This morning a friend and fellow publisher sent me this:
I found a topic in Google Search Console for one of my posts so I decided to produce an article on it.
AHREFS says the Keyword Difficulty is 0 and the Search Volume 30.
AHREFS reports traffic on the site as 2.4 over the last 30 days.
I published the article on Feb. 20, 2020.
So far the organic in the last 30 days is 2,690 organic visitors.
BAM! BOOM! I put the BAM! BOOM! in.
Overview of My Small Site (that’s chugging along)
- Date domain registered: September 2016
- Total # articles published: 39
- Date first article published: Nov. 19, 2018
- Date last article published: March 9, 2020
- DA: 16 / DR (Ahrefs): 2.9
- # of Referring Domains: 28 (all natural)
Traffic Screenshot
- Traffic last 30 days (Apr. 2020): 12,423 Users
- Yesterday (Apr. 29, 2020): 542 Users
Strategy
- Fairly broad niche
- Content quality: Mid-grade
- Long-tail keywords with low low keyword difficulty and low reported search volume.
- Long-form content (listicles – nothing to write home about)
- Monetized with display ads (Ezoic)
- EPMV: $6.02 (I need to improve placements – quickly slammed them up)
Takeaways
- DA not the be-all and end-all
- Long tail, low (or no) reported search volume can actually result in very good traffic.
- Other sites will link to you in time if content decent.
- It doesn’t take tons of powerful links to get traffic.
- The simple secret to growing traffic…
A little story.
In high school, there was this guy who was tough. Liked brawling.
He joined the wrestling team which I was part of.
We became friends. Turns out he’s a super nice guy with a fearsome reputation.
He did brawl his fair-share. Seemed to like it. Always won.
Not that I was a brawler, but I asked what was the secret to winning in brawls.
His advice: “Never stop swinging.”
Applied to blogging and niche sites
Never stop publishing…
This morning a friend and fellow publisher sent me this:
I found a topic in Google Search Console for one of my posts so I decided to produce an article on it.
AHREFS says the Keyword Difficulty is 0 and the Search Volume 30.
AHREFS reports traffic on the site as 2.4 over the last 30 days.
I published the article on Feb. 20, 2020.
So far the organic in the last 30 days is 2,690 organic visitors.
BAM! BOOM! I put the BAM! BOOM! in.
Overview of My Small Site (that’s chugging along)
- Date domain registered: September 2016
- Total # articles published: 39
- Date first article published: Nov. 19, 2018
- Date last article published: March 9, 2020
- DA: 16 / DR (Ahrefs): 2.9
- # of Referring Domains: 28 (all natural)
Traffic Screenshot
- Traffic last 30 days (Apr. 2020): 12,423 Users
- Yesterday (Apr. 29, 2020): 542 Users
Strategy
- Fairly broad niche
- Content quality: Mid-grade
- Long-tail keywords with low low keyword difficulty and low reported search volume.
- Long-form content (listicles – nothing to write home about)
- Monetized with display ads (Ezoic)
- EPMV: $6.02 (I need to improve placements – quickly slammed them up)
Takeaways
- DA not the be-all and end-all
- Long tail, low (or no) reported search volume can actually result in very good traffic.
- Other sites will link to you in time if content decent.
- It doesn’t take tons of powerful links to get traffic.
- The simple secret to growing traffic…
A little story.
In high school, there was this guy who was tough. Liked brawling.
He joined the wrestling team which I was part of.
We became friends. Turns out he’s a super nice guy with a fearsome reputation.
He did brawl his fair-share. Seemed to like it. Always won.
Not that I was a brawler, but I asked what was the secret to winning in brawls.
His advice: “Never stop swinging.”
Applied to blogging and niche sites
Never stop publishing…
This morning a friend and fellow publisher sent me this:
I found a topic in Google Search Console for one of my posts so I decided to produce an article on it.
AHREFS says the Keyword Difficulty is 0 and the Search Volume 30.
AHREFS reports traffic on the site as 2.4 over the last 30 days.
I published the article on Feb. 20, 2020.
So far the organic in the last 30 days is 2,690 organic visitors.
BAM! BOOM! I put the BAM! BOOM! in.
Overview of My Small Site (that’s chugging along)
- Date domain registered: September 2016
- Total # articles published: 39
- Date first article published: Nov. 19, 2018
- Date last article published: March 9, 2020
- DA: 16 / DR (Ahrefs): 2.9
- # of Referring Domains: 28 (all natural)
Traffic Screenshot
- Traffic last 30 days (Apr. 2020): 12,423 Users
- Yesterday (Apr. 29, 2020): 542 Users
Strategy
- Fairly broad niche
- Content quality: Mid-grade
- Long-tail keywords with low low keyword difficulty and low reported search volume.
- Long-form content (listicles – nothing to write home about)
- Monetized with display ads (Ezoic)
- EPMV: $6.02 (I need to improve placements – quickly slammed them up)
Takeaways
- DA not the be-all and end-all
- Long tail, low (or no) reported search volume can actually result in very good traffic.
- Other sites will link to you in time if content decent.
- It doesn’t take tons of powerful links to get traffic.
- The simple secret to growing traffic…
A little story.
In high school, there was this guy who was tough. Liked brawling.
He joined the wrestling team which I was part of.
We became friends. Turns out he’s a super nice guy with a fearsome reputation.
He did brawl his fair-share. Seemed to like it. Always won.
Not that I was a brawler, but I asked what was the secret to winning in brawls.
His advice: “Never stop swinging.”
Applied to blogging and niche sites
Never stop publishing…
This morning a friend and fellow publisher sent me this:
I found a topic in Google Search Console for one of my posts so I decided to produce an article on it.
AHREFS says the Keyword Difficulty is 0 and the Search Volume 30.
AHREFS reports traffic on the site as 2.4 over the last 30 days.
I published the article on Feb. 20, 2020.
So far the organic in the last 30 days is 2,690 organic visitors.
BAM! BOOM! I put the BAM! BOOM! in.
Overview of My Small Site (that’s chugging along)
- Date domain registered: September 2016
- Total # articles published: 39
- Date first article published: Nov. 19, 2018
- Date last article published: March 9, 2020
- DA: 16 / DR (Ahrefs): 2.9
- # of Referring Domains: 28 (all natural)
Traffic Screenshot
- Traffic last 30 days (Apr. 2020): 12,423 Users
- Yesterday (Apr. 29, 2020): 542 Users
Strategy
- Fairly broad niche
- Content quality: Mid-grade
- Long-tail keywords with low low keyword difficulty and low reported search volume.
- Long-form content (listicles – nothing to write home about)
- Monetized with display ads (Ezoic)
- EPMV: $6.02 (I need to improve placements – quickly slammed them up)
Takeaways
- DA not the be-all and end-all
- Long tail, low (or no) reported search volume can actually result in very good traffic.
- Other sites will link to you in time if content decent.
- It doesn’t take tons of powerful links to get traffic.
- The simple secret to growing traffic…
A little story.
In high school, there was this guy who was tough. Liked brawling.
He joined the wrestling team which I was part of.
We became friends. Turns out he’s a super nice guy with a fearsome reputation.
He did brawl his fair-share. Seemed to like it. Always won.
Not that I was a brawler, but I asked what was the secret to winning in brawls.
His advice: “Never stop swinging.”
Applied to blogging and niche sites
Never stop publishing… good content
Jon Dykstra is a six figure niche site creator with 10+ years of experience. His willingness to openly share his wins and losses in the email newsletter he publishes has made him a go-to source of guidance and motivation for many. His popular “Niche site profits” course has helped thousands follow his footsteps in creating simple niche sites that earn big.
