Creating an authority website takes alot of a time, and the short-term revenue is extremely low, as you say. But in the end, if you stick with it, and traffic slowly grows, it will definitely pay off. You just have to keep going, and this can be extremely hard in the beginning.

Another great advantage of an authority website is that once your popular you won’t have to write as much content yourself. Other people will actually want to write, as their articles get viewed by hundreds if not thousands of people. But again, before you reach this level, you must do all the hard work yourself.