Written on April 8th, 2005 at 11:04 am by Darren Rowse
Blogging Fears - Disappearing from Search Engines
A couple of days ago I started a Blogging Fears mini-series and talked about Getting Hacked. Here’s another - Disappearing from the Search Engines
As many of you know I’ve been there - it sucks and has the ability to almost completely cripple a blog that relies upon SE traffic. If you’re relying heavily on search engine traffic for most of your posts - be warned - it could happen to you.
Advice: Diversify your blogging interests. Develop a variety of blogs on different topics and domains. Look at non blogging income streams or related blogging income such as consulting, books, speaking etc. Work on generating traffic from other non Search Engine sources like other sites and newsletters to loyal readers. Even consider keeping or getting a part time ‘real’ job until you know you can survive on your blogging income even if the Search Engines abandon you.
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