AI’s Effect on Blog Revenue—My Data

When I started this blog in 2012 one of my motivations was to make a bit of money. In those days if you had a successful blog that generated traffic, you could work out an ad deal and bring in some recurring cash for your effort. And it worked—at least a little. By 2016 or so my blog was generating $40–$50 a month, which wasn’t life altering, but it was a nice bit of recurring revenue for keeping…