016: How Elise Bauer Built Simply Recipes and Recovered from a 70% Drop in Traffic

Welcome back, friends! On this episode of the Food Blogger Pro Podcast, Bjork interviews the maker of one of the most popular food blogs in the world - Elise Bauer from Simply Recipes.

There are people who have been blogging for a long time. And then there are people who have been blogging since before blogging was a thing. Elise is one of those people, and you could definitely say she was at the forefront of the food blogging tidal wave. Today, she runs one of the most popular food blogs in the world, and is here to tell us about the journey - which has definitely included its fair share of ups and downs.

In this candid interview, Elise shares:

• How she started her blog and got her domain name
• The decisions she made when getting started to promote her success
• Why she buys good photography equipment
• What Panda updates are and how Google now looks at new content
• How search engine algorithm updates can affect your blog
• How she recovered from a major traffic dropoff
• How she uses Pin scheduling to keep bringing in traffic for popular recipes
• What keeps her motivated even after blogging for over 13 years