Still going strong after one month

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Hi all,

Here is my progress update one month into WA. I'm still around and still working hard. All the things I have learned here at WA has given me insight to the fantastic world of how internet searching and marketing really works and I'm surprised by how fun SEO is.

My sites

My camera lens site http://cameralensadvice.com is continuously under development. I have learned that I perhaps added affiliate links to early and in the wrong ways on this site. I have changed a lot but there is still things to do. My goal is to only ha subtle text links to the affiliate sites on posts and pages, not huge BUY buttons.

I started up a second site targeting the niche of fitness and health gadgets. /http://newfitnessgadgets.com/. This page has no commercials and affiliate links yet and I will wait for the traffic and first page rankings first.

My old urban exploration blog http://www.urbexblog.com has moved to its own domain and has Google Adsense commercials all over. This page has a lot of traffic but haven't figured out if there is ant affiliate program I can target here except amazon books about abandoned places.

Troubles

All my sites struggle to get on first place of Google. My low hanging fruit keywords doesn't show up. A few very rare keywords are on first page but according to the awesome Jaaxy keyword tool they produce very little traffic. I have also gone Jaaxy Pro by the way. You should at least try the free version if you haven't,

I try to identify WHY my keywords don't show up and think it's because:

1. It takes time and I need to build more content
2. There is something wrong with my sites and I need to learn more about sitemaps and robots
3. I actually has not as good content as I think
4. I still need to be better at proofreading my texts since English t's not my native language.
5. To much competition

First $

I have proved that my Amazon Affiliate links works by encouraging one of my friends to click on it an buy a book. :)

Going forward

I have absolutely not given up my online marketing dream and I think of possible new niches all the time. My fantasy never take a break. I'm planning a site about a very small niche, maybe just one specialized product and a site about WA affiliating.

Good luck to me. :) I appreciate comments here and on my sites as well if you notice anything I'm doing wrong.

Have a good day, regards Andreas

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Hey Andreas, I bet that Ghost hunting or mysteries of the unknown would fit well into your urbexblog ! You are going strong in a short time. Great positive attitude. Peace James

Thanks. :) Always positive. When I start something I doesn't give up easily.

Hi Andreas. Most likely, the reason for not ranking high yet is #1 - you need to build more content. I'm not an expert on this, but I've been told by those who have been in WA a while that Google doesn't rank you higher until they consider your site to be more mature. They want to see good content over and over to be sure you are serious, not just after quick money. I was told you need about 12-15 posts before Google starts to consider this.

I don't know if those numbers are exactly true but it gave me a target. I was only at 7 posts when I was told that, so I've stopped worrying about affiliate links (which mean nothing if no one looks at your site) and am concentrating on building posts to get to 15. I've built several of them in a way that will allow me to go back and add affiliate links once I have that traffic.

Also, once you get oriented with Google webmaster tools and Google analytics, you'll be able to see more about your site. If you haven't hit these topics in the training, you'll get to them, so don't get distracted from writing content for the moment.

Keep going. Add content. Work through the lessons.

Wish you lots of success with your ventures seems like you are very productive, you will get there

Good luck to you Andreas! Every new busuness takes at least one year to build up reasonable clientele, so keep focused, greetings Loes

Great progress. Keep it up! :D

Thank you. :) Will do.

You have made awesome progress! As you continue to consistently add new content using your Jaaxy Pro :) for great keywords your rankings will improve!

Thank you. I think keyword research is lots of fun. Maybe I'm crazy. ;)

I enjoy keyword research as well, maybe we are both a little looney, lol! :)

Great progress Andreas.
I went with the subtle links to affiliates with text in a page that was relevant to that affiliate, thought that was the best way. I didn't get ads on my site till this week, widget wasn't being user friendly.

You will get there, just keep up the great work. :))

Thanks. Thats how I will do it too. Have to go through and change alot on my pages. :)

You're really going FAST! Congrats on the one month. Sometimes, it just takes time to gain ranking. You'll get there!

Thanks. :) Maybe a bit too fast? I have had the blogpage with traffic for many years so I have "only" built two new pages.

Everyone goes at their own pace. You have to find what works for you.

Wow, sounds like you've sure been working the WA! Usually it's recommended to focus on one website at first, but if you've got the time and patience to work on a few sites, more power to ya! I personally have been here for almost a year and I just run one site. Well, I had two, but the first was a flop haha. Hope you're doing well with it all! Keep it up!

Angie

Yes ideally I should have just one site. But it's so much fun making new ones. I have to stop myself all the time when it comes to making new sites. Have a lot of ideas. i use the two affiliate pages i have now to test different approaches and methods.

Take your time building your sites and eventually it will rank higher!

Thanks. That is what I have understood. There are no shortcuts. :)

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