The Most Popular Blog Categories According To Google [Chart]

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4 YEARS AGO BY DIANA ADAMS

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Most blogging platforms allow you to choose blog categories to organize your content. At first you might choose your categories without giving them much thought, but as time goes on, you will start to realize the importance of carefully choosing the best categories for your blog. The blog categories you choose will be part of the blog’s map for success, and they will determine the direction of your content. Luckily, you can change them as you grow, so there is no harm done if you need to rethink your blog’s categories.

It’s important to do some planning before you decide on your blog categories. You want to stay broad, yet relevant. You don’t want to end up with one or two posts in a category, and if you have that, you’ve either not written many posts or you have a category that is probably doesn’t represent what your blog is all about.

For example, we write a lot about Star Wars here on Bit Rebels, but having a Star Wars category would be a bit too narrow for us. Instead, we choose a category appropriate for Star Wars, which could also encompass many other similar topics. That category is called “Geek.”

We have 8 one-word blog categories here on Bit Rebels, and for us, that is the perfect number. Each of our 8,814 articles fits nicely into one of those categories. I would recommend that you have as few categories as possible. I found a very helpful article about this that was written back in 2008, and it’s still relevant today. You can find it at How To Choose Categories For Your Blog on ProBlogger.

If you are just starting your blog, you might still be flexible about what kind of content you’ll produce. In that case, it might be helpful to know what some of the most popular blog categories are according to Google. This information was derived using the Google “allintitle” Operator (thanks to Wpromote). Tomorrow I will be publishing a follow up article about how to use the Google “allintitle” Operator to extract all kinds of valuable information. Enjoy!

The Most Popular Blog Categories According To Google

Via: [Social Media Today]

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Main income source: Software

The blog I’m responsible for! Help Scout is support software that is trusted by thousands of small businesses. We run the gamut over on the Help Scout blog, but our bread-and-butter will always be customer support.

Here are a few of my personal favorites:

• 15 Customer Service Skills that Every Employee Needs
• The Complete Guide to Customer Service Training
• 15 Practical Customer Service Tips
• 9 Phrases to Improve Every Support Interaction
• How to Successfully Handle Customer Complaints

We also use a large selection of resources to grow our traffic and subscriber base.

The 100 Most Popular Google Keywords

The 100 Most Popular Google Keywords[Infographic]

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What keywords on Google are searched the most?

We know branded terms like “Gmail” and “Craigslist” are frequently searched, and are a common point of reference for users. But what about non-brands? What about true keywords that, undoubtedly, are the aim of many traffic-thirsty SEOs across the world?

This was the question we wondered earlier this month. With help from the team at the great keyword research tool SEMRush, we were able to get it answered.

The below visualization is a list of the 100 most searched for non-branded keywords on Google, in the United States region.

The list was determined by manually sifting through the most popular search terms overall to find keywords that were not associated with a brand. In addition, we also removed porn-related keywords.

For clarity, the top five most searched overall are “Gmail”, “Craigslist”, “Amazon”, “Yahoo”, and.. “Porn”. None of those are included on this list – because a giant list of navigational brand searches and porn isn’t interesting.

TOP BLOGS

The top 5 types of blogs searched for on Google

1. Fashion blogs with 40,500 monthly searches
2. Food blogs with 14,800 monthly searches
3. Beauty blogs with 8,100 monthly searches
4. Travel blogs with 8,100 monthly searches
5. Music blogs with 6,600 monthly searches

I have to admit, I was kind of surprised music blogs were so far up on the list. I guess it’s one niche I don’t really follow, but obviously a lot of other people do.

Other interesting insights related to Google searches for blogs

Obviously, my list wasn’t all-inclusive. There are a lot more different types of blogs out there. I looked through Google’s recommendations for related searches and found a few that I had missed:

• Decorating blogs 6,600 monthly searches. I was using the term “decor” and not “decorating”, but the difference is dramatic. Decor blogs only gets 720 searches a month.
• Makeup blogs 2,900 monthly searches. Beauty blogs gets a lot of searches, but even this narrower topic gets a good amount of searches
• Blogs about life 2,900 monthly searches. Lifestyle blogs are popular these days and people are searching for your blogs about life.

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Ingredients1 cup butter, softened3 cups packed brown sugar4 large eggs2 teaspoons vanilla extract2-2/3 cups all-purpose flour3/4 cup baking cocoa3 teaspoons baking soda1/2 teaspoon salt1-1/3 cups sour cream1-1/3 cups boiling waterFROSTING:1/2 cup butter, cubed3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped3 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped5 cups confectioners' sugar1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream2 teaspoons vanilla extractDirectionsPreheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour three 9-in. round baking pans.In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition. Stir in water until blended.Transfer to prepared pans. Bake 30-35minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.For frosting, in a metal bowl over simmering water, melt butter and chocolates; stir until smooth. Cool slightly.In a large bowl, combine confectioners'sugar, sour cream and vanilla. Add chocolate mixture; beat until smooth. Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate leftovers.Yield:16 servings.

CHILDRENS LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE

1) If a children live with  Honesty.
       He learn  Truth.
2) If a children lives with Tolerance.
       He learns to Patience.
3) If a children live with Praise.
       He learns to Appreciate.
4) If a children live with Security.
       He learns to Faith.
5) If a children live with Fairness.
       He learns to Justice.
6) If a children live with Encouragement.
       He learns to Confidence.
7) If a children live with Acceptance & Friendship.
       He learns to Find Love in the World.

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TECH CRUNCH

Did you know that typically 50% of all web traffic lands on the homepage of a website and it takes a visitor only 1/10th of a second to form an impression about your website?

Failure to impress at this stage is almost a certain way to alienate potential readers for good. Big publications know this more than anyone — after all, it’s their business.

So are there any tips or best practices we can draw from studying what they do? Let’s find out.