Hello guys,
I was updating my old posts and I noticed that some of my posts promoting Amazon products don't show images? I use SiteStripe but it simply won't show images
What happened to amazon images?
Hello guys,
I was updating my old posts and I noticed that some of my posts promoting Amazon products don't show images? I use SiteStripe but it simply won't show images
Are you using an ad blocker with your browser? This may affect how Amazon or Adsense images show on your site.
See if re-inserting the code works.
Thank you Nath, I just saw my website "incognito" and everything is fine, images are there but when I am not "incognito" I can't see images. I am using Chrome as my browser, maybe it's up to browser?
If you are incognito and seeing the images correctly, then it's probably a browser extension that's blocking the Amazon images, most likely an ad blocker. Try disabling any extensions and see what happens.
Duck Duck Go will do it every time! Only kidding. I have similar issues before and like Nathaniell would have suggested an ad blocker. Great you got those images back.
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Hello folks,
I see that lately many people talk about how succeeding with health niche is almost impossible because of those Google updates hitting health websites.
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Being a Certified Personal Trainer and Nutritionist, I am 110% behind Google(first time for everything). Being an expert within this niche has always been difficult because of all the pretenders.
So many people are getting hurt and injured by working with untrained, unqualified persons pretending to be something they are not. This has become such a problem that states are starting to require trainers, nutritionists, dietician, and such as myself to carry liability insurance.
I carry a $1m insurance policy as does any real trainer/professional.
For decades anyone could go online and pay someone like Ace a couple hundred dollars and they would send you a certificate. We saw what happened to them. They are in court for all kinds of lawsuits. All Ace certifications were revoked and they had to get certified by a real training program, like NASM or ISSA (the best). The International Sports Sciences Association is whom I am certified thru and we have to do 20 hours of continuing education every year just to keep our certifications.
Medical doctors do not even have continuing education. They just do as they were taught in school 40 years ago, even if it is outdated. That is why I will never, ever use an american doctor. I have a Pakistani and an Indian doctor. They actually went to class and made straight A's, unlike usa counterparts.
What do the call the worst student at an american medical school?
Doctor!
With over 25 years experience training others, I am qualified enough to charge $100/hr. I do. Why should someone who is unqualified to do my job be able to charge $20/hr and undercut me?
The client is the only one who loses.
Make a living, make a difference.
Mark
Not sure where you got your information on American doctors but you need to get trained better before you hurt someone. Bad advice often comes from those with million-dollar liability policies and who think their degree makes them the ultimate expert. In fact most of the pioneers of the medical trade were people who were laughed at by other professionals of the trade. That speaks volumes.
I see no problems with the rules. I am building a site on Keto and find even though the competition is strong it is really a good market.
Hi Danijel,
yes you can but the you need to pay attention to EAT as it is very important for health related niches.
https://www.mariehaynes.com/eat/
Also, when you can't achieve perfect EAT score, you need to keep going because you will be able to do so in the future.
Don't worry about it.
It's a bit of a tricky niche because it's not just Google that makes it challenging for people in this niche, It's the FTC as well. At least here in the states. This is one of the industries that is on its high-watch list.
https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/advertising-and-marketing/health-claims
This isn't meant to discourage you or anyone else on health-related niches. And if you read the wording of the FTC, it wants people to be aware of claims made and how to proceed.
Best Regards,
Jim
FTC is into everything these days I have competed for over a decade in the make Money Online niche and they watch everything said and done there with a microscope. Blogs are the free press, we report the claims and satisfy with disclaimers, but will always be under watchful eye because bloggers are the drain for the swamp not part of it.
Agreed. The FTC is watching everything, but they tend to be a bit extra watchful on industries subject to exaggerated claims like MMO, financial systems (Bitcoin, investing), weight loss, nutrition, and health.
I sort of like the extra eyes it makes me a better blogger to have the law on my side, and to need to remember on a post by post basis that not everyone is aware of these laws or how to spot fakes and scams.
I am not against having rules. But, my problem is when the rule makers go too far and make it difficult to make money at all. In many cases, the government uses a shoot-first-and-ask-questions later approach that scares people from running what would otherwise be normal business process. Of course, it's always the outliers that ruin it for everyone else.
Google has only hit poor quality alt health websites and for the most generic of terms and the jury is out as to if this is even Google's doing as it's not the SERPS that have been changed but the related searches you get in the search box.
Build away.
Andy Zeus Anderson
Not a problem I was doing some research into these serious claims because I am starting a website on CBD Hemp and found that the only thing that might mislead is some of the suggested searches carry negative tones but they look more like Big Pharma spamming search than a Google change. For one Google doesn't need to change what you search for they just change what you find when they make changes.
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Can we build health-related blogs today?
Hello folks,
I see that lately many people talk about how succeeding with health niche is almost impossible because of those Google updates hitting health websites.
<
Being a Certified Personal Trainer and Nutritionist, I am 110% behind Google(first time for everything). Being an expert within this niche has always been difficult because of all the pretenders.
So many people are getting hurt and injured by working with untrained, unqualified persons pretending to be something they are not. This has become such a problem that states are starting to require trainers, nutritionists, dietician, and such as myself to carry liability insurance.
I carry a $1m insurance policy as does any real trainer/professional.
For decades anyone could go online and pay someone like Ace a couple hundred dollars and they would send you a certificate. We saw what happened to them. They are in court for all kinds of lawsuits. All Ace certifications were revoked and they had to get certified by a real training program, like NASM or ISSA (the best). The International Sports Sciences Association is whom I am certified thru and we have to do 20 hours of continuing education every year just to keep our certifications.
Medical doctors do not even have continuing education. They just do as they were taught in school 40 years ago, even if it is outdated. That is why I will never, ever use an american doctor. I have a Pakistani and an Indian doctor. They actually went to class and made straight A's, unlike usa counterparts.
What do the call the worst student at an american medical school?
Doctor!
With over 25 years experience training others, I am qualified enough to charge $100/hr. I do. Why should someone who is unqualified to do my job be able to charge $20/hr and undercut me?
The client is the only one who loses.
Make a living, make a difference.
Mark
Not sure where you got your information on American doctors but you need to get trained better before you hurt someone. Bad advice often comes from those with million-dollar liability policies and who think their degree makes them the ultimate expert. In fact most of the pioneers of the medical trade were people who were laughed at by other professionals of the trade. That speaks volumes.
I see no problems with the rules. I am building a site on Keto and find even though the competition is strong it is really a good market.
Hi Danijel,
yes you can but the you need to pay attention to EAT as it is very important for health related niches.
https://www.mariehaynes.com/eat/
Also, when you can't achieve perfect EAT score, you need to keep going because you will be able to do so in the future.
Don't worry about it.
It's a bit of a tricky niche because it's not just Google that makes it challenging for people in this niche, It's the FTC as well. At least here in the states. This is one of the industries that is on its high-watch list.
https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/advertising-and-marketing/health-claims
This isn't meant to discourage you or anyone else on health-related niches. And if you read the wording of the FTC, it wants people to be aware of claims made and how to proceed.
Best Regards,
Jim
FTC is into everything these days I have competed for over a decade in the make Money Online niche and they watch everything said and done there with a microscope. Blogs are the free press, we report the claims and satisfy with disclaimers, but will always be under watchful eye because bloggers are the drain for the swamp not part of it.
Agreed. The FTC is watching everything, but they tend to be a bit extra watchful on industries subject to exaggerated claims like MMO, financial systems (Bitcoin, investing), weight loss, nutrition, and health.
I sort of like the extra eyes it makes me a better blogger to have the law on my side, and to need to remember on a post by post basis that not everyone is aware of these laws or how to spot fakes and scams.
I am not against having rules. But, my problem is when the rule makers go too far and make it difficult to make money at all. In many cases, the government uses a shoot-first-and-ask-questions later approach that scares people from running what would otherwise be normal business process. Of course, it's always the outliers that ruin it for everyone else.
Google has only hit poor quality alt health websites and for the most generic of terms and the jury is out as to if this is even Google's doing as it's not the SERPS that have been changed but the related searches you get in the search box.
Build away.
Andy Zeus Anderson
Not a problem I was doing some research into these serious claims because I am starting a website on CBD Hemp and found that the only thing that might mislead is some of the suggested searches carry negative tones but they look more like Big Pharma spamming search than a Google change. For one Google doesn't need to change what you search for they just change what you find when they make changes.
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Hi folks,
can anyone tell me how can I fix this: "Remove or defer any JavaScript or CSS that interferes with loading above-the-fold content."
Does it mean somethi
This is a common issue, and has to do with your theme. It's not likely affecting your site too much. I have messed with different options to fix it, and rarely see too much of an improvement, although the Speed Tests do come out better.
Autoptimize was recommended to me, and that's what I use to minify CSS and move the code loading in the header.
I don't know exactly what that stuff is though, so can't explain how or why it works.
Thanks, Nath! I am also using Autoptimize and it is a really great plugin, my website is much faster when it comes to mobile.
I wouldn't worry too much about this minor thing then. Better to focus on getting more traffic than squeezing one more second out of your SiteSpeed. That's my philosophy.
Good Morning Daniel,
I have the same problem, I think in my case it has to do with the header floating down but that is a theme related issue. If it is not that then I too will be happy to learn what it is
Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske
p.s. I have TheNotesLight theme
Hello Taetske,
My theme is simple, its Dukan theme, I think it was my logo and featured images not optimized and it was slowing the website.
Both sites are below 3 seconds for desktop and mobile so that is good. I tried one of the links Robert told you about and my widgets need to be optimized. Fact is a website is a living entity and will keep you busy forever.
All the best, Taetske
might be worth having a quick read of this - more relevant ot what you can do with wordpress.
second plugin looks interesting.
good luck
phil
don't forget ot backup your site first...or try it on a test site.
if i put the link in it might make it better
https://www.hostinger.co.uk/tutorials/wordpress/how-to-defer-parsing-of-javascript-in-wordpress
sorry for forgetting it.
they explain well and you can then understand what you are doing.
And this tool will tell you the exact files that are blocking a particular page.
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/
You might also have a look at this -
https://varvy.com/pagespeed/defer-loading-javascript.html
Thank you Robert! I did not optimize my logo and the featured pictures showing above the fold.
I feel as website get older more "errors" are occurring. When I was starting there was no such mistakes as CSS and Javascript...
Its down to the speed of your website downloading.
In your case Above The Fold.
This is the area that the site visitor first sees after landing on your site. Perhaps you have a huge pic or a slider with huge graphics.
Anyway run it through this and see what it tells you -
https://varvy.com/pagespeed/
Good Morning Robert,
Both my websites have a huge picture and the header floats down but the floating down is theme related.
Greetings from the south of Sain, Taetske
Get a smaller header image and show some text above the fold to let visitors know what your sites about.
Maybe change your theme as well.
Good afternoon Robert,
Oh, Robert, what are you suggesting? I love my theme, for both the websites it is the same, took me ages to get used to but now I would not want to miss them. May I ask you to look at that photo? personally, I love it. It is a photo Michael made on an NZ trip
motherearthstreasures.com. You will see the famous floating header but that is theme related.
I used the link you gave Daniel,the pagespeed/defer etc, there I found that all those nice homemade widgets need optimizing. My Technical Manager who is the creator was not amused when I told him.
Finding out that I missed 1 box with Sitemap checking it I improved a lot, one never stops learning. Thank you for your help.
Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske
I clicked away from your site right away because there was nothing above the fold to give me a clue what your site was about.
I'm thinking a lot of people will do the same.
As for your technical manager, I wouldn't give the m the time od day.
Do they actually know what they are doing?
Robert
Robert, my Technical Manager is my better half. I am no good with technical things so he helps me out. Oh, dear me, I better not tell him what you said as he will get a fit. He has complained already that I spend too much time on the computer you see.
Would you please tell me how to put something above the fold? Does the floating header interfere with this? Thanks for your help.
Taetske
You best ask your better half.
You have been following their instructions so far and my advice is falling on deaf ears.
Robert
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Hi folks,
can anyone tell me how can I fix this: "Remove or defer any JavaScript or CSS that interferes with loading above-the-fold content."
Does it mean somethi
This is a common issue, and has to do with your theme. It's not likely affecting your site too much. I have messed with different options to fix it, and rarely see too much of an improvement, although the Speed Tests do come out better.
Autoptimize was recommended to me, and that's what I use to minify CSS and move the code loading in the header.
I don't know exactly what that stuff is though, so can't explain how or why it works.
Thanks, Nath! I am also using Autoptimize and it is a really great plugin, my website is much faster when it comes to mobile.
I wouldn't worry too much about this minor thing then. Better to focus on getting more traffic than squeezing one more second out of your SiteSpeed. That's my philosophy.
Good Morning Daniel,
I have the same problem, I think in my case it has to do with the header floating down but that is a theme related issue. If it is not that then I too will be happy to learn what it is
Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske
p.s. I have TheNotesLight theme
Hello Taetske,
My theme is simple, its Dukan theme, I think it was my logo and featured images not optimized and it was slowing the website.
Both sites are below 3 seconds for desktop and mobile so that is good. I tried one of the links Robert told you about and my widgets need to be optimized. Fact is a website is a living entity and will keep you busy forever.
All the best, Taetske
might be worth having a quick read of this - more relevant ot what you can do with wordpress.
second plugin looks interesting.
good luck
phil
don't forget ot backup your site first...or try it on a test site.
if i put the link in it might make it better
https://www.hostinger.co.uk/tutorials/wordpress/how-to-defer-parsing-of-javascript-in-wordpress
sorry for forgetting it.
they explain well and you can then understand what you are doing.
And this tool will tell you the exact files that are blocking a particular page.
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/
You might also have a look at this -
https://varvy.com/pagespeed/defer-loading-javascript.html
Thank you Robert! I did not optimize my logo and the featured pictures showing above the fold.
I feel as website get older more "errors" are occurring. When I was starting there was no such mistakes as CSS and Javascript...
Its down to the speed of your website downloading.
In your case Above The Fold.
This is the area that the site visitor first sees after landing on your site. Perhaps you have a huge pic or a slider with huge graphics.
Anyway run it through this and see what it tells you -
https://varvy.com/pagespeed/
Good Morning Robert,
Both my websites have a huge picture and the header floats down but the floating down is theme related.
Greetings from the south of Sain, Taetske
Get a smaller header image and show some text above the fold to let visitors know what your sites about.
Maybe change your theme as well.
Good afternoon Robert,
Oh, Robert, what are you suggesting? I love my theme, for both the websites it is the same, took me ages to get used to but now I would not want to miss them. May I ask you to look at that photo? personally, I love it. It is a photo Michael made on an NZ trip
motherearthstreasures.com. You will see the famous floating header but that is theme related.
I used the link you gave Daniel,the pagespeed/defer etc, there I found that all those nice homemade widgets need optimizing. My Technical Manager who is the creator was not amused when I told him.
Finding out that I missed 1 box with Sitemap checking it I improved a lot, one never stops learning. Thank you for your help.
Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske
I clicked away from your site right away because there was nothing above the fold to give me a clue what your site was about.
I'm thinking a lot of people will do the same.
As for your technical manager, I wouldn't give the m the time od day.
Do they actually know what they are doing?
Robert
Robert, my Technical Manager is my better half. I am no good with technical things so he helps me out. Oh, dear me, I better not tell him what you said as he will get a fit. He has complained already that I spend too much time on the computer you see.
Would you please tell me how to put something above the fold? Does the floating header interfere with this? Thanks for your help.
Taetske
You best ask your better half.
You have been following their instructions so far and my advice is falling on deaf ears.
Robert
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Hi WA family,
I must be honest and say that I have a concern regarding my website. My site https://burnfatwithdani.com/ is 14 months old and its still does not make sale
I was pinning a couple of your articles and when I tried to pin "Phen24 Weight Loss Pills Review of 2019 – Losing Pounds During Sleep? " it wouldn't let me... said it was Spam.
Does any buddy have a theory about why that would happen? I was just trying to pin a webpage...
Good evening Danijel,
I looked at your website and think it looks appealing. Therefore I think the sales will come. Have a little more patience.
Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske
p.s. I sent you a PM
I think your site looks great. If I had any suggestions to offer, it would be to switch out your click here to buy now buttons to the Amazon text + image links as they show a pic of the item, it's current price and it shows that it's fulfilled by amazon, a company many trust.
Thank you, Merlyn! I did not think about that. Do you think that it can improve conversions?
I do. To me, a buy it now button is a little annoying/offensive. Seeing the product and it's price before I click is. More comfortable.
Hi Danijel. The only thing that I noticed was that the first image in your articles is to the left. I would move your image to the right. This will help make the reading more natural.
Your website looks amazing, Dani. I would absolutely keep writing content.
I do agree with Robert, that mostly, it would be women that would be looking for weight loss more than men, so it would be a good idea to change that.
Also, weight loss is a more competitive niche and thus, it can take longer to see results. I'm in the make-money-online niche, which is competitive too, and I was also writing 10 - 12 posts every month for 9 months and got nowhere.
It's only when I resolved to write one post a day that I started seeing an improvement. So as this has worked for me, I would suggest for you to try and write and publish more, as this offers more "gateways" for people to get to your site.
Also remember, that we are doing 80% of the work, when only 20% of our articles will appear on Page 1 of Google. So it may be that you only have about 30 of your posts appearing on Page 1 and thus, providing only 30 "gateways" to your website.
Writing more will ensure that you'll have more "gateways", more traffic and subsequently, more sales.. :)
These are only suggestions and you can do what you like and what you can. Progress is still progress, but that's my experience.
Wishing you the best!
Reyhana
Thanks a lot, Reyhana! I will definitely work on writing more content and see what happens. :))
You're welcome! You're definitely doing awesome, and it's clear that you have put in a lot of effort in this website.
Keep going! Don't lose sight of the prize! Don't give up!
Your site looks great, well done.
Have you tried some Best Of Posts? Eg. Best diet pills of 2019. I have found these posts rank well and convert well. Nathaniell has a great how to blog about it. Sorry can't find link just at the moment.
Thanks a lot, Heidi! Yes, I have several best of posts but they are still ranking as competition is not small at all.
I will find it don't worry.
Hello Daniel,
I have left several comments on your site and I can assure you that all the content I have read is top quality.
If you have around 50 daily visits, I can say that the site is also well positioned by google.
Do you receive questions? I notice that you have a contact form. The truth you should be selling.
I'm sorry I can not give you any advice. I hope you find an answer quickly. Claudio
Thanks in any case Claudio! Very appreciated. Yes, I am getting some organic comments (not too much).
All of your content looked well written Daniel, so hopefully if you change that maybe more women will start to take notice.
Hi Daniel,
I had a look at your blog, and I think it's good! You have quite a bit of content built up, and you've done a good job establishing your authority on the subject matter.
I'm not really a marketing expert, but one thing I noticed is that you don't show many images of the affiliate products you're linking to.
I like to display the products I'm endorsing, and feature their images whenever and wherever I can, especially if they have good packaging or are visually appealing in any way.
-Laurie
Hi Laurie, thank you for your feedback, it's really appreciated. I think that you are right but I mainly promote Amazon products so it is hard to get those images. -__-
I think you are turning a lot of women away when you mention -
Healthy Fat Loss For Men
at the top of your page
Women will see this and go look somewhere else.
This simply because its usually women who are more likely to worry about their weight than men.
Thanks a lot, Robert! I really did not pay attention to that. I will change that immediately!
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Am I doing something wrong? advises needed!
Hi WA family,
I must be honest and say that I have a concern regarding my website. My site https://burnfatwithdani.com/ is 14 months old and its still does not make sale
I was pinning a couple of your articles and when I tried to pin "Phen24 Weight Loss Pills Review of 2019 – Losing Pounds During Sleep? " it wouldn't let me... said it was Spam.
Does any buddy have a theory about why that would happen? I was just trying to pin a webpage...
Good evening Danijel,
I looked at your website and think it looks appealing. Therefore I think the sales will come. Have a little more patience.
Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske
p.s. I sent you a PM
I think your site looks great. If I had any suggestions to offer, it would be to switch out your click here to buy now buttons to the Amazon text + image links as they show a pic of the item, it's current price and it shows that it's fulfilled by amazon, a company many trust.
Thank you, Merlyn! I did not think about that. Do you think that it can improve conversions?
I do. To me, a buy it now button is a little annoying/offensive. Seeing the product and it's price before I click is. More comfortable.
Hi Danijel. The only thing that I noticed was that the first image in your articles is to the left. I would move your image to the right. This will help make the reading more natural.
Your website looks amazing, Dani. I would absolutely keep writing content.
I do agree with Robert, that mostly, it would be women that would be looking for weight loss more than men, so it would be a good idea to change that.
Also, weight loss is a more competitive niche and thus, it can take longer to see results. I'm in the make-money-online niche, which is competitive too, and I was also writing 10 - 12 posts every month for 9 months and got nowhere.
It's only when I resolved to write one post a day that I started seeing an improvement. So as this has worked for me, I would suggest for you to try and write and publish more, as this offers more "gateways" for people to get to your site.
Also remember, that we are doing 80% of the work, when only 20% of our articles will appear on Page 1 of Google. So it may be that you only have about 30 of your posts appearing on Page 1 and thus, providing only 30 "gateways" to your website.
Writing more will ensure that you'll have more "gateways", more traffic and subsequently, more sales.. :)
These are only suggestions and you can do what you like and what you can. Progress is still progress, but that's my experience.
Wishing you the best!
Reyhana
Thanks a lot, Reyhana! I will definitely work on writing more content and see what happens. :))
You're welcome! You're definitely doing awesome, and it's clear that you have put in a lot of effort in this website.
Keep going! Don't lose sight of the prize! Don't give up!
Your site looks great, well done.
Have you tried some Best Of Posts? Eg. Best diet pills of 2019. I have found these posts rank well and convert well. Nathaniell has a great how to blog about it. Sorry can't find link just at the moment.
Thanks a lot, Heidi! Yes, I have several best of posts but they are still ranking as competition is not small at all.
I will find it don't worry.
Hello Daniel,
I have left several comments on your site and I can assure you that all the content I have read is top quality.
If you have around 50 daily visits, I can say that the site is also well positioned by google.
Do you receive questions? I notice that you have a contact form. The truth you should be selling.
I'm sorry I can not give you any advice. I hope you find an answer quickly. Claudio
Thanks in any case Claudio! Very appreciated. Yes, I am getting some organic comments (not too much).
All of your content looked well written Daniel, so hopefully if you change that maybe more women will start to take notice.
Hi Daniel,
I had a look at your blog, and I think it's good! You have quite a bit of content built up, and you've done a good job establishing your authority on the subject matter.
I'm not really a marketing expert, but one thing I noticed is that you don't show many images of the affiliate products you're linking to.
I like to display the products I'm endorsing, and feature their images whenever and wherever I can, especially if they have good packaging or are visually appealing in any way.
-Laurie
Hi Laurie, thank you for your feedback, it's really appreciated. I think that you are right but I mainly promote Amazon products so it is hard to get those images. -__-
I think you are turning a lot of women away when you mention -
Healthy Fat Loss For Men
at the top of your page
Women will see this and go look somewhere else.
This simply because its usually women who are more likely to worry about their weight than men.
Thanks a lot, Robert! I really did not pay attention to that. I will change that immediately!
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Anyone else doesn't receive cash credits for giving comments? I am giving comments every day but sometimes I get cash credits and sometimes not.
Does anyone know anythin
Last week experienced same problem, I just kept trying and after two days they started working again.
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Sitecomments don't work? what's the problem?
Anyone else doesn't receive cash credits for giving comments? I am giving comments every day but sometimes I get cash credits and sometimes not.
Does anyone know anythin
Last week experienced same problem, I just kept trying and after two days they started working again.
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Are you using an ad blocker with your browser? This may affect how Amazon or Adsense images show on your site.
See if re-inserting the code works.
Thank you Nath, I just saw my website "incognito" and everything is fine, images are there but when I am not "incognito" I can't see images. I am using Chrome as my browser, maybe it's up to browser?
If you are incognito and seeing the images correctly, then it's probably a browser extension that's blocking the Amazon images, most likely an ad blocker. Try disabling any extensions and see what happens.
Thank you, man, you were right. I disabled DuckDuckGo extension and now it's fine.
Glad it worked!
Duck Duck Go will do it every time! Only kidding. I have similar issues before and like Nathaniell would have suggested an ad blocker. Great you got those images back.