When I get an email alert that someone has liked my comment (on WA), on clicking the link, it doesn't take me to the specific comment; just the top of the blog post.
Is something wrong with direct linking to comments?
When I get an email alert that someone has liked my comment (on WA), on clicking the link, it doesn't take me to the specific comment; just the top of the blog post.
Hey David,
I noticed EXACTLY the same thing this morning. When I scrolled down to find the comment that I left yesterday... and view the response I received an email notice of... my comment did NOT exist any more. It seems some of my work from yesterday has been deleted though I never did anything <sniffle, sniffle>
Am guessing something happened to the server to have caused this issue.
Hope this helps you.
Thanks for responding. Seems I only get them from you here at WA:).
Well, it seems to be working now.
Thanks for responding, Trish.
David
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Hi
1. Concerning websites done for others but hosted here at WA, would those sites be randomly placed in the queue for SiteFeedback at some point?
This happens with
Hey David,
Any and all websites hosted at WA have full access to SiteFeedback, SiteComment, and SiteContent.
Sites are not randomly placed in SiteFeedback (or SiteComments), so you would need to setup which site you want feedback on.
Hope this helps you.
Thanks very much for responding, Trish!
I think I remember Kyle mentioning that sometimes our sites are automatically selected for feedback etc. It has happened to me on more than one occasion.
Those times, I noticed an email alert in my inbox stating that I had just received feedback when I know I didn't request any...
I guess it's probably only those sites for which SiteFeedback was initiated anyway.
Regards
David
Wow, lucky you David. I have 3 websites hosted here and have never received feedback that I did not request.
If ever those sites get feedback, I think you will receive it instead of your client. Whatever email you put here will be the main recipient of those notifications. Your clients though, if they have access to the WP site, could see the SiteComments which I don't see anything wrong with.
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Guidelines about hosting sites on wa?
Hi
1. Concerning websites done for others but hosted here at WA, would those sites be randomly placed in the queue for SiteFeedback at some point?
This happens with
Hey David,
Any and all websites hosted at WA have full access to SiteFeedback, SiteComment, and SiteContent.
Sites are not randomly placed in SiteFeedback (or SiteComments), so you would need to setup which site you want feedback on.
Hope this helps you.
Thanks very much for responding, Trish!
I think I remember Kyle mentioning that sometimes our sites are automatically selected for feedback etc. It has happened to me on more than one occasion.
Those times, I noticed an email alert in my inbox stating that I had just received feedback when I know I didn't request any...
I guess it's probably only those sites for which SiteFeedback was initiated anyway.
Regards
David
Wow, lucky you David. I have 3 websites hosted here and have never received feedback that I did not request.
If ever those sites get feedback, I think you will receive it instead of your client. Whatever email you put here will be the main recipient of those notifications. Your clients though, if they have access to the WP site, could see the SiteComments which I don't see anything wrong with.
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Has anyone ever updated/expanded a post then to find that some of the existing comments have become irrelevant?
What would you do? Write a new post?
Just had that happen today when an affiliate introduced a new product from another company other than what I was promoting. There was a question about the current product that the affiliate company no longer carries.
I update the post instead of writing a new post because the google ranking was really good for the chosen keyword phrase. I left the now irrelevant comment alone because it was not too far off base as I described in the post update that things had changed.
Why can't you delete the comments that no longer apply? When you go back to the comment section in SiteManager, it appears that you can trash one.
Yes, we can delete them but they also contribute to user engagement, hence ranking. I am thinking that it may be better to leave them and let the reader work it out or mention the update in the post.
Thanks!
I have edited some of my posts but I don't think it affected the comments. I will need to look over the comments again. Well there really isn't a point because I can't change the comments but I do recommend keeping your posts updated.
Tried and true
Elaine
Thanks, Elaine. We can edit the comments in Dashboard>Comments but as you have said, keep posts updated for sure.
David
i'm inclined to agree with gjshawk..not so sure about deleting and/or even editing posts....personally, I would not do either...but as gjshawk said...."I'm sure if I'm wrong someone here will straighten me out"...
Thanks for posting the question David. I put my 2 cents in but obviously does not mean it is correct. I would certainly like to know correct way to handle this as well.
I’d leave the comments as is. Doesn’t make sense to me to base the post on the comments. The updated post should draw new comments that will, along with the old comments, increase the strength of your site.
That’s the way I see it. I’m sure if I’m wrong someone here will straighten me out.
Grant
One possibility -- You can add replies to the irrelevant comments indicating that their questions have now been addressed in the post update. (Doing that also gives you a chance to thank them for the comment.)
That's a very good question as I suspect in time may comments to become irrelevant. I was recently on a few blogs where I was reading comments well over 5 years old and was thinking the same thing. I suppose editing old ones could be quite time consuming so I'll be interested to hear what others have to say about this. Granted I am new and would be some time before any of my comments became stale but still an interesting quandry.
Hi Craig! I may just leave them as per your scenario. A commenter should be able to pull up their original answer.
David
I recently have been revising my post and I do come across a lot of irrelevance. It depends to me if it is a small part I will just go in and fix. However I have deleted posts due to this.
Thanks, Melissa. I most certainly will not be deleting my posts:))Those posts are bits of precious time and energy.
Thanks for sharing!
All the best!
I can understand that. As I am moving further I go back quite often and fix them. But at this point you have way more invested than me I don't I would do it at your point either.
Thanks for responding, Bob. How ethical is that? It is surely the easiest thing to do here though:)
Well, I look at it this way - it's my website - the reason for comments: promote my website.
As it is, now, I edit some comments that may contain bad grammar, missing the point of the article, trying to give feedback instead of comments, or being written in haste (i.e. SiteComments folks who are just after points so they can get comments on their website.)
And, I, personally, don't see anything unethical about it.
What do you think?
Jim
I agree with you on that Jim. I correct grammar and things of the sort as well and perform minor edits (replace 2 with two etc.).
I have never twisted it to reflect what I wanted it to say though.
I think it all depends on how our comments are set up. Like I mentioned before, I have a comment follow-up feature on my comments, so any commenter can opt-in to have alerts whenever someone responds to their comments etc. In that case, it may be a little tricky to edit their comment. What say ye?
You made an important point there, "it's my website..."
Can't lay any more claim to ownership than that.
As far as organic comments - I would definitely not twist or tweak the content to mean something different - but, I would still edit for minor things (i.e. grammar, spelling, etc.).
If the organic comment was coming from "out in left field" (i.e. way off base), I just wouldn't approve the comment. Chances are, it's spamming anyway.
As far as comments received from WA members through SiteComments, I defer to my last entry - I would edit as necessary to achieve relevant coherence.
My 2 (or two) cents worth!
:-)
Jim
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Updated post makes some comments irrelevant?
Has anyone ever updated/expanded a post then to find that some of the existing comments have become irrelevant?
What would you do? Write a new post?
Just had that happen today when an affiliate introduced a new product from another company other than what I was promoting. There was a question about the current product that the affiliate company no longer carries.
I update the post instead of writing a new post because the google ranking was really good for the chosen keyword phrase. I left the now irrelevant comment alone because it was not too far off base as I described in the post update that things had changed.
Why can't you delete the comments that no longer apply? When you go back to the comment section in SiteManager, it appears that you can trash one.
Yes, we can delete them but they also contribute to user engagement, hence ranking. I am thinking that it may be better to leave them and let the reader work it out or mention the update in the post.
Thanks!
I have edited some of my posts but I don't think it affected the comments. I will need to look over the comments again. Well there really isn't a point because I can't change the comments but I do recommend keeping your posts updated.
Tried and true
Elaine
Thanks, Elaine. We can edit the comments in Dashboard>Comments but as you have said, keep posts updated for sure.
David
i'm inclined to agree with gjshawk..not so sure about deleting and/or even editing posts....personally, I would not do either...but as gjshawk said...."I'm sure if I'm wrong someone here will straighten me out"...
Thanks for posting the question David. I put my 2 cents in but obviously does not mean it is correct. I would certainly like to know correct way to handle this as well.
I’d leave the comments as is. Doesn’t make sense to me to base the post on the comments. The updated post should draw new comments that will, along with the old comments, increase the strength of your site.
That’s the way I see it. I’m sure if I’m wrong someone here will straighten me out.
Grant
One possibility -- You can add replies to the irrelevant comments indicating that their questions have now been addressed in the post update. (Doing that also gives you a chance to thank them for the comment.)
That's a very good question as I suspect in time may comments to become irrelevant. I was recently on a few blogs where I was reading comments well over 5 years old and was thinking the same thing. I suppose editing old ones could be quite time consuming so I'll be interested to hear what others have to say about this. Granted I am new and would be some time before any of my comments became stale but still an interesting quandry.
Hi Craig! I may just leave them as per your scenario. A commenter should be able to pull up their original answer.
David
I recently have been revising my post and I do come across a lot of irrelevance. It depends to me if it is a small part I will just go in and fix. However I have deleted posts due to this.
Thanks, Melissa. I most certainly will not be deleting my posts:))Those posts are bits of precious time and energy.
Thanks for sharing!
All the best!
I can understand that. As I am moving further I go back quite often and fix them. But at this point you have way more invested than me I don't I would do it at your point either.
Thanks for responding, Bob. How ethical is that? It is surely the easiest thing to do here though:)
Well, I look at it this way - it's my website - the reason for comments: promote my website.
As it is, now, I edit some comments that may contain bad grammar, missing the point of the article, trying to give feedback instead of comments, or being written in haste (i.e. SiteComments folks who are just after points so they can get comments on their website.)
And, I, personally, don't see anything unethical about it.
What do you think?
Jim
I agree with you on that Jim. I correct grammar and things of the sort as well and perform minor edits (replace 2 with two etc.).
I have never twisted it to reflect what I wanted it to say though.
I think it all depends on how our comments are set up. Like I mentioned before, I have a comment follow-up feature on my comments, so any commenter can opt-in to have alerts whenever someone responds to their comments etc. In that case, it may be a little tricky to edit their comment. What say ye?
You made an important point there, "it's my website..."
Can't lay any more claim to ownership than that.
As far as organic comments - I would definitely not twist or tweak the content to mean something different - but, I would still edit for minor things (i.e. grammar, spelling, etc.).
If the organic comment was coming from "out in left field" (i.e. way off base), I just wouldn't approve the comment. Chances are, it's spamming anyway.
As far as comments received from WA members through SiteComments, I defer to my last entry - I would edit as necessary to achieve relevant coherence.
My 2 (or two) cents worth!
:-)
Jim
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Hi Friends!
I have noticed a little issue with publishing content from SiteContent. Apart from publishing my posts immediately without the option to schedule, draft or post
Perhaps I am missing something, but I believe that the clue is in the name 'Site Content', with no reference to publishing email, FB post etc. Once published to your site, you could either copy and paste, or integrate with auto-responder.
Hi John!
Thanks for sharing.
When publishing a new post directly in WordPress, it can automatically notify a mailing list that a new article has been posted.
This happens once one has installed an email marketing service such as MailChimp, Email Subscribers, etc.
David
Yep, that exact thing has happened to a couple of my posts. I thought it was me messing things up.
Xav
Hello David,
Lately I tried site content again, since it did not work fine on my ipad in the past. Now it does.. i am really wowed.
Using mailchimp i have not tried to use sitecontent yet...
Yes, it would be nice to have ful integration
Thank you for your feedback
Always much appreciated
Ml
I use mailchimp and have all my posts set up to go to my subscribers through the RSS feed. I know they go out as I have my email in there so I get to see what my subscribers get.
It works well for me and I use site content to create all my posts.
With Grace and Gratitude
Karen
I love the site content for writing.
I find the publishing aspects are meant to be convenient however will need tweaking, obviously.
Yes!
It's also a good way for WA to monitor our progress as well but the WP integration will have to be improved on in this case. Unfortunately, I may have to resolve to publishing my posts/pages from the WP platform much to the detriment of my internal progress stats. :(.
Thanks for taking the time to respond, Jared.
Hope all is well!
David
Using site content is mostly convenient for me, but I have noticed a few things I am unhappy with. You mention a couple of them, and gave a new one, so thanks.
Is there a way to request some kind of update on the WA site content piece?
I would like to be able to save my site content to my Wordpress posts list as a draft for one.
Hi Jay!
Thanks for sharing.
I believe SiteContent is a great tool for tracking progress and providing stats, but it is still a work in progress. I think some have made similar requests for feature-updates before.
There is no harm in talking to SiteSupport I guess.
David
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Anyone publishing from sitecontent posting to an email list?
Hi Friends!
I have noticed a little issue with publishing content from SiteContent. Apart from publishing my posts immediately without the option to schedule, draft or post
Perhaps I am missing something, but I believe that the clue is in the name 'Site Content', with no reference to publishing email, FB post etc. Once published to your site, you could either copy and paste, or integrate with auto-responder.
Hi John!
Thanks for sharing.
When publishing a new post directly in WordPress, it can automatically notify a mailing list that a new article has been posted.
This happens once one has installed an email marketing service such as MailChimp, Email Subscribers, etc.
David
Yep, that exact thing has happened to a couple of my posts. I thought it was me messing things up.
Xav
Hello David,
Lately I tried site content again, since it did not work fine on my ipad in the past. Now it does.. i am really wowed.
Using mailchimp i have not tried to use sitecontent yet...
Yes, it would be nice to have ful integration
Thank you for your feedback
Always much appreciated
Ml
I use mailchimp and have all my posts set up to go to my subscribers through the RSS feed. I know they go out as I have my email in there so I get to see what my subscribers get.
It works well for me and I use site content to create all my posts.
With Grace and Gratitude
Karen
I love the site content for writing.
I find the publishing aspects are meant to be convenient however will need tweaking, obviously.
Yes!
It's also a good way for WA to monitor our progress as well but the WP integration will have to be improved on in this case. Unfortunately, I may have to resolve to publishing my posts/pages from the WP platform much to the detriment of my internal progress stats. :(.
Thanks for taking the time to respond, Jared.
Hope all is well!
David
Using site content is mostly convenient for me, but I have noticed a few things I am unhappy with. You mention a couple of them, and gave a new one, so thanks.
Is there a way to request some kind of update on the WA site content piece?
I would like to be able to save my site content to my Wordpress posts list as a draft for one.
Hi Jay!
Thanks for sharing.
I believe SiteContent is a great tool for tracking progress and providing stats, but it is still a work in progress. I think some have made similar requests for feature-updates before.
There is no harm in talking to SiteSupport I guess.
David
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Dear Community. Is there a difference between link-building and back-links?
I am aware that we are not supposed to be focussing on back-links but I need clarification.
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Hello David. My 'take' on this is that your content will 'automagically' build its own inbound links when other content providers find your content through the SERPs and link into you.
Your internal links (links from one post to an earlier post) are important to Google as part of your site's architecture i.e how it all hangs together or Latent Semantic Indexing.
The occasional outbound link to someone else's content (as long as it reinforces your content) is always a plus point.
I hope that helps
I have understood that back link and follow back links are the best, In other words, you link to them and they in turn link to you.
Bless You,
Sam and Deb
You might want to see this and reconsider the strategy, backlinks are the most important ranking factor. Top 2 Google SEO ranking factors
Backlinks are a part of link building. You can create backlinks by giving good comments on other websites and leaving your URL where they ask for it. Do not use your URL in the comment themselves or even refer though because that is considered SPAM.
You also need to balance the number of external and internal links that you are using.
An external link directs a reader to another site where they can get more information. For example, if you use dictionary.com to get a meaning to a word, then you might link back to the page with the definition.
An internal link would be a link to another page of your website. For example, if you refer to something that you have discussed in detail on another page, you could link that term to the content where it is discussed, rather than repeating what you have already discussed it. This is easier to do after you have written a good bit of content.
Anita
Thank you for the info.. I've been here for over a year, with a 7 month lapse, and I just now realized the difference between internal and external links! I always thought that external links were to affiliate programs, and internal links were within our website posts. Thanks for clarifying!
Blessings:)
Suzi
Yes, thanks, Anita. I understand that.
You said it's part of link building.
There is "white-hat link building" and "black-hat link building"...but in the end is it the same as building backlinks?
I just want to understand whether to abandon the whole link building or backlinking approach. There are a lot of voices on this.
Maybe I missed something in the training.
Thanks!
David
Hi Anita.
Someone had sent this to me earlier from Kyle. Are Backlinks Good for Rankings? Nope. David
What you said is true though, Anita. Thanks for your response.
Appreciated
All the best.
David.
Have you searched in the searchbar for additional training on link building? If you are still confused whether or not you should be doing this, I suggest you search for answers there. The blog posts and training would certainly go into more detail.
I can tell you that every training video I have viewed by Jay (magistudios) Neill, who is the video training guy for WA, that talks about ranking talks about the importance of internal and external links. He also talks about how important backlinks are for building a brand.
You might want to take the time to watch these video training replays by Jay Neill: 7 SEO Strategies to Explode Your Rankings in 2018 21 Minute Ranking Method in 7 Steps 7 Brilliant Traffic Strategies You Must Know in 2018 I am sure you will find them most helpful.
Anita
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Link-building vs back-links. is there a difference?
Dear Community. Is there a difference between link-building and back-links?
I am aware that we are not supposed to be focussing on back-links but I need clarification.
<
Hello David. My 'take' on this is that your content will 'automagically' build its own inbound links when other content providers find your content through the SERPs and link into you.
Your internal links (links from one post to an earlier post) are important to Google as part of your site's architecture i.e how it all hangs together or Latent Semantic Indexing.
The occasional outbound link to someone else's content (as long as it reinforces your content) is always a plus point.
I hope that helps
I have understood that back link and follow back links are the best, In other words, you link to them and they in turn link to you.
Bless You,
Sam and Deb
You might want to see this and reconsider the strategy, backlinks are the most important ranking factor. Top 2 Google SEO ranking factors
Backlinks are a part of link building. You can create backlinks by giving good comments on other websites and leaving your URL where they ask for it. Do not use your URL in the comment themselves or even refer though because that is considered SPAM.
You also need to balance the number of external and internal links that you are using.
An external link directs a reader to another site where they can get more information. For example, if you use dictionary.com to get a meaning to a word, then you might link back to the page with the definition.
An internal link would be a link to another page of your website. For example, if you refer to something that you have discussed in detail on another page, you could link that term to the content where it is discussed, rather than repeating what you have already discussed it. This is easier to do after you have written a good bit of content.
Anita
Thank you for the info.. I've been here for over a year, with a 7 month lapse, and I just now realized the difference between internal and external links! I always thought that external links were to affiliate programs, and internal links were within our website posts. Thanks for clarifying!
Blessings:)
Suzi
Yes, thanks, Anita. I understand that.
You said it's part of link building.
There is "white-hat link building" and "black-hat link building"...but in the end is it the same as building backlinks?
I just want to understand whether to abandon the whole link building or backlinking approach. There are a lot of voices on this.
Maybe I missed something in the training.
Thanks!
David
Hi Anita.
Someone had sent this to me earlier from Kyle. Are Backlinks Good for Rankings? Nope. David
What you said is true though, Anita. Thanks for your response.
Appreciated
All the best.
David.
Have you searched in the searchbar for additional training on link building? If you are still confused whether or not you should be doing this, I suggest you search for answers there. The blog posts and training would certainly go into more detail.
I can tell you that every training video I have viewed by Jay (magistudios) Neill, who is the video training guy for WA, that talks about ranking talks about the importance of internal and external links. He also talks about how important backlinks are for building a brand.
You might want to take the time to watch these video training replays by Jay Neill: 7 SEO Strategies to Explode Your Rankings in 2018 21 Minute Ranking Method in 7 Steps 7 Brilliant Traffic Strategies You Must Know in 2018 I am sure you will find them most helpful.
Anita
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Hey David,
I noticed EXACTLY the same thing this morning. When I scrolled down to find the comment that I left yesterday... and view the response I received an email notice of... my comment did NOT exist any more. It seems some of my work from yesterday has been deleted though I never did anything <sniffle, sniffle>
Am guessing something happened to the server to have caused this issue.
Hope this helps you.
Thanks for responding. Seems I only get them from you here at WA:).
Well, it seems to be working now.
Thanks for responding, Trish.
David
You're very welcome David.