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While I do appreciate the AI-generated response, I think I got an idea that may actually work.

Sure. But how?

That's pretty much obvious. The problem is not the quality of the writing. What I am asking is how would you promote a post from smallnetbuilder.com which creates specialized content in a very specific niche. This is the dilemma I am having right now because it's not really built for social...

Yeah. It's a passion project, so I hate that it's no longer performing well. But again, the effort is not worth the money in the current landscape, so either something changes algorithmically (outside my control) or maybe there is something that can be done and I haven't figure it out yet.

I already do and this is my experience: 1. On Reddit: if it's an article, then Google puts it above the website and very few click on the link, most just wonder at the title and fight among themselves in the comments. 2. On X/Twitter: the void. 3. On TikTok: weirdly engaging, but again little to...

I do already cooperate with some of the big boys but considering the size of the channel, I can't really ask for more after I get a $1K item... I think I just backed myself in a corner with this niche which while evergreen and still very much searched, it's almost impossible to automate. Then...

For YouTube yes, I did work a lot more towards the click-baity-but-still-on-point titles. On the website, the SEO was on point until I essentially gave up on optimization because it made things worse for the search engine. I have no idea what Google wants nowadays.

Hi. To give you a bit of a background, I have been writing specialized and technical reviews and analysis of certain products. Imagine something that you find on smallnetbuilder.com, not some AI listicle. I had decent traffic which was monetized to about 5-6K a month, sometimes more, sometimes...

I don't know what some of you people expect? The backlink-less white hat approach is dead and buried. So I assume the website no longer makes any money and he had to do something else, possibly completely unrelated to anything online. And if true, good for him, since writing for the web right...

Sorry that I haven't come back more often, especially since it was your journey that inspired me to move forward with quality articles. Unfortunately, just like you, the website was hit and it's now essentially vanished, being replaced by Google properties, reddit and quora. It's great that you...

Ok, let's switch the argument a bit. Is there a tech website that's not necessarily huge which covers a similar type of topics which has a very powerful social media presence? I couldn't find anything for now unless it's tech news.

I essentially live in a dumpster behind Wendy's now. It was a great update.

I have built a tech blog a long time ago and it did well with organic traffic over the years. I won't say that I didn't try to monetize it with social media before, but the results always paled in comparison to what I got organically. And now since the organic traffic has dried off almost...

I noticed a curious thing when my main website experienced traffic fluctuations. It wasn't just that one website, but a group of websites from the same niche with similar metrics (my main competitors). All of these websites would rise and fall and rise again at the same time. Did you observe...

I have not, but now you made me curious :D That's the issue, there may not be anywhere left to rank on. If people get their answer directly in the ChatGPT (or alternative), without having to access the actual website, what's the point of creating great content to feed the machine, if you don't...

I really appreciate your encouraging words and as for the writing style, as long as I can 'trick' people into thinking that I am a native writer, then my mission is complete :D About this pesky AI thing, I have been battling its effects for years, so I am not afraid that my competitors will...

I initially didn't think that much about ChatGPT and continued doing my usual work, but then I got about a week of free time (thanks, COVID) and I realized that it got under my skin. Badly. I am honestly unsure if it's worth writing articles with a long-term plan in mind. Google may get insane...

I do appreciate your input and I agree that the backlinks are not as important as they were since even Bobby got hit. Yes, he's going down at a lower speed than others, but he is still losing, nevertheless. So, I promise that I won't sell my car for a CNET link :)).

When you get investors and shareholders breathing down your neck, the passion of owning a website is replaced by blind focus on profit. Which is why the web is less interesting nowadays than it was more than a decade ago. I may just be getting old though. In any case, the 2-3K per link is from...

I've been monitory Bob for a long time and it's the links. He got hit in May, got scared and a month later these stupidly expensive backlinks started popping up. Obviously, I can't continue doing what I am doing otherwise the competition will outdo me, so for now I will push more content by...