Add good article to generic blog or seperate site?

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Add good article to generic blog or seperate site?

edacsac

3:56 pm on Mar 15, 2010 (gmt 0)

I've been having inspiration and began writing an instructional article. It's coming out very good, but I don't know what to do with it. I could classify it as a blog post, but it is large and may have great potential on it's own.

I have a blog that covers roughly 4 completely unrelated categories that I can add the article to, and I also have a couple of domain names that I could post this article under that are a perfect fit for the topic.

Would it get lost in my hardly updated, scatter topic blog or would it help my blog?

Or, would it be better off on it's own with a related domain name in hopes that I continue expanding the new site? The article content is in an area I have great expertise in, but it's also a highly competitive area. It will be about 3000 words with 8-12 images - tutorial quality when complete.

Thanks for any opinions!

valerien

1:49 pm on Mar 17, 2010 (gmt 0)

IMO, it depends on what the purpose of the articles and the topic of the blogs are.

For your scattered blog, unless it's a personal blog that friends/family check and isn't for the purpose of business, I wouldn't put it there.

I'd put each article in the domain that it's relevant to.

The other option (if you're trying to gain traffic), is to submit it to an article directory like ezine and hope it gets picked up by other webmasters (thus, linking back to your website).

I hope that helps!

bizminder

5:17 pm on Mar 17, 2010 (gmt 0)

Well, like you mentioned that your article is informative and has potential, it can make magic any where. Whether you have it on your blog or get a separate one for it. And trust me, potential articles never get overshadowed or lost.

edacsac

4:03 pm on Apr 1, 2010 (gmt 0)

That would be nice if it would perform well on any site. My personal blog is really a companion to my business sites, but my blog gets little traffic right now. I'd prefer to grow my blog with good articles, and not push everything off onto seperate sites before they are ready and have solid a determined purpose. If I post the article on my blog now, folks can read it and make use of the info. If I put it on a specialized site, it will be awhile before it published.

Thanks for the replies!

contentmaster

11:13 am on Apr 3, 2010 (gmt 0)

If the article is well written and offers quality to its readers, it doesn't matter where you publish it. However, if I were you, I would publish the article in an HTML format on a website that is relevant. That always seems to work!