I started blogging on my own site back in 2003. Many of the topics that I wrote about at the time were on the front page of Google. I took the blog down after I switched the CMS system.
Eventually in 2012 I brought the blog back, but I had lost out on all that time.
When I post something now, it is usually some long tail content that answers a problem people have. I cross post to different social media etc, and I do notice the initial bump in traffic, but it dies off. After a while Google picks it up and I start to get trickles to that post. Over time all of the posts give me several hundred visits a week.
I think its gotten much harder as everyone wants to make a buck doing affiliate marketing. If your intent on making money with affiliate marketing, I think the best way to go is to build what I call a niche engine. If you want a good example of this search for SEIKO 5 Finder. Note, this is not my site, I just came across it from another HN poster a few years back. It has been an inspiration to me.
Eventually in 2012 I brought the blog back, but I had lost out on all that time.
When I post something now, it is usually some long tail content that answers a problem people have. I cross post to different social media etc, and I do notice the initial bump in traffic, but it dies off. After a while Google picks it up and I start to get trickles to that post. Over time all of the posts give me several hundred visits a week.
I think its gotten much harder as everyone wants to make a buck doing affiliate marketing. If your intent on making money with affiliate marketing, I think the best way to go is to build what I call a niche engine. If you want a good example of this search for SEIKO 5 Finder. Note, this is not my site, I just came across it from another HN poster a few years back. It has been an inspiration to me.