Common Blogging Myths Beginners Still Believe in 2025
A human, practical myth-busting guide for beginners in 2025 — with real-world examples, clearer expectations, and a few lessons borrowed from an Indian Salesforce developer’s mindset.
I’ll tell you something I’ve learned the hard way — both as a blogger and as a Salesforce developer in India.
Most beginners don’t fail because they’re lazy.
They fail because they believe the wrong mental model.
In Salesforce, a wrong mental model looks like: “It’s just a small Flow change.” Then you deploy to production, hit a governor limit, and suddenly you’re writing a post-mortem at 11 PM while someone offers you a cup of chai with pity.
In blogging, it looks like: “I’ll write a few posts and AdSense will approve me.” Then you get a rejection, your motivation drops, and you start blaming the platform.
Same pattern. Different domain.
So this post is a myth-busting guide — not the loud “hustle” kind, but the calm kind that keeps you moving when progress is slow.
I’ll list the most common blogging myths beginners still believe in 2025, why they feel convincing, what actually happens in practice, and what I’d do instead.
Quick note before we start (a developer-style disclaimer)
This is not a “do this and you will earn X” post.
Blogging is like building a Salesforce org: you can follow best practices and still hit surprises. But good practices reduce the number of surprises — and they make recovery easier when surprises happen.
If you want the basics of setting up a blog (platform, domain, structure), start here and come back: How to Start a Blog from Scratch.
Myth 1: “Blogging is dead in 2025”
This myth gets recycled every year like a meme that refuses to die.
What people really mean is:
“The easy version of blogging is dead.”
The version where you write vague posts, sprinkle keywords, and magically rank? Yes — that’s harder now. Search engines and readers have both grown up.
But blogging as a medium isn’t dead. The format is still one of the best ways to:
Explain something clearly, show your thinking, and build trust over time.
If you’re a Salesforce developer, you already know the power of documentation. A well-written internal doc saves hours. A good blog post does the same thing, but publicly.
The real shift in 2025 is this:
Blogs that win feel like libraries. Blogs that lose feel like noise.
So instead of asking “is blogging dead,” ask:
“Can I build a small library that one kind of person finds genuinely useful?”
That’s still very alive.
Myth 2: “You need to go viral to succeed”
Going viral is a little like getting a sudden spike in Salesforce API calls because one integration went rogue.
It feels exciting for five minutes. Then you’re dealing with rate limits, angry stakeholders, and a weekend you didn’t plan for.
In blogging, a viral post can bring traffic, yes. But beginners often expect that traffic to turn into:
Subscribers, income, credibility — automatically.
In reality, viral traffic is often:
Shallow attention.
The visitor reads one page and leaves. There’s no relationship.
The sustainable growth path usually looks boring:
One post ranks. Then another. Then a small cluster. Internal links connect them. Readers click around. Time on site improves. Search engines trust you more.
If you’re trying to build AdSense approval, that boring path is your friend — because AdSense is a trust program, not a lottery.
If you want a clean explanation of how AdSense actually works (so you stop expecting magic), read: What Is Google AdSense & How It Really Works (For Beginners).
Myth 3: “The platform is the reason I’m not growing”
I’ve seen this with blogging platforms, and I’ve seen it with Salesforce too.
In Salesforce, the platform is rarely the reason a project fails. The reason is usually:
Bad data, unclear requirements, weak ownership, and no adoption plan.
In blogging, the platform is rarely the reason your blog isn’t growing. The reason is usually:
No content direction, weak internal linking, unclear positioning, and inconsistent publishing.
Yes, platform choice matters for maintenance and flexibility. But beginners overestimate it.
If you write useful content and build a clear structure, you can grow on many platforms.
Pick a platform you can maintain when life gets busy. Because life will get busy. (Ask any developer who’s been through a release week.)
If you’re still deciding, this can help you choose without overthinking: How to Choose the Best Blogging Platform.
Myth 4: “If I’m not an expert, I shouldn’t write”
This one quietly blocks a lot of good writers.
Here’s a more honest frame:
You don’t need to be an expert to be useful.
You need to be one step ahead of the person you’re helping — and you need to be honest about what you know and what you’re still learning.
In Salesforce, the best explanations often come from people who learned recently. Because they remember what was confusing.
The most senior developer sometimes forgets what it feels like to see your first SOQL query and wonder why it looks like a sentence from a different planet.
Beginner-friendly writing is a skill. And in 2025, beginner-friendly clarity is valuable because many posts online are either:
Too shallow or too jargon-heavy.
Your advantage isn’t “expert status.” It’s empathy and clarity.
Myth 5: “Longer posts automatically rank”
This is a classic SEO misunderstanding.
Long content can rank.
But long content that doesn’t answer the question is just a long way to waste a reader’s time.
Search engines in 2025 care a lot about whether your page solves the intent. That includes:
Clarity, structure, and completeness.
If your post is 3,000 words and the reader still doesn’t know what to do next, length becomes a liability.
As a developer, you can think of it like this:
Shipping 5,000 lines of code doesn’t mean you shipped value. It might mean you shipped complexity.
Instead of forcing length, force usefulness:
Explain the decision, show an example, address the common mistake, and give the next step.
If you want the beginner version of making a page “obviously useful” (without keyword stuffing), start here: On-Page SEO for Bloggers.
Myth 6: “Posting every day is the only way”
This myth is usually sold by people who make money selling discipline.
Daily posting works for some. But for most beginners, it leads to:
Burnout and thin content.
A sustainable schedule is more valuable than an impressive schedule.
Here’s a more realistic target for many beginners:
One solid post per week.
Not because “weekly is magical,” but because it’s maintainable with a job, family, and a life.
In Salesforce terms: you don’t deploy to production every hour just to feel productive. You deploy on a rhythm that allows testing, review, and stability.
Blogging works the same way.
Consistency beats intensity.
Myth 7: “SEO is just keywords”
If you’ve ever tuned a Salesforce report, you know the difference between:
Looking at one field versus understanding the whole system.
SEO in 2025 is more like a system.
Keywords matter, yes. But beginners get stuck on the “keyword” part because it feels concrete.
What matters just as much:
Topic focus, internal linking, page experience, and credibility signals.
If your site is a collection of random topics, no keyword trick will save it.
If your site is a connected set of helpful posts, even imperfect SEO can still work — because users stay and explore.
If you need a practical place to start (without spiraling into tools), use the “one keyword, one post, three internal links” habit and keep going. You can refine later.
Myth 8: “AdSense approval means my blog is ‘good’”
This is a painful truth:
AdSense approval is not a gold medal for writing quality.
It’s a trust and compliance checkpoint.
You can be approved and still have mediocre content. You can be rejected and still have good content — if the site looks incomplete, messy, or non-compliant.
Approval means:
Your site meets a baseline of policy and structure that Google is comfortable placing advertisers on.
It does not mean you “made it.”
If you’re chasing approval, focus on making your site feel like a real publication:
Clear navigation, useful posts, proper disclosures, and a stable experience.
If you want the most common real reasons blogs fail approval (without conspiracy thinking), read: Why Most Blogs Don’t Get Approved for AdSense (Real Reasons).
Myth 9: “Affiliate marketing is easy money”
Affiliate marketing is not easy money.
It’s sales — but the ethical kind, where your long-term asset is trust.
If you’re a developer, imagine recommending a library you haven’t used.
You could do it. But the moment it breaks in production, your credibility is gone.
Affiliate content works when you:
Explain who it’s for, who it’s not for, and what trade-offs exist.
And you keep your disclosure visible.
In 2025, readers are smarter. They can smell a forced recommendation.
So if you want to use affiliate marketing, do it like a responsible teammate:
You’re not trying to “close.” You’re trying to reduce regret.
Myth 10: “If I use AI, I’ll get banned or I’ll never rank”
This myth has two extremes:
One side says AI will replace all writers.
The other side says using AI will get you punished instantly.
Reality is boring (and that’s a compliment).
AI is a tool. The risk isn’t that you used it. The risk is that you publish:
Generic, repetitive, lifeless content that doesn’t help.
Search engines don’t “hate AI.” They hate low value.
Readers don’t “hate AI.” They hate being wasted.
If you use AI, use it like you’d use an IDE:
It can speed you up, but you still need to think. You still need to test. You still need to own what you ship.
And if you’re worried about sounding human, the fix is not to add random slang.
The fix is to add real context:
What you tried, what you learned, what surprised you, and what you would do differently.
That’s the part bots struggle to fake consistently.
Myth 11: “Once I publish, the work is done”
This is the myth that breaks most beginners quietly.
They publish a post, it doesn’t rank in two weeks, and they declare it “failed.”
But blogs are not like Instagram posts.
They’re more like Salesforce automation: you don’t build a Flow once and never touch it again. You monitor it, you improve it, you adjust it when the business changes.
Content works the same way.
Some of your best growth comes from:
Updating old posts.
Fixing clarity.
Adding internal links.
Improving titles and descriptions.
And keeping the site clean.
That’s not “extra work.” That is the work.
Myth 12: “I must be active on every social platform”
This myth is especially loud in 2025 because every platform has a creator economy narrative.
It’s easy to believe the message:
“If you’re not posting on Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Threads, and whatever launched last week, you’re invisible.”
But here’s what actually happens for many beginners:
You spread yourself across five platforms, post inconsistently, feel guilty, and stop writing the thing you actually own — your blog.
You don’t need to be everywhere.
You need one reliable distribution channel that matches your personality and your time.
In my case, as someone who works a full-time dev job and has the typical Indian day rhythm (commute, client calls, sprint work, family time), the sustainable option is almost never “be on everything.”
It’s usually:
One social platform you can tolerate, and one search-driven strategy you can compound.
Search traffic is slow, but it’s predictable. And it doesn’t demand your presence every day.
If you want to use social, use it like a developer uses monitoring:
To spot what people ask, what confuses them, and what they care about — then turn that into a blog post that can live for years.
That’s a healthier relationship with social than trying to chase attention daily.
Myth 13: “My niche has to be extremely narrow from day one”
This advice is often given with good intent, but beginners interpret it in a way that freezes them.
They think niche selection means:
“Pick one tiny micro-topic, never talk about anything else, and you’ll rank.”
In reality, niche clarity is more like Salesforce data modeling.
In Salesforce, you don’t start by creating 200 custom objects and 500 fields “just in case.” You start with a clean core model, then you expand based on real business needs.
Blog niches work the same way.
You can start with a broad theme (example: “helping beginners start a blog”), then narrow based on:
What you enjoy writing, what readers respond to, and what your site naturally becomes known for.
If you force a niche that you don’t actually want to live in, you’ll stop publishing. And the best niche strategy in the world won’t matter if you stop.
So my practical niche advice is:
Start with a clear audience and a clear problem set, not a prison.
Then narrow with evidence, not anxiety.
A tiny “incident report” from a beginner’s perspective
This is the part most myth-busting posts skip: what it feels like when the myths crash into reality.
In Salesforce, an incident report is simple:
What happened, why it happened, what we learned, and what we’ll change.
Blogging has the same pattern — we just don’t write the report.
Here’s a version I’ve seen (and lived) more than once:
What happened
You publish a bunch of posts in a short burst. You feel productive. You apply for AdSense. You get rejected.
Why it happened
Not because you’re unlucky.
Because the site still feels early.
Maybe your posts don’t link to each other. Maybe the writing is fine but the experience is messy on mobile. Maybe your “money” pages feel more developed than your educational pages. Maybe the site looks like it was built for monetization before it earned trust.
What you learn
Approval isn’t a reward for effort. It’s a signal that your site looks stable and valuable enough for advertisers.
What you change
You stop chasing the approval and start building the publication:
You improve the best posts. You connect them with internal links. You tighten the structure. You remove anything that feels spammy or rushed. You publish steadily for a while. Then you request review when the “new version” of the site is obvious.
This mindset is deeply “developer brain.”
You don’t deploy and pray. You deploy, observe, fix, and redeploy.
If you bring that same patience to blogging, you’ll waste less time believing myths — and more time building something that actually lasts.
A small “developer checklist” to keep you grounded
When blogging starts to feel confusing, I return to a simple checklist. It’s not fancy — but it keeps me from overreacting to every new trend.
1) Scope: what is this post trying to solve?
One post should answer one main question.
If it tries to answer five, it will answer none.
2) Debugging: where do readers get stuck?
If you’re using analytics, look for:
Where people drop off, which posts have zero internal clicks, and which posts bring repeat visitors.
Then fix those first.
3) Deployment: what is the next post that naturally follows?
Every post should lead to another post.
Not with a pushy CTA — just with logic.
“If you’re here, your next question is probably this.”
That internal flow is one of the simplest “SEO multipliers” you can build.
Want a calm, step-by-step blogging roadmap?
If you're building your first blog and want a clear sequence (platform, content, traffic, monetization), start here.
Read the beginner roadmap ->The bottom line (without motivation speeches)
If you’re a beginner in 2025, the best advantage you can build is not a hack.
It’s a stable system:
Write useful posts. Link them well. Improve them over time. Keep the site clean. Stay honest with readers.
That’s exactly how good software is built too.
Not with one perfect release. With many small releases that compound.
FAQs (People Also Ask)
1. What is the biggest blogging myth in 2025?
That you need to go viral to succeed. Most sustainable blogs grow through search traffic, consistent publishing, and strong internal linking.
2. Is blogging still worth it in 2025?
Yes, if you treat it like a long-term skill and a content library. The fastest wins are rare; the steady wins compound over time.
3. Do I need to write every day to grow a blog?
No. A realistic schedule with consistent quality beats daily posting that burns you out or produces thin content.
4. Can I start a blog if I’m not an expert?
Yes. You can document what you’re learning, share beginner-friendly explanations, and improve accuracy over time with good research and updates.
5. Does using AI automatically ruin blog quality?
Not automatically. The risk is publishing generic, repetitive content. Human usefulness comes from clarity, examples, trade-offs, and real context.
If you want to build a blog that lasts, treat it like you’d treat a production org:
Small changes, tested thinking, honest documentation, and patience.
And when you feel lost, return to basics: one helpful post, one real example, one clear next step for the reader. That alone beats most “2025 strategies” floating around online.
