About Greg990
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My background has been as a controller (accountant/office manager) for a real estate development company for 30 years. During that time I also built homes

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Getting Started

I could use some advise about an existing website I own. It was included as part of a high end PLR licensing & training program, by Nick James, I joined last summer. It was

Network marketing and the content isn't unique; what does that tell you?

It doesn't have anything to do with Network Marketing. Google isn't the only traffic source. I have access to free traffic I'm considering sending to the site.

Okay! I personally steer away from Network Marketing. Ultimately, it is compelling content and sounding our voice, experiences, and emotions that would drive the right flock of audience to our sites.

I won't touch Network marketing again! This site is about attracting and retaining an audience. It's an Authority site. Some have a Youtube following, others use different social sites or websites. This would be mine. As you said, the content is compelling...and it's relevant. My free traffic will grow from 100's per month initially, to 1000's per month over time. The more I think about it the more I'm thinking I'll keep it :)

If it were me personally, I'd drop it. I see it as repetitive content; it's shelling out the same type of articles, and yes, it won't rank. The only thing is that it's good for lead magnet type of content, but it's "duplicate content." So I used to buy PLR and rewrote it using my own words (before AI). Now I do not need it. It's up to you, but I do not see why you need to pay $99 a month, for that isn't earning you anything, is it? I think its JUNK. Thats my viewpoint.

A couple of comments. The site comes up as Not Secure because it uses the http: protocol instead of https: This is really bad.

As is having non-unique content that's never going to rank.

Not something I'd be paying $99 a month for.

Two questions. Do you have access to the site's back office and has it been developed on the WordPress platform?

I have a couple of ideas but they depend on the answers to those questions.

I have access to the back office and it is Wordpress.

In that case, I'd transfer (copy) it to Wealthy Affiliate, which would install it using https: protocol, then when it was all up and running here, cancel the $99 a month subscription. Then, one post at a time, use ChatGPT to rewrite them to fix the duplicate content issue.

If I do that, once I cancel the subscription. I lose access to the content.

Not if you've transferred the site to WA first. It will still have all its content. Is there something I'm not understanding here?

Good point. I hadn't thought of that. It's something to consider. Thanks

In such an event, for any websites hosted here, you need to arrange alternative hosting for your website before your subscription ceases, as you would be locked out of the platform; site support backups are only available for 60 days.

You can never revert back to being a starter.

You may reach out to site support for a backup of your websites.

Also, domain names must have passed the grace period of 60 days.

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I could use some advice about one of my websites?

I could use some advice about one of my websites?

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Getting Started

I could use some advise about an existing website I own. It was included as part of a high end PLR licensing & training program, by Nick James, I joined last summer. It was

Network marketing and the content isn't unique; what does that tell you?

It doesn't have anything to do with Network Marketing. Google isn't the only traffic source. I have access to free traffic I'm considering sending to the site.

Okay! I personally steer away from Network Marketing. Ultimately, it is compelling content and sounding our voice, experiences, and emotions that would drive the right flock of audience to our sites.

I won't touch Network marketing again! This site is about attracting and retaining an audience. It's an Authority site. Some have a Youtube following, others use different social sites or websites. This would be mine. As you said, the content is compelling...and it's relevant. My free traffic will grow from 100's per month initially, to 1000's per month over time. The more I think about it the more I'm thinking I'll keep it :)

If it were me personally, I'd drop it. I see it as repetitive content; it's shelling out the same type of articles, and yes, it won't rank. The only thing is that it's good for lead magnet type of content, but it's "duplicate content." So I used to buy PLR and rewrote it using my own words (before AI). Now I do not need it. It's up to you, but I do not see why you need to pay $99 a month, for that isn't earning you anything, is it? I think its JUNK. Thats my viewpoint.

A couple of comments. The site comes up as Not Secure because it uses the http: protocol instead of https: This is really bad.

As is having non-unique content that's never going to rank.

Not something I'd be paying $99 a month for.

Two questions. Do you have access to the site's back office and has it been developed on the WordPress platform?

I have a couple of ideas but they depend on the answers to those questions.

I have access to the back office and it is Wordpress.

In that case, I'd transfer (copy) it to Wealthy Affiliate, which would install it using https: protocol, then when it was all up and running here, cancel the $99 a month subscription. Then, one post at a time, use ChatGPT to rewrite them to fix the duplicate content issue.

If I do that, once I cancel the subscription. I lose access to the content.

Not if you've transferred the site to WA first. It will still have all its content. Is there something I'm not understanding here?

Good point. I hadn't thought of that. It's something to consider. Thanks

In such an event, for any websites hosted here, you need to arrange alternative hosting for your website before your subscription ceases, as you would be locked out of the platform; site support backups are only available for 60 days.

You can never revert back to being a starter.

You may reach out to site support for a backup of your websites.

Also, domain names must have passed the grace period of 60 days.

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Keyword, Niche and Market Research

While researching keywords, I noticed in the results for a couple of keywords, that the keywords I entered came back with traffic in the teens. But, on two occasions, with two

The only way to tap into that high volume traffic is to pay for it. There is no such thing as free traffic. You pay for it by using paid traffic. Or you pay for it in putting in the time and writing the content.

I figured as much. But, seeing it as a search result made me wonder. Thanks, Catherine

Oh yes, I get that perfectly

Can you explain? I don't understand your question.

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Jaaxy keyword research question?

Jaaxy keyword research question?

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Keyword, Niche and Market Research

While researching keywords, I noticed in the results for a couple of keywords, that the keywords I entered came back with traffic in the teens. But, on two occasions, with two

The only way to tap into that high volume traffic is to pay for it. There is no such thing as free traffic. You pay for it by using paid traffic. Or you pay for it in putting in the time and writing the content.

I figured as much. But, seeing it as a search result made me wonder. Thanks, Catherine

Oh yes, I get that perfectly

Can you explain? I don't understand your question.

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Search Engine Optimization

I have pointed traffic from a banner ad to my Wealthy Affiliate review page. But, they don't stay on my site long. Does that kind of traffic help or hurt my rankings in the sea

You could try changing up the banner ad to make it more relevant to your review. Usually, the more relevant an ad is to its destination, the longer the traffic stays. 👍🏼

Thank you, Eric. Something to consider.

Despite what others have said, yes a high bounce rate (not the traffic source itself) can adversely affect the rankings.

High bounce rate from?

From visitors arriving on the post or page you're hoping to rank for, finding it of little or no interest and leaving immediately. That will be a ranking factor for that post or page and the search term used to find it.

Thank you, Phil :) I am aware, but how do the banner ads play here?

That's what I was thinking. Not so much the fact that it's from a banner ad, but that the bounce rate is high. Thanks Phil!

That's a different story.

Jay's webinar

They don't per se, but Greg was reporting a high bounce rate from traffic generated from the banner ads. So a secondary effect.

Thanks Abie...that will be helpful!

You're welcome :)

Howdy! Both Abie and Maria have you covered.

Yes, I believe they do. Thanks!

It all depends whether the content is relevant or not, Greg!

Jeff
!

Definitely relevant...thanks Jeff!

You bet, Greg!

Jeff

Traffic from banner ads wouldn’t affect rankings at all Greg!
It’s the relevance of your content that does it!

Cheers,
Maria 🌹

Thank you. I got to thinking the low engagement time might be bad for my rankings.

Not necessarily, Google's algorithm primarily focuses on relevance, content quality, user experience, and numerous other SEO factors rather than traffic volume from ads.

Thanks for the clarification, Abie

You're welcome, Greg :)

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Does traffic from banner ads help or hurt my rankings?

Does traffic from banner ads help or hurt my rankings?

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Search Engine Optimization

I have pointed traffic from a banner ad to my Wealthy Affiliate review page. But, they don't stay on my site long. Does that kind of traffic help or hurt my rankings in the sea

You could try changing up the banner ad to make it more relevant to your review. Usually, the more relevant an ad is to its destination, the longer the traffic stays. 👍🏼

Thank you, Eric. Something to consider.

Despite what others have said, yes a high bounce rate (not the traffic source itself) can adversely affect the rankings.

High bounce rate from?

From visitors arriving on the post or page you're hoping to rank for, finding it of little or no interest and leaving immediately. That will be a ranking factor for that post or page and the search term used to find it.

Thank you, Phil :) I am aware, but how do the banner ads play here?

That's what I was thinking. Not so much the fact that it's from a banner ad, but that the bounce rate is high. Thanks Phil!

That's a different story.

Jay's webinar

They don't per se, but Greg was reporting a high bounce rate from traffic generated from the banner ads. So a secondary effect.

Thanks Abie...that will be helpful!

You're welcome :)

Howdy! Both Abie and Maria have you covered.

Yes, I believe they do. Thanks!

It all depends whether the content is relevant or not, Greg!

Jeff
!

Definitely relevant...thanks Jeff!

You bet, Greg!

Jeff

Traffic from banner ads wouldn’t affect rankings at all Greg!
It’s the relevance of your content that does it!

Cheers,
Maria 🌹

Thank you. I got to thinking the low engagement time might be bad for my rankings.

Not necessarily, Google's algorithm primarily focuses on relevance, content quality, user experience, and numerous other SEO factors rather than traffic volume from ads.

Thanks for the clarification, Abie

You're welcome, Greg :)

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Website Development & Programming

I use a feed plug-in to get a news feed from a particular site. The images from each of their articles appear in the articles on my site just fine. But, I can't get any of the

Kyle has you covered here :) Kindly let us know if you require additional assistance.

Here is the training on how to add featured images to your blog roll: I just created this a few weeks back, it also shows how to deal with the duplicate image issue (when you add a featured image) with many themes.

Ah, I forgot it!
Remember it as soon as i saw the photo :)

I had similar problems with the site content.
So I didn´t set the "title image" from it but just published it. Then I went to my site and took images through media.
The latest is to edit the post with the image from the media as a Features image.

I hope this works for you.

Hey, thanks for your thoughts. That sounds like a work-around that I may need to consider.

But, there are so many posts that it may not be feasible. I'm hoping to find a setting that will correct the issue, automatically.

Thank you again,

Greg

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How can I get featured images from a feed to appear in blog roll?

How can I get featured images from a feed to appear in blog roll?

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Website Development & Programming

I use a feed plug-in to get a news feed from a particular site. The images from each of their articles appear in the articles on my site just fine. But, I can't get any of the

Kyle has you covered here :) Kindly let us know if you require additional assistance.

Here is the training on how to add featured images to your blog roll: I just created this a few weeks back, it also shows how to deal with the duplicate image issue (when you add a featured image) with many themes.

Ah, I forgot it!
Remember it as soon as i saw the photo :)

I had similar problems with the site content.
So I didn´t set the "title image" from it but just published it. Then I went to my site and took images through media.
The latest is to edit the post with the image from the media as a Features image.

I hope this works for you.

Hey, thanks for your thoughts. That sounds like a work-around that I may need to consider.

But, there are so many posts that it may not be feasible. I'm hoping to find a setting that will correct the issue, automatically.

Thank you again,

Greg

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Everything Wordpress

Hi,

For some reason, the "Title" column width in my "All Posts" dashboard inside Wordpress, has been reduced to where it's hard to use. I'm trying to figure out how to

Have you made any recent changes to your WordPress, like adding a plugin or something creating a conflict and causing this issue?

Were you able to resolve the issue?

Hi Greg, I had the same issue when I changed my theme so I chose a WordPress theme and all is good.

Will you share a picture, Greg?

Here's a screenshot.

Thanks

Thanks, Greg. Give me a few minutes, and I will get back to you. Unfortunately, I got pulled away.

Greg, first, close the message at the top that says, "Get more Email Subscribers with OptinMonster."
2nd, click on the button at the top of the window for the WordPress Posts section and remove the checkmark for tags or any other columns. Make sure you hit apply after you remove the checkmarks for the columns.
That will extend your columns over so you can read your titles.

Greg, you could also change the view mode setting under screen options to compact view. That might be more helpful and take less in the way of your columns.

Have you zoomed out of your browser by accident? If that is, you may try to zoom in.

Matt,

Removing the checkmark for Tags worked!

Thank you!

Greg

I'm glad to hear, Greg. Good luck, and let me know if you need any further help.

That's really superb, Greg, and I am glad to hear it.

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Problem with my "all posts" dashboard?

Problem with my "all posts" dashboard?

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Everything Wordpress

Hi,

For some reason, the "Title" column width in my "All Posts" dashboard inside Wordpress, has been reduced to where it's hard to use. I'm trying to figure out how to