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Hello. I need some suggestions. I went on the questions bar first so here I am with my question. My website is on books review so my keywords are the book title and author's nam
Like booklover2 and kyle say, I have been using low hanging fruit, using titles and authors and doing a page on each genre and linking to/from posts. We will see how this goes.
These types of keywords are completely fine, it comes down to the competition of the keywords. People tend to look for book "reviews" when they are doing their research as to whether or not they want to buy it, so you might want to target the review-type keywords quite often.
Here is some help on how to come up with low competition and the "low hanging fruit" type keywords. How to Get Keywords Ranked With Low Hanging Fruit
Thank you, Kyle. I feel better now. I appreciate your feedback. I'm going to check the low hanging fruit training.
Sooo many books and info, and not enough time.
Can you speed read?
I nee to come hang out with you.
My android kindle app could use some additions. Send me some scientific stuff.
I've had better luck putting them in their genres, like mystery, romance, paranormal or say historical fiction, classical, etc.
Thank you for answering. So do you mean that when you do a review you don't start with the title of the book?
I'm editing this comment because I went to look at your site. You have a store so this is why you start with the genre.
Have a look at mine and tell me what you think.
http://abookaddict.com/
check out my blog page and you'll see what I mean http://fictionbooks4u.com/blog and I'll go look at yours now
you're on the right track, but you have to give your readers a reason to click your link, pique their curiosity with a title they'll want to explore, or something to grab their attention
I was able to do that with the Stephen King book 11.22.63, but I'm scratching my head with the others ;-) Thank you for your feedback. I love your site and left you a comment. I saw what you mean on the author of the month
it might help you to look at the headlines like at yahoo news and then rearrange them to suit your needs
My only suggestions you have probably tried. Such as category keywords (Horror, Mystery, Fiction, Non Fiction, Auto Biography ....etc"
No, I have the categories listed as new releases and older books. I probably should think about creating subcategories. Thank you for your feedback.
Hi Emilie,
If you do type in an author/book title, the top results will almost certainly be amazon, smashwords, goodreads, kobo and so on - so the competition would be high.
My better half runs a book review site - but to be honest, for that particular site we don't concentrate on keywords or SEO at all really.
She's built up a a really good network of authors and publishers etc on FB, and gets interaction through running blog takeovers etc.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't do SEO for your site - but there are loads of FB groups you can join to get authors and readers to your site.
I hope that helps?
All the best, Mark
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Site is book reviews. keywords are book titles. not good?
Hello. I need some suggestions. I went on the questions bar first so here I am with my question. My website is on books review so my keywords are the book title and author's nam
I could see the problem but not the answer. Will be watching this to see some of the answers you receive
Like booklover2 and kyle say, I have been using low hanging fruit, using titles and authors and doing a page on each genre and linking to/from posts. We will see how this goes.
These types of keywords are completely fine, it comes down to the competition of the keywords. People tend to look for book "reviews" when they are doing their research as to whether or not they want to buy it, so you might want to target the review-type keywords quite often.
Here is some help on how to come up with low competition and the "low hanging fruit" type keywords. How to Get Keywords Ranked With Low Hanging Fruit
Thank you, Kyle. I feel better now. I appreciate your feedback. I'm going to check the low hanging fruit training.
Sooo many books and info, and not enough time.
Can you speed read?
I nee to come hang out with you.
My android kindle app could use some additions. Send me some scientific stuff.
I've had better luck putting them in their genres, like mystery, romance, paranormal or say historical fiction, classical, etc.
Thank you for answering. So do you mean that when you do a review you don't start with the title of the book?
I'm editing this comment because I went to look at your site. You have a store so this is why you start with the genre.
Have a look at mine and tell me what you think.
http://abookaddict.com/
check out my blog page and you'll see what I mean http://fictionbooks4u.com/blog and I'll go look at yours now
you're on the right track, but you have to give your readers a reason to click your link, pique their curiosity with a title they'll want to explore, or something to grab their attention
I was able to do that with the Stephen King book 11.22.63, but I'm scratching my head with the others ;-) Thank you for your feedback. I love your site and left you a comment. I saw what you mean on the author of the month
it might help you to look at the headlines like at yahoo news and then rearrange them to suit your needs
My only suggestions you have probably tried. Such as category keywords (Horror, Mystery, Fiction, Non Fiction, Auto Biography ....etc"
No, I have the categories listed as new releases and older books. I probably should think about creating subcategories. Thank you for your feedback.
Hi Emilie,
If you do type in an author/book title, the top results will almost certainly be amazon, smashwords, goodreads, kobo and so on - so the competition would be high.
My better half runs a book review site - but to be honest, for that particular site we don't concentrate on keywords or SEO at all really.
She's built up a a really good network of authors and publishers etc on FB, and gets interaction through running blog takeovers etc.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't do SEO for your site - but there are loads of FB groups you can join to get authors and readers to your site.
I hope that helps?
All the best, Mark
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I went on my site while logged and noticed the following box
can you do a print screen, "prt scr" on keyboard.. of what you see?
I am trying to figure what is going on with you.
The best Support on the Internet today. Is WA awesome oh what? Glad you got it fix Indiem.
The reason that these links took you inside is because you were logged in. If you were logged out it would have brought up your login page. I prefer to remove the meta from my sites. You can do that by going into the widget area where they are and moving the box to the inactive area. Take care.
Thank you for answering. I wasn't logged in. Catherine gave me the solution though so it's all fixed.
Thank you for answering Shawn. Great tutorial. Catherine had already helped me with the same info so I had solved the problem.
Remove the widget by going to the widget area and pulling the login box out of the widget
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Problem with my website. help please?
I went on my site while logged and noticed the following box
can you do a print screen, "prt scr" on keyboard.. of what you see?
I am trying to figure what is going on with you.
The best Support on the Internet today. Is WA awesome oh what? Glad you got it fix Indiem.
The reason that these links took you inside is because you were logged in. If you were logged out it would have brought up your login page. I prefer to remove the meta from my sites. You can do that by going into the widget area where they are and moving the box to the inactive area. Take care.
Thank you for answering. I wasn't logged in. Catherine gave me the solution though so it's all fixed.
Thank you for answering Shawn. Great tutorial. Catherine had already helped me with the same info so I had solved the problem.
Remove the widget by going to the widget area and pulling the login box out of the widget
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I was gonna ask pretty well the exact same question but figured i'd do a search first..... and look what i found :) thanks for asking it first.
Emilie, I use the plugin Convert Post Types, it's very simple.
Categories: Also simple.
Posts>Categories
Create a category: Reviews
Then go to Appearance > Widgets
Drag the Category widget on to your sidebar and place where you want it. There are 3 choices what to display, you will see what they are
Posts in edit mode shows on the right side the Categories you created. Check the appropriate box for the post
View your website and then you see the the Category Reviews
If you want to show the number of posts in each category, check that box in the widget.
Check out my set up
http://factsaboutinternetmarketing.com/
John
You have a very nice site John. So your home page is a blogroll. I saw what you meant about categories and all the posts. You also have 3 static pages besides the About Me page. So you don't change the content on those?
No, I have not changed any of the static pages. I believe they are a thing from the past. People want to see THE NEW not the old.
John
You can't change a page into a post.
You would need to copy the content from the page and then create a new post - and then create a 301 re-direct for your old page not delete it.
You want to do the re-direct so you don't get a 404 errors or page not found. Your page has been indexed and you want to avoid these errors.
Also if someone has linked to your page from their site they will now get re-directed to your new post and not get those errors either.
I did a training video on how to create categories WordPress Tutorial - Creating Categories I also did a training video on how to create a drop-down menu using a review tab Creating A Review Menu Tab With Drop Down Categories Hope this helps
I recommend if you're not comfortable using code to make the 301 re-direct. The easiest way is using a plugin from wordpress called Simple 301 Re-directs https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-301-redirects/
Leo, I made I all the changes. I created categories, posts, review menu tab and downloaded the Simple 301 Re-directs. I don't know what the next step is for the redirect. I notice that the pages that I had, have disappeared without me touching them. Does that mean it's fixed now?
Also why don't the comments appear on the side bar?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Emilie
I can't look at your website as I don't have the link so I can't see what you referring to.
So for the plugin - after you install it - you'll find it listed under Setting in your dashboard - click on it - all you do is place the URL from the request page (old page) and then place the URL as the destination page (new page)
Have you activated the plug in? I went to your site and I see the review tab - and all the drop down tabs, everything works fine - I also see recent comments in your side bar
Yes the recent comments are all on my static page. The ones left on the other pages are now at the end of the posts but not on side bar. Does it matter?
Oh yes my plugin is activated. Should I delete and reinstall?
No that does not matter, you'll find all comments come below your page or post, the widget is just a short cut to comments.
Yeah uninstall and then re-install. If it's not under settings, look under tools in the sidebar of your dashboard or it may even display within the sidebar on it's own
OK so I reinstalled the plugin and it worked. I hope you are not too tired of my questions Leo, feeling sheepish here :-(. I have one more thing. I'm not moving one page to another. I am changing pages to posts. I had 3 static pages name New Releases, Older Books and Book of the Week. Now I have a menu tab called Review with a drop down menu of 3 categories called New Releases, Older Books and Book of the Week. So how do I redirect with the URL. I put the URL of the Old page on the first box and what URL do I put on the second box? See the screen capture.
Thanks
Please don't worry Leo. You have been such a help, giving up your precious time for me. I went ahead to do what you said. I deleted the 301 Redirect and went to add the Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin and I got
An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums.
Try again
So I went to Wordpress support and they sent me to a page telling me how to add a new page! Plus some more info which confuse me. LOL well, not funny. Feeling frustrated actually. So I sent a ticket to WA technical support and see what they say. I suppose they are asleep as are you. I'm in Switzerland and chomping at the bit.
I'm going to work on my content since my website needs it desperately.
Talk to you later. Maybe by then I might have solved the problem depending who gets to me first you or WA technical support ;-)
Thanks
Emilie
No worries - I'm on my phone and I accedently deleted my last reply
Let's start from the beginning - first off deactivate that plugin in fact remove it
Have you created the new posts using the content from your page?
If not do that first doing it the way I explained -
And since all we are doing is creating a redirect I see no reason not to use the 301 plugin a redirect is a redirect 301 just means permanent
when you create the posts make sure to change the title - this way you create a new permalink and URL
Now in the 301 plugin put the URL of the old page in the first spot and put the new URL of the new post in the second spot - and you're good to go
I'll be back home later to catch up with you
OK. First of all, Wordpress was able to let me add again so I could reinstall the Simple 301 Direct.
Second, I had already copy pasted the content from my pages to posts. My posts are under their own categories.
Leaving Time is under New Releases
11.23.1963 is under Older Books
Moby Dick is under Book of the Week ( I just created that post. I don't have much content. I just needed the URL. It's saved in draft) I hope it's ok.
I did the redirect putting the old pages URL in the left-hand boxes and the posts URL in the right-hand boxes.
Thank you. :-). How would I know if anything was wrong. Would google let me know, or could I check myself?
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Could I convert pages into blog rolls?
My site is about
I was gonna ask pretty well the exact same question but figured i'd do a search first..... and look what i found :) thanks for asking it first.
Emilie, I use the plugin Convert Post Types, it's very simple.
Categories: Also simple.
Posts>Categories
Create a category: Reviews
Then go to Appearance > Widgets
Drag the Category widget on to your sidebar and place where you want it. There are 3 choices what to display, you will see what they are
Posts in edit mode shows on the right side the Categories you created. Check the appropriate box for the post
View your website and then you see the the Category Reviews
If you want to show the number of posts in each category, check that box in the widget.
Check out my set up
http://factsaboutinternetmarketing.com/
John
You have a very nice site John. So your home page is a blogroll. I saw what you meant about categories and all the posts. You also have 3 static pages besides the About Me page. So you don't change the content on those?
No, I have not changed any of the static pages. I believe they are a thing from the past. People want to see THE NEW not the old.
John
You can't change a page into a post.
You would need to copy the content from the page and then create a new post - and then create a 301 re-direct for your old page not delete it.
You want to do the re-direct so you don't get a 404 errors or page not found. Your page has been indexed and you want to avoid these errors.
Also if someone has linked to your page from their site they will now get re-directed to your new post and not get those errors either.
I did a training video on how to create categories WordPress Tutorial - Creating Categories I also did a training video on how to create a drop-down menu using a review tab Creating A Review Menu Tab With Drop Down Categories Hope this helps
I recommend if you're not comfortable using code to make the 301 re-direct. The easiest way is using a plugin from wordpress called Simple 301 Re-directs https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-301-redirects/
Leo, I made I all the changes. I created categories, posts, review menu tab and downloaded the Simple 301 Re-directs. I don't know what the next step is for the redirect. I notice that the pages that I had, have disappeared without me touching them. Does that mean it's fixed now?
Also why don't the comments appear on the side bar?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Emilie
I can't look at your website as I don't have the link so I can't see what you referring to.
So for the plugin - after you install it - you'll find it listed under Setting in your dashboard - click on it - all you do is place the URL from the request page (old page) and then place the URL as the destination page (new page)
Have you activated the plug in? I went to your site and I see the review tab - and all the drop down tabs, everything works fine - I also see recent comments in your side bar
Yes the recent comments are all on my static page. The ones left on the other pages are now at the end of the posts but not on side bar. Does it matter?
Oh yes my plugin is activated. Should I delete and reinstall?
No that does not matter, you'll find all comments come below your page or post, the widget is just a short cut to comments.
Yeah uninstall and then re-install. If it's not under settings, look under tools in the sidebar of your dashboard or it may even display within the sidebar on it's own
OK so I reinstalled the plugin and it worked. I hope you are not too tired of my questions Leo, feeling sheepish here :-(. I have one more thing. I'm not moving one page to another. I am changing pages to posts. I had 3 static pages name New Releases, Older Books and Book of the Week. Now I have a menu tab called Review with a drop down menu of 3 categories called New Releases, Older Books and Book of the Week. So how do I redirect with the URL. I put the URL of the Old page on the first box and what URL do I put on the second box? See the screen capture.
Thanks
Please don't worry Leo. You have been such a help, giving up your precious time for me. I went ahead to do what you said. I deleted the 301 Redirect and went to add the Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin and I got
An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums.
Try again
So I went to Wordpress support and they sent me to a page telling me how to add a new page! Plus some more info which confuse me. LOL well, not funny. Feeling frustrated actually. So I sent a ticket to WA technical support and see what they say. I suppose they are asleep as are you. I'm in Switzerland and chomping at the bit.
I'm going to work on my content since my website needs it desperately.
Talk to you later. Maybe by then I might have solved the problem depending who gets to me first you or WA technical support ;-)
Thanks
Emilie
No worries - I'm on my phone and I accedently deleted my last reply
Let's start from the beginning - first off deactivate that plugin in fact remove it
Have you created the new posts using the content from your page?
If not do that first doing it the way I explained -
And since all we are doing is creating a redirect I see no reason not to use the 301 plugin a redirect is a redirect 301 just means permanent
when you create the posts make sure to change the title - this way you create a new permalink and URL
Now in the 301 plugin put the URL of the old page in the first spot and put the new URL of the new post in the second spot - and you're good to go
I'll be back home later to catch up with you
OK. First of all, Wordpress was able to let me add again so I could reinstall the Simple 301 Direct.
Second, I had already copy pasted the content from my pages to posts. My posts are under their own categories.
Leaving Time is under New Releases
11.23.1963 is under Older Books
Moby Dick is under Book of the Week ( I just created that post. I don't have much content. I just needed the URL. It's saved in draft) I hope it's ok.
I did the redirect putting the old pages URL in the left-hand boxes and the posts URL in the right-hand boxes.
Thank you. :-). How would I know if anything was wrong. Would google let me know, or could I check myself?
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I could see the problem but not the answer. Will be watching this to see some of the answers you receive