After a quiet couple of months in December and January, things have really started to take off on my site, which is now just over six months old. It seems that Google is finally trusting my site which means that I had more than double the page views from Google search in February than in January, as well as doubling my social acquisition. And, to be honest, I haven't done a great deal of work on it. I only wrote one completely new post (a recipe, in which I tagged the original writer on Faceboo

So, I'm realising that the niche I've picked was probably not the best: tea is mainly a low-value item and something that people pick up when they go to the grocery store or supermarket. Although my traffic is steadily increasing month on month so far, after six months, I have made just one affiliate sale through Amazon, which was for something completely unrelated to tea.The good thing, I suppose, is that I've learned a tremendous amount about creating and maintaining a website, I've learned

Another month has flown by and this month, really, I did almost nothing in terms of content creation (apart from a very little bit at the start of the month) and not much on social media, taking a complete break from December 21st until yesterday, January 5th. It's been a really tough month, to be honest, with family, work and financial issues all combining to keep me away from my site. Outgoings for December 2019: none, nothing, nada. So that's good!Income:WA comments: £12.05Ads:Google A

Hard to believe yet another month has flown by. It's been a tough month, all in all, with both parents having time in hospital following emergency admissions, plus the everyday strain of the day job and all the other things that are part and parcel of adult life.On the affiliate side of things, I made my first sale, via Amazon, when netted me a whole £0.81 but at least it's stopped them sending me warnings about "make your first affiliate sale in the next 90 days or else" and it's a start