Didn't realize the SEO's were blank on my site.
I didn't realize that this whole time I've been writing articles, trying to get indexed in Google, that my SEO title and descriptions were all blank through each post.
I figured this out finally yesterday and went through every article and put in an SEO title and description as well as made sure that all my relevant posts were linking to each other.
I was watching this video on SEO basics, and listened to a woman on YouTube talk about how linking each article to another was of vital importance, as well as making sure that my SEO had a title on each post. *Doh
Does this mean that this whole time, SEO hasn't been ranking my articles like I hoped they would?
That now it's like starting from scratch?
My money is running thin, and I had hoped that my site would profitable by now and I really don't want to have to work for "The Man" again in order for more income to start coming in.
I follow Spencer Mecham and he said that it's takes a minimum of 6 months for money to even be made on a website and to keep at it - obviously I'll keep at it since I know in the long run it will be my source of income.
But now, with all my posts not having those titles, was that detrimental to being ranked? I've seen emails coming saying "Congrats, Google has ranked your site", but then when I go to Jaaxy, it doesn't show as being ranked in the first so many pages.
How long has it taken you to see income? How about those that have been dedicated for a year? Have you seen success with your sites?
I've asked for site comments through the comments section, but I haven't seen any recently and I know that Google ranks you higher if you leave comments.....Should I be bothering my friends and family now to comment on my articles?
Struggling with success before money runs out. I just know if I go back to work, everything get's put on the back burner since I have GM experience and with that comes very long work hours. I just don't want to see all my hard work go poof.
Some encouragment is much appreciated today guys!
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Hi Katrina, if you been indexed that is great as they are on google and in time the ranking will grow. All in One SEO is doing its job by the sound of it.
It does take time. Are you using the low hanging fruit strategy for key words? Comments will help, have you tried site comments, its a give and take system but I always get great comments. It really helps with indexing and ranking.
Just out of interest how many post to do you have. I often cross check the website health section as they give us a good indication.
Just some thoughts hope that is helpful. It really does take time to get trusted by google. Let me know what you think?
Hi Phil,
Currently I have 48 articles published, 49,293 words so far.
I do use the low hanging fruit strategy when I post content rich articles. I actually look for keywords that may not have a ton of visitors, but ones where my competition is very low.
As for comments, I've requested comments, but recently I'm not getting any. I noticed that for some time, the comments were free to request and you didn't have to comment on others' sites, so I'm guessing that's why I'm not getting the comments as requested.
I'm also thinking that as I get closer to the year marker, I'll start to see more growth and that's basically what building a business is - I know it would take a local business 2 years to start seeing profits and for those first 2 years, you're more in debt than ever.
I think I was discouraged only because I didn't realize I needed to create my SEO titles this entire time. But better late than never on realizing my mistakes.
I appreciate you taking some time to respond to my blog, so thank you!
Katrina