:) My [Journey] AI Blogging Sites (Yes, another one). Display ads [ Goal 5000$ USD a month with 500 000 Pageviews ] :)

Im actually starting to get mad, I know things dont always keep moving up in SEO, but I was getting so used to seeing the site break earning number after number that im mad a whole 30 days has passed and we have not cracked a $100 day.


im moving some of my team back over to work on the articles.

We had some caching issue and some dumb decisions I made that totally messed up our momentum for a few weeks so

im mad at myself. Went from breaking record on the site week after weak to stagnant for 3 weeks right before season is gonna kill it anyways.

I still want to hope that upward momentum makes summer not as bad of an off season but we will see.

I just sort of mentally also had a goal to hit $2500 in a month before summer, so it is frustrating that

I think I am fully gonna miss it by $400




While I pretend I dont care what happens to these sites (and to a large extent I dont)

I am not gonna lie, the financial freedom that getting this site to something like 10 k a month would bring me,

would be noticeable in my life.

But before I go chasing delusional goals like 10k a month on a site I havent even spent a collective month of time working on,

I want to make the 5 k a month.



Proof of concept.


if I can make 5 k a month,

then I can for sure make 10 k a month.

Im sure many of you can related,

and many of you think im stupid for venting about slowed growth instead of working on the site.

I guess this is something I take from my

father, because looking back I remember he used to

get mad for not meeting personal goals in his business, even though nobody else around him saw

the failure as anything worth being upset over.


Little out of character updated, but I just wanted to

speak my mind somewhere, even though im sure most people might not care, maybe some of you

can relate to self hatred.

It is not that I hate myself wholely, I like to think I have self esteem


but I hate when my self does not live up to the person I want to be.


like some sort of reversed cognitive dissonance


The site is ripe for a youtube channel or something, and to some extent pinterest.


but until it is earning enough to pay for my time away from main projects, I feel like I cant put my back into it.
 
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Jaordas said:
Thanks a lot, however my main goal is to get the assets to the title goal !!!!

but the multiple I was offered for site 2 was too good to pass up for just an ai site I cooked up one afternoon.



However im gonna list out my plugins, I try not to have too much because of site speed, and vulnerability (every single time ive ever been hacked on wordpress before was through plugins.....)

So while this list probably isnt gonna help with making content, it might be useful, idk.


  1. Ad Inserter
  2. Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall
  3. Classic Editor
  4. Easy Table of Contents
  5. Ezoic
  6. Head, Footer and Post Injections
  7. Inline Related Posts
  8. Instant Images
  9. Link Whisper
  10. Rank Math SEO
  11. Site Kit by Google
  12. Wordfence Security
  13. WordPress Related Posts Thumbnails
  14. WPForms
  15. WPvivid Backup Plugin

Im not endorsing any of these, it is just literally what is on the site


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So, tip for you all, this isnt new

but if you want to find peoples AI websites


search "As an AI language model"
Scrape and look for ones that are promising to try and compete with.


Those are words generated by gpt often whenever it has error, and when sites

are generating on mass scale it is hard to weed those out so it is clearly plastered across

thousands of websites using AI


So if you speficically wanted to search for AI websites where the webmaster isnt controling the content quality as much

now you have the cheat code.
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Don't do this.

You're giving too much information about your sites.

Too many bad apples lurking around.

Another member here was blackmailed when someone discovered his site from his journal.
 
mirrorer said:
Don't do this.

You're giving too much information about your sites.

Too many bad apples lurking around.

Another member here was blackmailed when someone discovered his site from his journal.
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you are right, while I omit and add information in some spots to derail while still trying to be helpful, that wouldnt stop a competent
bad apple, but that is partly why to some extent I dont think about it all the time since a competent one
could already do it.

Can you tell me what they were blackmailed with so I can be aware and try to avoid?

I dont think much things ive ever said or shared is worth me loosing too much sleep over.

I omitted weak rarely updated plugins as they are more likely to be at risk if someone specifically wanted to try cracking them

but I know that probably isnt enough. I want to have a balance of sharing actual info instead of

the other "trust me bro" journeys but at the same time, not have someone trying to steal money from

a poor homeless man like me.


Im not new to negative seo attacks either so I lack a bit more fear than in the past.
 
Jaordas said:
you are right, while I omit and add information in some spots to derail while still trying to be helpful, that wouldnt stop a competent
bad apple, but that is partly why to some extent I dont think about it all the time since a competent one
could already do it.

Can you tell me what they were blackmailed with so I can be aware and try to avoid?

I dont think much things ive ever said or shared is worth me loosing too much sleep over.

I omitted weak rarely updated plugins as they are more likely to be at risk if someone specifically wanted to try cracking them

but I know that probably isnt enough. I want to have a balance of sharing actual info instead of

the other "trust me bro" journeys but at the same time, not have someone trying to steal money from

a poor homeless man like me.


Im not new to negative seo attacks either so I lack a bit more fear than in the past.
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https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/j...ty-website-to-10k-a-month-and-beyond.1230972/
He posted even less info about his site, yet someone found it and blackmailed him to keep it private.
 
mirrorer said:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/j...ty-website-to-10k-a-month-and-beyond.1230972/
He posted even less info about his site, yet someone found it and blackmailed him to keep it private.
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Jeez, this is unfortunate, you know this was a journey I used to lurk on


I had never seen that.... aweful "end " to it, I say that because I havent fully caught up to what has been posted after the

update I just saw where he exposes the scammer from the link you sent.


That part more than anything saddens me.

For the most part im not worried, I often refuse to acknoledge these things

because I dont want these people to think they have any leverage.

But ive already had such scum of the earth

contact me, im not gonna say much more on that because I dont want to confirm to any of those fools an effect.

I laugh at the idea of how much time they would waste

I appreciate your concern though, I can only say though that to such people reading this, I will never give a cent

sorry not sorry.

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That aside, it is probably in my best interest to share less as you say
 
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just sad state of rates, for those who are also suffering from low empv/ rpms

we are lower than even the lowest points lasy year, and last year has proven to us

that it is possible for christmas to not come for publishers, so banking fully on a 4th quater rise isnt the best.


While some of my sites are raising epmv by the month, others are not......
 
Congrats on your successes and you’re amazing for this. I've read the whole thread but I see it's not mentioned. Which hosting and domain provider are you currently using for your websites? I would like to ask your advice.

Thanks for any info!
 

Jaordas can you recommend a lightweight theme that can be used for such types of blogs? Paid or Free both options. Thanks!​

 
Hi @Jaordas, when you publish a lots of contents. Did you check your keyword rank? Ive just noticed when I published 1 article per day, google ranked my keyword immediately, in first page. But when I published 10 article per day, there was no keyword rank. Need 3-5 days to make keyword show in page 3-4. Im in low competitive niche.
 
It took me 3 days to complete all 22 pages, take notes and I can't be thankful enough. You reignited my interest in AI based content business.
Your power is your simplicity to explain all steps. I mean every reader here can feel how hard you are trying to share as much as you can and help others.
You have already answered almost all possible questions multiplt times including sharing of plugins that you are using.

Only thing is, can you recommend a wordpress theme for same. I have an old domain in which my team publishes a lot of google web stories (around 1000 now)
based on Google trends, we get decent traffic every month however revenue is negligible.

I have team and SOP's to get it done in bigger level however in some traditional niche. Again, I really appreicate your time in answering all the questions here. Please recommend a worthy WORDPRESS theme for Ai content websites.
 
Zedd1 said:
Congrats on your successes and you’re amazing for this. I've read the whole thread but I see it's not mentioned. Which hosting and domain provider are you currently using for your websites? I would like to ask your advice.

Thanks for any info!
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Up until recently I was using bluehost (much to my dismay, I dont like them, that is why we had so much posts here trying to figure out something better to use)

I sadly dont have any to recommend for it as I am not really satisfied with anything I know, and it would not be right to say things ive never used.

I dont think this matters all that much though.



mentolcho said:

Jaordas can you recommend a lightweight theme that can be used for such types of blogs? Paid or Free both options. Thanks!​

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I dont like giving endorsements, but only thing Ill say for theme right about now is Astra, obviously do your own research, I cant make any guarantees, and im not constantly changing themes so I dont know if better things are on the market.
I Am Batman said:
Hi @Jaordas, when you publish a lots of contents. Did you check your keyword rank? Ive just noticed when I published 1 article per day, google ranked my keyword immediately, in first page. But when I published 10 article per day, there was no keyword rank. Need 3-5 days to make keyword show in page 3-4. Im in low competitive niche.
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SEOs who are not tracking their keyword performance, are not SEOs

If you arent looking at how your efforts perform then you are going to have many misguided efforts and be unaware of if what

you are doing is working.

my articles have different results because of the google dance.

Some start high then drop hard and go back to high after a month

some start high and stay on page 1

others drop, and dont recover if I dont actively improve the page. This is especially appearent for the bad ai generated pages I had in the start.

venthi76 said:
Bookmarked. Thanks for spending your time to share with BHW community.
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You are welcome, I try
Etienven said:
Your journey thread is very informative. Good job
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Thanks
carsonrathi said:
It took me 3 days to complete all 22 pages, take notes and I can't be thankful enough. You reignited my interest in AI based content business.
Your power is your simplicity to explain all steps. I mean every reader here can feel how hard you are trying to share as much as you can and help others.
You have already answered almost all possible questions multiplt times including sharing of plugins that you are using.

Only thing is, can you recommend a wordpress theme for same. I have an old domain in which my team publishes a lot of google web stories (around 1000 now)
based on Google trends, we get decent traffic every month however revenue is negligible.

I have team and SOP's to get it done in bigger level however in some traditional niche. Again, I really appreicate your time in answering all the questions here. Please recommend a worthy WORDPRESS theme for Ai content websites.
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As said before, I dislike giving endorsements, all I can say is Astra, but do your due dilligence before using it.

Thanks for thanking the time to read the thread, honestly, with so much companies even giving push to use

AI in the content process, it is extremely disadvantagious to even ignore it (heck, even ezoic will be dipping

their feet more in directing publishers to using generation, but im not gonna talk more on that, just wait a few

months or weeks if you use ezoic and then you will know exactly what I mean)

I wish you luck with gaining more traffic and being able to monitize it so that the revenue is worth the effort.






Progress (gonna try giving more fragmented images going forward as the website is nearing the journey goal etc, sorry to all that loved the broader images,

im trying to find a balance with sharing vs just straight up giving away my site identity)

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Revenue started increasing again, broke past the 90s and 100s

200 articles updated since the last time I spoke here, been on a role with the updating.

Sitewide epmv improved to 1684893138077.png this week.

Site traffic started dropping with seasonality but with the epmv increase and other

ad optimizations, I have had best earnings week even with lower traffic


I've found that targeting content covered by competitors leads to quicker rankings. Direct competitors are often other general sites for me.

Occasionally, I miss good keywords, but analyzing competitors' top articles helps me discover them. Targeting these competitors' best pages gets me decent quick rankings and covers missed spots.

Recently, I found a valuable keyword missed due to the keyword tool showing the word order backwards (Best Blanks for Blank / but is displayed as --- For blank best blanks which made it normally unsearchable with proper grammar).

By noticing my competitor's top article targeting it, I discovered this untapped keyword. I ranked #2 within 2 days and it's now one of my top earners. Most people also missed it due to the top tools having it written wrong.

Remember to check competitors' best articles for potential gems, as keyword tools can have limitations. While estimates might not be perfect, they still aid in identifying valuable pages to target.
 
Jaordas said:
Recently, I found a valuable keyword missed due to the keyword tool showing the word order backwards (Best Blanks for Blank / but is displayed as --- For blank best blanks which made it normally unsearchable with proper grammar).
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So it is better to focus exact query phrase. I thought GG will still be smart to know that Best Blanks for Blank and For blank best blanks are the same
 
I Am Batman said:
So it is better to focus exact query phrase. I thought GG will still be smart to know that Best Blanks for Blank and For blank best blanks are the same
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I dont think you get why the query was stupid re arranged.

Its like " For moms Best Criminals"

which makes no damn sense as a title, the AI wouldnt know what to write properly

google gives a whole different result. But when you look at what the competitor page is

targeting, you see the real query targeted was supposed to be "best criminals that are moms" or " most infamous moms"

which is completely different from "For moms Best Criminals", and properly explains to you what the query was even about.

Now you know the user is likely looking for a list of infamous criminal mothers.


I dont know why but these days im seeing more and more of these messed up phrases in

keyword tools, and you would never see it doing exact query phrase because it just simply isnt

written that way in the tool. Im not sure where all the tools get their data but it is annoying when

they have issues like this. This is why if I was only looking for exact keywords that

started with something like "most infamous " then it is possible to miss ones because the

dumb tool for some reason has the starting phrase at the end and doesnt have a version with

it at the front. But you as a human know people arent searching it that way in that order.


tldr:

All im saying is im just suggesting to use competitor top article keywords aswell so you dont miss keywords the tools
didnt directly show you. I never said to stop exact query. You are using competitors to find their exact querys.
Just be aware sometimes the keyword tools search functions make you miss really good keywords because they
are written stupid in the tool itself.
 
buddy do you use ahrefs for rank tracking on specific keyword?
 
New highest day

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I know it is just a few dollars but looking at the highest day is the easiest

mental crack for seeing how close you are to reaching your goal imo.

114.27*30

= $3428.10 a month

3428.10/5000

= 68.5% of the way for single days.


I need an average of $166.66 Every day to reach the goal of this journey.

So the closer you see me getting to $166.66 should be motivating to you.


sure my highest day doesnt reflect my over all average but it shows how close I am getting to touching that number with only ads

This is not even gonna touch how much this website can make selling links, social media, etc.

not even pinterest.


not to long ago just in march the highest single day was $44.31


For people who dont use AI while the winning is still easy, someone else will do it in your place.

Im sorry to all my white hats, I really feel for it, I myself had white hat as my bread a butter but it is so stupid to ignore ai how it is now.

At both levels of full ai and ai with manual help, it has improved my business growth rates.

Even if google slaps down my ai site, my opinion still stands.

companies barely care about publishers so dont expect that holding onto white hat blog building is gonna make it stay the same.

I dont like it either, but right now is a unique time in the world where AI is litterally a paypal money generator.

Might aswell make the money while it is still available.



AI site revenue has grown 40% and visits grown 35% comparing 30 day vs 30 day before.

If this can continue then I wouldnt have even needed to be one of those dude pumping out 1 million articles just to make some coffee money.

if revenue could grow my 40% for 3 more months then id hit the goal.



Seasonality is gonna drop the site the but possibility isnt 100% out the question.
 
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