

Shit I have a site like that! I hope you do at some point a update on YT.

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Sure!

[@supremeog6754]

Great video Morten. What’s the word count on this site?

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Around 60,000 words.

[@gumballdegree]

I have a question not relevant to this video but how important do you think subheadings are in an article? Would you say that Google sees subheadings as equals to the title of the topic?

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

I think it's VERY important to stay as close to 100% on topic as possible. It's important to the user so it's important to Google.

[@alexismontreal8166]

Use subheadings to answer related questions: you will establish your authority, win featured snippets and rank for more keywords.

[@TheSavoElite]

How much money did you spend on link building?

[@ninjalordz]

Please make a video on keyword volume comparison with real results. That would be interesting 😁

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Great suggestion!

[@Emmanuel-ch9qo]

Hi Morten, where do you source your images for all your site's? My blog has not started earning now so am using free stock images now. What is your opinion.

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Check: passiveincomegeek.com/tools/

[@kike4791]

Great Initiative! The proof is in the pudding! :)

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Thanks :D

[@brav33nough70]

HI Morten. Do you think this is normal behavior? My site is 3months old . It has 43 articles all Questions based around a topic. There is a pillar page content of 7000 words and 30 articles interlinking it (supporting content each 2000 words) While I was doing the research I found the highest volume keywords. Some of them even have more than 110 000 searches. I wrote about 30 articles that has a lot of volume and the results are this: Total Clicks:13 Total Impressions:2.6K Average CTR 0.5% Avg Position 64.1 Am I doing something wrong or It is just my search analysis? There is also 0 backlinks ( The Niche is in Food & Recipe category)

[@mazmodigital]

I think you will surely get success....

[@brav33nough70]

@@mazmodigital Thank you, my man. I hope so. What I actually did was following Neil patel advice and he said if you want to get to 100k monthly searches after 1 year in completely new blog ,you have to target the highest volume keywords and do a lot of articles because you can get just a percentage of the volume. What I did not agree with him was building backlinks early on the stage.

[@mazmodigital]

One thing I want to clear, do not follow his advice on your new blog. He just wanted to sell his tool. Tools are totally wrong. Use Google auto suggest method

[@mazmodigital]

First build some authority on your site by writing on those articles who haven't wrote yet.

[@brav33nough70]

@@mazmodigital Yes i totally agree with you. I did a mistake by writing those competitive terms but hey we are all learning and I will follow what everyone says ( to target keywords that other people haven't written yet or where forums like quora,reddit,medium appear)

[@shivang8195]

Please make a video on how to get usa traffic to website which is from a non usa speaking countries

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

You just need to focus on stuff that Americans care about and do your site in English. Simple as that.

[@sid7661]

Would you say these broad sites rank alot slower than focused niche sites?

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Only if you don't focus on one category at the time (also called siloing). Otherwise, they rank fast like my tech site here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmfEfaCtjt5rna8

[@jitendracshah]

Deserves a new video update on site.....

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

Already done: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f33YkmdjacRgra8

[@Testfortest142]

I believe the latest Google update bashes sites with lots of writers and less relevance even more.

[@PassiveIncomeGeek]

They said so, but I've seen tons of new sites with multiple writers do really well (including some of my own...)

[@Testfortest142]

@@PassiveIncomeGeek I just post everything under my own name