Man, That is impressive. I have 69 out of 111 ranking in the top 3, but only 665 sessions…And the website is almost a year old..

Hi, George!

Only HTML. It’s 99% Gutenberg and 1% Custom HTML blocks for the index.

Dim

Hey there, Nauman,

Copysentry for automated checks and Copyscape for ad-hoc checks (they’re two tools made by the same company).

Dim

Hi Jay,
the extraction and “Performers” filter are accessible to subscribers only.

It’s written at the end of the section: “(Note: You must be a LowFruits subscriber to be able to extract keywords from your competitors.)”.
We’ll push that info further up to make it clearer.

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Filter by “Performers.”

You’ll get websites with a Moz DA below 20 and high traffic.

Then…

Add the relevant websites to a list
Go to the “Extract” tool in the left-hand sidebar
Run an extraction

Scott,

Thanks for your reply, and sorry to hear your site got hit.

It’s been an eventful year in terms of Google updates and I’ve had to recover two sites of my own, one that lost 20% and another that got 100% hit.

Good question.

I track just the main keyword. It helps me understand (a) how individual writers perform in terms of SEO and (b) whether or not an article has managed to make it to the top 1-3 position in the SERPs after at leat 6-9 months.

Google Search Console can also give you a TON of insights about the articles that already rank. Just go to Search Results > open the “Pages” tab > Select a page with traffic > then switch to the “Queries” tab.

These are the terms your article’s already ranking for—for many of them, you can add paragraphs or whole sections to your article to help optimize it even further.

I’m working on a blogging/website course of my own where I will share my methods, so be on the watch out late this year/early next year if you’re curious about them 🙂

Dim

Hi, Rahul,

Thanks for following along!

Fell in love with LowFruits from the moment I tried it. I’m glad that, with this case study, I’m able to show everyone just how powerful of a tool it is when used properly.

How I find writers:

To find writers, I use WriterAccess (they have freelancers at all rates), Passion Posts (5-6¢/word), and BuySellText (4¢/word) for most of my websites.

For this website, I work mostly with freelancers from WriterAccess at a rate of 5-7¢/word. To reduce costs, I have outsourced the simpler articles, like those in the “Local” category, to Passion Posts and BuySellText.

I know many colleagues find great writers at Upwork, too, but there’s an opportunity cost for doing so (i.e., you can spend that time and money on something else that already works for you), and I am unwilling to put in the time it takes to get to them, whether for a member of my team or me.

I like to listen to and learn from others, but not compare myself to them. John makes $100k/month from his portfolio, for example, so he is in a league of its own. Morten, as well, with a site at 1M page views/month 🙂

Unique images:

I use premium, non-modified stock photos from Depositphotos and 123RF for featured images. I do have custom-made illustrations (created in Canva or drawn on a tablet by an illustrator) inside some of the posts, too.

Informational vs. commercial posts:

As with any good question, the answer is, it depends. Most of the experts I follow recommend a 60/40 ratio of informational/commercial content, and I agree. (My websites probably have a 70/30 or 80/20 ratio, as a matter of fact.)

Understanding good quality:

By now you know that many of my methods rely on common sense and simple rules. So the long answer short is, by reading it 🙂

If the facts in an article are wrong, there’s too much fluff, and/or it’s boring to read (poor structure, lack of logical connection between sentences and paragraphs, no character put into the writing), an article is of poor quality for readers.

It’s also by tracking it (I use Ubersuggest and SERProbot).

You hinted correctly that an article may retain readers but, for one reason or another, not appeal to search engines.

When you work with the same authors and/or agencies, it’s easy to see whose articles rank high and whose don’t. Then, it’s a matter of reverse-engineering what they’re doing wrong and asking them to do things differently.

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I haven’t had any problems and my commercial content ranks high across websites, so don’t worry about it.

Gameplan

You asked, “Will you publish 300 or 500 articles and will you sell it when it reaches to a good position or hold it?”

Maybe 😛

I think an excellent way to end a case study like this is to sell the site. I also think that a good time to sell a site is when it’s returned its original investment and it’s valued between $25k and $50k.

Contacting me:

I do 1:1 coaching with select peers (it is an investment of time and money). If you’re up for it, hit me up at AskDim.com!

Dim