Is Blogging Dead in 2024?

Time to dust off the blog! Nearly a whole year since I published a blog.  Let's just say, a lot has happened in the last year.  Which I'm hoping to get round to writing about, especially in terms of my neurodivergent journey.  But, as a late identified, self diagnosed adult with ADHD, I think you know what the outcome will be! Cue hilarious giggles...

I wanted to start off with the question 'is blogging dead?'.  In the time between my last published blog, back when I was still working at my local Museums in Southend (alas, that job is no more), and this blog now, I have seriously contemplated whether to just get rid of this thing! I do have a Google Adsense account, but it literally pays £0.01p, maybe every few months! I recently checked my Domain Authority and it's so low, 7! Ideally I'd want it to be at least in the 20s if I had any hope of getting picked for blogging campaigns! So in terms of financial, it doesn't make me any money and where I've neglected it, it doesn't have a decent internet presence in terms of being 'seen'.  (I don't think having a website host particularly helps either but I absolutely do not have the time to start learning code and build my own website!).

So 'why am I still bothering with it?', I hear you ask! Well, the blog has always remained as a creative outlet for me.  To share my deep thoughts and latest connections.  I don't want to lose that.  In this last year, trying to find a way back to myself with all the upheaval of the ADHD acceptance, I feel like coming back to my writing is another way of rediscovering myself.  I feel like I lost a lot of things in just trying to survive as a neurodivergent in a neurotypical world.  That I lost a lot of my creative endeavours.

​Another justification for letting this go was the worry that, in this day and age, does anyone actually bother to read blogs? I feel like it's all reels, Tik Tok, fast paced, everyone is so busy, who can be bothered to sit there and read a blog? I did a Google deep dive on this particular phrase of whether blogging is dead in 2024.  The resounding answer was surprising! That it's still going strong and not dead.  I guess the answer is all about the niche.  There will certainly be a call for certain blogs according to popular topics.

This article here gives some really good advice for those wanting to make money from a blog here in 2024: Is Blogging Dead in 2024? - The Creative Impact

It echoes my sentiment about finding your niche. That people search for knowledge, problem solving and education.  With this in mind, it makes sense to hone in on one particular topic in order to give informative and relatable content.  Whilst blogging isn't dead, if you want to make any kind of financial profit from it, as with all things technological, we need to update as time marches on.  With the right strategies, it is possible to make money from blogging.

My niche going forward is going to be focused around neurodivergence and top tips on managing it.  As I said, life is hard as an ND living in an NT world! I have a few ideas for upcoming blog posts and I hope to make a go of this.  It would certainly be nice to earn more than a few pennies!

So watch this space!

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• Header photo of scrabble tiles by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/blog-letters-on-brown-wood-262508/
• Keyboard photo by Kaboompics .com: https://www.pexels.com/photo/girl-writing-on-a-black-keyboard-6469/