My first blog back in 2006 lasted about the same time, I wish I would of kept it, early lessons learned. I learned to always keep it up and running even if your moving on to other projects because it can still make you some extra cash.

Mine was about the same time, 6 months. I picked the baby stroller niche... what a sad thing to do. Writing content for that website was a real drag and it just doesn't feel right writing about something you have no passion for. It doesn't feel right monetizing products you have never used either. This is why I always tell people to learn everything about what they are promoting and always try the products yourself so you can give an honest review. Sadly this doesn't happen most of the time.

I started my first blog as a result of doing Britt Malka's Quicksilver course (I believe it's still only available in Danish). As a web developer with a keen interest in web design my choice of topic seemed obvious.

I started a Danish web design blog, actually got a really good domain name too, and started blogging. It did pretty well, but there was one problem.

It was too related to my day job. After a couple of months I really couldn't take working with web development during the day and blogging about web design in the evening.

5 or 6 months into the project I stopped blogging. Too bad too because traffic and adsense revenue was really kicking off.

Before getting my own domain I had started the blog as a WordPress.com blog. That version, with 2 months worth of posts, still exist.

It's really depressing logging into my WordPress.com account to watch the stats. That first blog is still getting more traffic than several of my current blogs!

If you do your niche research properly, you should never quit your first blog, the longer it's around, the more powerful it will become. Even if the topic does not inspire you, you can outsource the writing. A good evergreen niche can last for decades. I still get traffic and sales from several of my first blogs which I haven't touched for years.

I still have my first blog but a never update it. I still use my second blog though - i have been publishing articles on it for almost 2 years now. Not much earnings but i didnt make it for earnings - just to record my articles.

I really hate Google updates. Once, you have your sites at Google #1, another update and it's gone. You lose your money overnight. I shifted to Youtube after trying Blogs for 3-4 months. Its much better there. If you could find the right niche and keywords you can stay there for years without worrying about any updates. Also, it is easier to rank quickly on Youtube.

Mine lasted about 4 months. Well, actually it's still up but I never knew how to put together all the pieces of the puzzle to make it flourish. Now that I have been successful in another niche, I'll go back and rework the first one.

First blog lasted
2 years

I was in a niche
that I was there
for my own passion
and not a full
understanding of
the real things in
demand that would
be more worthwhile
to me blogging about.

Any newbies when we see no traffic, we bail fast.

I believe that ANY niche has monetizing potential if you engage with your audience.

Unless you've picked the niche "growing giant red pickles", there's no such a thing as a *wrong* niche. Besides, you should blog about whatever niche you're passionate+familiar with, not whatever niche a keyword tool deems as profitable.

I had my first blog for a few years. It brought in about $100 a month from Adsense. Sold it on Flippa for a nice chunk of change.

Personally, I had about 20 startup blogs created before finding what's really work and what I really love.. most of the blog I created before reach 4-6 months before I give up because lack of interest. Hope you will find what you really love to do too.. It's not how long you quit but how long you enjoy..

I must agree to some who choose a niche from what they love and then monetizing it after. I always believe that doing what you want and what you know well about can really turn to success.

I've started quite a few blogs, I've only let one go, the rest I keep around and come back to after they get some age.

Mine was about 2 weeks before I moved on in the same niche, but made the new site more brandable which I still have today.

Mine is up for 6 years now (from 2006). But I did it just for pleasure and for my Russian friends and colleagues, so I knew nothing about SEO, keywords and things like this. But the content, design and structure are good, because it is about marketing research - the thing I'm very passionate about.

So people from the industry began to put backlinks to my site, clients started to find me by my name etc. It's funny but other sites I made (about 5) with some (basic) knowledge of SEO, keywords etc. are far not so successful as my first blog.

I created about 6 blogs right away when I first started, all on different topics (because I'm interested in too many things). I wrote about 5-10 posts on each and then started just focusing on my favorite one and kind of abandoned the rest. I should go check those now and see how they're doing...

I used to own a blog about Google Adsense. Didn't last long lol. Now i got a blog that goes hand-in-hand with my site, and this is definitely something long term. And i update it everyday.

Same here, I think you should keep your blogs and do 301 redirects from .wordpress.com blogs. Patience is key my friend

i wait around 3-4 months to see if there is some improvement, if not the X the blog

I quit my blog in just around 2 months or so. Reason: I was not very serious about it.

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I quit after two months,it was not indexed in google

I made it 3 months!! That was before I joined the Goon Squad Marketing Team. I didn't know what I was doing and nothing was getting ranked. We live and learn and then we make the money

We haven't quit managing our blog page. I think it's a 'must' for us to maintain it because we offer content writing services and it goes without saying that our own blog should be updated all the time.

We haven't had any challenge in terms of maintaining it because our writers regularly submit their blog posts.

Same with me, 6 months. I wrongly doing keyword research and then I using it for backlinking

I have just started my first blog and will be updating it frequently. It is about my experiences and knowledge I gained in my quest to find quick ways to make money online. I am looking forward for people to share their experiences and also to enable all of us to make further progress by learning from each other. I will be keeping this blog for as long as I can because there is so much to share and learn and the IM world is changing all
the time.

I guess if you choose a niche which is evergreen and which you have a a passion for , your
blog will not run out of things to post.

I have had to focus on one due to time constraints. I am reluctant to let them go based on emotional attachment (i'm sentimental and the fact that since I created them, they may just be sound websites to have in several years.

Some comments here support that approach.

That said there are several that I will 'let go' as they are going nowhere and never will.

Let's see... about 1 month i think, everything is screwed.

Love blogging and have been doing it for a while. I sold my other blogs and recently started a new one in my favorite niche even though it is a saturated niche. I blog about money and affiliate marketing.

About a week.

To be fair, it's still out there, and I'm still posting some thoughts occasionally. It's just not a focus or source of any profits.

My first blog which I have just created a few months ago and it is still alive. I write down whatever I have done so far in IM niche and try to share out some tips that I have discovered so far. Blogging is fun when you have something to write or share.

I notice many people quit their blogs. Usually it is the wrong niche they pick or they get bored. A lot fo the people who stick with it usually keep getting more users.

I see a lot of the people solid blogs integrating Chatwing live chat and this helps keep users talking and coming back. Also, chatwing helps the blogger to get direct feedback.

I can tell you 1st hand, the bloggers who use Chatwing are much more successful.

maybe when your website need to renewal..