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Hit publish on my blog post about fixing leaky faucets and got 2 views in 3 days
Honestly, I spent like 4 hours last Saturday writing this guide with photos of me replacing a washer on my kitchen sink. I even drew arrows on the pictures showing where the water was dripping from. After 3 days, Google Analytics showed 2 views and I'm pretty sure one was me checking if it went live. Has anyone else poured their heart into a niche blog post and gotten crickets?
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michaelrodriguez1mo ago
Tbh I used to think you just needed to hit publish and people would find your stuff naturally. That "if you build it they will come" idea is total nonsense. Your line about spending 4 hours on photos with arrows hit me hard because I did the same thing with a post about patching drywall cracks. Three months later I had 12 views and I guarantee 8 of those were me refreshing the page. It changed my whole perspective on this blogging thing.
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allen.amy1mo ago
Oh man, that hit way too close to home. I did the same thing with a post about fixing a squeaky bedroom door, took closeup shots of the hinges and everything, marked the exact spot to oil. Got 5 views in a week and I know at least 3 were me on my own phone. You start second guessing if the photos are bad or the title is boring, then you realize it doesn't matter because nobody even saw it to judge it. What kills me is when I search for the same problem later and find some random forum post from 2011 with no pictures that has thousands of replies. Makes you wonder if there's some secret trick to getting found that everyone else knows except us.
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