Would You Read a Blog only Partially Devoted to Low Carb?

I've really been struggling lately.

I can't get my heart and head to agree on anything.

My head wants to keep my 5 blogs and widen each niche just a little bit, so I can pull myself up out of the writer's block that I've fallen into.

And my heart?

My heart wants to consolidate all of my blogs into one project, the Vickie Ewell blog, with each niche having it's own section over there.

If I do that, I won't feel as scattered in my efforts to live life to the fullest -- as I feel right now.

I'd be better prepared for retirement if I consolidate now, and spent the next 5 years rebuilding the trust and credibility that I have today, here, instead of waiting to do that after we retire.

What Scares Me

What terrifies me about consolidating everything at the Vickie Ewell blog is the real possibility that readers will walk away if I do that.

Starting a new blog is literally starting over from scratch.

It scares me to think that consolidating will cause everything to implode on itself. Because that is what happened to me when my gluten-free blog evolved over the years.

I changed from gluten-free dairy-free, what I was eating when I first went gluten free, to just gluten-free – once I stopped reacting to dairy products.

My readers, however, didn't stick with me.

They flat-out walked away.

And when I tried to move from gluten-free to a gluten-free lifestyle blog, by starting a new project, I lost even more readers.

Very few followed me to the new blog.

Today, I blog on super sensitivity and cross-contamination for celiacs. I have tried to open the focus over there to include newbie articles, but I'm still not getting much traffic there, probably due to a lack of consistency.

Blogging Consistency is Going Down Hill

With 5 blogs to manage, consistency is severely lacking. I've been putting most of my time and effort into Kickin' Carb Clutter, getting it into shape by deleting outdated posts and reworking posts that are still relevant for today.

Consistency is one of the reasons why I think moving to just one blog would be better. With only one blog to take care of, I'd be able to post more often.

Which Blog Has the Most Traffic?

The only blog that has significant traffic out of the 5 blogs I have is this one: Kickin' Carb Clutter.

Just Do You gets a little bit of traffic, due to the Weight Watchers posts I have over there, so it comes in second. Probably because the blog's focus is on weight loss and regaining health.

Lots of people are interested in weight loss, but Google now only rewards those with credentials. To rank well in Google Search, you now have to have popularity, authority, and trust.

Can you trust a site that is only partially devoted to low carb?

That's the ultimate question.

What I Need You to Do for Me

I'm stuck for content ideas.

Having turned Kickin' Carb Clutter into a low-carb resource, and improved all of the blog posts I've kept, I now don't know what else to talk about.

People don't comment on my blog posts as much as they used to, and even my email questions are down quite a bit from what they used to be. This keeps me searching for ideas to write about.

Can you answer a few questions for me:

• Do I rewrite on the same topic, as a magazine would do?
• Or do I just wait until I discover a topic I haven't written much about?

What are you looking for when you come to Kickin' Carb Clutter?

Would you trust a site that is only partially devoted to low carb?

Please comment and let me know what you think.

The Biggest Problem with Kickin' Carb Clutter

The content here is no longer considered “fresh” and “up to date” by Google, even though the posts are all accurate and still relevant to your low-carb diet.

I wrote most of the posts several years ago.

Over the past year, I've been busy updating everything, so brand new content has been slow in coming. Pinterest traffic is dropping now, as well.

While I realize that low-carb has a huge turn-over – people quit when weight loss doesn't come as easy as they thought it would or when they learn that they can't give up carbs forever – I don't know how helpful it would be to just rewrite everything here, so it's fresh.

One Alternative to Consolidation

One alternative to consolidating everything (merge all the blog posts together from all 5 blogs at one time) is to keep my blogs up as they are, with a “we have moved to a new blog” post, and then just start writing from a consolidation perspective at the Vickie Ewell blog.

This would keep Kickin' Carb Clutter intact, as it is, rather than merging it with posts from my other blogs.

So what do you think?

Would you read and trust a blog that is only partially devoted to low carb, or not?

Do you prefer narrow niche blogs or wider lifestyle blogs?