Mayday, going down!
For the past 1,069 days I haven't sank this low as position 12 on the ambassador scale.
I know there has been some algorithm changes, and however I haven't changed my habits, it seems not sufficient anymore to keep up the rank I used to have.
A lot of you can confirm, I am helping via PM and directly on your websites via the back office. Unfortunately, that doesn't count.
Since the latest change in the algorithm my dashboard is hardly reacting, not on blogs I write, and not on training I create, not on answers I provide.
I am not going to change my habits, because of the algorithm is changing. My whereabouts have worked for over a 1000 days, and suddenly isn't appreciated anymore because of a machine what says so. I am not going to "chitchat" in live chat to keep up my rankings. Nor am I going to surf every blog to place a "thanks for sharing" comment on it. I have never done that, never needed it, and I will not start this either.
I predict, I will slowly go down further and leave the ambassador stage. What ever happens, I always will be here to answer questions and help you out with website problems. I also will keep on sharing everything I find for you on the internet.
My welcome message, which is the only thing I do copy and paste here, will unaltered be shared with every new follower. And I will offer my personal help to everyone who starts following me and receives this message:
Hello ...,♫Welcome! Nice to meet you ツ I wish you a lot of learning pleasure and fun on WA. Thank you for adding me to your network. From the start, I have written training for every issue I had problems with myself. I made an addition for After The Walkthrough. Also a list of 1001 niche ideas, a checklist with 25 points to go through before you publish a post, 101 blogging ideas when you get stuck and an A-Z WA dictionary.....I just love lists:) It has been very helpful to a lot of people. I just wrote my 100th training for WA. I have categorized them in one blog you can find on my profile. It's the first website link right under “Follow me on” (click on my picture to get there). I hope to help you with those.
If you have any questions, please reply to this message or leave a comment on my profile. Success building your business in 2017. See you around, Greetings Loes
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Hello Loes
You need to change nothing, you`ve offered value since I joined WA and you do not need to change.
Sometime ago I realized that there was a "competition" to post, never mind what the post was some of them were "in my opinion" out of place.After that I stopped being active here, I reply to friends othewise I stay in the back ground.
I hope you do not mind your ranks going down,those of us who`ve known and appreciated and continue to appreciate the value you bring will always appreciate what you post.
Thanks Roamy, we go way back and we have seen climbers and slip downers again, I just wanted to say that, however, my rank is going down, it's not caused by a lack of interest or that I am less active than before.
Loes, there are a handful of members that I will always look to as my ambassadors no matter what the charts say! You are one of those and I don't care what the new guidelines say or who is listed in that group! You are in that group for me because I know that you know what you're talking about and will always give me a correct answer based on how we are taught here at WA and because of your awesome trainings and tips you so willingly share with us all! Some people should have permanent status as ambassadors - you, dear Loes, are one of those people!
Hi Loes.
You have been a big help to a lot of people here. Even if the new system does end up moving you out of the Ambassador level, which I hope it doesn't, you will always be known as 'our' Ambassador. The people who have been around for a while know where to turn to if they need to look up a training etc, they know who you are and how much you have given to this community. Keep doing what you are doing because you are appreciated by many here.
Ange
Hi Loes, I appreciate the computers that work for me, but I appreciate people that work WITH me for so much more... their support, guidance, empathy, motivation and inspiration, to name just a few of these abilities. You offer these to us in 'bucketloads'. I never look at the numbers next to people's names, I just appreciate them for their humanity to others. Please just keep being you, Sue :)
Loes, do not forget you are Dutch! All Dutch children from a young age on know how to swim which is necessary as we live below sea level.
All you have done, do and will do in the future is and will be appreciated. That machine can fussle off.
Greetings from the south of Spain, Taetske
Loes, you have no need to post an explanatory note as we all know that you are one of the very best "guys" we have here at WA.
Keep on doing what you do and nobody will care if you have that tag beside your name, even though I know it's quite nice to have.
Ambassadors come and Ambassadors go but regardless, you'll still be "our" Loes!!
Mark☺
Ranking in WA is not my cup of tea. More focus on Google, Bing, and Yahoo. I learned a lot from you and many others and the time you take to write some important information on how to make your business better, I just comment on those, that is all.
Thank you for all the training and resources that you provide for this community and myself. Make it a great weekend Loes.
Loes, I think it is more confusing now that it was before. I have noticed a lot of people have been moving up and down rank recently. Chris is down at 28 now and he has been doing work so I don't know how they are working it. I feel the same about the Live Chat as a lot of time it is people having a conversation about something other than what they need help with at WA. xxxx
I have to agree with you there Loes, sometimes you are better to leave things as they were and just get on with what you were doing.
I never see the point of changing things just for the sake of it. I can't make up my mind if these changes to the ranking algorithm were a good or bad thing. xxxx
Thanks for sharing Loes...no i'm kidding :-) Great post.
I know some things change and everybody is going down, me too...
As you said, i don't have time to chitchat all day on live chat to see have a good rank. I know some people are doing that, but i don't want to.
Keep up what you do, and even if you leave the ambassador stage, this isn't a big deal actually i'm thiking!
Sylvain
Thanks Sylvain, I will keep up what I am doing, it's a habit, I am doing it for over 3 years in a row:))
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Hi Loes, I want you to know that when I found you in the WA Community and began following you that you have been a great inspiration for me. Even though what you have been doing lately has not helped your Ambassador stats it has been a blessing to me and I feel confident in saying that you have also been the same for many others in the WA community. I hope that you don't let the machine dictate who you are. You are an inspiration and I really mean that. As always, I wish you the best of everything! Frank
Thank you, Frank, I very much appreciate your comment:)
You are very welcome :-) Frank