{"id":4261,"date":"2022-06-01T19:48:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/?p=4261"},"modified":"2022-11-03T18:41:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T18:41:49","slug":"niche-site-project-1-month-29-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/niche-site-project-1-month-29-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Niche Site Project #1 (Month 29 Update)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-cb8ebc8e\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-d412e0bb\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d412e0bb\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-30bb293c\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-30bb293c\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3f53e19c\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<style>#kt-info-box_06f52e-c3 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{border-color:var(--accent);border-radius:12px;border-top-width:3px;border-right-width:3px;border-bottom-width:3px;border-left-width:3px;background:var(--base-2);padding-top:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:24px;margin-top:50px;}#kt-info-box_06f52e-c3 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover{border-color:var(--accent);background:var(--base-2);}#kt-info-box_06f52e-c3 .kadence-info-box-icon-container .kt-info-svg-icon, #kt-info-box_06f52e-c3 .kt-info-svg-icon-flip, #kt-info-box_06f52e-c3 .kt-blocks-info-box-number{font-size:50px;}#kt-info-box_06f52e-c3 .kt-blocks-info-box-media{color:var(--accent);background:#ffffff;border-color:#eeeeee;border-radius:200px;border-top-width:5px;border-right-width:5px;border-bottom-width:5px;border-left-width:5px;padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;}#kt-info-box_06f52e-c3 .kt-blocks-info-box-media-container{margin-top:-75px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;}#kt-info-box_06f52e-c3 .kt-blocks-info-box-media .kadence-info-box-image-intrisic img{border-radius:200px;}#kt-info-box_06f52e-c3 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover .kt-blocks-info-box-media{color:#444444;background:#ffffff;border-color:#eeeeee;}#kt-info-box_06f52e-c3 .kt-infobox-textcontent h2.kt-blocks-info-box-title{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:5px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;}#kt-info-box_06f52e-c3 .kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore{background:transparent;border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding-top:4px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:8px;margin:10px 0px 10px 0px;}<\/style>\n<div id=\"kt-info-box_06f52e-c3\" class=\"wp-block-kadence-infobox\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap info-box-link kt-blocks-info-box-media-align-top kt-info-halign-center\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media-container\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media kt-info-media-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-icon-container kt-info-icon-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-icon-inner-container\"><span style=\"display:block;justify-content:center;align-items:center\" class=\"kt-info-svg-icon kt-info-svg-icon-ic_graph\"><svg style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\" viewBox=\"0 0 8 8\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\" fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M7.03 0l-3.03 3-1-1-3 3.03 1 1 2-2.03 1 1 4-4-.97-1zm-7.03 7v1h8v-1h-8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-infobox-textcontent\"><h2 class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-title\">May 2022 Highlights<\/h2><p class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-text\"><strong>New posts: <\/strong>10 <br\/><strong>Pageviews:<\/strong> 580,232 | +8.13%<br\/><strong>Earnings: <\/strong>$21,716 | +8.03%<br\/><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-f34f701c\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f34f701c\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-global-color-9-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\">May 2022 Niche Site Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What. A. Month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only appropriate place to start here is at the end&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May 2022 Google Core Update <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless you live under a rock (or are normal, and aren&#8217;t addicted to SEO twitter), <strong>you heard about the core update Google released on May 25th, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-00d6a31f\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-881350ac\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-1b2778ae\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1b2778ae\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-6d7335c7\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6d7335c7\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/googlesearchc\/status\/1529488907502505984?s=20&#038;t=alIAiFph_5TmYjn_aHT5jA\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-b4815aa4\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b4815aa4\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Google says the update will take 1-2 weeks to fully roll out, <strong>so it could still be in progress as late as Jun 8th, 2022<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But from the looks of it so far, this update was a doozy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A TON of folks lost Featured Snippets across their entire site, saw their keywords drop out of the rankings, and in some cases, saw their traffic cut in half <\/strong>(or worse)<strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traffic cut in half! Just like that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not going to opine on what I think the update was about (although it appears to be focused on content quality &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/google-eat\/what-is-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">E-A-T<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll simply say, <strong>this is the risk we &#8220;organic traffic chasers&#8221; take. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you depend on an algorithm that you don&#8217;t control for the majority of your traffic, your future is largely out of your hands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn&#8217;t my opinion. This is a fact.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can do everything &#8220;right&#8221;, and still get hit. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tweeted this a little over a month before the May core update&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-a0b09f26\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-05b9e34b\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-05b9e34b\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-63ad7823\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-63ad7823\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/NicheDown\/status\/1517223702919798785?s=20&#038;t=alIAiFph_5TmYjn_aHT5jA\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-fce0b024\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-fce0b024\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m already hearing from several DR 50 and 60+ site owners that are amongst the folks getting hit the hardest right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I say all of this simply as a reminder &#8211; <strong>organic traffic is &#8220;borrowed&#8221;. It&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">temporary.<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rankings can last a month, a quarter, or even multiple years, but they are all on borrowed time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Act accordingly. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve addressed the elephant in the room. Let&#8217;s move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-9116aa5f\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-7d7d78c0\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7d7d78c0\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-5984ff91\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-5984ff91\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<script async data-uid=\"50567dce27\" src=\"https:\/\/exciting-speaker-7564.ck.page\/50567dce27\/index.js\" data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" data-no-defer=\"1\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-ddb60def\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ddb60def\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May 2022 In Review  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>May was another huge month for my blog<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It saw record traffic and earnings, yet again<\/strong> &#8211; which I continue to be extremely grateful for, especially given the recent core update. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(My traffic appears, for the moment, to be unaffected by the the recent updates, and might even be getting a small boost)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-789d2fbc\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-433008d6\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-433008d6\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-bc2ed330\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-bc2ed330\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/NicheDown\/status\/1530859752829374465?s=20&#038;t=alIAiFph_5TmYjn_aHT5jA\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-3ace1fe6\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3ace1fe6\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But traffic and earnings only tell part of the story&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I published a total of 10 posts in the month of May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That makes May one of my <em>worst<\/em> publishing months in over a YEAR. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I knew this was coming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I&#8217;ve been starting to feel a bit burnt out writing about the same topics every day<\/strong> (I personally write about 90+% of the content on my site). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add-in my new affection for Twitter, and tweeting 3-6 times a day, it&#8217;s no surprise really that my content publishing took a hit this month.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But don&#8217;t worry. I have a plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In a few days i&#8217;ll be handing over the keys to my blog to a &#8220;site operator&#8221;. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll still own 100% of the site, I just won&#8217;t be working on it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least that&#8217;s the <em>plan<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a huge change for me and admittedly, <strong>I&#8217;m nervous. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if I can spend less than $2,000 dollars a month for 20,000 quality words, and not have to login to my site at all, that&#8217;s a huge win for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It frees up my time and energy to focus on other things.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps a new niche site? More time pushing Declan on the swing? Both?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/declan-swing-month-29-update.png\" alt=\"declan swing month 29 update\" class=\"wp-image-4325\" width=\"446\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/declan-swing-month-29-update.png 594w, https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/declan-swing-month-29-update-258x300.png 258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyways, I&#8217;ll keep you posted on the journey &#8211; good, bad and ugly. But I&#8217;m excited. And nervous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I mentioned nervous already, didn&#8217;t I&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(<strong>PS<\/strong>: I did <a href=\"https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a few more podcasts<\/a> this month)  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(<strong>PPS<\/strong>: I have another big announcement for my blog starting next month. Stay tuned. More exciting changes coming&#8230;) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-global-color-9-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\">Traffic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From April (536,618) to May (580,232) the site had a<strong> 8.13%<\/strong> increase in pageviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Google Analytics &#8211; May 2022<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Users<\/strong>: 445,930<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: 521,685<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Avg. Session Duration<\/strong>: 00:49<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pageviews<\/strong>: 580,232<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Avg. Time on Page<\/strong>: 07:15<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Niche-site-1-Audience-Overview-May-2022-1024x397.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Niche-site-1-Audience-Overview-May-2022-1024x397.png 1024w, https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Niche-site-1-Audience-Overview-May-2022-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Niche-site-1-Audience-Overview-May-2022-768x298.png 768w, https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Niche-site-1-Audience-Overview-May-2022-1536x596.png 1536w, https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Niche-site-1-Audience-Overview-May-2022.png 1555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-global-color-8-color has-css-opacity has-global-color-8-background-color has-background is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Google Search Console &#8211; May 2022<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Total Clicks<\/strong>: 433,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total Impressions<\/strong>: 9.12MM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Avg. CTR<\/strong>: 4.7%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Average Position<\/strong>: 13.4<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mike-May-2022-Traffic-3-1024x317.png\" alt=\"Mike-May-2022-Traffic 3\" class=\"wp-image-4267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mike-May-2022-Traffic-3-1024x317.png 1024w, https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mike-May-2022-Traffic-3-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mike-May-2022-Traffic-3-768x238.png 768w, https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mike-May-2022-Traffic-3.png 1504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-global-color-9-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\">Earnings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From April ($20,102) to May ($21,716) the site had a <strong>8.03%<\/strong> increase in earnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AdThrive Display Ad Earnings &#8211; May 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Total Ad Earnings<\/strong>: $21,334<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>RPS<\/strong>: $40.89 <em>(previous $40.53)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>RPM<\/strong>: $36.77 <em>(previous $36.58)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/niche-site-project-1-may-adthrive-1024x424.png\" alt=\"niche-site-project-1-may-adthrive\" class=\"wp-image-4273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/niche-site-project-1-may-adthrive-1024x424.png 1024w, https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/niche-site-project-1-may-adthrive-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/niche-site-project-1-may-adthrive-768x318.png 768w, https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/niche-site-project-1-may-adthrive.png 1109w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-global-color-8-color has-css-opacity has-global-color-8-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amazon Associate Affiliate Earnings &#8211; 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