The first and most important task is to choose a topic for your blog before you start blogging. A lot of bloggers pick a topic that most other bloggers write about, for example SEO (search engine optimization) and then after a few months they are unable to come up with anything new to write on that topic. There are many blogs that have not lasted beyond just a few months and the reason for their failure is choosing a wrong topic. There are a lot of topics that seems to be easy to write about as soon as you think of them but you should remember that it’s not easy to produce unique and quality content on such topics. Some examples of topics that are highly competitive are – web hosting, blogging, gadgets, open source software, travel, business, marketing etc.
If you want to make money from your blog, then you should write original, unique and great content. Don’t expect your blog to become popular if you write the same thing that everyone else have already written. The resources mentioned below will help you get started in the right direction.
How to choose a niche topic for your blog?
How to Choose a Niche Topic for your Blog – This article from ProBlogger talks about various things to keep in mind when choosing a niche topic for your blog. It’s a must read article for beginners.
How to Choose the Right Blog Niche: A Simple Three-Step Method – An article from DoshDosh that will help you pick a niche topic for your blog in an hour or less using his simple and straightforward three step method.
How to Select the Right Niche Topic for your Blog – This article lists some of the important factors such as Popularity of the topic, Whether it is profitable or not, Unique an your knowledge in the respective Topic. etc that should be considered while choosing a topic for your blog.
How to Choose the Right Topic for Your Blog? – This article talks about how to choose a topic for your blog that will also help you make a lot of money from your blog.
How to Choose a Profitable Blog Niche – The author of this article mentions 4 important factors that you should consider while choosing a topic. How much money will you be able to make from your blog will depend on these 4 factors.
Mentioned below are the resources that will help you find the top blogs by topic. You can then explore these top blogs and find out what the author of those blogs have been doing to stay at the top of the blogosphere.
Top 100 Blogs: Technorati – Technorati Top 100 as ranked by Technorati Authority. The Top 100 is updated once per day.
25 Best Blogs 2009 – TIME – TIME makes its second annual list of the best blogs in the world, spanning politics, housekeeping, astronomy and everything in between.
Comparing Six Ways to Identify Top Blogs in Any Niche – The article features a comparison of the pros and cons of six different services that you can use to identify top blogs in your niche.