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Hit 10k active users on my blog last month but my traffic tanked 40% after a single Google update
Is it better to focus on building a loyal community or chasing algorithm-friendly SEO when one bad update can wipe out months of growth?
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davis.mia13h ago
The whole algorithm chasing thing reminds me of when I ran a tiny gardening blog a few years ago. I had this post about growing tomatoes in old tires that nobody cared about until someone on Reddit shared it, then boom - 50k views overnight. But Google kept messing with its updates and my page about soil pH took a dive every single time. So honestly, build the community that actually shows up for you, because algorithms can't ghost you the way they ghost your traffic.
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gonzalez.wesley11h ago
Read somewhere that even big YouTubers are saying the same thing now.
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