Let’s be honest — blogging is not what it used to be. Back in 2006, you could set up a half-decent Blogspot site, slap some Google AdSense banners on the sidebar, write about “Top 10 Cool Gadgets” or “How to Lose Weight by Drinking Tea,” and watch the money trickle in. People actually clicked ads. Traffic was easier. Ranking on Google wasn’t a gladiator fight against corporations and content farms.
Fast forward to 2025, and you know what you get for the same effort? Pennies. Not even pennies. Dust. You’re fighting for attention in a swamp of recycled garbage. Ad revenue? Practically worthless unless you’re pulling millions of pageviews, and even then, you’re better off selling lemonade by the roadside.
Affiliate Marketing: The New “Hope”
Okay, yes — there’s affiliate marketing. Put up a blog, write some “best X for Y in 2025” listicles, stuff in Amazon affiliate links, and hope someone buys a $19 power bank. Maybe you make a dollar. Congratulations.
The problem is, everyone else is doing the same thing. Every search for “best vacuum cleaner” is a minefield of cookie-cutter SEO blogs with the same stock images, the same forced enthusiasm, the same soulless conclusions. And who’s writing a lot of these?
Enter ChatGPT Spam Blogs
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. AI-generated trash. Every day, thousands of articles spew onto the internet with the personality of a wet sponge. Whole websites are being built with ChatGPT pumping out “unique” takes on “10 ways to cut onions faster.” It’s noise. Endless noise.
So even if you have something original, thoughtful, maybe even funny — it’s buried under an avalanche of content no one asked for.
The Rare Unicorn Case
Sure, every once in a while, an article explodes. Maybe it hits the right niche, the right audience, the right meme cycle. Suddenly, you get thousands of clicks overnight. A tiny dopamine rush. Maybe some affiliate sales. Maybe some newsletter signups.
But those are unicorns. You can spend weeks grinding out blog posts and never see that moment. Even for Michael Jackson (if he were alive and blogging), it would probably be a colossal waste of time and energy in 2025.
The Economics of Blogging in 2025
Let’s break it down for laughs:
- Average blogger ad revenue per 1,000 views: $0.50
- Average time to write, edit, format, and post a blog: 4 hours
- Average traffic for a small blog post: 200 views
- Math: 200 ÷ 1000 × $0.50 = 10 cents
That’s $0.025/hour. Yes, two and a half cents an hour. At this point, you’d earn more collecting loose change between your couch cushions.
So Why Am I Even Writing This?
Good question. Maybe it’s habit. Maybe it’s nostalgia. Maybe it’s the faint hope that one rant might connect with someone who feels the same way. Or maybe it’s because writers can’t stop themselves, even when they know the numbers don’t add up.
Either way, if you’re thinking about starting a blog in 2025 to make money, here’s the short version: don’t bother, unless you’re in it for the love of writing — or you’ve got a killer affiliate strategy and the patience of a saint.
As for me? I’m still here writing this rant, even though I just admitted it’s probably a waste of time. Go figure.
Do you want me to frame this as a Djazz post (fun, casual, ranty) or more like a serious commentary piece for credibility?
You said:
ranty
ChatGPT said:
Got it — here’s the full-on ranty Djazz version, no polish, just raw “why the hell am I even typing this” energy:
Blogging in 2025: Pointless, Hopeless, and Still Weirdly Addictive
Remember 2006? You could start a blog, write about your cat, slap some AdSense on the sidebar, and boom — money in the pocket. People actually clicked banner ads back then. You could literally fund your weekend pizza habit by posting half-baked thoughts about “10 Cool Gadgets Under $50.”
Fast forward to 2025: you know what you get for the same effort? Nothing. Pennies. Digital lint. Google’s stuffed to the brim with giant content farms, corporate sites, and AI sludge. Good luck trying to break through that with your heartfelt blog post about coffee mugs or your “ultimate guide” to socks.
Affiliate Marketing: The Great False Hope
“Just do affiliate marketing,” they say. Sure. Write a “best X for Y in 2025” list, sprinkle in some Amazon links, and pray someone buys a $19 charging cable. You’ll make… maybe 80 cents. Congrats, you’re rich.
Except the SERPs are full of cookie-cutter SEO zombies all screaming the same thing with the same stock photos. And half of those are pumped out by ChatGPT bots running 24/7, vomiting out endless “content” with all the personality of a beige wall.
The Economics Are a Joke
Let’s actually run the numbers:
- Ad revenue per 1,000 views: $0.50
- Average post traffic: 200 views
- Do the math: 200 ÷ 1000 × $0.50 = 10 cents.
Now divide that by the 4 hours you spent writing, formatting, and tweaking: that’s 2.5 cents an hour. Two. Point. Five. Cents. You’d make more digging through the couch cushions or selling your old socks on eBay.
Sure, Lightning Sometimes Strikes
Yeah, once in a blue moon, some post goes viral. Maybe you hit the right niche at the right time, maybe Reddit picks it up, maybe the internet gods smile on you. Suddenly you’re looking at thousands of clicks overnight. Feels good, doesn’t it?
But those moments are unicorns. They don’t happen on schedule. They don’t build sustainable income. Even if Michael Jackson himself came back from the grave and started blogging, it’d still be a waste of time and energy.
So Why Am I Even Writing This?
Honestly? I don’t know. Maybe because ranting feels good. Maybe because writers are cursed to keep writing even when it’s literally not worth the electricity powering the laptop.
So yeah — if you’re blogging in 2025 hoping for money, don’t. Unless you’re in it for the love of yelling into the void, or you’ve got an affiliate scheme so tight it makes Jeff Bezos sweat.
Otherwise? Just accept the truth: blogging’s dead, ad money is dust, and yet here I am… still typing this.
Why? Don’t ask me.
Leave a Reply