My Progress Blog 30 days old, 32 articles, 32 indexed, 13 ranked on Google 100 visitors, yippee
A few weeks ago, I wrote about starting a blog in a very competitive niche: health for seniors. I was very heartened to find that I have six articles ranked on Google, four for two-word keywords. This means that they were not long-tail keywords.
All the content is AI-generated. I post between 2,300 and 3,000 words a day. The extra two articles are from a guest blogger who is a new co-owner but hasn't started writing full-time yet.
The Proof of the Pudding
Key Metrics
From that the majority of the traffic is from the people who have commented from paid comments, thnak you everyone. But what is heartening I have just started getting a couple of people from both social media and organic search which is heartening.
So far I have not posted anything to social media I will try and do that in month 2. I am pleased that my pages have started ranking for competitive keywords.
Google rankings
Nothing to write home about the highest is on page 15, which may as well be in another Universe, but they have ranked and of course re still going up and down. What is interesting that I still do not have ANY posts ranking on Yahoo and Bing, I do find that very strange and anyone that can shed a light on that is welcome to do so . i am happy to have 13 ranked on Google in month 1.
Plans for Month 2
Post at least one article a day for the next three months I will review it after that. originally I built the site with the intention of flipping it, but I am loving writing it so I may keep it and see where i am after 6 months of posting every day.
For the newbies who cant read this figures this blog is a long way from making money. Although I have added Amazon on a separate account so I can track the sales. However it is going in the right direction albeit slowly . I don't think I will be able to see clearly until the end of month 3 . It shows that the process does work you just have to put a bit of effort into it.
I have done my keyword research and may well start using long tailed keywords, but for now I ma using two words.
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Interesting to see the progress. And hear your plan for next month. It is happening, just slowly for you. The senior health site should be an evergreen niche.
Thanks for sharing.
it could be a lot slower as well Sami, given the competitiveness of the niche, but as you say it is happening, and that is the important thing
Well, well, well, that is progress indeed, Catherine, It just shows what can be done with a little consistency of effort.
Keep up the blogging, the pennies will follow.
Bux
This is fantastic and so heartening to hear because I’m a complete newbie at 3 weeks!
Well done and thank you for the post! 😊
Naiomi x
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Hey Catherine, regarding Bing and Yahoo, check out https://attracta.com.
This is a free tool that might open some doors so your website appears there. I learned abiut this back in 2011 and still use this today.
I've seen my websites appear much sooner,.
Otherwise, great job on your newest adventure! Why not capitalize on what we know, right?
Senior focused website niches...!
Rudy
Exactly in terms of what we know. Twenty years ago I had a site on prostrate health. The problems and scrapes I got into forgetting to write as a male. Eventually, I flipped it. Thank you for that resource it is very helpful and will be to other people as well.
You're welcome!
Rudy
Thanks Rudy