What's The Best Way To Change Your Niche On Your Dot Com Website?
A couple of months ago I built a new website. Now, a couple of hundred posts in, I lost my enthusiasm for this niche and want to change it.
The problem is saying hasta la bye-bye to all that content.
So, my question is -- it is better to rip off the bandaid and delete all the content and start fresh or gradually delete the old content while adding the new niche content?
Your input would be greatly appreciated.
Sharon
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ok, so you have lost interest...what about your niche - have they shown any interest in it...
are you being ranked for any of the content...
if so then why not buy another domain and leave that one to fly on it's own for the next 12 months...
if it works then good... if it doesn't then don't renew...
and in that time you are working on another site that you have interest in...
why delete all that time and energy you have put in before it has had time to go through it's full cycle...
in that case let it become more mature and start afresh...
you know what is involved so it will go quicker and you wil lnot be fighting the temptation of keeping jsut one or two of the older ones...
Hello,
no matter what the reason, you should not delete it.
Especially the domain.
Well, I guess that domain could have been used for another niche?
Greetings
Thank you, Slavka. My problem is I love the domain name and want to use it for the other niche. But, of course, I could buy another domain.
No rush. Start fresh. It's not expensive here.
You can also 'barrow' from your present content to build towards your new niche.
Get inventive.
I did that with my first site. I deleted it, bought another domain, and started over on the right track. My first site had fewer posts than yours. However, some people might tell you to leave it there, do nothing, let the traffic grow by itself, and never know when it will gain traction. If I had to do it over, I would have just left my site there at 100 posts and let Google dance until I gained more traffic. You can decide later. Some people have made money one or two years later from an old abandoned website from years ago, so you never know. You can start a new one in the niche you want.
Thank you, Brenda. I've built and revamped and eliminated several websites over the years. This one really is an issue for me. Thank you for your reasoned and informed response.
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Hello Sharon!
It sounds like the consensus agrees with my opinion, so, unfortunately, I have little more to offer than saying I do not delete anything. With the price of storage, I will hold things forever. When I was attending school, I took one universal piece of advice from my instructors and it was: if the work was my creation I could use it for other courses in the future. I once used the same psychology paper in two different classes a couple of terms apart. I probably still have the paper.
Good luck with your decision.
Regards,
Matt
Thank you, Matt. I truly appreciate your great advice, I put a considerable amount of work in my posts,