I don’t think is the system problem, I also got the same issue before. It’s probably due to too many requests.

Hey Andrew, I commend you. there is a lot of work gone into this review.

Don't know how many words but I can see a few thousand here and I can remember I posted here about my own review with over 6000 words and was told far too many and people will switch off.

I beg to differ because if someone is seriously interested in this type of business, then providing the review reads well then they will read it all.

It's hard to get a balance.

Getting to the 1st page of Google is where we need to be but a task and a half.

How are others doing it?

Back-links?
Social media?
PPC?
Youtube videos?

I see more and more creating videos because people love visual?

I notice you highlight success's but no actual proof. I guess the headings are from WA member posts?

Why not use your affiliate link from within WA attached to those blog posts?

All the best

Mick

Hey Andrew, just some quick feedback here.

First of all great post. I don't think the content is "too long" especially with a title like "The Ultimate Wealthy Affiliate Review".

I would, however, consider removing the side by side logos at the start of the post. It could cause confusion for visitors.

Also, I would recommend testing out different colors for the button CTA's. It doesn't stand out too well with the links being orange.

Hope this helps.

from my opinion is ok but be more realistic. One year Wa and Quit my job? Serious? or ..one day 1241 $? Don't make it look as a spam. ma I know is a very good platform because i am here 3 years (and still didn't quit my job:))) but if i have seen you rreview i wouldn't subscribe. Look More as a scam. make mit more realistic.

HI Andrew,

Wow, that is a lengthy review.

Personally, I don't like reading too much on the internet it gives me a headache, so when I come across a very long review I leave, but the table of contents changes that, because I can just click to what I want to read instead of all the scrolling which would irritate me.

Hope that helps
Luba

Yes it is long but really I don't think it's too long.. it's thought. I do wish there were more "call to action" buttons or showing instead of telling things. For instance when you are talking about joining Wealthy Affiliate then show the join page or the join button. Showing is much better than telling as Kyle says.
Just my opinions and I hope they help.

Tried and true

Elaine

I really like your review, it has a real personal feel to it as you introduce yourself and right after that WA founders.

I like your introduction that says "everything you need to know before joining WealthyAffiliate" because it implies that, this is what people are looking for in reviews, they want to know if they should or not try it.

It's a good model and example for me, I'm almost jealous :) Don't mind me if in the future I follow your example but with my own personal twist because I think it's a great model of review.

I don't think it's too long. You have designed it well with your table of content.

I'm pretty sure you would have great responses from people who would read it.

Great job!

WOW. Your fingers must be bleeding. Long, yes. To long, I don't think so. You give the reader a choice/chance to click into the WA website on each section. For those readers that require much convencing, it's there.

I am interested in learning how this site produces and how you advertise it.

Advice: Add a call to action at each WA link ie; Click here now to join WA for free, yes free. Let the upgrade be sold from within WA.

Dennis Bequette AKA denara2017

Very well and beautifully put together. It did seem a little long but I understand why you did it. You were giving the person who knows nothing about WA a chance to know everything in one fell swoop and there are people out there that will consume it all. My eyes glassed over a bit but it could be because I already know all the information. Have you been getting hits on it and is it converting?

At first Andrew it really captured my attention with the graphics and layout. As I read on however, it started to get somewhat long and I wanted to rush to the end and skip the middle. I know lengthy content is king, but I would look to perhaps making two or three posts out of what you have. All very good.

That is beautiful and eye-catching. Loved the graphics and pictures. just as someone looking through it, I found myself skipping the paragraphs. It is great information but if you could reduce them to 1-2 sentences or eliminate some all together it would be much better.
You have enough information without the text, and if someone wants to join there is some information you could provide links to and they can hop off and read more, OR create a read-more doc that they can hop off on to. That way you don't mess this one up :)
Great job!!!!! :)

Does updating the old posts will have the same effect as posting new content on the blog?

For example, Andrew said he has 200 posts on his blog.
Let's say he is not creating new posts but regularly updates
existing blog posts.

Since the content is regularly updated, does Google gives
the site the same value and ranking, as if it is creating new
content?

Andrew, this is not my opinion or advice.You are more experienced and successful than me.You are someone I look up to.But I do have some questions.

You said you have 200 posts.Is your content based on evergreen products?Like, if you are doing a review of a recently launched jvzoo or warrior plus product, that would get traffic for few months and eventually, it will die off unless it is an evergreen product.

If you look at products like amazing selling machine, jeff walkers product launch formula, anik singals inbox blueprint etc, they are evergreen products which are launched every 6 months, 1 year or 2 years.

It shouldn't have to be the above mentioned products, but is it evergreen product or an informative article which can get evergreen traffic?

I guess you have followed the bootcamp and implemented all the tasks.If you did that and worked hard to produce 200 posts, and still not getting the results, I am concerned about the bootcamp training and the results it can produce.

Although there are lots of successful affiliates here who become successful through bootcamp training, I like to see Kyle's opinion on the question raised by this thread and also the results bootcamp can produce.

Hi Andrew, I am VERY confident the more articles you have, the more Google likes your site. That can be a direct or an indirect result of more internal links and also a higher frequency of posting.

If you have 20 articles on your site and 100's of backlinks of high authority sites you should probably make a killing (as backlinko)
BUT, what if you don't have such a big influence? I would say post as much as you can.

It is an interesting question, Andrew.

I think that we cannot be sure about the answer. For example, Backlinko says that it does not matter. Other say that the more the better.

In my opinion, you get more traffic when you get ranked for more keywords. So, I am trying to get ranked for many different keywords.

If we change the question to "one great article vs 10 standard articles", I believe that the one great article will give us better results.

Hi Andrew I was listening to a Facebook Advertizing guru speaking today, and her priorities for top 3 sources of traffic were:
1. Website traffic - from blogs and content.
2. Videos.
3.Uploads to Facebook.
She mentioned specifically about the new Facebook ¨rules¨ whereby the User Experience is the priority, and suggested that ecommerce sites should also be building their story and content (which previously may not have been a priority of theirs), with a view to getting a community and engagement with them. Facebook will be looking critically at prohibited and restricted content, at their discretion.
Best
Alan

Yes, I really do think it matters about the amount of content and keywords. I also truly believe especially, when first starting out it matters how often you are putting out this content. I noticed that if i do not put a post out every 2 to 3 days, my traffic plunges...If I post an article every 2 to 3 days, I always get new visitors everyday.....And, my site it brand new still....

So, for me it would be a "Yes"

I hope my opinion has helped

I am of the opinion that the amount of quality content that is keyword driven you publish on your site will determine the volume of your traffics.

If you really go for quality and value render articles or contents there is no way you won't have enough traffics you command.

People search daily for solutions to problems, it is those sites that solve those problems that will be visited. Assuming you write ten articles and each command two visits per day; is it not important to write more to drive more visitors.

The more great article you render the better your conversions. If you publish enough quality articles you don't even need to market your website.

It is good to know that we have varieties of contents ( Articles, Video, and podcast ). the more of those you get involved in, the better value you render to your audience in your niche.

Contents are key to traffics. . . .

My opinion though.

John

Andrew, that answer depends on who you ask. Brian Dean, from Backlinko.com, will tell you the art of getting traffic to your website is not in how often you add content but how much you market your content. He has stats that he shows that prove this statement. He shows that by engaging on different platforms in social media can accomplish more than adding content three times a week. Google, on the other hand, does reward websites with better ranking for adding more content. I think that is more in relevance than quantity.
The key in my opinion is quality of content and number of followers you have in social media platforms.
Good question. I hope this helps.
Ken

Good question, Andrew. It should generate lots of discussion. I am in the article quality group and not the quantity group. I think well written articles get the most traffic per keyword. On the other hand, lots of articles focused on specific long tail keywords will generate lots of traffic collectively.

Most certainly it does. However, it's not just the quantity of articles, it is also about the length of the articles, as well as their quality.

Lately, Google has taken a shine to ranking long articles, and the shorter ones are not given a great deal of importance.

The more quality content you have, yes, it does mean more traffic, providing it is good stuff for people to go over and read it, and eventually return for more.

You have to bear in mind if the niche you're into has a great deal of competition, in which case, don't panic, as all you need to do is go over to your competition and make your content better than theirs.

This might not be easy, but without better content, you don't really stand a good chance of beating them where rank is concerned.

Content includes pictures, videos, infographics etc...not just words. Too many words a will be a right turn-off for anybody visiting your site if there aren't pictures etc to break it up.

To summarize, more articles, more ranking, and more trust from Google, giving you a nice spot where people can find you, thereby making it easy for traffic to find you.

Ey there Andrew... ditto everything Fleeky said...

Plus, use HandBrake to optimize your vids before uploading to your pages or posts.

I've heard of more preference of Vimeo over U tube!

The problem is not necessarily the size of the video, although that is an issue, but you will run into serious bandwidth issues. This means your readers will experience a lot of buffering. Most standard hosting plans do not support members hosting videos for that reason.

You best bet is to use Vimeo or Amazon, or some provider that is specifically geared towards housing videos. It does cost money however.

Best Regards,
Jim

Yes... you can upload your own video's