This Travel Blogger Skyrocketed Traffic with Topical Authority

In this interview with an SEO Roadmap for Travel Bloggers student, I speak with Cat Roberts of Cat Out of the Office about her travel blog, how topical authority skyrocketed her traffic, and writing as a solo female travel blogger in a busy niche.
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[@KristinGrady]

So great to see you both! Excellent info and so glad I signed up for Nina’s SEO course. Then I connected with Cat during my travels. Learned so much from you both.

[@sheknowsseo]

I'm so glad to hear that

[@PlanetPatrick]

Hey! Enjoyed the chat and to hear your perspective. Just visited New Zealand a couple of months ago and stayed in 5 hostels - all of them had fast wifi apart from one slightly slower place at Franz Josef Glacier! I'm glad that has improved versus Nina's previous visit!

[@sheknowsseo]

Thank god! That was pre-covid and they were horrible back then

[@InWandermentBlogging]

so inspiring Cat and I am also a rule follower haha! More so as I get older! well done on all of your growth :)

[@catisoutoftheoffice]

Hahaha only the rules I agree with though 😂

[@nataliccch]

Great job Cat!

[@catisoutoftheoffice]

Thanks! 💕

[@SpiritMysticMeditation]

I'm happy I subscribed...

[@sheknowsseo]

Glad to hear it!

[@katiecaftravel]

I like hearing about people succeeding but this type of conjecture as to “why” is dangerous. Sharon growneys diveintomalaysia and diveintothephilippines sites were killed by the Google updates and they had far more extensive topical authority than cat’s (lovely) blog.

[@sheknowsseo]

I understand your point, but I would argue Sharon's were quite different to Cat's. They were more a niche site than a blog in the way that Cat's is. But you're right, we'll never 100% know. We can only theorize on causation and sometimes we may accidentally wind up confusing it for correlation

[@ajrwyb1217]

Her link is down. Enjoyed the interview. Thanks ☺️

[@ajrwyb1217]

Seems to be working again 🎉

[@sheknowsseo]

@@ajrwyb1217 Unfortunately Lyrical host had an outage

[@catisoutoftheoffice]

@@sheknowsseoannoying, glad it’s back up!

[@vegalopez4698]

Great videoooo!! One question: How many articles did you write about a single destination before you started getting traffic from Google? I'm growing on Pinterest and social media, and I'm targeting good keywords (both zero-volume and high-volume/low-difficulty), but I'm still getting almost no impressions on Google. Thanksss!

[@catisoutoftheoffice]

I think it took a few months after I had about 10+ posts on a specific city to really see traffic from it initially. I’m aiming for at least 50 posts per country right now!

[@vegalopez4698]

@@catisoutoftheoffice Thank you so much for answering! Read a couple of them and they´re so good and helpful!

[@patrickaburke33]

Great conversation, Nina & Cat! Thank you! I am trying to launch an "apartment inspiration" blog, and drive traffic from Pinterest & Google. Can your training help me immediately compete in this niche?

[@sheknowsseo]

Hey Patrick, by apartment inspiration do you mean design and decor? If so, my course can help but you actually might do better on Pinterest as that's a very visual niche. I'm not a Pinterest expert - I defer to Nadalie Bardo for that (she's on YT too and brilliant!)

[@patrickaburke33]

@sheknowsseo You rock, Nina! We have decided to proceed with the 'Plant Based Recipe' niche. If you think your training can help in this niche let me know. I will take a look at Nadalie's content. Thank you!

[@sheknowsseo]

@@patrickaburke33 Depending on how you plan to monetize, my 6 Months to $50k Masterclass might be enough. If you're also looking for email, digital products, affiliates & ads, then the SEO Roadmap will be a good fit. But if it's more just ads, then I'd go Nadalies course + my 50k masterclass for the traffic :)

[@patrickaburke33]

@@sheknowsseo thank you, Nina! I really appreciate it!

[@1lovenegril]

Hi Nina, I love your content! It's very helpful. I'm trying my best to use your ideas on my site. I hope one day you can review my website and help me find ways to make it better.

[@sheknowsseo]

Thanks so much! The best way t ofind out when I'm offering site audits again (I've closed my services so it's not always on offer) is to get on my email list.