unikaxif69
Newbie
- May 1, 2024
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First, search for keyword views on a keyword ranking site. It is easier to choose keywords that have many keyword views but few posts.
Starting a Blog to Earn
- Thread starter JoeShuster
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It's easier to gain topical authority with a smaller niche but I'd pick a domain that allowed for expansion. For example if you wanted to start a site on home fitness you could start with writing everything you can on "treadmills" before moving on to the next topic. I wouldn't do a site on treadmills alone. Pick a niche that you're interested in if possible as it can be soul destroying writing on topics you find boring. Just make sure that the niche has profit potential e.g. monetizable with ads, high paying affiliate programs, your own digital products/courses, email marketing etc. You have to look at how you're going to drive traffic to the site too seeing as Google isn't really playing ball with bloggers these days. Youtube, Pinterest etc.
QuantumMaster
Regular Member
- Dec 3, 2023
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Go with the micro niches for better targets and reach.
blackbeans
Elite Member
- Nov 29, 2008
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Micro-niche blogging can still work.
But keep in mind that the window of opportunity for online publishing in my opinion is quickly narrowing and closing.
Why do I say this?
Well, in 2023, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, and the game has changed.
While there are still lots of websites getting a lot of traffic from Google, it's only a matter of time until that traffic starts dropping drastically and depending on what you're doing, goes down to zero.
Why?
Consumer expectations are changing.
For the longest time, Google has trained people to expect a list of websites when they do a search.
This stems from the fact that search engines like Google and Yahoo! arose during a time when search engine technology wasn't all that sophisticated and accurate.
It was very easy to spam search results.
That's why when you see a list, you get some sort of psychological guarantee that somehow click through and find the answer.
Well, fast forward to today, there's a tremendous amount of trust given by consumers to the one-answer format of ChatGPT and its competitors.
What this will lead to is a change in consumer's assumptions and expectations of what a search result should look like.
Once we get there, you can say goodbye to those lists of links.
There's really no incentive for people to put a blog of online information for Google to crawl and index because Google will start getting data from "trusted sources."
If you've been following my account here, you will notice that I've been posting links to deals that OpenAI and others have been getting into.
Expect more of this.
If you think about it, a lot of Google's content initiatives like EAT are actually solved by simply partnering with trusted data sources.
So what will happen in the future, as far as the current trends would support, is that there is going to be a two-way split in search.
On the one hand, you have a tremendous amount of gatekeeping by "legit data sources."
I'm talking about actual medical associations for medical information, law firms or legal associations for legal information on one hand, and purely local business information on the other.
So what the landscape looks like is that there is going to be either a hyperlocal focus, which is very dispersed and spread out and hyperlocalized, or on a macro search level big data companies or data organizations where there's a tremendous amount of professional gatekeeping and small publishers simply cannot compete at that level.
Your best bet, if you want to start a blog to earn and you want to futureproof it, is to focus on local businesses.
But keep in mind that the window of opportunity for online publishing in my opinion is quickly narrowing and closing.
Why do I say this?
Well, in 2023, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, and the game has changed.
While there are still lots of websites getting a lot of traffic from Google, it's only a matter of time until that traffic starts dropping drastically and depending on what you're doing, goes down to zero.
Why?
Consumer expectations are changing.
For the longest time, Google has trained people to expect a list of websites when they do a search.
This stems from the fact that search engines like Google and Yahoo! arose during a time when search engine technology wasn't all that sophisticated and accurate.
It was very easy to spam search results.
That's why when you see a list, you get some sort of psychological guarantee that somehow click through and find the answer.
Well, fast forward to today, there's a tremendous amount of trust given by consumers to the one-answer format of ChatGPT and its competitors.
What this will lead to is a change in consumer's assumptions and expectations of what a search result should look like.
Once we get there, you can say goodbye to those lists of links.
There's really no incentive for people to put a blog of online information for Google to crawl and index because Google will start getting data from "trusted sources."
If you've been following my account here, you will notice that I've been posting links to deals that OpenAI and others have been getting into.
Expect more of this.
If you think about it, a lot of Google's content initiatives like EAT are actually solved by simply partnering with trusted data sources.
So what will happen in the future, as far as the current trends would support, is that there is going to be a two-way split in search.
On the one hand, you have a tremendous amount of gatekeeping by "legit data sources."
I'm talking about actual medical associations for medical information, law firms or legal associations for legal information on one hand, and purely local business information on the other.
So what the landscape looks like is that there is going to be either a hyperlocal focus, which is very dispersed and spread out and hyperlocalized, or on a macro search level big data companies or data organizations where there's a tremendous amount of professional gatekeeping and small publishers simply cannot compete at that level.
Your best bet, if you want to start a blog to earn and you want to futureproof it, is to focus on local businesses.
corea_soo
Junior Member
- Mar 4, 2024
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There are only a few areas where you can make a lot of money with a blog. There are some niches, but people don't want to tell you about the ones they've found.
Because it might cut into their own earnings!
But luckily, there's plenty of information out there. Just type "journey" into the search bar.
Keep in mind that blogging was invented much earlier than social media, which means there's a market for something that was invented a long time ago!
Because it might cut into their own earnings!
But luckily, there's plenty of information out there. Just type "journey" into the search bar.
Keep in mind that blogging was invented much earlier than social media, which means there's a market for something that was invented a long time ago!
unikaxif69
Newbie
- May 1, 2024
- 27
- 9
When you're first starting out, it's a good idea to start with a micro-niche that doesn't have a lot of competition. You can use Google Trends to compare markets numerically. Don't forget to optimize the SEO of your blog.
lotsofmoney
Elite Member
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3,898
- 1,139
Macro niche means that blog will be covering a range of topics. It will be covering a good area of particular filed. Like if the blog is on cancer, it will explain each type of cancer in detail.
grant26
Regular Member
- Apr 18, 2024
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1. Create a blog about whatever you are interested
2. Start posting on it on a regular basis
3. Collaborate with other bloggers
4. Apply for Google News Approval for faster indexing
5. Apply for Google Adsense account and warm it up
6. Keep on working on your content
7. Write unique content or long keyword contents
8. Create a community on your website itself, using some forum tool
9. Keep everyone engaged - I think this is the toughest part
10. Email Marketing - You should use email ids to engage
11. Push Notifications - Have a push notification option
2. Start posting on it on a regular basis
3. Collaborate with other bloggers
4. Apply for Google News Approval for faster indexing
5. Apply for Google Adsense account and warm it up
6. Keep on working on your content
7. Write unique content or long keyword contents
8. Create a community on your website itself, using some forum tool
9. Keep everyone engaged - I think this is the toughest part
10. Email Marketing - You should use email ids to engage
11. Push Notifications - Have a push notification option