Today I noticed that when I published a page to my site, I had 500 other pages that were also published all within that same hour.
I found it really weird and it worried
That is terrible what happened to you, it's never happened to me.I hope you can find out who did this to you. Chrissie60
wow i would like yo think that people are like that . i like to be proud of what i am able to do.
This has never happened to me, but I know if I stay logged in for long periods (several days) it acts weird and will not let me add media. I make sure I close my web browser out and log Barack in every day now. Sorry that I can't help your issue though.
I'm sorry to learn of that Jaime. I've never experienced anything like it. I see you've contacted Site Support. I hope they can help or at least put your mind at rest regarding any reaction from Google.
That is really strange. I've never heard of anyone having blank pages published. If you purchased a previously used domain, maybe there were pages that were wiped before you purchased it. I really don't know, but I hope it doesn't cause problems for you.
Blessings,
Debby
Nothing like that has ever happened to me. I would ask your site support for a detailed explanation. I would think that if there was some type of a hack then they would know. That is the only thing I can say. Any company that manages your website(s) has technicians that have access to the back end of your site and they are able to track everything that is going on.
I did but no good response yet. That's a first for me and I'm hoping my site doesn't go down because of it.
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Has anyone ever had published pages that wasn't their doing?
Today I noticed that when I published a page to my site, I had 500 other pages that were also published all within that same hour.
I found it really weird and it worried
I haven't had that kind of issue but have had the same page I have written published several times. I just deleted the duplicates but haven't thought about how google may have seen it !!! Hope it doesn't impact either of us.
Karen
That is terrible what happened to you, it's never happened to me.I hope you can find out who did this to you. Chrissie60
wow i would like yo think that people are like that . i like to be proud of what i am able to do.
This has never happened to me, but I know if I stay logged in for long periods (several days) it acts weird and will not let me add media. I make sure I close my web browser out and log Barack in every day now. Sorry that I can't help your issue though.
I'm sorry to learn of that Jaime. I've never experienced anything like it. I see you've contacted Site Support. I hope they can help or at least put your mind at rest regarding any reaction from Google.
That is really strange. I've never heard of anyone having blank pages published. If you purchased a previously used domain, maybe there were pages that were wiped before you purchased it. I really don't know, but I hope it doesn't cause problems for you.
Blessings,
Debby
Nothing like that has ever happened to me. I would ask your site support for a detailed explanation. I would think that if there was some type of a hack then they would know. That is the only thing I can say. Any company that manages your website(s) has technicians that have access to the back end of your site and they are able to track everything that is going on.
I did but no good response yet. That's a first for me and I'm hoping my site doesn't go down because of it.
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As I was checking Google Search Counsel on my site index, I noticed that I had about 400 pages that all had 404 error messages.
I looked up some info on it, and it said
Check if the links are correct. For me when switch from http to https it did happened to me. Then put the right links. Although it will work but do not like redirects.
It lowers your ranks on google too.
I have hundreds as well.... last I checked it was close to a thousand. I had originally started to do 301 redirects to my homepage and then mark them fixed in Google console. I asked Brandon Gaille (theblogmillionaire podcast) about this in his private group and he said it was fine to leave them alone. He also said the redirects to the homepage were not a good idea... with that quantity it doesn't look good to Google and you're also sending people to a page they weren't intending on going to... bad user experience and bad for your bounce rate.
Have a look to see if there are any keywords among those 404's that you can rank for... it may be worth recreating the page and redirecting the 404 to that page, and you may have some Google juice to carry over.
I removed all my homepage redirects and left the 404's alone, except that I recreated a handful (of posts) that still had some search engine strength, and my rankings are fine (I mean... I'd like them to be better, but the 404's haven't t hurt them). At least, that's been my experience.
Just some food for thought.
Oh... I did use a customer 404 page plugin (can't remember which one at the moment and I'm just typing on my phone here), and created a custom 404 page so that at least anyone landing on it sees something fun instead of the ugly 404 page. It lets them know that the page is either being worked on, moved or taken down... and then I provide a path for them to check out some other posts. I don't know if it's effective, but makes me feel better :-D
Thank you so much for the great feedback, makes me feel better that I'm not the only one going through this.
I did a search above (the magnifying glass search area)
This might help:
How to Customize Your 404 pg. Customize your 404 page and redirect to your homepage Easy Custom 404 Error Pages! Easy Custom 404 Error Pages!
Ey there Jaime, oh do I feel your pain. I had just finished clearing out a bunch of 'em on my site just before I opened up this post.
I use Simple 301 Redirects plugin and it's time consuming but it is a permanent fix for each 404.
My problem is that I don't know where they're coming from so I don't know how to fix that end of it... reckon I don't quite understand them completely.
Wishin' one of the 'Big Strappers' would give us a hand with this so we could prevent them in the future!
It depends on what percentage 400 pages represents on your website and what caused the error.
If the 'not found' error is a one-off thing, then probably not that much to worry about. But if potential visitors are getting 404 errors when using search, well, you could be missing out on traffic.
I would ask WA Site Support to check the .htaccess file to make sure it is set up correctly.
If you deleted or moved that content, I recommend that you use a redirection plugin to send visitors to another permalink instead.
I only had 20 errors, mostly from content I moved or deleted on my site. I use the SEO Redirection plugin to send the bot or visitors to other content instead. ~Jude
You also don't want to end up with hundreds of redirects. So use that for the important main URLs, not for 404's that relate to images or category changes. You can tell by the link itself what it was.
Once you have added a redirect, you can mark that error as fixed .
~Jude
Another way to see those 404 errors, which shows the links causing the error is to use the Broken Link Checker Tool.
http://brokenlinkcheck.com
After you enter your site URL, tick the option that takes a little longer but does a thorough check. The process could take a little time with so many pages.
In the right column you can click on the URL to see which page of your site the link is/was on.
I would definitely redirect the link below to your new WA review permalink. You probably changed the permalink without redirecting it. If you just mark it fixed, it will keep reappearing for some time, either because of bot crawls or search visitors.
Redirect the link below
https://rucksacked.com/wealthy-affiliate-review-2016-wealthy-affiliate-worth-it
To: Your current WA review permalink URL.
Where you see 'bad host' - it is usually a link in a comment. WP by default links their name to their website address. You can easily fix that by opening the comment and removing the website URL from the field - DO NOT delete the comment...lol.
See my SCREENSHOT ~Jude
Thank you so much Jude, I was just on a few of my posts that had the old WA review link, and everything was fine. I just don't know why I still get the 404 error on it if I changed out the link completely on the other articles.
Google has a long memory...unless you redirect the link, it will keep showing 404 errors for quite some time. It's just a dumb bot, it goes to where it has been before and needs to be told not to go there anymore....lol.
Nothing to be concerned about. Redirect that one link. When the search bot or a visitor finds that original incorrect link, they will be taken to your current URL.
That one link seems to comprise the majority of the 404 errors.
~Jude
Thank you so much Jude for this advice, but is there any plugin or anything you recommend using to fix this issue. I've never really done any 404 redirecting. Just don't want to mess up my site.
I use the SEO redirection plugin. There are many other good plugins around for this. You can't mess it up, they are pretty straightforward. Add error link in the 'from' field. Add correct link in the "to" or "target" field, then submit/save. Done.
In the meantime, I see you have fixed it. I visited the incorrect link and was sent to the correct review page on your site.
Congrats. ~Jude
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Anyone know much about 404 errors?
As I was checking Google Search Counsel on my site index, I noticed that I had about 400 pages that all had 404 error messages.
I looked up some info on it, and it said
Check if the links are correct. For me when switch from http to https it did happened to me. Then put the right links. Although it will work but do not like redirects.
It lowers your ranks on google too.
I have hundreds as well.... last I checked it was close to a thousand. I had originally started to do 301 redirects to my homepage and then mark them fixed in Google console. I asked Brandon Gaille (theblogmillionaire podcast) about this in his private group and he said it was fine to leave them alone. He also said the redirects to the homepage were not a good idea... with that quantity it doesn't look good to Google and you're also sending people to a page they weren't intending on going to... bad user experience and bad for your bounce rate.
Have a look to see if there are any keywords among those 404's that you can rank for... it may be worth recreating the page and redirecting the 404 to that page, and you may have some Google juice to carry over.
I removed all my homepage redirects and left the 404's alone, except that I recreated a handful (of posts) that still had some search engine strength, and my rankings are fine (I mean... I'd like them to be better, but the 404's haven't t hurt them). At least, that's been my experience.
Just some food for thought.
Oh... I did use a customer 404 page plugin (can't remember which one at the moment and I'm just typing on my phone here), and created a custom 404 page so that at least anyone landing on it sees something fun instead of the ugly 404 page. It lets them know that the page is either being worked on, moved or taken down... and then I provide a path for them to check out some other posts. I don't know if it's effective, but makes me feel better :-D
Thank you so much for the great feedback, makes me feel better that I'm not the only one going through this.
I did a search above (the magnifying glass search area)
This might help:
How to Customize Your 404 pg. Customize your 404 page and redirect to your homepage Easy Custom 404 Error Pages! Easy Custom 404 Error Pages!
Ey there Jaime, oh do I feel your pain. I had just finished clearing out a bunch of 'em on my site just before I opened up this post.
I use Simple 301 Redirects plugin and it's time consuming but it is a permanent fix for each 404.
My problem is that I don't know where they're coming from so I don't know how to fix that end of it... reckon I don't quite understand them completely.
Wishin' one of the 'Big Strappers' would give us a hand with this so we could prevent them in the future!
It depends on what percentage 400 pages represents on your website and what caused the error.
If the 'not found' error is a one-off thing, then probably not that much to worry about. But if potential visitors are getting 404 errors when using search, well, you could be missing out on traffic.
I would ask WA Site Support to check the .htaccess file to make sure it is set up correctly.
If you deleted or moved that content, I recommend that you use a redirection plugin to send visitors to another permalink instead.
I only had 20 errors, mostly from content I moved or deleted on my site. I use the SEO Redirection plugin to send the bot or visitors to other content instead. ~Jude
You also don't want to end up with hundreds of redirects. So use that for the important main URLs, not for 404's that relate to images or category changes. You can tell by the link itself what it was.
Once you have added a redirect, you can mark that error as fixed .
~Jude
Another way to see those 404 errors, which shows the links causing the error is to use the Broken Link Checker Tool.
http://brokenlinkcheck.com
After you enter your site URL, tick the option that takes a little longer but does a thorough check. The process could take a little time with so many pages.
In the right column you can click on the URL to see which page of your site the link is/was on.
I would definitely redirect the link below to your new WA review permalink. You probably changed the permalink without redirecting it. If you just mark it fixed, it will keep reappearing for some time, either because of bot crawls or search visitors.
Redirect the link below
https://rucksacked.com/wealthy-affiliate-review-2016-wealthy-affiliate-worth-it
To: Your current WA review permalink URL.
Where you see 'bad host' - it is usually a link in a comment. WP by default links their name to their website address. You can easily fix that by opening the comment and removing the website URL from the field - DO NOT delete the comment...lol.
See my SCREENSHOT ~Jude
Thank you so much Jude, I was just on a few of my posts that had the old WA review link, and everything was fine. I just don't know why I still get the 404 error on it if I changed out the link completely on the other articles.
Google has a long memory...unless you redirect the link, it will keep showing 404 errors for quite some time. It's just a dumb bot, it goes to where it has been before and needs to be told not to go there anymore....lol.
Nothing to be concerned about. Redirect that one link. When the search bot or a visitor finds that original incorrect link, they will be taken to your current URL.
That one link seems to comprise the majority of the 404 errors.
~Jude
Thank you so much Jude for this advice, but is there any plugin or anything you recommend using to fix this issue. I've never really done any 404 redirecting. Just don't want to mess up my site.
I use the SEO redirection plugin. There are many other good plugins around for this. You can't mess it up, they are pretty straightforward. Add error link in the 'from' field. Add correct link in the "to" or "target" field, then submit/save. Done.
In the meantime, I see you have fixed it. I visited the incorrect link and was sent to the correct review page on your site.
Congrats. ~Jude
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I'm just curious if anyone has ever changed their domain name and theme with a site with a little over 300 articles?
If so, how bad did that affect your traffic?
I have changed my theme many times. I changed my domain name when moving my site from Site Rubix to my own. You may loose you Google Ranking. Two of my sites were in the blue. It wasn't a day before I was ranking in red again.
Hi! Louisa,
I want to change my theme but keep my domain name... Is it okay to change with about 40 blog posts on it. Am I going to lose anything?
Thanks
Dini
Changing your theme will be ok to do, just try and stick with the same theme layout if you could. It helps out a lot with Google.
I changed my domain name when my site was about 2 1/2 years old, on the advice of Kyle, due to some adverse comments that appeared from the old usage of the domain name.
It was a lot of trouble changing everything and of course, the domain age went back to 0. It is still not back to where the old domain name was but is getting there. I wouldn't say I lost traffic because everything was being redirected but in Googles eyes, it was a new domain.
I have changed themes frequently. However changing domain names is a more serious process...that we have done but I try not to. The other thing is we use more paid traffic than organic traffic especially for the stores. We are pretty much financially stable So Paid traffic is a more reliable source than organic traffic. If we were not financially stable we would concentrate more on organic traffic.
Not at the same time, but yeah I've done both. On a personal site though, not a business one. The blog had almost 2000 posts. I just exported everything from WP and imported it into my new blog.
Sure thing. Lol just make sure you remember to export everything before you make the switch. I'm guilty of forgetting a couple times. One was when I moved from WA to my first host, then I ended up switching hosts and forgot again, woops!
If you change your domain name, be sure to have a redirect code (301 - Permanent Redirect) installed at the old site. Doing that will direct all trafic from the old site to the new one.
Here's some info on that:
"301 redirect is a catch phrase often used in SEO where nobody really explains how to do it. Many people feel too dumb to ask "how do I do a 301 redirect?" because they feel they should just know what one is.
Use a 301 redirect to move a site from
http://www.oldurl.com/uncool/ (root of the old homepage)
to http://www.newurl.com/cool/"
Source: http://www.seobook.com/archives/000215.shtml
I'm still building my first. Can I change my neiche. I find I'm better at another angle than one I've started
Two silly question
Can you put first on hold and start another
Is there a place to look at your work as it looks on the site
Told you silly but unknown to me
Yes you could always start another site, it's no harm to the ones you are currently working on.
To view your work before you publish it, all you need to do while you're on edit mode is click on preview. That could be found where you would click on publish article.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
Thank you for the help. What I really need to know is there any place to view your entire site you have finished to see if you like it. Not just one itemXtil another question I have a story of my life called The long journey of this life. It appears on my. Site view as about me I don't want there???
Changing your domain name can affect your traffic.
Some times for the better, however, it can affect
it negatively. If things are going good I would not change it.
Changing your theme, you can do that as often as need be.
Just be sure to back up your existing site first.
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Has anyone changed their theme and domain?
I'm just curious if anyone has ever changed their domain name and theme with a site with a little over 300 articles?
If so, how bad did that affect your traffic?
I have changed my theme many times. I changed my domain name when moving my site from Site Rubix to my own. You may loose you Google Ranking. Two of my sites were in the blue. It wasn't a day before I was ranking in red again.
Hi! Louisa,
I want to change my theme but keep my domain name... Is it okay to change with about 40 blog posts on it. Am I going to lose anything?
Thanks
Dini
Changing your theme will be ok to do, just try and stick with the same theme layout if you could. It helps out a lot with Google.
I changed my domain name when my site was about 2 1/2 years old, on the advice of Kyle, due to some adverse comments that appeared from the old usage of the domain name.
It was a lot of trouble changing everything and of course, the domain age went back to 0. It is still not back to where the old domain name was but is getting there. I wouldn't say I lost traffic because everything was being redirected but in Googles eyes, it was a new domain.
I have changed themes frequently. However changing domain names is a more serious process...that we have done but I try not to. The other thing is we use more paid traffic than organic traffic especially for the stores. We are pretty much financially stable So Paid traffic is a more reliable source than organic traffic. If we were not financially stable we would concentrate more on organic traffic.
Not at the same time, but yeah I've done both. On a personal site though, not a business one. The blog had almost 2000 posts. I just exported everything from WP and imported it into my new blog.
Sure thing. Lol just make sure you remember to export everything before you make the switch. I'm guilty of forgetting a couple times. One was when I moved from WA to my first host, then I ended up switching hosts and forgot again, woops!
If you change your domain name, be sure to have a redirect code (301 - Permanent Redirect) installed at the old site. Doing that will direct all trafic from the old site to the new one.
Here's some info on that:
"301 redirect is a catch phrase often used in SEO where nobody really explains how to do it. Many people feel too dumb to ask "how do I do a 301 redirect?" because they feel they should just know what one is.
Use a 301 redirect to move a site from
http://www.oldurl.com/uncool/ (root of the old homepage)
to http://www.newurl.com/cool/"
Source: http://www.seobook.com/archives/000215.shtml
I'm still building my first. Can I change my neiche. I find I'm better at another angle than one I've started
Two silly question
Can you put first on hold and start another
Is there a place to look at your work as it looks on the site
Told you silly but unknown to me
Yes you could always start another site, it's no harm to the ones you are currently working on.
To view your work before you publish it, all you need to do while you're on edit mode is click on preview. That could be found where you would click on publish article.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
Thank you for the help. What I really need to know is there any place to view your entire site you have finished to see if you like it. Not just one itemXtil another question I have a story of my life called The long journey of this life. It appears on my. Site view as about me I don't want there???
Changing your domain name can affect your traffic.
Some times for the better, however, it can affect
it negatively. If things are going good I would not change it.
Changing your theme, you can do that as often as need be.
Just be sure to back up your existing site first.
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Like many, we are all curious to know how to survive online and how to actually make things work with our online business.
I ask this question simply because I would lik
Great long tail keywords, a lot of quality content that gets Google's attention is what does it for me!
The title is about ranking, but in the text, you are asking about different things, plugins and affiliate programs. These are very different things. So what exactly interests you?
Yes my friend, what ever people use to help them with ranking. Plugins help, and many other things too, so if you have anything that works for you, please feel free to share.
Plugins and affiliate programs will not improve ranking. It is basic SEO. See my thoughts here How to rank high in Google search engine for all posts
Here is what I find helps:
- keep writing lots and lots of quality content with great images, be consistent like 2-3 posts a week.
- follow all the lessons and do all the tasks
- ask questions
- Jay has awesome webinars... one of my favourite is 21 Minute Ranking Method in 7 Steps (YouTube videos because Google owns YouTube and of course Google+, internal links, at least one external link, awesome Call to Action)
- Affiliate programs I use is Amazon, and I'm diversifying to other affiliate programs like scuba dive liveaboards which I just got approved ( what is your niche?) I like the AvantLink but got turned down which is fine, I will resubmit in another couple of months. AvantLink have some great major suppliers. Also Sharealink is supposed to be good so eventually I'll check them out.
Whatever your niche is, enter in search browser your niche +affiliate and you will find lots of affiliate programs.
- Plugins, I use Pretty Link and Google XML Sitemaps (make sure it has plural at end)
Oh ya... BE PATIENT!!
Take brain breaks and exercise lots...
Hope this helps and I wish you all the best here!
Action brings success Jaime. Plugins are really just a preference and the types of affiliate programs really depends on your niche as there are thousands of them out there. As long as you're learning something new every single day, that is a success in itself.
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What works for you to help you rank within google?
Like many, we are all curious to know how to survive online and how to actually make things work with our online business.
I ask this question simply because I would lik
Great long tail keywords, a lot of quality content that gets Google's attention is what does it for me!
The title is about ranking, but in the text, you are asking about different things, plugins and affiliate programs. These are very different things. So what exactly interests you?
Yes my friend, what ever people use to help them with ranking. Plugins help, and many other things too, so if you have anything that works for you, please feel free to share.
Plugins and affiliate programs will not improve ranking. It is basic SEO. See my thoughts here How to rank high in Google search engine for all posts
Here is what I find helps:
- keep writing lots and lots of quality content with great images, be consistent like 2-3 posts a week.
- follow all the lessons and do all the tasks
- ask questions
- Jay has awesome webinars... one of my favourite is 21 Minute Ranking Method in 7 Steps (YouTube videos because Google owns YouTube and of course Google+, internal links, at least one external link, awesome Call to Action)
- Affiliate programs I use is Amazon, and I'm diversifying to other affiliate programs like scuba dive liveaboards which I just got approved ( what is your niche?) I like the AvantLink but got turned down which is fine, I will resubmit in another couple of months. AvantLink have some great major suppliers. Also Sharealink is supposed to be good so eventually I'll check them out.
Whatever your niche is, enter in search browser your niche +affiliate and you will find lots of affiliate programs.
- Plugins, I use Pretty Link and Google XML Sitemaps (make sure it has plural at end)
Oh ya... BE PATIENT!!
Take brain breaks and exercise lots...
Hope this helps and I wish you all the best here!
Action brings success Jaime. Plugins are really just a preference and the types of affiliate programs really depends on your niche as there are thousands of them out there. As long as you're learning something new every single day, that is a success in itself.
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I've been trying to upload a video that I have created using Screenflow 6 to my custom sign up link for Wealthy Affiliate, and have been unsuccessful.
Can anyone help me
Hey Jamie,
Do you mean your custom home page detailing WA?
If so, perhaps using the embedded iframe code in a YouTube video under the Share option might work. I have not tried this.
Then I would suggest that the owners of WA don't want us using video on that page. If you use text properly, that will get them scrolling for more ... and that IS what you want ... that and clicking to try this out for free.
Check these: Using Video Within Your Custom Sign Ups Create a Custom Video Sign-up Pages Keep us updated of the process. Thx
Thank you, I have watched that video but it doesn't show how to upload the video, or the format it has to be in.
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How to upload video to custom sign up link?
I've been trying to upload a video that I have created using Screenflow 6 to my custom sign up link for Wealthy Affiliate, and have been unsuccessful.
Can anyone help me
Hey Jamie,
Do you mean your custom home page detailing WA?
If so, perhaps using the embedded iframe code in a YouTube video under the Share option might work. I have not tried this.
Then I would suggest that the owners of WA don't want us using video on that page. If you use text properly, that will get them scrolling for more ... and that IS what you want ... that and clicking to try this out for free.
Check these: Using Video Within Your Custom Sign Ups Create a Custom Video Sign-up Pages Keep us updated of the process. Thx
Thank you, I have watched that video but it doesn't show how to upload the video, or the format it has to be in.
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I haven't had that kind of issue but have had the same page I have written published several times. I just deleted the duplicates but haven't thought about how google may have seen it !!! Hope it doesn't impact either of us.
Karen
Yes, I hope it doesn't impact our sites.