Spencer Haws
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Family man, Runner, and Entrepreneur. Creator of a better way to build internal links: . I tweet mostly about SEO, SaaS, and online business.
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Google is slowly killing blogging.
Blogging used to be about providing off the cuff updates, sharing unique perspectives, and interacting with blog comments!
Now Google has forced bloggers to make everything SEO optimized, long form, and tightly focused around a single keyword.…
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I'm hitting record SEO traffic days!
My site has gone from about 3k organic clicks a day to nearly 15,000 a day over the past year and a half.
How have I increased SEO traffic so much?
Here's 3 strategies you can implement to scale the traffic of your site...
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There are over 60,000 WordPress plugins to choose from. Knowing which plugins will truly help your site get more traffic from Google can be hard.
This list of 5 WordPress plugins is all you need to generate millions of visitors from SEO…
5 SEO plugins + 1 Bonus🧵
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About 12 years ago, someone asked to buy a copy of Long Tail Pro (my software) in bitcoin.
I'd never used bitcoin, but I said sure. In total he sent me 1.34 bitcoin valued at a little over $150.
I haven't touched that bitcoin wallet, and its now worth over $91,000. Crazy!
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Google is killing creativity in writing.
I used to write fun articles that I just knew would entertain or be fascinating for my audience. But now, I write what Google wants me to write…and it's usually boring.
Here’s a short rant on SEO for blogs and possible solutions…
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Google Has a Major Reddit Problem
In June of 2022, Charlie Warzel wrote an article for the Atlantic titled "The Open Secret of Google Search".
In that article, he explained that he had an emergency plumbing problem and virtually all the Google results were "unhelpful".
He…
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So, I "secretly" started a new YouTube channel about a month ago.
This is a "faceless" channel in a random niche.
I plan to invest about $10k in videos to get it monetized...
219 subs so far.
100% outsourced
Is this something people want to hear more about?
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What happens when dump about 300 articles?
One of my sites went from 300 organic clicks a day to about 1500 clicks a day - 5x growth in under a year!
Here's the steps I took:
1. Keyword gap analysis + found low competition keywords
2. Hired a content agency to write 300…
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So, I have a "unique" traffic source that has sent nearly 60,000 visitors in the last 30 days.
It's NOT Reddit, Google Discover, Pinterest, Facebook, or Twitter.
Where's this traffic coming from?
Flipboard.
Yep, Flipboard. Here's some tips for this untapped traffic source.
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Something incredible has happened with my site over the past 12 months.
My organic traffic from Google has increased a whopping 471% when compared with this same time last year!
Let's dive into how I did it...
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I've been able to nearly 3x the SEO traffic to a 10 year old blog in just the past 12 months.
Is anyone interested in a case study of how I did it?
While publishing more content was part of it, it goes much deeper than that.
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So, I’m thinking about spamming Google with like 1,000,000 words of AI content.
-Buy expired domain with good links + content
I’m not convinced Google can detect AI content just yet.
Would anyone be interested in following along with this little side project of spamming Google?
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In case anyone is wondering if I'm still in the SEO game.
My long term SEO plan is working quite well...love seeing the continued growth!
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For the first month...EVER! My website hit 1,000,000 Pageviews in the month of October!
I'm in shock.
A couple of years ago, I would have been happy with 200k pageviews.
Google Discover pushed me over the top, with about 150k clicks.
Oh, and I have a video coming out on…
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Just had an interesting discussion with my 18 year old son. He says, "I don't know a single person my age that reads blog posts or checks their email."
His point? He thinks I'm crazy for focusing my business on blogging and email subscribers. What do you think?
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Want the *Hottest* SEO Tool for WordPress? I’m giving away a LIFETIME copy of Link Whisper on Twitter!
Just like this post to enter! Comment and retweet for an extra entry!
Winner selected on Feb. 25th.
Additional Details and More ways to win…
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Buckle up, Google has just announced a large algorithm update to start rolling out next week...that specifically targets "SEO content".
It's called the "Helpful Content Update". Sounds like its probably targeting AI content and over SEO'ed content. We'll find out next week!
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I'm excited to share that , will be releasing a Google Chrome extension this week!
Just highlight the text on any webpage you want, right click, and scan with originality. Here's the results from a ChatGPT article.
More details coming soon...
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Last Nov, I sold 2 niche sites for a combined $1 million!
Large down payment + seller financing for 1 year. But the buyer stopped making payments 6 mths ago!
I could have gone to court and won.
Instead we settled for $752k and officially got paid today!
Here's the story...
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25 Niche Sites
$200k Per Month
5 Million Monthly Pageviews
I'm excited to share that
@AnneMossYeys
is on the Niche Pursuits podcast today and she shares how she's achieved the above numbers!
This is a must listen...enjoy!
with
@jaredbauman
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This is one of the most impressive traffic growth screenshots I've ever seen!
4k visitors to over 255k visitors a month in about a year!
More impressive? The person that created this site says, "I had never heard the term SEO in my life" before April 2021.
The story...
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Okay, this is too crazy not to share.
A week ago, I would have been super happy with a day over $1,000 in earnings on Mediavine.
Now, I've had 4 days in a row...and yesterday topped $2,700 in earnings from display ads alone!
I've had a massive spike in Google Discover traffic,…
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I tried building a “faceless” YouTube channel for 286 days and here’s what REALLY happened.
Things did NOT go according to plan.
At first, I decided to try creating a YouTube channel without me as the face of it just to see if this whole “faceless” thing would work.
I…
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Wow, another day...another record for traffic and earnings!
I shared yesterday that I cracked $2k in earnings from Mediavine, well today I can share that I cracked $3k in earnings!
Over 75,000 visitors to my site yesterday (a record).
Traffic is coming from Google Discover…
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I could make a boatload of money selling courses that teach people how to build niche sites. Instead, I teach everything for free with my blog, youtube, podcast, and social. I build my own portfolio of sites and create software tools. I'm very happy with my decision!
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I have some BIG news!
I'm starting a premium community for Niche Pursuits...and I want to give 20 people FREE lifetime access!
All you have to do to be considered for free access to the new Niche Pursuits Community:
1. Like the post.
2. Comment with why you'd like to be a…
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5.6 billion searches a day happen on Google! But, how can you know which keywords to target that aren’t overly competitive?
Here’s 13 keyword research strategies that will help you find keywords that you can TRULY rank for…not just hope.
Enjoy The Ultimate Keyword Research 🧵
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I almost feel guilty sharing that I'm seeing record traffic days since the helpful content update.
I don't know why Niche Pursuits is doing so well, when others aren't. But I do know I've invested a TON of time and money to build this brand so it's nice to see it rewarded.
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Mediavine pays twice as much in certain niches. Raptive outperforms in most others.
Ezoic and adsense never pay more, according to a recent study conducted by Motion Invest.
Wondering which ad network is best for your niche?
Full study here:
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Google says, "Don't write for search engines".
Also Google, "SEO can be a helpful activity".
Thanks for clearing things up, Google!
@ohchopper
@JohnMu
@nichepursuits
From our page that I mentioned:
What about SEO? Isn't that search engine-first?
There are some things you could do that are specifically meant to help search engines better discover and understand your content. Collectively, this is called "search engine optimization" or SEO,…
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My oldest son says, "Blogs are the trash of the internet. If I do a Google search, I know most results were written by cheap labor or by someone that doesn't really know the subject." He skips results that have "catchy" or optimized titles. His take, not mine. But interesting...
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I got 128,580 clicks from Google Discover last week, and I’ve been DEEP DIVING how Titles increase Discover traffic ever since.
Here’s 9 article Titles that are crushing it on Discover right now…and WHY!
These TITLE strategies could EXPLODE your Google Discover traffic 👇
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I'm giving $2500 to whoever can start a NEW site and grow it the most w/ AI content over a period of 6 mths!
I may be crazy but Im hoping prize money = more participants!
Is this the type of challenge you'd would like to follow along with?
Would you like to participate?
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Just a quick update on my "Faceless" YouTube channel!
It's about to crack $1,000 over the past 28 days!
Our projections were to make about $100 this month, so this is 10x our expectations.
Small channel, but growing. Let's get this to $5k/month!
Date Started: 1/20/23
Total videos published: 30
Cost per video: $75 - $105 (some videos get paid promotion).
Total earnings so far: $277.63
Predicted May earnings: $80
May earnings so far: $267.30
Total channel views: 374,791
Views in last 7 days: 118,643
A few more details...
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One of my kids just got 3 Ds on his report card, another child got straight As.
I've just started a new website with these 2 children, and their approaches to this website are drastically different.
The "D" child is crushing it, the "A" child is struggling. Here's the deal 👇
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Don’t start a blog in 2024…
If my friends and family asked me if they should start a blog this year, I would honestly tell them to avoid it UNLESS they did certain things.
6 Reasons to Avoid Blogging
1. Blogging and SEO are getting more and more competitive. Gone are the…
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Reddit has reportedly threatened to block Google crawlers.
Google without Reddit results?!
This seems like a pretty big deal (if it were to happen) in light of Google pushing out updates specifically because people append + Reddit to queries.
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I guess publishing more content really works for SEO!
Authoritative site + more content + great on-page SEO = massive growth over the past year.
Here's a video showing how I did it (I continue to follow these steps)...
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Want LIFETIME access to the *Hottest* SEO Tool for WordPress? I'm giving away a lifetime copy of Link Whisper!
Just follow me and comment to officially enter!
Link Whisper makes internal link building faster, easier, and much more effective! This giveaway ends on May 31st.
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My new AI content site is starting to ramp up! Google is indexing and ranking lots of new keywords...and 2 keywords are already on the 1st page of Google! 104 total articles published, most this week! It will take a few days for most of those to index. Getting interesting!
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The goal: Make $100/day after 60 days from the Amazon Influencer Program.
Want to follow along?
Here's the process I'll follow to make it happen:
1. Upload review videos to Amazon.
2. Earn Commissions. That's it.
No website, no promotion, nothing.
Questions? Answers 👇
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In case anyone was wondering how my FB page "likes" ads were going...
More than 11,000 new followers in for $405 in 22 days. 3 cents a follow.
All US based.
Growing a FB page doesn't have to be crazy expensive.
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Imagine buying a site, then losing 75% of your traffic after getting hit with a Google update.
Ouch.
This happened to the "Pet Lover Guy"
See how he recovered and got the site back to $4k/month...and see the EXACT site!
Read his SEO strategies here:
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My "faceless" Youtube channel just hit 1,000 subscribers!
100% outsourced.
Started 2 months ago.
Now we can start monetizing the channel!
Fun little side project.
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It's pretty mind-blowing that 12 months ago, I didn't even have display ads on Niche Pursuits.
Now, the site will do multiple 6-figures this year in Mediavine earnings alone!
SEO growth + scaling content = lots of monetization options.
Q4 RPMS are 🔥
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At least 1,446 Google Manual Actions have been applied since March 5th to sites in Mediavine, Raptive, and Ezoic (out of 79,000 sites looks at).
These sites are completely deindexed.
Cumulative traffic loss of 20 million visitors per month. Who's getting all that traffic…
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If Google's algorithm is so good, why do they have to manually deindex sites?
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What's the fastest and most effective WordPress theme for SEO? I've gone with Generate Press in the past and like it...but I'm willing to explore new options if there's anything better for my new site.
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The Long Tail Pro website has now been down for over 2 months.
Such a shame to see the business I sold 8 years ago go down in flames.
Ugh.
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The old SEO advice of "write longer articles than your competitors" is out!
Eliminate fluff.
Get to the point.
Answer the query ASAP! (even in the intro).
Compete on the most succinct article possible that answers the query better than competitors.
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I asked my 19 yr old son some business advice about a project I was planning to start but am now feeling hesitant about.
He said, "If it's doesn't make you excited and it's causing stress, why do it?"
Me: umm, because money!
Him: will the extra money make you happier?
Me:…
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About 3 years ago I asked the question, "what if I built a WordPress plugin that made internal link building super fast, easy, and more effective?"
I took action and now have a thriving business...
Today, I'm excited to announce that I just launched Link Whisper version 2.0!
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Want to know EXACTLY how I published 1,325 blog posts in 2023...and what happened to my traffic and earnings?
My organic traffic more than doubled and I made $230,000 from a single revenue source.
In my brand new video, I break down the costs to produce all the content, my team…
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I just realized that I've published MORE than 1,000 blog posts on Niche Pursuits in 2023...goal accomplished!
I plan to create a video to share all the details about how I did it and results.
What other questions do you have about publishing 1,000 blog posts in 12 months?
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Here’s why so many people fail at online business…
Let me illustrate a problem I see WAY too often. I recently posted a video on YouTube about the Amazon Influencer program. In that video, I laid out my entire strategy, gave examples, and gave my profit and loss.
However, in…
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I'm about to cross $5,000 in Amazon Influencer earnings for the last 30 days!
In fact, I now have over 1,000 videos posted on Amazon at 1,039!
And yesterday was my biggest day ever...$544 in earnings!
As a reminder, this is completely outsourced and I just started in January.
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Producing 1,000,000 words of content using AI to see if Google ranks it. So far I've:
- Picked a niche
- Bought a domain! I used Odys Global to find an aged domain
- Researching keywords
- Test order with an AI content service
What else do you want to know?
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SEO traffic doubled in 2023! 🔥
1. Don't swing for the fences. Select keywords that less authoritative sites are ranking for.
2. Eliminate fluff. Authors need special approval to write anything over 2,000 words.
3. Build smart internal links. I use Link Whisper to suggest and…
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Why did Niche Pursuits do so well despite all the Google updates?
1. Lots of brand searches each month: I focus on subscribers and other assets besides just my website.
2. Publishing non-keyword focused content. If 100% of your content is targeting specific keywords, are you…
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Tried something new on Niche Pursuits this year. Seems to be working.
The big secret? Publish lots of content. Plus, update old articles to make them perform better.
Sure, there are lots of little details to make that happen. But that's my "secret" growth strategy.
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At age 17, he was earning $8k/month from his blog.
By age 20, he was making $30k/month with his blog and agency.
Now he's grown his blog to $18k/mth and 1.2 million visitors a month!
Here's the exciting story of
@kksniche
and all his SEO strategies!
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Check out this massive spike in organic traffic coming to Niche Pursuits according to Ahrefs! The reality? There is no big spike. Sure, I rank for a new great keyword, but it only brings in 50 to 100 pageviews a day. Don't always trust Ahrefs when analyzing competitors.
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I started Niche Pursuits in 2011.
Yesterday, I had a record traffic day! And it was my b-day yesterday!
With over 42k visitors from Google Discover and another 15k+ from organic SEO, my sessions topped 66,000 people...whoa.
Today, I like Google. But ask me again tomorrow!
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Every once in a while...just for fun...I like to pull up Reddit's traffic growth graph.
This is nuts.
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I'm running the Boston Marathon for the 3rd time on Monday!
In 2018, I had a terrible experience that has honestly become one of the most epic stories of my life.
After trying for YEARS to qualify for the Boston Marathon, I finally succeeded!
However, on race day the weather…
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The hardest part about starting an online business?
Committing to the right idea and sticking to it.
Agree or disagree?
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Tomorrow I'm interviewing someone getting MILLIONS of visitors EACH month from Google Discover. What questions should I ask?
Yes, the site will be revealed...and yes, this is one of the most fascinating stories I've heard about websites in a long time. Super excited!
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I just wanted to reach out and give a genuine "Thank you" to Danny Sullivan
@searchliaison
for interacting with the blogging community so much in this thread.
I did NOT expect my tweet would get shared so widely.
But your willingness to respond and interact is appreciated.
Google is slowly killing blogging.
Blogging used to be about providing off the cuff updates, sharing unique perspectives, and interacting with blog comments!
Now Google has forced bloggers to make everything SEO optimized, long form, and tightly focused around a single keyword.…
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This is wild.
I just taught my son how to use Link Whisper...so he can teach his boss!
My son works at an SEO agency and they asked him to demo Link Whisper!
(He used it before over the summer on one of my sites, but needed a refresher).
My son is selling Link Whisper for me!
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Want a new bucket list item?
Attend a business conference with your child!
My 19 year old son and I are at the ConvertKit conference this weekend and loving it!
Yes, this really is my son 🤯
He's got the entrepreneur bug...and I can't wait to see what he accomplishes.
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Okay, this is a welcome surprise!
My 100% outsourced and "faceless" YouTube channel is picking up steam!
Yesterday the channel earned $104.23!
I plan to invest $10k into the channel and then see what happens.
Here's some of the stats and progress so far...
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Someone I know got 2 million visitors to their site last month and made $75k from display ads! And the site is only 7 months old! However, they did spend about $65k on content, ads, and running site. Super creative strategy with Seo, ads, social traffic. Many paths to success!
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The site averages 40 to 45 million visitors a month, with about 50% of that traffic coming from Google Discover! 🤯
Just finished an AMAZING interview! When I release the podcast interview, the site WILL be revealed so you can check it out.
Stay tuned...
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Race went great today! Here's a terrible selfie I took just after crossing finish line.
Rain the last few miles wasn't ideal, but rest of race went well.
Loved slapping high fives with kids and others along the way, Boston knows how to support runners!
Final marathon. Check!
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In 2019, I was SICK of building internal links. And I asked how could I quickly find which posts needed more internal links?
I didn't want an "automated" internal link builder.
So, I created Link Whisper.
The result? My sites rank higher, and I have a profitable business 👇
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Your "weird" niche site for the day...Sleeping in Airports!
SleepingInAirports dot net gets nearly 50k organic visitors a month and has a DR of 66.
Want to know the best sleeping spot in the Amerstam airport (or any other)...they've got you covered!
Talk about niche!
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What's wrong with you niche site freaks?!?
Which one of you created a niche site dedicated to the Costco Hotdog before I did?!?
CostcoHotdog dot com, getting 101k organic visitors a month.
Talk about niche...I'm so jealous! 😂
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Would an AI image generator WordPress plugin be interesting?
Create images with your branding, colors, outline if needed.
Create featured images, blog images, at your exact required dimensions.
All in WordPress workflow.
Should I build that or too many ai image tools already?
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The entire traffic history of Niche Pursuits since 2011!
I did almost all the writing and other work myself for 10 years.
When I finally made the decision to remove myself and invest in help...my traffic more than quadrupled.
Sometimes you gotta get out of your own way...
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If I were to ask strangers in a Walmart parking lot if they knew what ChatGPT was...what % do you think have heard of it before?
Maybe this should be my next YouTube video?! If I can get more than 100 likes on this tweet, I'll make that video.
95%+
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Looking at the all-time organic search graph for Reddit is mind-boggling.
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My blog (Niche Pursuits) just hit 1,000,000 pageviews for the first time last month!
The bulk of that traffic is coming from Google (SEO).
While there are lots of things that go into getting more traffic from Google, I'll just share 2 today.
First, consistently publish lots of…
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Why do you have authors write content in Google Docs (that you then have to copy over to WordPress), instead of having authors write directly in WordPress (with limited author access)? This is what I do, and don't understand the need to add an extra step. Curious.
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One of my current side projects: Getting traffic from a Facebook page to a website.
I'm not an expert and unfortunately don't put enough time into this.
But the site got about 20k visitors from Facebook in last 28 days, with a whopping 39 visitors from Google organic.
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31 clicks in 3 months is not good. I'm moving my AI site to a new domain in hopes of improvement. Nearly 1 million words published and no love from Google.
Could be a penalty related to the expired domain. So, I'm moving to a fresh domain to see what happens. Here's the steps:
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I rank higher than Ahrefs for their own new search engine, Yep. So, that's kinda cool...
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585% traffic growth FROM GOOGLE over the past 12 months.
How?
Set big goals and execute.
I published more content than ever. Site redesign. Revamped the internal linking structure. Hired 20+ authors and editors.
I went big and saw HUGE results!
Here's the full story...
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Finally cracked over 500k sessions in the last 30 days for Niche Pursuits!
74% Organic traffic (mostly Google)
15% Direct traffic (emails, etc.)
10% Referral traffic
1% Social
Next stop...1 million visitors a month!
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I just made $0.84 with the Amazon Influencer Program!
This is just the beginning...
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From 0 to nearly 150k sessions in 8 months.
This graph ONLY shows traffic coming to NEW articles published in 2022. (This is NOT the total traffic).
Pretty cool what can happen when you develop a content plan, invest heavily, and execute.
(For Niche Pursuits dot com).
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What a difference a year makes!
My site has grown by 361% over the past 12 months!
I plan to share more of how I did it in the near future.
But removing myself from doing everything and SEO, SEO, and more SEO. Most of the traffic growth is from Google.
Here's to growth!
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My video on YouTube hit 100,000 views in 33 days!
I know this is small for lots of creators, but this is now the most-watched video on the Niche Pursuits channel!
Awesome, when everything goes according to plan!
An extra 2.5k subs and $1,480 in revenue is nice too!
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Just published the first 10 articles on my new site! I plan to publish 1,000,000 words of content generated by AI to see what happens in Google. Will it rank?! Next batch of articles will be much bigger in about 2 weeks, then 5 to 10 articles a day until million words.
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I sparked some outrage on Twitter yesterday.
So, I wrote it all up in a blog post. I guess you could say I created my own news!
I suppose this is what a blogger should do?
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Google recently gave Reddit the biggest boost in ranking that it's ever seen.
Today, I just released a YouTube video that dives deep into the Dark Side of Reddit's Rise.
While Reddit is seeing a major boost in rankings, many blogs are seeing their site tank in the SERPS.
And…
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She did it.
She went from zero SEO knowledge to having a full-time income blog that does well in Google.
She had some highs during the 2020-2021 years when we were all stuck at home.
And then things have dipped a bit.
However, her site actually saw an increase during the…
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Yesterday, I had my biggest day ever on Google Discover.
I've heard chatter that perhaps the Google Core Update is also impacting Discover traffic.
The 42,000 clicks from Discover mostly went to just 1 article on my site.
Now, I need to go replicate this...
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Random idea - some sort of crowd-sourced niche site. A couple hundred of us get together, write an article or two a week, help with links, and grow the site.
Some write, some edit, some do tech stuff to help. All contribute.
Split the profits...somehow. Who's in?
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