(image: person not sure what to do next)So the core update ended on April 19th. Still no manual actions. Most of my pages are indexed. Still no traffic.https://searchengineland.com/google-march-2024-core-update-rollout-is-now-complete-438713I have not seen any changes in my site. I might give it another month then look into trying something else. I think Vitaliy said this might be a good time to start a new niche. Meantime I am learning as much as I can about social media and continue to post t

(Image: person applying deoderant)I lived in Pittsburgh PA in the late 70's. Beautiful city, even nicer now. But I would need to take 3 showers a day. I was embarassed. I was really self-conscious Until I remembered what a professor told me when I interviewed at the grad school."Yes the air is clear, because they turn on the blast furnaces only at night"Aha! It's not me!That's the problem with the Google Core update. I lost all my traffic, not that I had much. But all other indicators are that

(Image: An infographic going to a blog post)So sometimes we create graphics and realize it's a little off for what we were looking for for THIS post, but by gosh, we have an idea for a new blog post!Especially if we're creating an infographic with the help of AI. Sometimes, you didn't give it the right command. Sometimes you did but it sees things you didn't.And you look at it and say "it doesn't fit". So maybe it's an idea for a new blog post?Let me give you an example. I was trying to write a

(Image, someone working hard)Since Google has pseudo banned me (I am seeing 2-3 clicks a day on Bing so I really am not sure it's me right now), I am still publishing but cut back to one a week. It has let me create a workflow:1) Write the post2) Write at least one accompanying post on Medium that links back to the post 3) Create 5-10 pins on Pinterest that try to engage people to read the post4) Create 5 posts on my Facebook page pointing to either the original or medium post5) Create 5-10 po

So as part of our training has a huge Pinterest post that goes on and on and on and on...I'm not looking for the same thing here. But do this...If you like somebody, or think they can use some help (and of course, we all can),- Go to their profile- If they have a YouTube Channel, click on it- Subscribe, listen, comment, like...If you want them to reciprocate, I don't want to create a stampede.. DM them.Thanks for listening!Michael