Black Friday 2021 Question

Hi, dear WA family,Quick question. I'm already a yearly Premium member. My membership is up for renewal on Nov. 27th. If I wanted to take advantage of the Black Friday offer, do I have to cancel my current billing first or that would automatically be taken care of? I'd hate to be billed twice.Thanks!

Need Some Business Guidance

Hello, WA family,Not too long ago, I was contacted by a company asking me if I was interested in working together. They want to know how much I would charge them for featuring them in a post or inserting their links on my website.Does anyone here have any experience with cases like this? I'd love to hear from you.Thanks!Enrique

It's Been a Long Time

Hello, everyone!This year has been tough. On top of what we already know, there was so much going on in my life that I felt I needed a break from everything and everyone. So I decided to travel solo for the first time to reconnect with my inner self. It was something I really enjoyed and plan on doing again sometime in the future.I should've brought my laptop along, but honestly, I don't think I would have posted anything anyway. I felt so frustrated, and I just needed some time alone to reflec

Quick Update

Hi, Dear WA Community,Just dropping by to give you a quick update on how things are going on my end.I was absent most of last week since I traveled out of town to take care of some personal matters. And this week, I have been working on my two sites, although I haven't been active on WA.Anyway, I've been applying for more affiliate programs to monetize my sites. I've been accepted by most, but I'm still waiting on a few. Fingers crossed!I also updated my affiliate program spreadsheet using Jay'

Google Confuses Me More and More

I wrote a review about a language site last month. Well, a company representative contacted me this week to thank me for it and offer me a free T-shirt lol. This got me thinking. Is my article ranking in Google? I hadn't checked my stats in a long time. So next thing I did was check out Google Search Console and what did I find? One of my articles is on the first page, although not for the keyword I had selected. If I use my keyword, it appears on the third page instead.Something similar happen

Fix Something, Break Something Else.

I've spent the last couple of days trying to fix the speeds of my two sites. The desktop sites were good (in the 80s or even 90s), but my mobile speeds were just terrible. I even reached as low as 19! Something had to be done immediately.Looking for a SolutionI watched tons of YouTube tutorials and read lots of articles looking for a solution. As expected, the first solution was optimizing images, which is something I've always done. I also got rid of a couple of plugins, but nothing improved.

Messing with Google Tools

Hi, WAers,I meant to post this yesterday, but as I was working on it, my screen froze and when I refreshed it, WA was down. Well, the SSL certificates, that is. I thought I had saved my draft before refreshing the page, but I was mistaken.Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about my experience with Google tools. The more I try to understand them, the more baffled I feel. I have been monitoring my stats on GSC and GA, but I can't quite understand the trends.I have two sites. I've had the first one f

What Do You Do When You Feel Unmotivated?

Hi, WAers,Over the last few weeks I've really had to force myself to sit down and work on my sites. There's so much going on in my life right now that it's hard to stay focused. Personal problems inevitably affect other areas of our lives. When we feel troubled at work, in some way or another we "suck it up" since we need the money to survive. Therefore, we try to keep our jobs. However, when it's something else like working on a site, it's not always easy to continue, especially when it seems

A Few Eventful Days

Hi, WAers,These last few days have been quite eventful. I'd been meaning to write this update for days but hadn't had the time to do so.Anyway, I'd like to share a little about what's been going on.First AnniversaryLast week (or the week before last, not sure) marked my first anniversary as a Premium member. It has been a long journey, I must say.I started with one website, but due to the pandemic, I had to change niches as the traffic was negligible. So, I opened a second website. I've been wo

Exchanging Comments: The Only Way to Drive Traffic?

Hi, WAers,Not too long ago, I engaged in an interesting discussion with a WA member regarding the exchange of comments to drive traffic to our sites. I think all of us here have used either the Comments thread or SiteComments at some point. We've been told it's a good practice for SEO purposes. When search engines see engagement in our sites, they rank them higher since they're like, "Hey, there's something going on here!"We all know that Google takes different elements into consideration when