Just started tracking my traffic and here's my progress from September to October...

|| || |Metric|September 2024|October 2024| |Organic Search Traffic|245|1,152| |Total Keywords|176|149| |Domain Rating|10|10|

Hoping this is a positive sign!

My Medium account was deactivated after 11 months because they said my posts had too many links driving traffic to other sites. I still have a Substack, but I liked the appearance of Medium more. Before I start diving into Google searches, does anyone know of any other ad-free blogging platforms (similar to Medium and Substack) that you'd recommend? I hate reading blogs with pop-up ads or ads in between the paragraphs which is why I preferred Medium. Thanks in advance.

I am 26 yo mother of almost 6. I graduated with my bachelor's in business marketing and accounting then got my masters in accounting at 23. I then went on to get my CPA in 4 months while having my children. While doing this, I had two of my sons diagnosed with autism, whom I worked on using natural remedies to correct methylation and Inbalances of the body and brain. I managed to pull both completely out of autism (hardest thing I have ever done and experienced in my life). One of my sons went from nonverbal at 3yo to being able to communicate and be up to peer level with no delays and is able to have a normal life with a normal diet by age 5. In two weeks I will have 6 children 6 and under. I am a mother who is knowledgeable in children, development, pregnancy, postpartum care, tax accounting and auditing (CPA), and autism with knowledge of methylation and how to pull a child out of autism. I also do photography as a hobby. Should I start a blog and can I eventually make money from it? If I start a blog, what should it be about? Which market can I dominate in that's not oversaturated? What should my strategy be? What in my background would you be interested in eventually purchasing if I were to do digital product sales? I work full time at a public accounting firm as a CPA auditor. I am getting tired of slaving to life and want to eventually be a stay at home mom so I can have time for my kids and (cross fingers) myself. What should I do?

Because of AI I'm sceptical about to build blog in Supplements niche..

Any suggestions from experienced bloggers...

Hey everyone! As a new blogger, I've been facing a few challenges, and I'm curious about your experiences.

Some of my struggles include:

Content Creation: Coming up with fresh and engaging ideas can be tough. I often feel like I'm running out of topics to write about.

Building an Audience: Growing my readership has been a slow process. I’m not sure how to effectively promote my blog.

Consistency: Finding the time to write regularly while balancing other commitments is challenging.

SEO: Understanding the intricacies of SEO feels overwhelming, and I worry my posts won't reach a wider audience.

Self-Doubt: Sometimes I question whether my writing is good enough or if anyone really cares about what I have to say.

What about you? What hurdles have you faced in your blogging journey? Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!

I'm not looking to generate the entire article in one go, I'm just looking for something like Ghost with some heavy AI features such as suggestions for posts, suggestions for text as you write, select and re-write grammar etc.

Hey, everyone!

I'm running a news website focused on Algerian current events and am curious about the importance of keyword search and SEO in general. I want to make sure that readers find the articles they're looking for but also reach new audiences who might be interested in the topics i cover.

Some questions I'd love your input on:

1. How important is keyword search optimization for news sites? Is it worth investing time in doing in-depth keyword research, or is it better to focus solely on quality content?

2. Do you have tips on discovering trending keywords in a niche market? I currently cover topics like society, culture, and economy but am also considering branching out to trending or buzzworthy subjects.

3. What balance do you aim for between SEO and content quality? Sometimes, it feels like writing around keywords might dilute the message.

Any advice, resources, or personal experiences would be incredibly helpful! Thanks.

I started a blog a few months ago where I share my thoughts on topics I find fascinating: The Explore Network. Despite putting in my best efforts, my daily visitors remain steady at around 20-30, and I’d love to boost that number.

I’m open to any feedback—positive or constructive—that can help me grow my audience. If anyone has experience in driving blog traffic or tips on creating a broader reach, I’d really appreciate your insights. Ready to make the necessary changes, so all suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone!

I'm new to the blogging scene and just starting to wrap my head around SEO. As I'm just beginning, I don't have much experience with link building and am unsure if it's worth investing significant resources into it at this stage.

Could you suggest some websites or directories where I might list my blog to gain some initial exposure? Specifically, I'm looking for places that could provide do-follow links to help with my site's SEO. Any advice on how to get a good start in the blogging world would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your help!

Wondering if someone would be able to explain the differences between each for me and what is most important in terms of advertising for affiliates (what they are looking for)?

Example for first few months

766 active users 983 sessions 2131 page views 5325 events

I am a college student who is interested in blogs. I tried my best to learn about them. Can anyone suggest ot guide me how to get started. I am planning to use Google blogger. I would like to make it as a hobby. I am familiar with the software but have trouble in finding a topic to post. Would space be a good one?. And how should i get started. Any suggestions are welcome

Hey,

I recently coded my own blog and added 1 blog post to it. I then hosted my blog live in production yesterday and it has generated 143 page views in the first day. This doesn't seem accurate as I'm assuming it's all bots. Does anyone have insight on whether the traffic is real people or spam?

Note: hosting on cloudflare pages as a static site if that detail is important.

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I need a place to organise my e-newsletters. I have 1000s of them.

Curious to know how long it took you to monetize your blog and make a decent income.

Everyone’s welcomed to share their story!

We have a food recipes blog that we started in May of this year using Wordpress, and we have the Yoast SEO (free version) installed on the site. We have about 100 recipes posted on there now, and the site is index on Google Search Console. We are new to SEO and not sure if they are SEO optimized.

To promote our recipes. we post on Pinterest, IG, Reddit, facebook, Youtube and Tik Tok.

However, we are getting 50-100 sessions per day. Recently we checked our domain authority, and it's really low, like less than 5.

Beyond that, we are not sure how domain authority works and how it can be increased? Is there something actionable we can do? It seems to involve a time factor with how long the domain has been around which we don't really control, and backlinks which we're not really sure how to get.

Our budget at this time can't support the monthly fees for tools like Semrush/Ahref, is there any other option? We really just want to understand some areas we can look to make improvement or actionable intel so improve our traffic.

Please help with any suggestions on where to get started.

I am looking to move from blogger. I am looking for a blogging platform with these capabilities (for free of course)

• Domain mapping (so I can use xyz.com instead of xyz.blogspot.com for example)
• A good app on my mobile, that I can easily upload videos, pictures and text, it doesn't have to be fancy, but blogger app feels like decades old
• Be reputable, and not one of those ones that came into existence yesterday and might be out of business next
• Looking for not needing to worry about maintenance, such as plugin upgrade ... just an straightforward blogging experience.

I looked at wordpress.com blogger wix medium tumblr

Lately I've seen a lot of posts, not only here, but other social media, people keep asking if blogging was dead. Is it just me?

I usually spend a lot of time creating a blog infographic as the first image of the article or posting it on social platforms to attract traffic.

So I want to develop a tool that can turn blogs into infographics by AI. But I'm not sure if it is really useful?

When I finished a blog post, for Google SEO ranking, everyone knows that Google will not give priority to AI-generated articles. Today, I tried some tools to detect AI. I thought it was 100% original, but some tools showed that my content was suspected of plagiarism. Later, I found out that it was someone else's opinion that I saw before. Here are five excellent AI writing checkers I tried.

1. Decopy AI

Free unlimited times

Simple

Newbie-friendly

Comprehensive writing products

2. Grammarly

Household name

Detailed grammar check, style suggestions

Browser extension

Very smooth

(But too perfect grammar guided by AI will also cause detection as AI-generated)

3. ProWritingAid

In-depth reporting

Extensive feedback on all aspects of writing

Multiple platform integrations

4. Hemingway Editor

Improve readability

Readability score

Simplified suggestions

5. Slick Write

In-depth analysis of writing process

Report on sentence diversity and vocabulary usage

Customizable feedback options

As the title says, SEO is difficult, becoming impossible with new updates and all frequently. It has become not a dependable source to drive traffic, also it takes time, more time consuming. Social media comes to my mind, also many say it is a better option; however, I am not sure how to leverage social media to drive traffic to blog. I am aware of Pinterest, reddit, twitter, facebook. What strategies to employ for these platforms. and what other platforms are available. Can you guys give me detail replies. TIA.

I just decided to write about teaching, learning and psychology — what I’m most interested in and what I’m most qualified to comment on.

https://psychupyourlife.com

I am gaining a little bit of momentum with viewers but not with subscribers. Whenever I share my posts on reddit they get a really good response but no one is subscribing and no one is returning on their own.

I don’t really see a monetisation pathway either, other than selling online courses down the track and maybe sharing my best teaching resources.

I guess my question is, am I in a niche that just isn’t suited to gaining subscribers and eventually monetising?

Would really appreciate your advice and support.

I noticed that a SEO coach I was following has pretty average/low website traffic. Am I wrong for questioning how well their courses are?

Some stats for blogging nerds like myself:

Traffic & Engagement: Over the past year, we've seen steady growth with 50,249 total views and 35,894 unique visitors. Visitors typically check out multiple pages (averaging 1.6 pages per session), likely due to some “explore the dungeon” calls-to-action that encourage deeper dives into our content. We published 59 posts and racked up 89,629 total words, with an average of 1,520 words per post!

Top Content: Our most popular article, What Exactly is the “Peasant Railgun” in D&D 5e?, reached 8,578 views, with others like Behirs: The Most Underrated Monster in D&D and Dimension 20’s Miniature Auction Results also ranking high. Personally, I think it’s interesting to see how gameplay mechanics and industry-related topics draw the most attention!

Author Highlights: I’ve contributed 31 posts totaling 33,800 views, while my brother Skylar brought in 12,573 views with 27 posts. We cover a mix of gameplay mechanics, lore, and even crossovers with other fandoms. His article on the Monty Haul Problem in RPGs and DND x LEGO collaboration definitely showed there’s a strong interest in blending RPGs with cultural themes.

Looking forward to what next year brings—especially as we aim to hit our post goals more consistently and continue exploring what our readers love most!

1. Don‘t be lazy thinking one click AI tools will give you millions of magic SEO traffic

2. Think yourself. Don‘t let plain AI Content be your website‘s source for Algorithms on Google and more.

3. Look at the SERPs. Yes, this sounds simple. And it is. Look what‘s ranking. You don‘t need any paid SEO tools. SERPs, Google Keyword Planner and GSC. And your curious brain.

I think these are the answers. Thanks for reading.

btw: No, SEO won‘t die. ever.

I guess I could have done a better job at writing that title, but oh well.

I started my literary/creative writing blog about 4 months ago, but I only decided to create an about me page today. I think it looks pretty good on my laptop, but the layout is kind of wonky on mobile devices, especially tablets. I guess that is something I can try to improve as I learn Wordpress better.

Anyways, how do you all–as bloggers with various niches–feel about "About" pages? Are they necessary? And how do you go about building one if you are wishing to stay anonymous as the owner of the website? And are "About" pages less important when your site links to your personal social media, so people can see who you are as a writer?

My questions may not make much sense, so please feel free to pitch in with any related opinions, advice, etc.

Hello,

I am the author of the “So List” blog about lists and checklists. This is my second report to here. The first one was fairly removed by mods as I posted a direct link. Last time I wrote that in August, I switched from writing to blogging. I jumped into SEO and bought a subscription to several tools (Plausible, Surfer SEO and Ahrefs). This month I continue this direction.

Here are the stats for October, final September stats are in parentheses:

1. Total visitors: 146 (133):
   1. Direct: 66 (56),
   2. Google: 55 (39),
   3. Reddit: 17 (29),
   4. DuckDuckGo 2 (0),
   5. Other 6 (9).

I would say it’s an okay rise if considering that in September 33 visitors (25%) came on the last two days.

What do I mean by rise and fall of Google traffic, as said in the title here? In the first half of the month I received 44 visits from Google, and in the second part only 11. I don’t know what is the reason for this. Possibly, it’s that the interest in the topic that I’m ranked declined. To handle this somehow, I started actively using the recently appeared Content Audit tool by Surfer SEO. It says how well your posts are written in the light of the stats from Google Search Console. Now I have 8 articles adjusted and see several of them gaining higher positions. It looks like a good feedback-based system for me and I plan to continue utilizing it.

There were several more hypotheses that I tested this month:

1. Posting to will bring visitors. In my case, 227K of total views resulted in 1 visitor. So, probably not going to try one more time.
2. Participating in Connectively (ex. Haro) can give you backlinks. Well, maybe. But for now, enhancing the existing articles looks like a better option.

A few discoveries:

1. On Hacker News (News on Y Combinator) all links to my blog are invisible to anyone but me. You don’t get notified of this.
2. I remembered of the former platforms where I used to post (Hackernoon in my case) and added a link from my profile to my blog. Doing so can help you gain your first backlinks.

I wish you good blogging and congratulations on the upcoming Checklist Day!🙂

After you paid for your domain and started writing blog posts, how long did it take until your blog earned how much it costs and financed itself?

Example say you bought a domain for 60$, and after a year or so you earned it back through the blog.

Hi, I am about to set up an adult blog, to promote adult content. Aside twitter, what are the platforms, ways to promote it. This is independent of onlyfans like platforms.

I need to monetise my blog but I hate when I go to a blog and see so many ads you don’t know what is part of the article and what is not. How can I put adverts in my blog that can be affective but not tacky? Thanks

Just thought I'd do a quick, informal survey... do you think blogging is dead?

From what I can tell, nobody visits blogs or regular websites anymore like the good old days... most people have become brain dead and stick to the usual Big Tech social media platforms such as YouTube, FB, Instagram, TikTok.

I used to visit all kinds of websites.. before social media we didn't have much of a choice of course.

But even I rarely visit random websites or see interesting new ones suggested. I've been online since the early days of the web in the 90's and have seen it all.

Anyone else find themselves in the same boat... gravitating more to video/social media and less to blogs?