Do You Feel the Pressure to Keep a Good WA Rank
About 2 years ago when I decided to be serious about my WA training, I realized that my affiliates ranked higher than me. I was in the thousands.
So I began to blog here and quickly my rank rose. (Note that the higher your rank number, the lower your rank and, of course, vice versa).
Soon I found my rank in the top 300, then 200, then 100, then almost 50.
Itwas in the top 300, 200 and 100 that I felt the most pressure to keep my position. Stop blogging for a short period of time and your rank number rises sharply, meaning that you lose your rank.
I fought hard to be among the top 50 but when it proved difficult, I clung to the top 100. Then I began to lose that and despite some efforts, slipped into the top 200. Then recently I lost the top 200.
But I'm so busy working on building my website that I have little time for the rank. It was when I adopted the mentality of "the rank doesn't kill nor decide my online success" that I began to feel good.
What's your experience with the rank?
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Hi Akoli,
I have given up on this rank thing. I was once down at 12 today I am at 153. If you are posting every day and spend most of your time working on your rank position, I find out there are more things in life that get sidelined.
I am very disappointed with the ranking system.
Best wishes,
Michael
Sometimes Ifeel like giving up on this rank thing too. Yes, trying to catch up with the rank makes you put some businesses on hold, which is bad.
The ranking system is supposed to motivate us to help the community but it is becoming a sort of a "spur".
I'm not disappointed with the system yet but certainly I don't appreciate the pressure it exerts, silently.
Both of them are important. But rule of thumb is where the money is that is where you should give more attention to!
Yes, one has to strike a balance between the ranking system and working on one's business. I totally agree with your rule of thumb. After all, that's why you signed up for WA.
No. Rank doesn't make you money. Ranking in Google for your keywords is more important. I would be completely happy ranking the same number as my monthly income.
Thanks for sharing with us amazing post. So when you look around it is all about you .What you want to achieve. Your goals dreams wat would you like to accomplish the answer is wat you will work out and position yourself. All the best on your 2020 journey. Fitzgerald
The rank is about you, because the rank belongs to you. But I think it is about others too, since it shows how engaged you're in the community.
I think one must strike a balance between working on the rank and on one's own website. It'll be really fun if your website was bringing in money and you had the peace of mind to help others. But how can you rescue others when you yourself are sinking?
No. As already mentioned, does it earn money?
I could see doing it if it sends people to your website (click on your profile to see your site.) But I don't have enough traffic or "WA rank" to know if that is even worthwhile?
I've commented on many posts here but it has never occurred to me to go to people's sites to see what they are up to. Ok, there were some postings which touched on things I was looking for (like how to get traffic) which made me interested in the author.
Thanks for your contribution.
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I think many of us are in the same boat as you are. Ranking ebbs and flows with the available time. Now that I’m retired I have time for more community interaction which is fun and informative. When I don’t have time, like you, I spend my time on my websites. But,I always try to keep in touch with the community.
I thought as much, that many people felt the same way I did. Sometimes you're so busy working on your website that you forget a little bit about the community. I don't think that is a sin.