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For example, I wanted to create website where people can buy every spice of the world. It wouldn't be a typical blog (because Im very bad at writing articles in english), no re
In short I think you my struggle to get rankings in search without articles or reviews. Maybe you could review each spice and offer receipes that people could use the spice in.
Then link to your shop for them to buy it.
Martin
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Is creating shop website worth it?
For example, I wanted to create website where people can buy every spice of the world. It wouldn't be a typical blog (because Im very bad at writing articles in english), no re
It's good to think of SEO from the search engine's perspective. For example, if you were Google what would you want people to do?
Ultimately, Google (the search engine) is just a really powerful website. You can choose any one of a dozen search engines (aka websites) to find what you are looking for.
So if you were Google, the number one thing you are trying to do is keep people from going to another website/search engine. The reason that people stay with Google is because the results they return when you search for something are highly relevant and helpful (at least enough to keep you from switching to another search engine).
So Google's number one job is to give their searchers the best content possible.
Our job is to provide Google with the best possible content that will satisfy their searchers. Google is happy to rank our content if it helps them reach our goal.
When we help Google achieve their goal, they give our website a chance which helps us achieve our goal.
This is tricky at first because Google doesn't know you, but as you start providing valuable content they will eventually give you a chance and when people go on your site, spend time reading the content, engage with you content through content or visiting other pages... Google will know that your content is what their searchers are looking for and they will begin to trust you more, which makes it much easier to rank as you go along.
So when you're considering the kind of content to produce, always look at it through Google's lens.
I kind of went off topic there but it's an important perspective to have. It's easy to get caught up in the technical side of things and search for SEO "tricks" and shortcuts... and certainly some of those things exist. But good content comes first and good content will always win in the end.
When it comes to creating a "shop" so to speak, you can provide information about peppers and target specific keywords, but you don't want to create another layer of search engine that will compete with Google if that makes sense. If the only thing your website does is direct people to places they can buy peppers you're not giving Google anything they can really rank.
Not sure if that's helpful or not but I like Martin's idea of creating recipe articles for example. Another angle might be the medicinal benefits of peppers, or how to grow peppers in your home garden and make money with seeds and gardening supplies rather than the peppers themselves. Just some thoughts...
Tha you for a long reply like this. I decided to try another niche where I will "review" tools from amazon and put affiliate links in reviews.
Obviously I can't afford to buy every tool I want to review so my judgment will be based around what other people say about that specific product. Is it a good idea to start adding affiliate links and puting ads on my site from the start? Or do it for free and try to be at least recognized by google first.
You can definitely add affiliate links at the start if you want. I usually don't worry about them too much unless it's already an account I have set up and it's an easy link to grab.
For example, I have the number one spot for a product I reviewed last year and I've even been contacted by the people that run it to let me know they have an affiliate program I can sign up for... but even in the number one spot it only gets maybe 10 or 20 visits a week so I haven't bothered... but that's just me putting time into other things that are more productive. If it ever takes off I'll definitely add some affiliate links...
So it's something you can do if you like but I wouldn't make it a priority right from the start. The most important thing is that you start building out your content and getting your posts indexed in Google.
What are the better ways to do at the start?
The thing that I would love to do is making a website simmilar to "footballsnackhelmets.com". Its so simple, yet it's brilliant! Sadly I can't find simmilar product to create website around so reviews seems like a reasonable thing to do at the start.
The best thing to do is start on Amazon and click the menu in the top left corner I think it is. That brings down a drop down menu of categories. Then you can search those categories to find sub-categories and continue to refine and discover new products. I use to this to come up with a list of unique products and then I'd do keyword research to see what I could find. Kids Camouflage Clothing for example was good at one time.
I used to find all kinds of products and buy up the domains (like kidscamoclothing(dot)com) but I ended up with dozens of domains, a lot of good ideas but no time to explore them all... so I let most expire. Another place to check out is Ali Express to find unique ideas.
In short I think you my struggle to get rankings in search without articles or reviews. Maybe you could review each spice and offer receipes that people could use the spice in.
Then link to your shop for them to buy it.
Martin
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For example I want to create website focused around paperclips, and there is already a website that's promoted by google as nr. 1 in google search, have strong community (paper
You can create a website in just about any niche, but my first thought here is whether you can make money with a website focused around paperclips.
Having said that... I don't know the answer to that. If you would have asked me two years ago if a website about "slime" would make money I'd have my doubts. But today, slime is a really popular niche. I should have recognized it when my kids started becoming obsessed with it, but it went over my head.
You can do really well when you can identify those types of trends and maybe paperclips is that next trend. So I definitely don't want to discourage you, I would just caution you to do your research.
To further on expand on that though... it's important to remember that what you're doing here is developing your skillset. You do NOT have to knock it out of the park with your first website, but you do want to learn all you can in the process.
And some people do very well with the first website, it's just that it's better to focus on learning rather than getting it perfect if you know what I mean.
There are few things to keep in mind.
One... I noticed there is a Music Label named Paperclip, as well as a game... so you want to make sure you're targeting specific keywords that don't get confused with those brands.
Two... you want to make sure your website is solving a problem.
A good rule of thumb for any solo website is ONE niche and ONE tribe (an audience with a specific interest or problem to solve).
The magical combination for SEO success AND monetization is
One Niche + One Tribe + One Problem.
The more narrow and targeted you can get while still having a valid audience, the better.
Key phrase in that sentence above is "while still having a valid audience".
It's also important to pay attention to the "one problem" part of the equation. People pay money to have their problems solved, but they rarely pay money to hang out online, be entertained online or get information/trivia.
They can hang out and be entertained with social media, forums etc which are difficult to compete with and nearly impossible to monetize on a small scale.
Information sites would be like Wikipedia, which is also difficult to make money from.
You want to make sure you're solving someone's problem.
The problem can be something as simple as someone needing technical specs and measurements for home theater equipment (which is information with "buyers intent")... or something more challenging like dealing with a specific injury associated with a specific sport.
When it comes to affiliate websites the line is blurred here. You want to provide helpful information which in many cases, is just a product description. That's also what Google wants to see.
But the thing that will differentiate you from your competition is understanding the underlying "problem" your audience is trying to fix. In other words... don't focus on the "thing" your readers want, focus on the reason they want it.
Remember... when it comes to competition I think it was Bruce Lee who said "when you find yourself locked in a room full of your enemies... you're NOT locked in there with them. They are locked in there with you!" ;-)
Paperclips were just an example but thanks anyway for anwser!
I did some research around other niche and I didn't find anything simmilar to the website Im trying to make, for now I can say that it's ambitious and It will take time to create, but who knows? Maybe I will take over the internet with it! (Or just kitchens).
For now Im sure that as soon as my website will start generating profit, the first thing that I will buy is WA premium :-D
Ambitious is great, but be careful about biting off more than you can chew though :-D
Personally, if I could go back I probably wouldn't have tackled the niche I did because it too far longer to get traction and I can't begin to tell you the frustration and set-backs. It's just that my skills were not up to par for such a competitive niche when I started out which meant having to endure a lot of the growing pains without seeing the results. It paid off in the end because i stuck it out but a lot of people give up because they don't see results soon enough.
If i could do it over again I probably would have went after some micro-niche sites and got some small wins along the way. A micro-niche site like football snack helmets for example takes a fraction of the time to build and rank than trying to build an authority site in a competitive niche... but that doesn't mean you can't. It's just good to have an clear idea of what you're getting into before you begin.
Having said that, you don't need to get anything right the first time. Not even the second, third or fourth... It's all just about learning in the beginning :-)
Hi
My first thought when I read your question was CREATE a better website.
Take a look at there website and find ways that you can make yours better and things that they may not have thought of.
Make you website unique to you.
There is space for your and your website. WHY? Because it is YOU.
Believe in what you are doing
Love what you are doing
share what you have to share
Show what you have to show
Make it fun and interesting
Go for it
and Just Do It if this is truly what you want to do.
It is all about self-belief and Mindset
I hope this helps
Jennifer
You are most welcome
Remember being successful starts with YOU.
I am really glad that I could help
Jennifer
See more comments
What if my chosen niche already have a good website?
For example I want to create website focused around paperclips, and there is already a website that's promoted by google as nr. 1 in google search, have strong community (paper
You can create a website in just about any niche, but my first thought here is whether you can make money with a website focused around paperclips.
Having said that... I don't know the answer to that. If you would have asked me two years ago if a website about "slime" would make money I'd have my doubts. But today, slime is a really popular niche. I should have recognized it when my kids started becoming obsessed with it, but it went over my head.
You can do really well when you can identify those types of trends and maybe paperclips is that next trend. So I definitely don't want to discourage you, I would just caution you to do your research.
To further on expand on that though... it's important to remember that what you're doing here is developing your skillset. You do NOT have to knock it out of the park with your first website, but you do want to learn all you can in the process.
And some people do very well with the first website, it's just that it's better to focus on learning rather than getting it perfect if you know what I mean.
There are few things to keep in mind.
One... I noticed there is a Music Label named Paperclip, as well as a game... so you want to make sure you're targeting specific keywords that don't get confused with those brands.
Two... you want to make sure your website is solving a problem.
A good rule of thumb for any solo website is ONE niche and ONE tribe (an audience with a specific interest or problem to solve).
The magical combination for SEO success AND monetization is
One Niche + One Tribe + One Problem.
The more narrow and targeted you can get while still having a valid audience, the better.
Key phrase in that sentence above is "while still having a valid audience".
It's also important to pay attention to the "one problem" part of the equation. People pay money to have their problems solved, but they rarely pay money to hang out online, be entertained online or get information/trivia.
They can hang out and be entertained with social media, forums etc which are difficult to compete with and nearly impossible to monetize on a small scale.
Information sites would be like Wikipedia, which is also difficult to make money from.
You want to make sure you're solving someone's problem.
The problem can be something as simple as someone needing technical specs and measurements for home theater equipment (which is information with "buyers intent")... or something more challenging like dealing with a specific injury associated with a specific sport.
When it comes to affiliate websites the line is blurred here. You want to provide helpful information which in many cases, is just a product description. That's also what Google wants to see.
But the thing that will differentiate you from your competition is understanding the underlying "problem" your audience is trying to fix. In other words... don't focus on the "thing" your readers want, focus on the reason they want it.
Remember... when it comes to competition I think it was Bruce Lee who said "when you find yourself locked in a room full of your enemies... you're NOT locked in there with them. They are locked in there with you!" ;-)
Paperclips were just an example but thanks anyway for anwser!
I did some research around other niche and I didn't find anything simmilar to the website Im trying to make, for now I can say that it's ambitious and It will take time to create, but who knows? Maybe I will take over the internet with it! (Or just kitchens).
For now Im sure that as soon as my website will start generating profit, the first thing that I will buy is WA premium :-D
Ambitious is great, but be careful about biting off more than you can chew though :-D
Personally, if I could go back I probably wouldn't have tackled the niche I did because it too far longer to get traction and I can't begin to tell you the frustration and set-backs. It's just that my skills were not up to par for such a competitive niche when I started out which meant having to endure a lot of the growing pains without seeing the results. It paid off in the end because i stuck it out but a lot of people give up because they don't see results soon enough.
If i could do it over again I probably would have went after some micro-niche sites and got some small wins along the way. A micro-niche site like football snack helmets for example takes a fraction of the time to build and rank than trying to build an authority site in a competitive niche... but that doesn't mean you can't. It's just good to have an clear idea of what you're getting into before you begin.
Having said that, you don't need to get anything right the first time. Not even the second, third or fourth... It's all just about learning in the beginning :-)
Hi
My first thought when I read your question was CREATE a better website.
Take a look at there website and find ways that you can make yours better and things that they may not have thought of.
Make you website unique to you.
There is space for your and your website. WHY? Because it is YOU.
Believe in what you are doing
Love what you are doing
share what you have to share
Show what you have to show
Make it fun and interesting
Go for it
and Just Do It if this is truly what you want to do.
It is all about self-belief and Mindset
I hope this helps
Jennifer
You are most welcome
Remember being successful starts with YOU.
I am really glad that I could help
Jennifer
See more comments
It's good to think of SEO from the search engine's perspective. For example, if you were Google what would you want people to do?
Ultimately, Google (the search engine) is just a really powerful website. You can choose any one of a dozen search engines (aka websites) to find what you are looking for.
So if you were Google, the number one thing you are trying to do is keep people from going to another website/search engine. The reason that people stay with Google is because the results they return when you search for something are highly relevant and helpful (at least enough to keep you from switching to another search engine).
So Google's number one job is to give their searchers the best content possible.
Our job is to provide Google with the best possible content that will satisfy their searchers. Google is happy to rank our content if it helps them reach our goal.
When we help Google achieve their goal, they give our website a chance which helps us achieve our goal.
This is tricky at first because Google doesn't know you, but as you start providing valuable content they will eventually give you a chance and when people go on your site, spend time reading the content, engage with you content through content or visiting other pages... Google will know that your content is what their searchers are looking for and they will begin to trust you more, which makes it much easier to rank as you go along.
So when you're considering the kind of content to produce, always look at it through Google's lens.
I kind of went off topic there but it's an important perspective to have. It's easy to get caught up in the technical side of things and search for SEO "tricks" and shortcuts... and certainly some of those things exist. But good content comes first and good content will always win in the end.
When it comes to creating a "shop" so to speak, you can provide information about peppers and target specific keywords, but you don't want to create another layer of search engine that will compete with Google if that makes sense. If the only thing your website does is direct people to places they can buy peppers you're not giving Google anything they can really rank.
Not sure if that's helpful or not but I like Martin's idea of creating recipe articles for example. Another angle might be the medicinal benefits of peppers, or how to grow peppers in your home garden and make money with seeds and gardening supplies rather than the peppers themselves. Just some thoughts...
Tha you for a long reply like this. I decided to try another niche where I will "review" tools from amazon and put affiliate links in reviews.
Obviously I can't afford to buy every tool I want to review so my judgment will be based around what other people say about that specific product. Is it a good idea to start adding affiliate links and puting ads on my site from the start? Or do it for free and try to be at least recognized by google first.
You can definitely add affiliate links at the start if you want. I usually don't worry about them too much unless it's already an account I have set up and it's an easy link to grab.
For example, I have the number one spot for a product I reviewed last year and I've even been contacted by the people that run it to let me know they have an affiliate program I can sign up for... but even in the number one spot it only gets maybe 10 or 20 visits a week so I haven't bothered... but that's just me putting time into other things that are more productive. If it ever takes off I'll definitely add some affiliate links...
So it's something you can do if you like but I wouldn't make it a priority right from the start. The most important thing is that you start building out your content and getting your posts indexed in Google.
What are the better ways to do at the start?
The thing that I would love to do is making a website simmilar to "footballsnackhelmets.com". Its so simple, yet it's brilliant! Sadly I can't find simmilar product to create website around so reviews seems like a reasonable thing to do at the start.
The best thing to do is start on Amazon and click the menu in the top left corner I think it is. That brings down a drop down menu of categories. Then you can search those categories to find sub-categories and continue to refine and discover new products. I use to this to come up with a list of unique products and then I'd do keyword research to see what I could find. Kids Camouflage Clothing for example was good at one time.
I used to find all kinds of products and buy up the domains (like kidscamoclothing(dot)com) but I ended up with dozens of domains, a lot of good ideas but no time to explore them all... so I let most expire. Another place to check out is Ali Express to find unique ideas.
Thanks for anwser :D