Travel Blog Diary: Week 27 — Impressions Recovery

Here’s what happened in the twenty-seventh week of my travel blog journey, where I crossed 1K Google impressions!

Last week my Dig This post performed well on Google, but my overall impressions dropped. This week my Google impressions recovered, and I crossed 1K total! However, even though the Dig This post got the most impressions on Google this week (80), it remains unindexed on Bing. I resubmitted the URL again, though I’m not convinced it will make a difference after last week’s attempt.

As for the Vegas trip cost post I wrote last week, it got zero search impressions on either platform. Surprisingly, it did get cited once on Bing AI Performance. I have no idea if AI citations translate to actual clicks though since Bing doesn’t provide that data.

Content

Stats

Overall

Cost$67 (Hosting $60 + Domain $7)
Posts Published105 (+2)
Views1720 (+40)
Revenue$13 (+0)
Profit-$54

Search

MetricGoogleBing
Impressions1046 (+139)231 (+40)
Clicks33 (+1)6 (+0)
Average Position36 (+1)21.1 (-1.7)
Average CTR3.2% (-0.3)2.6% (-0.5)

IG / Facebook

MetricIGFacebook
Posts Published46 (+1)45 (+2)
Followers55 (-2)23 (+0)
Views (Last Month)410 (-120)80 (-50)

Substack

Posts Published6 (+0)
Subscribers13 (+0)
Views392 (+1)

High / Lowlights

Final Thoughts

I’m guessing the Vegas trip cost post didn’t do well on search impressions because it doesn’t match keywords that people search for. Although, it seems to match what AI models look for given the Bing citation. Whether that will convert to real traffic is an open question. For now, I’ll keep experimenting and gathering data!

Stay tuned to see how my Slovenia post performs next week.


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