Recently I have posted an article on choosing a blogging platform the right way WordPress vs Blogger, now in continuation to that series today I would like to give some insight into choosing a niche for your new blog. I don’t know the exact classification of types or varieties of niches present. To name them there are many niches like religion, cooking, education, entertainment, blogging, making money, automobiles, technology, mobiles, etc if I name them there would be more than hundred. In simple I have classified all the niches into two categories namely timeless and time dependent. Timeless niche are those which doesn’t depend on time but they do have their importance irrespective of time. People get information even after years after their posts go online. For example if you have a post on how to get comments this would be a useful topic even after years from now because daily many people are in search of such posts. Coming to time dependent these are the posts which have the importance only to a particular time period, like if you post season 12 results of American Idol it wont have that effect during season 13. Though you get traffic it won’t be as much as it is in that particular season.

Time dependent Niche:

If you want to get things done right way then you need to update it on daily basis. Time dependent niches do have lot of impact with our earnings too as we cannot give a clear picture of the income generated. Some times traffic would be good and you get good income that month and when traffic is low your income too gets low. Below I have discussed few niches which can help newbie’s whether to choose a time dependent niche or not.

Entertainment:

This is a time dependent niche yet it can draw results if you post some cool wallpapers of movies, actors and actress etc. People who work with this niche usually post movie reviews, gossips and latest happenings. This is one of the craziest niches that anyone could ever work, only thing you need is to present it in your style. Perez Hilton is one such guy who gets millions of traffic and of course he writes on the latest buzz happening around and he is bit controversial and yet people like his style.

If a movie is released today and if you could write its review within a couple of hours after its release your traffic would simply touch the sky and the traffic for that page will slowly and gradually come down until some other movie gets released. This niche does bring in some traffic when it is dormant unless you have some 500 to 1000 articles posted with some cool wallpapers, as this niche has good standings with wallpapers rather than news. This niche could be a good option if you could update it on daily basis.

Example: Perez Hilton, TMZ, Celebrity Gossip etc

Latest News:

So you are interested in posting news this is the hardest ever task you could ever do competing with some of the great news websites and blogs. Yet you could drive some traffic as sometimes your articles get lucky with the search engines. Updating it on a regular basis would surely make your blog to pick up a good spot but once you leave it unattended then you would see a steep decrease in the traffic. So if you are good at collecting news and presenting it in your own style then you can opt for this niche else it is better to switch over.

Example: Huffingtonpost, Gaurdian etc

Latest Exam Results and Job Notifications:

This niche is little bit famous among Indian bloggers and few are comfortable with their income that they get through such blogs. Choosing this niche needs your presence daily as you need to post on latest results released, latest job notifications and openings on a regular basis. Blogs of this niche should be in operation every day. You can also choose a university in your area which is famous and can post all the news, results and notifications released by that university. In my area JNTU is one such university where many students study and they rely on blogs which post latest news of JNTU.

Examples: Sarkari Naukri, JNTU World etc

Personal blogs:

If you are writing a personal blog on your life story or events happening around your neighborhood and if you have some loyal followers who keep visiting for your articles then such blogs will not get expected traffic once they are left without updates. So personal blogs too need daily attention as they are not much searched by people unless you are a celebrity. If you are a celebrity then there are chances of searching your blog but if you are writing for your friends then you need some personal attention every day.

Examples: Neil Gaiman’s Journal, Kathryn Cramer etc

There are still many time dependent niches like latest coupons, latest offers, daily deals, politics, Sports etc which needs to be updated regularly else could find a great decrease in traffic compared to timeless niches.

Timeless Niche:

These blogs are the perfect examples of earning while sleeping as when you leave the blog dormant, sometimes you could see a rise in traffic rather than decrease. For such blogs organic or search engine traffic would be more dominating compared to traffic generated through regular visitors.

Blogging:

This is one of the best niches of this category as it draws good visitors on a daily basis even when such blogs are not updated daily. Only the regular visitors or returning visitor’s count may drop but overall traffic would be good even if it is left without any updates.

Example: Problogger, Basicblogtips, etc

Making Money Online:

This is one of the most searched niche by many internet users and it is increasing day by day. If you are able to provide some genuine and legit ways to make money then this niche is surely going to stand out from the rest.

Example: Smart Passive income, I will teach you to be rich etc

Designing Tutorials:

People are fond of learning designing online more than offline. There are two reasons for this one is time feasibility and the other factor is availability of many tutorials compared to offline teaching centres. If you are a good designer then some cool tutorials will definitely be a good source of traffic for your designing blog. Blogging tutorials and WordPress tutorials too are some of the cool niches to play with.

Example: CSS Tricks, Smashing Magazine etc

Education:

This is an evergreen niche, as for a course there would be no end for students. Year after year there would be students doing a particular course. If you are good at giving some nice education material for a course then you are sure to make some good bucks. Pat Flynn who writes for smart passive income still gets most of his income from his education site which is his first source of income.

Example: GreenExamAcademy, 123IITJee etc

Technology:

Technology is the hardest niche to play with and most chosen among new bloggers as they believe this niche could earn them some good income. But fact is there is lot of hard work needed to make this niche grow as you can’t simply gain the attention of users or search engines by just mentioning the specs or usage information of a product. Sometimes you need to go further in solving problems like rooting or jail break sort of things. Be careful you should not touch the areas of hacking or cracking as it would be taken seriously by Google.

Example: Techcrunch, Engadget, Lifehacker etc

Which Niche suits you best?

There are also many blogs which are running successfully with niches like travel, cooking recipes, pets, gadgets, real estates, automobiles, parenting, personality development, etc. It is always a good choice to choose a niche which is not time dependent as we sometimes can be busy with our personal lives and to update our blog daily sometimes becomes so risky. Whatever niche you choose if you can dedicate some amount of time and learn new things every day any niche can be taken to a top spot. It is better to choose a niche which is more close to your interest as you would not struggle to write articles. So hope this article will be a handy guide for newbies who are just about to blog or to bloggers who are about to explore a new niche.