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I was just looking at my analytics and found many views from other countries. I got to thinking, if someone clicks one of my amazon links in another country will I still get
I would just like to add that you have some fantastic advice below.
I however don't know how far you are within the training but don't rush it like I did. I set it up and before I made it deep enough to understand what I was doing I wasted just over a month of my 180-day sale requirements.
Make sure you read the fine print when you join because I had an email stating that I am losing my Associate account because of not reaching the requirements. I would build out your website and get it ranked higher in Google before joining and watch the commission because some are really low percentages.
Kevin and Son
You would need to sign up independently and still make three sales in 180 days individually.
Diane has shared how it works with OneLink.
Do I need amazon international?
I was just looking at my analytics and found many views from other countries. I got to thinking, if someone clicks one of my amazon links in another country will I still get
You are well covered here with some excellent advice, and guidance.
Please let us know if you still have any questions.
-Mike
I would just like to add that you have some fantastic advice below.
I however don't know how far you are within the training but don't rush it like I did. I set it up and before I made it deep enough to understand what I was doing I wasted just over a month of my 180-day sale requirements.
Make sure you read the fine print when you join because I had an email stating that I am losing my Associate account because of not reaching the requirements. I would build out your website and get it ranked higher in Google before joining and watch the commission because some are really low percentages.
Kevin and Son
You would need to sign up independently and still make three sales in 180 days individually.
Diane has shared how it works with OneLink.
I have been revamping my site and there’s some articles that I wrote way in the beginning. They get no traffic, I did rewrite a few but some just seem to be worthless. Sh
Hey Jerry,
Never leave posts that receive NO traffic as is.
That being said, I'm specifically talking about posts that have been published at least 12 months previously.
You either rewrite them or you delete them.
Here's another way to look at it:
Google hasn't deemed your content good enough to rank for ANY keywords, not just your target keyword, but ANY keywords at all.
If other websites are ranking for those specific keywords then Google has deemed their articles "better" than yours or "more popular" (backlinks) than yours.
Essentially, you're being told "this article isn't good enough and it's not popular among your peers or readers".
This CAN impact on your site's articles as a whole.
Ignoring these signals can be detrimental to your site.
If you choose not to do anything with them you are literally saying to Google, "I know you've told me this article isn't good enough, but I'm going to completely ignore you".
How do think that's going to go down with Google?
Firstly, check the top 3 articles for your target keyword in Google.
Make a note of ALL the subheadings from the TOP 3 ranking articles.
These are the subjects you need to cover in your article in order to be deemed "good enough" to rank for that specific keyword.
Have you covered all these points in your article?
If not, get to it.
Next, check whether it's even worth your while targeting that keyword.
Ranking potential for a keyword doesn't stay the same forever.
If 10,000 bloggers have targeted that same keyword in the last 12 months, and Google deems their content better or more popular than yours, even if you were ranking number one for that keyword last year you definitely won't be any more.
So, check your competition. Who's ranking,? Is it worth the effort of rewriting if you have 100 high authority sites at the top of the rankings.
Can you target a different, but still relevant, keyword?
If none of the above seems worth your while, DELETE the article.
Regardless of what people believe, if Google deems some of your content "not good enough" it can and probably will affect the rest of your site.
Partha
Awesome answer Partha. This is what I was thinking, I want every article to be top notch as I believe Google recognizes individual article quality but also the overall quality of the site, bad articles written ions ago drag down the rest. I will be diving deep into older content and sifting through for some spring cleaning! Thank you, ... If i do delete I should do a redirect to my best ranking page??
Jerry
Hey Jerry,
Sounds good.
You can actually check out a blog post I wrote last year.
Now, this was specifically about "cleaning up your website" if you've been hit by a Google algorithm update, but I have mentioned about deleting articles, etc.
Be warned, even though I'm known for my LONG blog posts, I believe this is the longest blog post I've ever written at WA, Hahaha!! I Would Charge You $1000 For Doing This - Here’s How to Do it For FREE (Basic Site Audit) As for redirects, there's a couple of things you can do.
I've spoken in the above blog post about 410 code, which is basically telling Google that, "This article is permanentely deleted, don't waste your crawl budget by crawling this again".
I only suggest this is there is nothing else on your website remotely related to the article you wish to delete.
I also create a custom 404 page (screenshot below), which uses humour to state that this article is no longer available, but then offers choices of content to visit next (screenshot below).
You can also use a 301 redirect to redirect articles to RELEVANT articles on your site (I also use this option as well).
The reason I say RELEVANT is because you want to keep people on your site.
So, I would NOT redirect to your Best ranking page UNLESS it is relevant to the article that you're deleting.
As an example, if the article your deleting is:
"10 Best Amazon Affiliate Tips"
you wouldn't want to redirect it to
"10 Best Clickbank Affiliate Tips"
Although both are affiliate marketing related they discuss completely affiliate networks.
If you're redirecting your visitors to something that ISN'T relevant it's likely they'll leave your site to find a result more relevant to their search query (this IS a ranking factor - Google will take note of how often someone visits your article, hits the back button, and then visits another website on EXACTLY the same subject - this is another way of saying, "The first website I visited didn't contain the information I required, please demote it in the rankings, as I have had to search my query AGAIN!")
Hope that all makes sense.
Partha
Can’t thank you enough Partha, exactly the information I was looking for. I really appreciate it!
Jerry
Again, I agree with Phil (lol)...I keep them as it does no harm and may be useful later down the road.
-Mike
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I have been revamping my site and there’s some articles that I wrote way in the beginning. They get no traffic, I did rewrite a few but some just seem to be worthless. Sh
Hey Jerry,
Never leave posts that receive NO traffic as is.
That being said, I'm specifically talking about posts that have been published at least 12 months previously.
You either rewrite them or you delete them.
Here's another way to look at it:
Google hasn't deemed your content good enough to rank for ANY keywords, not just your target keyword, but ANY keywords at all.
If other websites are ranking for those specific keywords then Google has deemed their articles "better" than yours or "more popular" (backlinks) than yours.
Essentially, you're being told "this article isn't good enough and it's not popular among your peers or readers".
This CAN impact on your site's articles as a whole.
Ignoring these signals can be detrimental to your site.
If you choose not to do anything with them you are literally saying to Google, "I know you've told me this article isn't good enough, but I'm going to completely ignore you".
How do think that's going to go down with Google?
Firstly, check the top 3 articles for your target keyword in Google.
Make a note of ALL the subheadings from the TOP 3 ranking articles.
These are the subjects you need to cover in your article in order to be deemed "good enough" to rank for that specific keyword.
Have you covered all these points in your article?
If not, get to it.
Next, check whether it's even worth your while targeting that keyword.
Ranking potential for a keyword doesn't stay the same forever.
If 10,000 bloggers have targeted that same keyword in the last 12 months, and Google deems their content better or more popular than yours, even if you were ranking number one for that keyword last year you definitely won't be any more.
So, check your competition. Who's ranking,? Is it worth the effort of rewriting if you have 100 high authority sites at the top of the rankings.
Can you target a different, but still relevant, keyword?
If none of the above seems worth your while, DELETE the article.
Regardless of what people believe, if Google deems some of your content "not good enough" it can and probably will affect the rest of your site.
Partha
Awesome answer Partha. This is what I was thinking, I want every article to be top notch as I believe Google recognizes individual article quality but also the overall quality of the site, bad articles written ions ago drag down the rest. I will be diving deep into older content and sifting through for some spring cleaning! Thank you, ... If i do delete I should do a redirect to my best ranking page??
Jerry
Hey Jerry,
Sounds good.
You can actually check out a blog post I wrote last year.
Now, this was specifically about "cleaning up your website" if you've been hit by a Google algorithm update, but I have mentioned about deleting articles, etc.
Be warned, even though I'm known for my LONG blog posts, I believe this is the longest blog post I've ever written at WA, Hahaha!! I Would Charge You $1000 For Doing This - Here’s How to Do it For FREE (Basic Site Audit) As for redirects, there's a couple of things you can do.
I've spoken in the above blog post about 410 code, which is basically telling Google that, "This article is permanentely deleted, don't waste your crawl budget by crawling this again".
I only suggest this is there is nothing else on your website remotely related to the article you wish to delete.
I also create a custom 404 page (screenshot below), which uses humour to state that this article is no longer available, but then offers choices of content to visit next (screenshot below).
You can also use a 301 redirect to redirect articles to RELEVANT articles on your site (I also use this option as well).
The reason I say RELEVANT is because you want to keep people on your site.
So, I would NOT redirect to your Best ranking page UNLESS it is relevant to the article that you're deleting.
As an example, if the article your deleting is:
"10 Best Amazon Affiliate Tips"
you wouldn't want to redirect it to
"10 Best Clickbank Affiliate Tips"
Although both are affiliate marketing related they discuss completely affiliate networks.
If you're redirecting your visitors to something that ISN'T relevant it's likely they'll leave your site to find a result more relevant to their search query (this IS a ranking factor - Google will take note of how often someone visits your article, hits the back button, and then visits another website on EXACTLY the same subject - this is another way of saying, "The first website I visited didn't contain the information I required, please demote it in the rankings, as I have had to search my query AGAIN!")
Hope that all makes sense.
Partha
Can’t thank you enough Partha, exactly the information I was looking for. I really appreciate it!
Jerry
Again, I agree with Phil (lol)...I keep them as it does no harm and may be useful later down the road.
-Mike
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Hey WA friends, do you guys think the niche "building a profitable blog" is too broad and or competitive? I'm just nervous I may be tackling something too big?
Appreciate a
Looks like you are well covered here with some excellent insight and guidance.
Please let us know if you still have any questions.
-Mike
Sorry Abie, just so I understand correctly. Exhaust building a profitable blog, and move on to next way to make money online?
Yeah, your approach to your brand could be building a profitable blog. There are many ways that you will be able to diversify and grow within that niche (ie, I don't think you will ever run out of potential).
I would suggest that you go for it! :)
It is the make-money-online niche.
Starting with a subcategory isn't; as soon as the topic is exhausted, you can scale out.
I would follow up on the Affiliate Bootcamp to the tee.
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Is my boot camp niche "building a profitable blog too broad" ?
Hey WA friends, do you guys think the niche "building a profitable blog" is too broad and or competitive? I'm just nervous I may be tackling something too big?
Appreciate a
Looks like you are well covered here with some excellent insight and guidance.
Please let us know if you still have any questions.
-Mike
Sorry Abie, just so I understand correctly. Exhaust building a profitable blog, and move on to next way to make money online?
Yeah, your approach to your brand could be building a profitable blog. There are many ways that you will be able to diversify and grow within that niche (ie, I don't think you will ever run out of potential).
I would suggest that you go for it! :)
It is the make-money-online niche.
Starting with a subcategory isn't; as soon as the topic is exhausted, you can scale out.
I would follow up on the Affiliate Bootcamp to the tee.
See more comments
Hello WA. Friends. I have two websites that are young and I was thinking of moving the content of one to the other and then deleting one of them. These are all original articl
Looks like you have some great guidance here…please let us know if you have any further questions.
-Mike
Thanks Mike. I am thinking about tearing it all down and starting over with more discipline. I started too many sites before WA and I’m just spinning my wheels! I have a lot of content but it’s all over the place. It’s time to hit the big delete and start fresh. Stay well, Jerry
Hi Jerry
I've been there...
It's easiest to focus on one website at a time. However many posts you write, only half or so get added to each site which slows down progress overall. It takes much longer to get traction in the search engines.
It's better to get one site running well first before creating a second unless you already have prior experience of running 2 sites.
:-)
Richard
Are they relevant?
ONE niche, a website. Products and programs can be varied however all must be relevant to the niche.
That should be okay.
Depends their status if indexed
https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/
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Hello WA. Friends. I have two websites that are young and I was thinking of moving the content of one to the other and then deleting one of them. These are all original articl
Looks like you have some great guidance here…please let us know if you have any further questions.
-Mike
Thanks Mike. I am thinking about tearing it all down and starting over with more discipline. I started too many sites before WA and I’m just spinning my wheels! I have a lot of content but it’s all over the place. It’s time to hit the big delete and start fresh. Stay well, Jerry
Hi Jerry
I've been there...
It's easiest to focus on one website at a time. However many posts you write, only half or so get added to each site which slows down progress overall. It takes much longer to get traction in the search engines.
It's better to get one site running well first before creating a second unless you already have prior experience of running 2 sites.
:-)
Richard
Are they relevant?
ONE niche, a website. Products and programs can be varied however all must be relevant to the niche.
That should be okay.
Depends their status if indexed
https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/
See more comments
You are well covered here with some excellent advice, and guidance.
Please let us know if you still have any questions.
-Mike