Behind the Rankings

Weekly notes on growing my website with SEO, monetizing content, and experimenting with AI — from someone actually doing it.

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Monthly Recap

Dec 18, 2025

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11 min read

December Recap: Six figures, burnout, and the lessons of 2025

My entire year in one newsletter (and more).

Victoria Kurichenko

Nov 22, 2025

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4 min read

My SEO content strategy that made $40k in 2025

How I turned my website pages into a $40k business.

Victoria Kurichenko

Nov 29, 2025

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4 min read

AI SEO trends 2026: What will shape search next year

This piece is based on years of my experience as an SEO specialist and exclusive insights from top industry experts, like Aleyda Solis.

Victoria Kurichenko

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Monthly Recap

Mar 7, 2026

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9 min read

February 2026: Monthly Recap

Building AI-powered content workflows that sound like me. Updating money-making pages since Google continues its madness, experimenting with search results, so nothing is stable.

Victoria Kurichenko

Feb 27, 2026

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9 min read

I Connected Semrush to Claude... Mind Blown 🤯

SEO just changed for me (and it might for you, too).

Victoria Kurichenko

Feb 13, 2026

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11 min read

Google hit my site. 📉 Here's how I'm fighting back

Google January 2026 update: From #1 to #100 in days. How I clawed back to top 3.

Victoria Kurichenko

Feb 7, 2026

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8 min read

Google’s quiet January 2026 update & what I’m seeing 👀

No announcement, no guidance — just chaos in the SERPs.

Victoria Kurichenko

Affiliate Reports

Feb 6, 2026

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5 min read

Affiliate Marketing Report: January 2026

Breaking down how my website made $2.892.46.

Victoria Kurichenko

Monthly Recap

Jan 31, 2026

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9 min read

January 2026: Monthly Recap

My website revamp, SEO strategy, AI workflows, and monetization plans for 2026, plus a big Semrush partnership update.

Victoria Kurichenko

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