Well articles like yours don't help draw readers to the stie. The reason readers are leaving the site is because of articles like yours.

Referral links aren't click bait. They are affilate links. And there is absolutely no eed whatsoever to promote them.

People who blame their lack of readership on all sorts of things can't fucking write. - not if they've been here a few years and still aren't earning.

Yes, it does take time for people to recognise you as a writer, but if someone is still not earning after a year or two, then the fault is not the site.