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Discussion on: 10 reasons why nobody is reading your articles and how to fix it

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Timo Ernst

I disagree with point no. 3 because covering a niche topic gives you a higher chance to be the king of that niche (with room to grow in the future). If you cover a popular topic, you‘re just another drop in the ocean. It‘ll be hard to find you between all the noise (= the other articles in that space).

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Andrew Baisden

Depends on the niche. I have seen people write about topics that mostly only excite them but they fail to convey what exactly the product is or how to use it. Then they wonder why thier article has low views and no comments.

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JDeep

It takes time though. Possibly years in some cases. Blogs on topics like Kernel development or Assembly Programming would attract very few viewers just for the fact that most of the developers dont know anything about them and most importantly, dont "want to know" anything about them.

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Timo Ernst

I think it‘s important to pick a niche with potential to grow.