And my traffic is still rising. My sites - beyond two that I trashed for case studies intentionally and spoke about - are doing great.
There is some hope with each new update as they bring more great content forward, but I do believe old SEO has changed and we won't go back to it

I also do SEO on other platforms. SEO doesn't = Google. It means any search engine, like Tiktok, Pinterest, Youtube, and even within FB itself.
I don't think it's "safe" to just have one traffic source anymore - not that it really was good before.
But I didn't follow the pack when everyone dipped 3/

Many people cut and ran when it got hard. I don't blame em, but I wasn't hit and my methods are quite different than them so I expect that's partially why. I'm all about having a brand and building a community. Everything is audience first, algo second cause we don't own any algorithm truly 2/

Yes they have changed things. SEO still brings in the majority of traffic to my sites - although I've always also used email and Facebook Groups but to a much lesser degree.
Quick win SEO is in a coma - it's starting to come back but not fully.
However quick win AI SEO is replacing what was lost 1/

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Of course! Always happy to share info and clear up confusions! Haha that's why I kinda hate Twitter and don't use it much.
I'm neurodivergent too so I get it's hard - especially when so much "side hustle" stuff if made for neurotypicals. I can't deal with 99% of it

Advise it where it did used to work. Even then, I didn't really do that one cause I've always been about the PR angle.
Equally, not trying to change your mind as you are very much entitled to your opinion about me.
I wanted to clear it up as I find Twitter can be misleading due to character limits

Answer questions and concerns.
And of course I update my SEO methods based on best practices and what we learned.
Guest posts have continued to work for me in the way that I do them, so I continue to teach it.
The spammy "just do it for links from a DA 70 that has 0 traffic" don't, so I don't 4/

Get ideas for the type of content your audience is searching for and the types of keywords that work in your niche for a content site.
I appreciate that my free content can't deep dive into that as much as my paid - as you can tell by the word count here it's very limiting.
Always happy to 3/

You're referring to, but I don't do Black Hat SEO.
I do teach competitive analysis as it is a standard SEO practice that literally every other SEO I know teaches. However, I always make it clear that you shouldn't copy someone else's content. You shouldn't even copy all their keywords. It's to 2/

Hey hey, I think you misunderstood what I was saying re: guest posts. I think guest posts are GOOD - and still do - but I think guest posts just for SEO are bad. So if you're just doing them to grow your DA and not to actually connect with people like PR, that's bad.
I'm not sure what Black Hat 1/