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For a long time, I haven’t used many SEO tools or subscription services. I’ll occasionally utilize a free trial or free version of something, like SEMrush, but for the most part, I’m pretty minimalist, and I don’t find the cost of them what they give me. And I mean me, I understand they are extremely valuable for many people and how they approach SEO and their businesses.
Big news! It feels like it’s been forever since I’ve had something exciting to share for this website. I started a YouTube channel, and I disclosed my site finally since I’m also doing an Ezoic case study. I feel so vulnerable now…
I was going to do a video for this review, but then I decided not to. But then, I got inspired while writing this to do a video, so I ended up making one as well (I can tell that cool story again, I have time). I just find that a lot of SEO product review-type videos end up primarily being just a screen share, so I may as well write it up here with some helpful screenshots.
There’s bad news, and then there is some more bad news, kind of. Nothing much has improved with my earnings from this site, but, I did sell two of my other sites. It’s “bad” because they sold for significantly less than I could have sold them for this time last year (first-world problems I guess).
Time to kick off the new year, hurray… Everyone in the SEO world, well, at least the ones I communicate with, have been having a less-than-ideal time lately with their websites, especially when compared to previous years.
This one is going to be short and sweet for two reasons. Reason number 1, the site has definitely lost some ranks, probably a mix of Google updates and old content needing some “TLC”. And Reason number 2…
Exciting news! Sorry, it’s not website related… We’ve been having a garage built at our new house, something we really needed storage-wise to make it functional for us. We got the permit in February 2022, and it’s now November 2022, which should tell you what it’s like doing any sort of home renovation these days.
Besides seeing my 2-year-old daughter dressed up for Halloween, nothing really exciting happened in October. I’m starting to lean toward stopping these monthly reports as nothing exciting has really happened for a while.
Slight changes this month, but nothing crazy. Just the sort of stuff you’d expect going into Q4. Slight increase in traffic, which I assume comes from people no longer on “vacation”. And a slight increase in EPMV, which is a welcomed assumption.
Nothing really changed this month, so it’s going to be short. Very slight increase in Ezoic earnings and EPMV.