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Hello,
There is a blog I've had collecting dust for a while... I'm looking to change business tactics. Basically, I would be deleting that blog and using the information i
Here is something else I found for you about perma links. from Marion. Permalinks: It's OK to Change Your Permalink Settings
Deleting old pages will give you a 404 that never looks good. Try updating it at least giving it a revamp but leaving the URL permalink as it is.
. That may help.
I know some people do pages to make that 404 look better aswell.
Here is one from Loes she is the best. Customize your 404 page and redirect to your homepage Here is another video from Nathaniel. Permalink Related 404s & How To Fix There is an abundance of training on this that you can find in the search bar that may better suit what you want to do also. Just take a look.
I hope that helps you in some ways.
Debs :)
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Are future blogs affected if you drop one?
Hello,
There is a blog I've had collecting dust for a while... I'm looking to change business tactics. Basically, I would be deleting that blog and using the information i
If you are deleting the website, then Google will not care if you publish to Kindle. Google won't follow your work and publish a "creator" just because one piece of work (your website) was deleted. Happens all the time!
Hi, Nathaniel,
I must have read the question wrong. Thank goodness you are here to correct it and my reply too. :)
Hope you had fab New Year by the way.
Debs
Here is something else I found for you about perma links. from Marion. Permalinks: It's OK to Change Your Permalink Settings
Deleting old pages will give you a 404 that never looks good. Try updating it at least giving it a revamp but leaving the URL permalink as it is.
. That may help.
I know some people do pages to make that 404 look better aswell.
Here is one from Loes she is the best. Customize your 404 page and redirect to your homepage Here is another video from Nathaniel. Permalink Related 404s & How To Fix There is an abundance of training on this that you can find in the search bar that may better suit what you want to do also. Just take a look.
I hope that helps you in some ways.
Debs :)
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Hi All,
I've been working with pinterest for a while now. I get about 1.6K views per month on my page, but no interaction and no traffic. The current plan is to try to pos
The goal of using social media should be to attract them to your website.
Being active in social media gives your audience an extra possibility to engage and communicate with you.
You need also to be active on social media before you can get a following.
Being active doesn't mean posting yourself all the time, but mostly interacting with other people's content. On twitter that would mean liking and commenting others content and retweeting.
My wife built a 2000+ following in a couple of months of just doing that. I just kept building out my site and have gained organic traffic within 9 months.
I am not too sure about Pinterest as I am currently not putting my time there, but it should be similarly to other social media.
The few times that you post something to Pinterest, for example an infographic, should link back to your website where your content is.
Your website content is more important than social media.
Work on only one social media channel and get it properly established before starting on building a following on the next.
Don't depend on social media as your source of income or traffic, because they are not in your control. When Pinterest, twitter or facebook change rules, suddenly you lose all traffic.
Hope that helps.
Steven
I wonder, maybe you are posting too much and not engaging enough. I don't spend a lot of time on Pinterest but I love it as a great source of ideas. I also glance at their emails that I receive that provide suggestions based on my prior activity.
Are you posting things people value or are you posting just for the sake of posting? I would look what the successful people are doing on their boards.
Are you ever engaging with other people and sharing some of their content on your boards?
At this point, over 99% of what I've posted is from other users. I also skim the articles the pins are linked to as a means of ensuring quality. Everything I post is beneficial.
What do you mean about engaging?
As far as looking at what successful people are doing, I am trying to emulate that. Some have posted 40 times per day, some as much as 70. The problem is that I can't realistically maintain that.
That's the source of my question. I can't keep up with those numbers, and I'm not successful with pinterest so far. Would simple consistency be the only thing I need to start building a following?
What are you actually trying to accomplish with Pintrest? Would your efforts be better served by focusing on content for your Website.
The pins that I follow to websites led me to an article that I wanted to read.
My most popular pins, which aren't that many since I don't spend a lot of time there, are/were still getting looked and shared 2 years after the fact. So, I tend to think quality is better than quantity.
I don't follow very many people as I use Pinterest for ideas. The primary person I follow, I followed because I knew him from a different blog platform. On that platform, he typically wrote two posts a day. If you commented on his post, he would always come comment on one of yours. Then when he retired from real estate, he started collecting soup recipes and posting them on Pinterest.
He also created a group of people that contributes to the board. His board in my online soup recipe book.
Some people (home stagers, interior designers, landscapers, etc., use Pinterest to create a board that will have ideas for a specific customer.
So both of these are examples of what I mean by engagement.
Personally, I have not figured out if I want to use Pinterest for business.
Just thinking here, I'm not sure if this is right or wrong answer.
Thank you for your time and thoughts. You're right that people need to focus on their content, and interact with their readers. I guess though that what I'm asking about is using social media advertisement specifically, not necessarily the affiliate marketing business as a whole.
According to what I've read, Pinterest can be a powerful tool for increasing a business' popularity, and a lot of people are reaping some nice rewards for their time working with it. What adjustments do I need to make to see the same success with this specific tool? That's what I'm trying to figure out.
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Is consistency the primary issue?
Hi All,
I've been working with pinterest for a while now. I get about 1.6K views per month on my page, but no interaction and no traffic. The current plan is to try to pos
The goal of using social media should be to attract them to your website.
Being active in social media gives your audience an extra possibility to engage and communicate with you.
You need also to be active on social media before you can get a following.
Being active doesn't mean posting yourself all the time, but mostly interacting with other people's content. On twitter that would mean liking and commenting others content and retweeting.
My wife built a 2000+ following in a couple of months of just doing that. I just kept building out my site and have gained organic traffic within 9 months.
I am not too sure about Pinterest as I am currently not putting my time there, but it should be similarly to other social media.
The few times that you post something to Pinterest, for example an infographic, should link back to your website where your content is.
Your website content is more important than social media.
Work on only one social media channel and get it properly established before starting on building a following on the next.
Don't depend on social media as your source of income or traffic, because they are not in your control. When Pinterest, twitter or facebook change rules, suddenly you lose all traffic.
Hope that helps.
Steven
I wonder, maybe you are posting too much and not engaging enough. I don't spend a lot of time on Pinterest but I love it as a great source of ideas. I also glance at their emails that I receive that provide suggestions based on my prior activity.
Are you posting things people value or are you posting just for the sake of posting? I would look what the successful people are doing on their boards.
Are you ever engaging with other people and sharing some of their content on your boards?
At this point, over 99% of what I've posted is from other users. I also skim the articles the pins are linked to as a means of ensuring quality. Everything I post is beneficial.
What do you mean about engaging?
As far as looking at what successful people are doing, I am trying to emulate that. Some have posted 40 times per day, some as much as 70. The problem is that I can't realistically maintain that.
That's the source of my question. I can't keep up with those numbers, and I'm not successful with pinterest so far. Would simple consistency be the only thing I need to start building a following?
What are you actually trying to accomplish with Pintrest? Would your efforts be better served by focusing on content for your Website.
The pins that I follow to websites led me to an article that I wanted to read.
My most popular pins, which aren't that many since I don't spend a lot of time there, are/were still getting looked and shared 2 years after the fact. So, I tend to think quality is better than quantity.
I don't follow very many people as I use Pinterest for ideas. The primary person I follow, I followed because I knew him from a different blog platform. On that platform, he typically wrote two posts a day. If you commented on his post, he would always come comment on one of yours. Then when he retired from real estate, he started collecting soup recipes and posting them on Pinterest.
He also created a group of people that contributes to the board. His board in my online soup recipe book.
Some people (home stagers, interior designers, landscapers, etc., use Pinterest to create a board that will have ideas for a specific customer.
So both of these are examples of what I mean by engagement.
Personally, I have not figured out if I want to use Pinterest for business.
Just thinking here, I'm not sure if this is right or wrong answer.
Thank you for your time and thoughts. You're right that people need to focus on their content, and interact with their readers. I guess though that what I'm asking about is using social media advertisement specifically, not necessarily the affiliate marketing business as a whole.
According to what I've read, Pinterest can be a powerful tool for increasing a business' popularity, and a lot of people are reaping some nice rewards for their time working with it. What adjustments do I need to make to see the same success with this specific tool? That's what I'm trying to figure out.
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So, my site didn't have significant SEO traction, but I'm concerned about the future consequences of a mistake. This is embarrassing, but I was away from my site for a short t
I would ask Site Support too. They are more ware of that kind of stuff. I'm sure they will answer quickly. They always do.
So, my site didn't have significant SEO traction, but I'm concerned about the future consequences of a mistake. This is embarrassing, but I was away from my site for a short t
I would ask Site Support too. They are more ware of that kind of stuff. I'm sure they will answer quickly. They always do.
Hey everyone,
I had an idea concerning the format of future content development. Basically, I'm thinking there should be a summary, followed by a video, any internal/ext
You can set it up so the reader is able to toggle to see the full version or short version. If you do this, I suggest you have an excerpt on the blog roll to enable the visitor to 'read more' so they actually visit the full post.
When they arrive at the full post on the single.php file, that's where you may want them to select whether to read further.
I do not know whether the search algorithm will recognize the longer content for ranking...you will need to verify that before doing this.
There's a plugin. I used something similar a long time ago but someone told me it might not be good for SEO, so I discontinued. That doesn't mean they were right.
I don't know how well it works:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide/
~Jude
I agree Balrog. I also love video for many reasons. You Tube searches with hash tags inserted, make for an awesome combination for searches. Love this and looking forward to hearing about your experiences with video.
Awesome,
Sam
Short version for the reader, long version for serps?
Hey everyone,
I had an idea concerning the format of future content development. Basically, I'm thinking there should be a summary, followed by a video, any internal/ext
You can set it up so the reader is able to toggle to see the full version or short version. If you do this, I suggest you have an excerpt on the blog roll to enable the visitor to 'read more' so they actually visit the full post.
When they arrive at the full post on the single.php file, that's where you may want them to select whether to read further.
I do not know whether the search algorithm will recognize the longer content for ranking...you will need to verify that before doing this.
There's a plugin. I used something similar a long time ago but someone told me it might not be good for SEO, so I discontinued. That doesn't mean they were right.
I don't know how well it works:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide/
~Jude
I agree Balrog. I also love video for many reasons. You Tube searches with hash tags inserted, make for an awesome combination for searches. Love this and looking forward to hearing about your experiences with video.
Awesome,
Sam
If you are deleting the website, then Google will not care if you publish to Kindle. Google won't follow your work and publish a "creator" just because one piece of work (your website) was deleted. Happens all the time!
Hi, Nathaniel,
I must have read the question wrong. Thank goodness you are here to correct it and my reply too. :)
Hope you had fab New Year by the way.
Debs