So, What’s the hottest topic in blogging? Here’s a few niches to ponder over -
Making Money Online
Be careful with this blogging topic. If you don’t make at least a few thousand a month from nothing else but the internet, then you best stay away from it. Be it in affiliate marketing, selling ads, just plain old raw traffic clicking on your PPC blocks or whatever. As long as you have made a significant steady financial income from internet activities you better not claim to be a guru on making money online. Otherwise you’ll just be preaching to yourself.
Popular blogs in this niche are – ShoeMoney.com, ProBlogger.net, JohnChow.com etc…
Web 2.0
Lame term, yes I know. But going from the attention they get from social bookmarking sites, new web services that are tripped out with AJAX are always a hit with most mainstream internet users. I’ve written quite a bit on tons of web 2.0 startups myself, but I seldom do any nowadays. I just can’t throw out 10 to 20 posts a day on every new startup that launches with a “new” feature. If you aren’t overtly enthusiastic about it, your interest may wind down at some point of time or the other. I still do them, just more spaced out.
Popular blogs in this niche are – TechCrunch.com, Mashable.com, GigaOm.com, ReadWriteWeb.com etc…
Technology/Electronics/Gadgets
People like shiny new toys with LED lights. If you can get a couple of scoops a week or month on new product launches or have “sources” inside the industry to provide you with content you can make quite a bang in this blogging niche. Imagine being responsible for wiping $4 Billion off Apple’s market cap in an afternoon. That’s what Engadget.com, a tech blog, did once when they posted a story about delays in the shipment for Apple’s Leopard. With great blogging, comes great responsibility.
Popular blogs in this niche – Engadget.com, Gizmodo.com, ArsTechnica.com, OhGizmo.com etc…
SEO/Design/Software
Very broad categories, but they are all related. Any one of those topics are a surefire hit on social sites, especially if you’ve made some really neat CSS tricks, a cool new Photoshop Tutorial or free software. If you know why Google hasn’t updated PR yet for this September, then you’re gold right about now.
Popular blogs in this niche are – MattCutts.com, PronetAdvertising.com, FreelanceSwitch.com, LifeHacker.com etc…
I could go on and on. Even though with all these big players in town there is still PLENTY of space for anyone to blog on in and take a spot for themselves.
You just need to give your topic a heat of it’s own.
