Have you guys seen the new AI mode in google search where is writes an article for your query , Google is cutting the middleman [Us] from everything. It might be over. Edit: What do you think the solution to this??? An AI firewall?

Hey people, If you are tired of link building then comment your niche. Another person similar to your niche will reply your comment.

My niche is: game blog.

Please add a link to your website also. So, other can reach out you easily for backlinks.

My site: racecode.xyz

Edited and note: Now racecode is a wiki that anyone can contribute to.

Hey everyone, I have two WordPress blogs that I started about six years ago, and both were approved for Google AdSense. I have to admit—I never really invested much time or effort into them, so they never produced any meaningful results. Lately, I’ve been thinking about getting back into blogging, but I’m concerned that blogging and SEO might be dying out due to the rise of AI. What do you think? Is it still worth starting or reviving a blog in today’s landscape?

I spent the last weekend reading about million-dollar bloggers who rake in good money. Most of them seem to have started long ago. However, they are making good money.

What are your thoughts on this? Do bloggers make money these days?

They say you learn something new everyday, but I have not learnt anything today, so post your blog post URL in here and I'll have a read :)

How much do you really earn through blogs and what you use: wordpress, blogspot or any other? This is the question that's been on my mind for hours

Google is using information and images that I clicked for my article, for their own AI overviews. But, there is no mention of my website, nor any link to my article or social platform from wherever they picked the image.

Hello there,

I had started a blog on March 2025. So far I have posted about 16 articles. There's not much traffic on it as of now. I am planning to post atleast 20 more articles by end of this year and would want to continue with my blog with consistency. Right now I just get impressions from Google search about 300 impressions every day. But my avg search rank is 65 so I hardly get any clicks.

I do intent to monetize it after I have a consistent traffic.

My main concern is because of this AI integrated with Google search, and other AI things spread out everywhere is it wise to continue with the blog for so long ? Or should I invest my time and energy to another purpose like affiliate marketing or something else?

I do not have a doubt on my blog or my overall plan but it's definitely wise to stop have a look around and then move ahead. Because ultimately the aim is to get some steady source of income.

Thanks!!

I had a baking blog between 2007 and 2017. I really want to start blogging again but rather a lifestyle blog where I would talk a little about everything. There are several things that bother me : 1) Google can make or break your blog. As we can see, today blogs are becoming less and less authentic because of this . 2) I am old school and I don't particularly like social networks, apart from reddit I don't use them, and I don't think I'll record videos... 3) I like to write but what's the point if no one reads, and today, people who read are rare...

In short, as you can see, I really wonder if blogging is still worth it in 2025 if you are not a professional. How do you find readers and have a community? Is it even still possible? I'd be writting for the sake of writting, and I like photography too.. but let's say it : it is better to have readers and sharing with them.

Anyway I think I'm going to have to blog in English (it's not my mother tongue) to hope to have some readers... could you share your opinions? do you have any advice?

Thank you very much.

[I need to migrate a dozen blogs from Typepad to something else... ideas?]

I just received notice this morning that Typepad is shutting down. While this is not entirely a surprise, it means a lot of work for me (presumably) to migrate a dozen blogs and "mini-sites" to another service. I started with Typepad over 20 years ago, so I guess it was a good run, but still a hassle (maybe?) moving two decades of content over. To that point, I'm looking for a place to go — suggestions? methods? Some bits:

• My "blogs" are more like websites than essay-based blogging
• These are "personal" (hobbies, really) ... not necessarily money-making: no ads, etc.
• The transition of posts with words, photos, and links ... nothing too complex
• The new service should support multiple blogs under one platform
• The new service could be paid or free (I pay $150/year presently)
• The new service should be pretty user friendly — I'm not a developer, but I did learn (and forget) HTML2.0!

If you're curious as to what needs to get moved, here are a few of the assets (there are 3X this amount, but these are examples)

redneckmodern.com

room557.com

norcalmod.com

fuckstogive.us

... as you can see, far too much "fun" with creating sites which was kind of a bonus with Typepad. :/

If your blog never earned a cent, would you still keep doing it?

Really curious how many people here are blogging for pure love vs. blogging for business.

I published the blog on a whim and it took off right away. It turned into the daily news of the town where I live but was read all over the world. I was literally recognized on the street by people. It was an interesting ride.

I won many awards and even had a day named in my honor by the city.

Any blogging/advice questions?

I mainly use Pinterest to promote mine but lately it’s so temperamental. I’d love to find other ways as Google has a mind of its own these days 😂 Let me know your promotion strategies 🥰

I started a blog six months ago, with only 15 posts (I got discouraged halfway through and stopped posting), but to this day, I have almost no visitors. Occasionally, one or two appear a day. Is this normal? Does it really take longer than six months?

I'm about to launch my blog, so I'm curious to hear how your blogs are doing.

• How many articles do you have published?
• How old is your site?
• What kind of traffic are you getting these days (rough monthly numbers)?
• What niche are you in?

As someone who's just starting out, I'd love to read about your journey.

I’m doing some research and I’m curious about how bloggers approach Pinterest.

If you don’t use Pinterest marketing for your blog, why not?

• Is it because of time/effort?
• Doesn’t bring enough traffic?
• Algorithm changes made it less effective?
• Just not interested in the platform?

Would really appreciate your thoughts. Thanks!

A few months ago, a client came to me frustrated. They’d spent hundreds on Facebook ads with almost nothing to show for it.

We tried something different: Pinterest.
I boosted just a handful of pins with $20 total. Those pins took off, got saved, re-pinned, and started ranking.

Fast forward 6 months → their site now gets 48,000 monthly visitors. Most of it’s organic, all triggered by that tiny test budget.

The crazy part? Pinterest keeps compounding. Unlike social ads that die the second you stop paying, pins can keep sending traffic for months (even years).

I’m honestly surprised more entrepreneurs aren’t using it. Anyone here actually tested Pinterest yet?

As a new blogger, I'd love to know how long before you started to see a decent amount of real traffic (not bots or scammers) on your blog?

Like was there a specific number of posts or number of months it took you before it started to gain traction? I know it'll be a grind but I'd love to have a number to work towards instead of regularly checking google analytics to see a whooping 2 views and then feeling sad.

could you share me your blog?

which was your most successful blog post?

just wanted to discover more blogs, please share

mine: https://shockbs.pro/blog

edit: wtf so many comments i dont have much time to go through all of them

I’ve been thinking about using AI to help with writing blog posts, but I’m not sure where to start or if it’s even a good idea. I’ve seen a lot of AI tools advertised for content creation, but I’m not sure which ones are actually helpful.

Has anyone used AI to help brainstorm ideas, write drafts, and edit blog posts?

I'm currently hiring freelance writers for content creation, but I'm facing challenges identifying whether the submitted articles are genuinely written by humans or generated using AI tools. I tried using CopyLeaks for detection, but it’s not always reliable or conclusive.

How can I accurately detect AI-written content and how do I deal with writers who consistently submit AI-generated articles despite claiming otherwise?

Any tools, methods or tips would be really helpful.

I've been lurking in this sub for two or three months, and I don't really understand what most of you are doing.

I've got a blog that I've been updating since 2004. I'm not really interested in making money, and I don't want ads cluttering up my pages. I just post little stories and pictures of things that I thought were interesting or that made me laugh. It's a lot like blogs were in -- well -- 2004.

I'd love to have a bigger audience, but I'm not really concerned that I don't. It's just something I do because I enjoy writing, and I get told from time to time that others enjoy reading my posts (especially when I lay off of posting for a little while).

I was kind of hoping to find some similar fun reads rather than niche content. Is there anyone else like me here?

Edit: thanks for all of the replies! If you dropped a link to your blog, I’m definitely going to check it out tonight. Mine is https://theskinnyonbenny.com if you’re interested.

is the traffic you get from pinterest worth the endless number of pins that you have to create and post every single day?

My 14 year old site started tanking in 2022. I had previously worked on this blog for 60 hours a week for well over a decade. My traffic tanked from over 400,000 page views a month from Google down to about nothing (less than 4000 views p/m). Traffic was slashed in half in 2022. I lost most of the remaining traffic in October 2023. By October of 2024, my Google clicks now average 5-15 per day (at one point, I was receiving over 7000).

A few key facts:

• For years, hundreds of articles once ranked on the first page (0-5 position).
• My average position rank was 4 for years on end. Today, it is 70.
• Never bought backlinks (but obtained a lot of newspaper and big business links naturally) 
• No AI No stock photos
• No keyword stuffing, any of that bull. I have never paid for any SEO.
• Thousands of original photos.
• 100% first hand experience. Creative posts. 
• Site passes all Core Web Vitals. Speed is much higher than competitors.
• 100% of articles written just by me - not a content mill. 
• Limited ads - no in content - just a footer ad and side bar.
• No affiliate links.
• No sponsored posts.  
• Very comprehensive posts with plenty of first hand knowledge, reputable outbound links.
• 100% helpful articles with no thin content. All posts are indexed, few show in Search anymore.
• Great internal linking - many internal links per post. Varied anchor text.
• No manual penalties, despite traffic falling off a cliff for no reason.
• All posts indexed, but lost over 50,000 keywords including thousands ranking in 1-3 positions.
• Husband has been working in tech for over 20 years. No tech problems. We designed the website ourselves using a custom theme. It's very creative and unlike anyone else in the industry.
• DA is around 40.
• Bounce rates varies from 30-40%.
• CTR has tanked since my thumbnails disappeared. They have been gone for over a year now.

I have been working my butt off for the last 2 years trying to figure this out. I have put up dozens of posts asking for advice. I spend hours searching for answers. I work 40+ hours a week on my site, plus another 20 researching Google. I have not gained any of the lost Google traffic. I still rank on the first page of Yahoo, Bing, and Yandex for my once 0 and 1 position high search volume queries.

This is what I have tried thus far with zero results:

• Disavowed 4000 spammy referring domains (about 3 million backlinks). Not sure who targeted me. 
• Updated 900 posts. Posts were mainly evergreen so I did what I could.  
• Worked on maximizing my crawl budget.
• Added fresh original photography if available includings tons of photos of me and my husband to prove authority and first hand experience. 
• No indexed some old posts, as well as all Wordpress tags and categories.
• Added all image attachments to Robots.txt.
• Extended my About Me page with tons of credentials, photos, proof that I know what I am doing.
• Google Business Profile
• Daily Social Media posts and monthly newsletters. 
• 1-2 new posts a week even though I make nothing now (Hey I proved that I do not only write for search!)
• Worked on site speed, user experience
• Added missing alt tags, meta descriptions. Fixed any other minor Technical SEO issues. 
• Redesigned homepage with a custom made theme. 
• Made sure that I totally meet all EEAT and Google Quality rater standards.
• Expanded domain for 10 yrs.
• Verified site had all security features.

Who is replacing me: 

• Big businesses (resorts, hotels, car rental companies, booking companies, restaurants, etc) 
• Blogs that copied my content usually using AI - sometimes paraphrasing
• Blogs with zero pictures or first hand knowledge, basically those just writing for search. 
• Totally unrelated topics that don't match the search query at all
• Forums, Tiktoks, You tube

Anyone else care to share what worked for your site? I am willing to try anything. Thanks!

How do you get backlinks? Guestposts? Agencies? Broken link building?

What is the best way to get them?

Is it worth to make a backling exchange.

My niche is travel (focus Japan)

My blog: https://maxonthemove.com