The search algorithm for Google and Yahoo/Bing differs. Good news is Bing and Yahoo share the same search algorithm. So if you rank on Bing, you also rank on Yahoo, as such you get quite a lot of the share of searches.

Still, Google holds the majority of search volume. It has lost some this year though. Albeit, not enough to cause a dent.

What can you do about it? - keep posting quality posts. Quality and Relevance are still important ranking factors. And they amount to quite a lot.

Proof - my website - timotheuslee.com - ranks on 1st page of Google, Yahoo and Bing for the keywords - Digital Marketing Consultant Singapore (some contacts have reported even - Digital Marketing Consultant). I am even on #1 spot (after paid ads), search results may vary for some people - some may see me on #1, some not. Nevertheless, my website is on 1st page.

What did I do to get there? I simply did not write for search engines. I wrote for people. I wrote valuable, relevant and quality content. Not to forget - unique too.

First, my website started to rank on 1st pages of Bing and Yahoo. Google took a longer time to climb to 1st page and even #1 (after paid ads). But now, they remain there.

It took me 8 months to reach that position. I am sure you can too. Especially if you just keep producing good content.

The most important thing is how Google is reading it. Google has the huge majority of searches; the others combined are still only a fraction of the traffic on Google. Optimize your articles based on what Google likes and let the other search engines catch up.

One other key point - once successful in Google, don't try changing articles based on the algorithms that, say, Yahoo or Bing uses. Google will notice the changes and penalize you for doing so.

As for how the search engines display your content...is totaly up to them. The only thing that you have control over is how you present it. So, be sure that you are using the "All in One SEO plugin to the full.

Be sure to add the proper keywords and descriptions to your post and pages before you publish.

Hope this helps.

Stay focused and be blessed.

Felton T.

How do you check your rankings in Jaaxy?

This is another question like comments vs feedback that gets asked repetitively! Its in the knowledge base. Write it out and keep notes handy as a back up!

What Your WA Affiliate Program Stats Mean

What does raw clicks vs unique clicks mean?

Intresting question

They are indicators to how many times your WA affiliate links, WA blogs, and WA discussions are being clicked by members of WA and also people outside of WA.

I explain the differences here on page 3 of my training tutorial about the WA Affiliate Program Stats. WA Affiliate Stat Categories

You need to identify the one that works best for YOU.

Mail chimp has problems with promoting things such as what you are going to be promoting and aWeber has been an industry standard for years and years!

Earlier I used Mail Chimp, but I like more Mailerlite.

If you're in the make money online niche then stay away from Mail Chimp as they don't allow promotions in that niche.

I did my research over time and I am with this one, and it's NOT a plugin. My Free NO Plugin Autoresponder-Subscriber Sign Up Form

I'll add on to what GCD said below, by saying this: If you have the option to try BOTH aweber and mailchip to see which converts better, by all means go for it. Then you'll know for yourself and you can just drop the service that didn't perform. And if they both perform well . . keep them both! :)

In all seriousness, don’t over think it. I spent ages trying to decide which was best. I researched, read articles and more articles and went back and forth for ages.
They all do the job and you’ll find some will recommend one and others will recommend the other and still others will have their own completely different choice.
If you want to try one, from memory mailchimp is free for first couple of hundred mails whereas aweber is something like $19/mth from the start (they might have a trial period).
My personal preference is mailchimp but I could just as easily go with aweber but then again this is going back quite a while.

Slight caveat: I may be wrong but I think I read here somewhere that mailchimp doesn’t approve of affiliate marketing in which case your choice is easy :)

They can be useful when you need n associated dropdown to append your niche!

Hey Gifty,

The following post may offer you the help you seek: https://www.brafton.com/blog/content-marketing/when-to-use-subdomains-3-reasons-for-them-a-few-against/

Hope this helps you.

Something that is related to the blog post.

It is used to represent the content of your post. As an example, if you are blogging about a plant you might want to use an image of the plant to give your readers an idea of what your blog is about.
Jerome

There you are, you got pretty good answers there. I have learned from this thread too. This is such a great community, people always willing to help. thank you guys.

It is good for people to see who is behind your sites.

People like to see who is behind what they are searching for, looking at and dealing with. It tends to give people a sense of a connection. Don't be afraid to smile....always! It sends a warmth & caring attitude.

In my opinion, it gives your post more of a visual and a snapshot of what it's about!

Featured image is used by WordPress on the blog archive pages. You theme sometimes allows you to choose to have the featured image display on any post before the text of your article.

If you've seen those websites where there are article snippets on the page with an image above the text. The theme draws those images from the featured image.

If you go to my website and scroll down to the article content you will see the images. When you click to go to the article that image is not visible. Those images are all in the post as a featured image. I can set the theme to allow those images to appear in the post but I personally don't like that.

For me, because these are separate images, when you upload them you can add alternate text, title and description, which really helps with the SEO of the page.