Hi Joanne!
Don’t worry about your rank. It will go up and down as new people join and contribute more or less than you.
Your site health is always the first priority.
Since you know what to do (as you were doing prior to your break) just continue on. The balancing act of writing site content, helping others here, and other things you have to do outside of WA is ever changing.
You’ve got this!
KyleAnn

Hi Joanne. you will get your site rank back if you continue to post and communicate. Do your own thing Joanne, try not to compare your site's content with some one else's. Success can only be defined by you and your determination. All the best to you

I appreciate that you took time to post your dilemma. It gets frustrating when you're trying to learn and grow at the same time, because there is no real way to guage right/wrong.

Some are pointing out that getting to the money is the focus while helping others takes time. While I on the other hand say it's a good thing to give help throughout so the newbies can have a guiding light.

I will say that by me needing to learn as much as i can about building a website i dedicate a minimum of 45 mins to the platform helping out with answering questions, site comments, site feedback, and engaging the daily blogs.

welcome 3 new members every other day and 3 new premium members every other night.

And then dedicate the other 3-4 hrs on improving my site for user experience.

Stick to a course of action over a month span and you'll find that rhythm.Remember that life does happen so don't get to down when you aren't able to connect with value. But faithfully try to engage new users in the community.

That's my way of balancing the work load here because i believe its very important to engage here just as it is "making money" and this is JUST MY OPINION.

Thanks for sharing and good luck
Shannon Kamal

Hey Joanne,
I too have been out the last few months and my websites suffered because of it. Yes my rank dropped but what I'm most concerned with is my websites.
Before I left I may have been a little bit more aware of rank than I should have been.
Like Jada said it is a website that makes money not WA rank.
Work on your website, answer emails and your rank will come!

Tried and True

Elaine

Although you may see other websites with the same content - there is one thing that you have that no one can take away from you. You have you own knowledge in your own way, and you also have your own skills in your own way -- I don't know what they are, but you do have them.

Everyone might have the same niche, and there is nothing wrong with that, however not everyone has the same ideas. That's what makes WA a community, to help each other and share ideas.

Rank is very nice to have here at WA because it's letting other members know that you care about their progress and success and want to help; however, it's not something you want to focus on. Let your rank build with time and knowledge. Don't give up what you are doing, just don't try to "make" rank happen - let rank happen, and it will.

Success is taking things one day at a time, success and being productive each day, success is doing something today that is preparing you for tomorrow, success is progress.

Success is not something that happens in one day, success is something that happens through out your lifetime.

Hi Joanne,

Your website should be top of the list because we are in the content business.

Life happens but just remember why you are doing this,

Ranking here at WA will happen eventually.

I was chasing the top one hundred but then realised that I needed more content on my website so this is where my main focus is,

I finish the day over here in the community doing what I can.

I am sure that if you read a few of the blog posts here and tap into the classroom training you will find your way.

They say that knowledge is power but I say the right knowledge is power and we have a lot here on tap.

I also can see that you have answered your question in your post.

All the best
Jennifer

Joanne,
Thanks for sharing - but you have answered your
own question -
What is more important your Business would be the answer
this is what is going to make you money -
Rank in WA can come after you do the right things by your
Business -
Helping people is always what I have done all my life being
the oldest of four kids.
But when is it time for me comes to mind more often today -
as much as I love helping in WA my time is better spent
working on my Business and that should come first before
anything else at all.
So I made a choice Business first and what time is left over
then I can donate to others within WA - reading blogs or
answering questions.
Motivation comes from within and it does not matter how
many are in the same niche you have your own style just
one blog post can take you to the top.
Research and work - time and work - patience and work -
work and patience - but the rewards will come my friend,
Susan

I'm still trying to learn the balance trick myself. I think rank is more important at first, because it pushes us into responding to questions, etc., but later, once you have assimilated a lot of training, I don't think it is so important. Right now I am touting setting up a schedule of activities for my day, so I don't end up spending more time at one topic than I should Hope it helps.

Your success in the long run is your website growth. However, in the process of learning, your success depends more on how well you understand the whole process. I'm still working on that one, too.

Good luck to you. Get in touch if you get in a pickle. I'll help if I can.

Website. Website. Website. That is why we all are here, to make money. I have spent so much time trying to get to the top 100(an original goal I set for myself) that my training and website took a backseat. I have to correct that myself.