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wohoo raptive just decreased requirements to 25K pageviews, what a news bro - same setup as their main program, just with less traffic - <a href="https://raptive.com/blog/opening-the-door-to-more-creators-who-meet-raptive-quality-standards/">https://raptive.com/blog/opening-the-door-to-more-creators-who-meet-raptive-quality-standards/</a>
best network out there, maybe better than mediavine"
October to December used to be the months we got twice, three times the traffic of other months. Shopping months. Now we have record low traffic. This industry is so cooked. Google has killed it. I do update the sites but I know they will never get enough traffic to even pay minimum wage.
Worth making this point. The world is trash right now and is not conducive to growing a business. Who knows how many jobs the AI revolution is going to kill; people may not have any money to spend. In the US and elsewhere, the upper class and the rich continue to get richer, while the middle and working class continues to erode. The best thing right now may just be to hunker down and live minimalist.
Not sure what country you're in but in the US the turnover rate for truck drivers is like 90% and I would imagine it's because it's a lot more demanding a job than many expect
Russia demonstrated their first humanoid AI robot. They might want to change it's name from AIdol to Joe Biden.
<a href="https://youtu.be/JmqLfJkazhM?si=Orq0LXGO2W8a685l">https://youtu.be/JmqLfJkazhM?si=Orq0LXGO2W8a685l</a>
<blockquote>once I'm there, money just flows and I can do what I love the most afterward - outsource / spend money on various business until one sticks, as it did with a blog last time :) and just put shit load of money into it!</blockquote>The global economy is going down the drain, Google destroyed the internet, etc. Few will have money to spend except for the Big Tech thieves who stole it. We all may be better off saving our money instead of wasting it on new ventures in this environment.
Small changes by them can have massive effects and I think thats what they are doing, rather than a big bang update, they're releasing them gradually, in the hope that no one notices but we do. Remember Johnmu, he said they make changes everyday and we're seeing the effect of that more than ever.
not sure about you but I just prefered blogging because it was good job outside working with people, I hate being around so many people that's why I always gravitated toward having a blog. now I'm thinking about selling my second site too (around 5/6K) and then get hired as a truck driver. it would give me that 5/6K $ in a 2 months and I'm saying it as a no joke, so while it would take up to 6 months to get all that shit done and ready to get on road, once I'm there, money just flows and I can do what I love the most afterward - outsource / spend money on various business until one sticks, as it did with a blog last time :D
Honestly speaking, idgaf anymore. I've made peace with the fact that I don't need Google to appreciate my work. If I'm receiving traffic from other sources, even if its scanty, I'll be fine with that.
Yes, lately I've started noticing 0 or 1 or 2 real-time traffic. I've been earning some cents every hour, this was beyond my imagination 2-3 years back.
Google has only announced 3 updates this year so far. But I think this year, Google has the largest number of updates ever, but they have not announced them on the search status dashboard.
I don't see any major change but traffic is lower than ever. What else have they changed? I have to wonder. It's pointless anyway. Like I said in the past, your Google traffic will soon be 0. Zero. Not 1, not 10. Zero. They have no intention of giving us any organic traffic.
Yes lovely those plugins. But it doesn't change the fact, the masses don't use it, which would be really great if they did. I myself are a bit of immune for the serp s##t. Ignoring the noise online has become my second nature. So much so, that I don;t even install an adblocker. Won't bother with it and it would also be hypocritical because in the past I earned money from ads with my sites.
I find it easier to just not use Google except for tasks related to my job and our site. When analyzing Google's serps for my job, it's important to see it in it's full unfiltered glorious state of shit just like ordinary users do.
my 3 most favorite apps/extensions 2025
1. <a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/disable-ai-overview-turn/jledohjahnkncbmnfmbnaophlakhoanl?hl=en">AI overview blocker</a>
2. <a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/search-fixer-for-youtube/bojdknokkpgboeonegndfcgkaommhleo">Search Fixer for YouTube</a> (remove YT videos from serp)
3. <a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid">Unhook</a> - remove youtube recommended videos to remove distractions
EDIT: I forgot this one - removes all shitty ads from google, it's a game changer, no more ads in serp - <a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/adguard-adblocker/bgnkhhnnamicmpeenaelnjfhikgbkllg?hl=en">Adguar Adblocker</a>
<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-maga-supporters-uproar-trumps-1b-visa-comments/story?id=127458610">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-maga-supporters-uproar-trumps-1b-visa-comments/story?id=127458610</a>
sounds like Trumpty is rowing back on his h1b plans. Whatever happened to training people if they don't have the skills? I saw bits of the interview on the bbc, the commentator said big tech was probably influencing that decision. Just goes to show if true how corrupt big tech has made democracy. If USA with so many universities isn't producing the right people, they should shut down, likewise UK. yes, tech changes quickly but isn't h1b supposed to be for graduates?