David Parkinson - Miscellaneous ramblings of a web developer » niche http://daparky.com Miscellaneous ramblings of a web developer called David Parkinson. I work full time as a web developer but have interests in other things. Mon, 14 May 2012 20:57:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 almost caught up http://daparky.com/almost-caught-up/ http://daparky.com/almost-caught-up/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:01:30 +0000 David Parkinson http://daparky.com/?p=205 The stats on talkplaystation.com have almost caught up to daparky.com despite this blog has been online a month longer than talkplaystation.

The stats for daparky.com are:

  • 120 posts altogether
  • 2,548 Visits (from 18th March to 17th April)
  • 4,259 Page Views (from 18th March to 17th April)

The stats for talkplaystation.com are:

  • 119 posts altogether
  • 11,531 Visits (from 26th March to 17th April)
  • 16,469 Page Views (from 26th March to 17th April)

This clearly shows that a Niche blog is far better than a blog about anything. Thats not to say my blog is about ANYTHING, it’s about me, what ever is on my mind and my journey.

When i’ve sorted out talkplaystation i’m going to do some advertisement to try and expand my readership. i’m more than happy with the way things are going with talkplaystation.

]]> http://daparky.com/almost-caught-up/feed/ 0 Sorted the categories out http://daparky.com/sorted-the-categories-out/ http://daparky.com/sorted-the-categories-out/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:18:41 +0000 David Parkinson http://daparky.com/sorted-the-categories-out/ I mentioned previously that i was going to get rid of some categories that i felt i didn’t really need. As you can notice some categories have gone which are:-

  • Money
  • Technology

I also mentioned that i was going to get rid of the video games category and turn it into a niche on it’s own. Well, i have launched talkplaystation.com which is a site dedicated to Playstation fans, but i decided to keep the video games category because i can post my own videos, opinions etc there.

I think those are the permanent category listing for the time being.

]]> http://daparky.com/sorted-the-categories-out/feed/ 1 Choosing a theme is the hardest part http://daparky.com/choosing-a-theme-is-the-hardest-part/ http://daparky.com/choosing-a-theme-is-the-hardest-part/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:17:20 +0000 David Parkinson http://daparky.com/choosing-a-theme-is-the-hardest-part/ When starting a new blog, choosing the right theme in my opinion is the hardest part. There are so many themes out there to choose from, but choosing the right theme for your blog is hard. I’m currently looking for a theme for talkplaystation.com, i want a dark theme with 3 columns. I’ve looked at a few but don’t really like them to be honest, i might just go with one and edit it along the way.

I could pay for a theme to be built for my requirements, but that requires money. I would rather start off with a free theme and if the blog becomes a success i would then either make my own theme (if i have the time) or pay someone else to build one for me.

Anyway, i hope to launch talkplaystation.com this weekend when i have my 4 day weekender. Stay tuned!

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Also in the Web Development category i may post about the best tips and tricks with html and possibly showcase my degree work i did for the past few years.

Also, i’ve been thinking about some niche blogs i want to start, i will give further details about those niches in a month or so as i need to research etc.

It’s gonna be an early night for me tonight i think, very tired and work is tomorrow.

]]> http://daparky.com/web-development-category-coming-soon/feed/ 1 How i got into blogging, who inspired me http://daparky.com/how-i-got-into-blogging-who-inspired-me/ http://daparky.com/how-i-got-into-blogging-who-inspired-me/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:50:54 +0000 David Parkinson http://daparky.com/how-i-got-into-blogging-who-inspired-me/ I mentioned early this week that i was going to tell you how i got into blogging and who inspired me. I will answer those questions now.

This time last year i didn’t know what a blog was until i ran into Smemon’s blog. I was searching on Google for website ideas because i wanted to see what ideas are out there and start a website, develop myself from there, after all i was studying web development back then and now i’m a full time web developer, i just wasn’t putting my skills into play. Anyway, Smemon’s blog was up there in the search engine results and i clicked through to his famous ‘18 random website ideas’.

For months i kept my eye on Smemon’s blog and i liked the content he was putting in. I then thought to myself, should i set my own blog up, a place where i can have my own opinions and ramblings. From then on i was visiting many other blogs including John Chow, Dailyblogtips and Problogger and learnt a hell of a lot.

Reading Smemon’s blog months on end, inspired me to create my own, and i have a few more blogs in the pipeline which are niche based. I thought to myself “is this for me?”, “will i have time to keep it updated?” and “will i enjoy writing/typing?”.

Answers to those questions weren’t answered until i actually started blogging, which is probably why i didn’t start a blog as soon as i found out what a blog was. This was probably because everytime i thought, “right i’m gonna start my blog tonight” those questions kept ringing in my head and put me back from starting one. Now that i’ve actually started one, i can say i’m addictive to blogging. If your still waiting for that final push from someone saying “go on start a blog, it will be fine”, force yourself to start one to see what it’s actually like, then you will answer any questions stopping you from blogging. I knew i would start one, it was starting it at the right time.

So now you have it, you know who inspired me and how i got into blogging.

I will post the advantages and disadvantages of blogging later this week.

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