My website is displaying a horizontal white bar that is covering up the top of my header image, and has an alphanumeric code on the left side (see screenshot). I'm not sure wh
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White bar with alphanumeric code over top of header image?
My website is displaying a horizontal white bar that is covering up the top of my header image, and has an alphanumeric code on the left side (see screenshot). I'm not sure wh
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You may have recently inputted a wrong code
aioseo>general settings>webmaster tools tab>add the whole code to the miscellaneous verification section and save changes. then i go here http://gachecker.com/ verify my tracking code working. Google verification in four easy steps all in one plugin setup v4 - the new interface
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I would love to get some advice on something I'm trying to figure out. Based on what I've seen here on WA, the general rule of thumb is to try to have about 500 words per affi
Don't limit yourself to just 1 link/500 words. That's a silly guideline. Put links in where they make sense, where the reader may want to click through for more information or to buy something. Google isn't going to penalize you for putting in 3 links in a 1,000 word article!
The links are a convenience for your reader. You are making it easy for them to get/buy what they want, instead of just saying "it's somewhere on the internet - good luck!"
Yes, if you are doing round-up posts, you can put in more links. Like I said, the important thing is that they make sense. Remember you are writing for your readers, not Google. Google will never buy anything from you.
After looking at your site, I hope you also have a travel merchant or two, since you are sometimes talking about traveling to see away games.
Now, as far as merchants, all of these are available on ShareASale.
https://www.hockeyworld.com/ - ships internationally if permitted
https://www.coolhockey.com/us/
https://skates.guru/
Plus a bunch more niche sites with some hockey products as well.
Thank you Jeannine - this seems to be the consensus among the responses here, which is great.
I appreciate you suggesting those merchants. I'm on ShareASale and already promote some products from the first two. I'll have to check skates.guru, but if I recall correctly I think they were mostly or solely figure skating, not hockey.
And you're right about a travel merchant. I had that in mind when I wrote that post about traveling to games, but put it on the back burner because hockey was paused and now is resuming without spectators. I'm approved for at least one ticket broker on ShareASale, but definitely want to add a merchant for flights/hotels.
I actually have a couple other questions about merchant/network partnerships that relate to what I mentioned in my original question here, about the merchants I want to promote once I meet the requirements for approval. I'll send you those questions in a PM later today or over the weekend - I hope that's ok.
Thanks again,
Jordan
That's great news that you're working with those merchants. Yes skates.guru has more figure skates than hockey skates, but they did have some content on their blog about hockey, and you can always deep link right to the hockey skates. You also might have fun with some of the products on Etsy.com - just search Hockey and you'll see thousands of results.
I'll watch for your PM.
Why don't you put a note in close parentheses (The link for Canada, the link for U.S.A.)? Cheers.
You need to use your keywords in the title and in the first paragraph, then forget about keywords and concentrate on the subject matter. You will probably then put in piles of other keywords without realising. Google will pick them all up, weight them and rank the article.
You never know until you have tried, but be careful not to confuse your audience. Write a few test posts and find out, just be sure your audience knows what goes to Canada and what goes to the US elsewise you risk losing them in confusion which is worse than you losing rank with Google.
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Words per affiliate link dilemma - any suggestions?
I would love to get some advice on something I'm trying to figure out. Based on what I've seen here on WA, the general rule of thumb is to try to have about 500 words per affi
Don't limit yourself to just 1 link/500 words. That's a silly guideline. Put links in where they make sense, where the reader may want to click through for more information or to buy something. Google isn't going to penalize you for putting in 3 links in a 1,000 word article!
The links are a convenience for your reader. You are making it easy for them to get/buy what they want, instead of just saying "it's somewhere on the internet - good luck!"
Yes, if you are doing round-up posts, you can put in more links. Like I said, the important thing is that they make sense. Remember you are writing for your readers, not Google. Google will never buy anything from you.
After looking at your site, I hope you also have a travel merchant or two, since you are sometimes talking about traveling to see away games.
Now, as far as merchants, all of these are available on ShareASale.
https://www.hockeyworld.com/ - ships internationally if permitted
https://www.coolhockey.com/us/
https://skates.guru/
Plus a bunch more niche sites with some hockey products as well.
Thank you Jeannine - this seems to be the consensus among the responses here, which is great.
I appreciate you suggesting those merchants. I'm on ShareASale and already promote some products from the first two. I'll have to check skates.guru, but if I recall correctly I think they were mostly or solely figure skating, not hockey.
And you're right about a travel merchant. I had that in mind when I wrote that post about traveling to games, but put it on the back burner because hockey was paused and now is resuming without spectators. I'm approved for at least one ticket broker on ShareASale, but definitely want to add a merchant for flights/hotels.
I actually have a couple other questions about merchant/network partnerships that relate to what I mentioned in my original question here, about the merchants I want to promote once I meet the requirements for approval. I'll send you those questions in a PM later today or over the weekend - I hope that's ok.
Thanks again,
Jordan
That's great news that you're working with those merchants. Yes skates.guru has more figure skates than hockey skates, but they did have some content on their blog about hockey, and you can always deep link right to the hockey skates. You also might have fun with some of the products on Etsy.com - just search Hockey and you'll see thousands of results.
I'll watch for your PM.
Why don't you put a note in close parentheses (The link for Canada, the link for U.S.A.)? Cheers.
You need to use your keywords in the title and in the first paragraph, then forget about keywords and concentrate on the subject matter. You will probably then put in piles of other keywords without realising. Google will pick them all up, weight them and rank the article.
You never know until you have tried, but be careful not to confuse your audience. Write a few test posts and find out, just be sure your audience knows what goes to Canada and what goes to the US elsewise you risk losing them in confusion which is worse than you losing rank with Google.
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A post that I published 9-10 months ago was hovering pretty consistently around position 15-20 in Google, but over the last couple weeks it has fallen by about 15 spots. When
as you have found in search console google will add and subtract keywords from your page
it is constantly going through its algorithm - once your page is indexed - for up to 34 weeks to get to its 90% final rank.
i have found this as the algorithm changes i get new keywords - some unrelated ( although this can be a bad sign if they just popup and then disappear then it is ok)
it can show you opportunities for other keywords to target for your site.
it may not improve the rank of the page for the keyword you are after, but may add some more interest from the added keyword.
so it maybe worth promoting it again with the new keyword in social media and see if that helps it even more.
good luck
phil
Thanks Phil. Can you elaborate on the 34 weeks and 90% final rank that you mentioned? I haven't heard that before, but I'm intrigued.
i heard that from income school
they state that there are three stages of ranking
first is just through a quick algorithm to give an initial ranking
then there is a second deeper look with another algorithm which goes through, i think their ai
and finally a real person looks at your site and validates the algorithms ranking
can't remember which vid it is - but will try to find it as am going through their course at the moment....
Hey Jordan,
There are no set rules that Google will provide. It truly does depend on how many people actually click on a post's title and stay reading at that website as to whether Google will bother to provide that post in search results for that keyword search in the future.
I do hope that you are not constantly searching your posts else you could be causing your own issues with a loss in rankings.
Here's a post I wrote sometime ago, and is STILL relevant today: STOP Constantly Google Searching for Your Website and do Your SEO! Hope you find this helpful.
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Old post suddenly getting impressions for a query?
A post that I published 9-10 months ago was hovering pretty consistently around position 15-20 in Google, but over the last couple weeks it has fallen by about 15 spots. When
as you have found in search console google will add and subtract keywords from your page
it is constantly going through its algorithm - once your page is indexed - for up to 34 weeks to get to its 90% final rank.
i have found this as the algorithm changes i get new keywords - some unrelated ( although this can be a bad sign if they just popup and then disappear then it is ok)
it can show you opportunities for other keywords to target for your site.
it may not improve the rank of the page for the keyword you are after, but may add some more interest from the added keyword.
so it maybe worth promoting it again with the new keyword in social media and see if that helps it even more.
good luck
phil
Thanks Phil. Can you elaborate on the 34 weeks and 90% final rank that you mentioned? I haven't heard that before, but I'm intrigued.
i heard that from income school
they state that there are three stages of ranking
first is just through a quick algorithm to give an initial ranking
then there is a second deeper look with another algorithm which goes through, i think their ai
and finally a real person looks at your site and validates the algorithms ranking
can't remember which vid it is - but will try to find it as am going through their course at the moment....
Hey Jordan,
There are no set rules that Google will provide. It truly does depend on how many people actually click on a post's title and stay reading at that website as to whether Google will bother to provide that post in search results for that keyword search in the future.
I do hope that you are not constantly searching your posts else you could be causing your own issues with a loss in rankings.
Here's a post I wrote sometime ago, and is STILL relevant today: STOP Constantly Google Searching for Your Website and do Your SEO! Hope you find this helpful.
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I noticed in Google Analytics this morning that my site visitors spiked up yesterday to more than 10x what my daily average had been over the past month.
When I looked a
Thank you all for the input. After going back and looking at my stats more closely, I found that I had a similar one-day jump back in June. The only difference in that case was that the city location for the visitors was not set.
There are a couple other things that I think may have some connection to this, but it's a little long to get into here, so I'm going to write a blog post about it.
In any case, thanks again for your answers, I appreciate the feedback!
Jordan
I'm not sure its a good thing, but I don't know enough yet to tell you. Cautiously celebrate until you find out more!
Jeff
That is not real traffic, it's probably a bot like you rightly said. You can see the bounce rate is 100%.
How to explain this sudden spike in site traffic?
I noticed in Google Analytics this morning that my site visitors spiked up yesterday to more than 10x what my daily average had been over the past month.
When I looked a
Thank you all for the input. After going back and looking at my stats more closely, I found that I had a similar one-day jump back in June. The only difference in that case was that the city location for the visitors was not set.
There are a couple other things that I think may have some connection to this, but it's a little long to get into here, so I'm going to write a blog post about it.
In any case, thanks again for your answers, I appreciate the feedback!
Jordan
I'm not sure its a good thing, but I don't know enough yet to tell you. Cautiously celebrate until you find out more!
Jeff
That is not real traffic, it's probably a bot like you rightly said. You can see the bounce rate is 100%.
I have two different posts that are on the same topic - the second is basically a continuation of the first. Will using the same keyword for both posts have a negative impact
Yes, it is a bad idea. That sets you up for cannibalization of your own sites since Google might only show one or the other but not both.
I have had the same problem since I wanted to do a multi-part series of reviews. I got advice to steer clear of any "Blah blah blah part 1" "Blah blah blah part 2" so or keywords.
I am still trying to figure out a good way around this problem.
I think it depends on the keyword however. If your keyword (which usually means a phrase not just a word) is long, then you might be able to use part of it again as long as the other words are different.
For example, I have successfully used: "Jackson Galaxy Safe Space for Cats Drops" for one post and "Jackson Galaxy Cat Drops" for another which reviews the whole line of products vs. one variety.
You would be better off using a keyword that is similar but not the same. This way you are not in competition with yourself and have an opportunity to rank well with two separate keywords
Michelle
Be careful with this. Having multiple posts targetting the same keyword means competing with yourself. There is something called keyword cannibalization, so search and read about this.
Google must show something, and this will be based on the previous search history of the visitor. So Google might show the post which is not your best post with this keyword. You will be working against yourself.
Nope. One thing I believe is that Google may choose to "rank" the best post and not the other.
I suppose you could become an authority for certain keywords.
I would be sure to offer a link within each post to the corresponding post for "more info" for the consumer. This is called an internal link and it is important to include them in your posts anyways. :)
So lets say you have a title of your blog and one keyword of that title is the key word "race car" now this would likely mean that many of your posts will also include the keyword "race car" so this would create an authority keyword for your website and you will get ranked in that instance, for the same keyword multiple times.
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Is it a bad thing to use the same keyword for two posts?
I have two different posts that are on the same topic - the second is basically a continuation of the first. Will using the same keyword for both posts have a negative impact
Yes, it is a bad idea. That sets you up for cannibalization of your own sites since Google might only show one or the other but not both.
I have had the same problem since I wanted to do a multi-part series of reviews. I got advice to steer clear of any "Blah blah blah part 1" "Blah blah blah part 2" so or keywords.
I am still trying to figure out a good way around this problem.
I think it depends on the keyword however. If your keyword (which usually means a phrase not just a word) is long, then you might be able to use part of it again as long as the other words are different.
For example, I have successfully used: "Jackson Galaxy Safe Space for Cats Drops" for one post and "Jackson Galaxy Cat Drops" for another which reviews the whole line of products vs. one variety.
You would be better off using a keyword that is similar but not the same. This way you are not in competition with yourself and have an opportunity to rank well with two separate keywords
Michelle
Be careful with this. Having multiple posts targetting the same keyword means competing with yourself. There is something called keyword cannibalization, so search and read about this.
Google must show something, and this will be based on the previous search history of the visitor. So Google might show the post which is not your best post with this keyword. You will be working against yourself.
Nope. One thing I believe is that Google may choose to "rank" the best post and not the other.
I suppose you could become an authority for certain keywords.
I would be sure to offer a link within each post to the corresponding post for "more info" for the consumer. This is called an internal link and it is important to include them in your posts anyways. :)
So lets say you have a title of your blog and one keyword of that title is the key word "race car" now this would likely mean that many of your posts will also include the keyword "race car" so this would create an authority keyword for your website and you will get ranked in that instance, for the same keyword multiple times.
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This might be a conflict with one of your plugins if not ask for help in site support and see if they can work it out
Barry
Thanks Barry - ended up checking with site support because I couldn't find any issue with the plugins, and it's resolved now.
Jordan