My website is with another hosting company. it is Http
What is the difference between http and https and how does having https make a difference?
How do you switch fr
Hi Laurie-ann and Kyle
Pleased I dropped by - learnt something - how easy is that on WA!
Cheers John
Site support is integrated with Kyle and Carson's direction and is able to fill-in the cracks on transferring!
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Http vs https, how do you change?
My website is with another hosting company. it is Http
What is the difference between http and https and how does having https make a difference?
How do you switch fr
https:// indicates that your website content is encrypted, that is, you have an SSL certificate set up on your website. We offer free SSL to premium members here at Wealthy Affiliate and it is simple to set-up for any domains that you own.
To turn on SiteSSL and make your website https:// (encrypted), head over the the SiteRubix => SiteManager page. Here is the direct link:
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/websites
Within that page you will be see the SitePlus link, click that. (see attached) Then you will want to "toggle" the SiteSSL feature to "ON" status and SSL will be added to your website within 30 seconds. It is that easy!
My site isn't over here :(
It is with ehost. I would gladly switch it over to here if I could figure out how to lol
Hi! Another person also wanted to switch his site from eHost over to WA: Want to transfer domain from ehost? And the recommendation of an experienced member was to ask Support. To do that, click here: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/websites/support
Hi Laurie-ann and Kyle
Pleased I dropped by - learnt something - how easy is that on WA!
Cheers John
Site support is integrated with Kyle and Carson's direction and is able to fill-in the cracks on transferring!
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Where are the best and most productive places to place affiliate links?
and which type of affiliate links seem to work the best? banners? text links?
I have banners pos
Pretty links works well when you fix them randomly on page or post. Affiliate links works well if it's not to ov o obvious on pages or post.
Don't rely on banners to make you money... put one or 2 in the side bar if you want but leave it at that ( for the sake of appearances)
Don't go down the road of expecting people to click banners, that will just annoy your visitors ( as I'm sure it would annoy you if you were trying to read information)
Provide the review / recipe.
then provide the images that makes the recipe work
Then attach your affiliate link to the recipe image for your vistor to either. ..
- read more, or
- check today's price, or
- view stock availability
Etc etc...
I agree with you I hate having to scroll through ads after every paragraph. Especially when I try to get to a recipe.
I personally go with the less is more thinking. Like Triblu said below. You will need to test different ones and see what works.
Banner ads are great for Call to action CTR and for side bar widgets and text links above the fold, I'm using pretty links
Text links placed appropriately have worked very well for me. Banner ads can also be effective, but in very small doses. I prefer using no more than one or two per page.
Hey Laurie,
Google prefers that place affiliate links get added below the fold.
As for which affiliate links works best, you would need to test each for your niche to see which one works best for you.
Personally, I do not like banners on sites where they are "in my face" and will leave a site that has lots of banners on it. I try to stick with only 3 affiliate links per web page/post.
Not everyone is going to click and buy, so if you site is not aged, this may be why you are experiencing this. If that's the case, then this video may offer may console you: How Long Does It Take To Rank & Make Money!? Hope this helps you.
Affiliate linking, banner ads, text links?
Where are the best and most productive places to place affiliate links?
and which type of affiliate links seem to work the best? banners? text links?
I have banners pos
Pretty links works well when you fix them randomly on page or post. Affiliate links works well if it's not to ov o obvious on pages or post.
Don't rely on banners to make you money... put one or 2 in the side bar if you want but leave it at that ( for the sake of appearances)
Don't go down the road of expecting people to click banners, that will just annoy your visitors ( as I'm sure it would annoy you if you were trying to read information)
Provide the review / recipe.
then provide the images that makes the recipe work
Then attach your affiliate link to the recipe image for your vistor to either. ..
- read more, or
- check today's price, or
- view stock availability
Etc etc...
I agree with you I hate having to scroll through ads after every paragraph. Especially when I try to get to a recipe.
I personally go with the less is more thinking. Like Triblu said below. You will need to test different ones and see what works.
Banner ads are great for Call to action CTR and for side bar widgets and text links above the fold, I'm using pretty links
Text links placed appropriately have worked very well for me. Banner ads can also be effective, but in very small doses. I prefer using no more than one or two per page.
Hey Laurie,
Google prefers that place affiliate links get added below the fold.
As for which affiliate links works best, you would need to test each for your niche to see which one works best for you.
Personally, I do not like banners on sites where they are "in my face" and will leave a site that has lots of banners on it. I try to stick with only 3 affiliate links per web page/post.
Not everyone is going to click and buy, so if you site is not aged, this may be why you are experiencing this. If that's the case, then this video may offer may console you: How Long Does It Take To Rank & Make Money!? Hope this helps you.
I have a plugin WP stats. It shows me how many viewers, views, top 10 posts, search engine referrals, latest search words, it shows me pretty much everything you want to know a
Since we are being paid in our own online business by the standards of the Search Engines we have to discover how we can pass their tool standards.
I would always recommend you take the average of any two or more tool readings taken at the same time!
There will always be difference between tools If you are satisfied with WP stats with your traffic, that's what matters!
What is the difference when looking at views on blog?
I have a plugin WP stats. It shows me how many viewers, views, top 10 posts, search engine referrals, latest search words, it shows me pretty much everything you want to know a
Since we are being paid in our own online business by the standards of the Search Engines we have to discover how we can pass their tool standards.
I would always recommend you take the average of any two or more tool readings taken at the same time!
There will always be difference between tools If you are satisfied with WP stats with your traffic, that's what matters!
I have a Food blog. I have tried everything I can think of to make money from affiliate links. I have been 100% unsuccessful. Any suggestions?
Good morning to you Laurie. When I started out in online marketing in 2006 (before joining WA), I built a site for my wife. My wife was a chef that wanted to make food gift baskets to sell. My wife since being born and raised in Louisiana was obviously a Cajun chef.
I first started writing articles about Louisiana, about the history of Cajuns, their foods, spices, etc. Then I started adding Cajun recipes to my content. Before long, we had over 200 unique visitors a month. I had Amazon links to the famous Cajun chefs books. This was how we were able to start earning online income.
Also, have you tried ShareASale affiliate program? They have many companies to affiliate with. I hope this helps.
Ken
Hi, Laurie-ann.
What is your website?
You can PM if it is not appropriate here.
Kindest regards,
Paul.
Lauriel, Here is another great place to start.
www.appaffiliateprograms/high paying affiliate program
Obviously, it all depends on what types of help you are trying to provide to your visitors.
Is it:
Tools and equipment,
recipes,
diet plans,
Training,
'How to make money with food...'
A direct answer to your title question:
The best one for me (non-food niche) is Clickbank!
Although there are some food related digital products there, as well.
There are many. I think is a good affiliate program is Ebay Partner
Amazon Affiliate Program is well known and used by many affiliates.
Microsoft has a great program.
Wealthy Affiliate has a wonderful program.
Commission Junction is another great one.
You have to try them and see what works good for you.
to try a new approach. Kyle gives some great training guidance here! Making Your Site Social With Plugins
Sorry, I don't know anything about food blogs. From what I'm told it takes time to build trust with the search engines and it has to be active. Ask all of your friends to visit it and write something.
Hey Laurie,
Here's a Google search result on food affiliate programs: http://bit.ly/2gzVKWc
... and ...
Here's a Google search result to learn whether a niche is profitable or not: http://bit.ly/2wzpCLz
Hope these BOTH help you.
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What affiliate companies do you think are the best ?
I have a Food blog. I have tried everything I can think of to make money from affiliate links. I have been 100% unsuccessful. Any suggestions?
Good morning to you Laurie. When I started out in online marketing in 2006 (before joining WA), I built a site for my wife. My wife was a chef that wanted to make food gift baskets to sell. My wife since being born and raised in Louisiana was obviously a Cajun chef.
I first started writing articles about Louisiana, about the history of Cajuns, their foods, spices, etc. Then I started adding Cajun recipes to my content. Before long, we had over 200 unique visitors a month. I had Amazon links to the famous Cajun chefs books. This was how we were able to start earning online income.
Also, have you tried ShareASale affiliate program? They have many companies to affiliate with. I hope this helps.
Ken
Hi, Laurie-ann.
What is your website?
You can PM if it is not appropriate here.
Kindest regards,
Paul.
Lauriel, Here is another great place to start.
www.appaffiliateprograms/high paying affiliate program
Obviously, it all depends on what types of help you are trying to provide to your visitors.
Is it:
Tools and equipment,
recipes,
diet plans,
Training,
'How to make money with food...'
A direct answer to your title question:
The best one for me (non-food niche) is Clickbank!
Although there are some food related digital products there, as well.
There are many. I think is a good affiliate program is Ebay Partner
Amazon Affiliate Program is well known and used by many affiliates.
Microsoft has a great program.
Wealthy Affiliate has a wonderful program.
Commission Junction is another great one.
You have to try them and see what works good for you.
to try a new approach. Kyle gives some great training guidance here! Making Your Site Social With Plugins
Sorry, I don't know anything about food blogs. From what I'm told it takes time to build trust with the search engines and it has to be active. Ask all of your friends to visit it and write something.
Hey Laurie,
Here's a Google search result on food affiliate programs: http://bit.ly/2gzVKWc
... and ...
Here's a Google search result to learn whether a niche is profitable or not: http://bit.ly/2wzpCLz
Hope these BOTH help you.
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I was wondering about your conversion rates. I get plenty of visits per day, but how do I keep them as visitors and keep them on my site? Does anyone have these issues For exam
So going to Google and checking bounce rate, this is what I got.
So I'm guessing I'm worrying over nothing??
looks like you're getting there, I wouldn't say "nothing" only because I constantly tweak my site. If someone stays for 2mins only, I want them to stay longer so it could be my content or they landed on a page that may be too busy(people have super short attention spans ESPECIALLY online) so if they land on a page that's too busy, they may just click off.
-If 100 ppl stay for 5mins and purchase nothing, then I look at my copy/post/page and where the traffic came from.
-if they watch a full 1min video on my site and take no action after, I may need to verbally tell them to sign up for for something rather than assume they will...
Again, so many different ways to tweak.
My first impression of your website was where are the cupcakes and caviar.
I checked your site using semrush.com to find your organic competitors, which include:
cupcakeproject.com
collardgreensandcaviar.com
cupcakesandcashmere.com
Semrush shows these as your top organic keywords:
better than sex pudding cake
benefits of kharbuja seeds
better than sex chocolate pudding dessert
philadelphia no bake cherry cheesecake
too good to be true recipes
I am not sure what your website objective is. It is a bit confusing to me. (This is the same problem I am having with my website and recipes I have collected. I have not figured out or decided how I want to organize them.)
Hey Laurie-ann! Firstly, those aren't terrible numbers at all. A good practice would be to see which pages they land on the most and where your bounce rates(people quickly leaving) are high. There's so many different variables to determine "why."
Sometimes you can have bots landing on your site along with site crawlers which wouldn't necessarily be considered "unique visitors."
219 isn't a bad number at all but if if your bounce rate is high from them, people could have accidentally landed there. For example, someone looking for a pie recipe would leave my site quickly because my site is music based. They'd be looking for your site instead. vice versa.
Everything happening on your site seems normal to me, you just may need some tweaking in maybe the blog area, recipe area, etc. It mainly depends on where the traffic is coming from in my opinion.
edit: Sftat has a GREAT answer by the way.
One more thought, your donate with PayPal button confusing. Overall, I was mostly disappointed with lack of cupcake or even indulgent dessert information and pictures.
If you mean you have an 87% bounce rate, that is way high. I have had worse, but with a sharp looking site like yours the rate should be more like 5% or so.
A high bounce rate usually means people don't see what they expect or are looking for, and they know it right away because:
-The site is in a language they don't speak,
-They see images or text that don't match what they wanted,
-They were pushed for a commitment they aren't ready to make,
-The look of the site is a big turn-off - too busy, wordy, crude, etc.,
-It takes too long to load,
-It doesn't display on their phone or other device, or
-They recognize this site and don't want to go here.
Generally, the first place to look is the ads generating your traffic. If they make promises your landing page can't fulfill, then you will have tons of bounces.
Next, think about choices - you are presenting too many. Your menu is WAY too complicated, and that's a turn off. If they didn't bounce, they would probably leave before converting because they can't decide what to do.
Your pop-up invite to subscribe for the newsletter is the next big issue. When you ask for a name and email, expect most folks to opt out and bounce - you are asking a LOT. Have you Earned the Right to ask so much? I think capturing them as an opt-in is a great idea, but it does come at a cost, and that cost is a high bounce rate for those who don't opt it right now. You might consider waiting a few minutes betore hitting them with the newsletter splash page, or maybe a softer sell without the popup.
That's my 2 cents, but I'm here after 15 years with lousy conversion rates on my e-commerce site, so take that into consideration.
Cheers,
Steve
Ending Your Bounce Rate Nightmare This may help. When people visit and don't stay its a bounce rate
Your website name cupcakes and caviar sounded fun and promising. However, the pictures and recipes that came up when I went to the site had nothing to do with cupcakes so I felt disappointed and confused. The pop up screen talked about monthly budget something. I glanced at your menu and still didn't see any emphasis on cupcakes. So, if I'm wanting cupcake ideas or inspiration, your site would be very disappointing.
From my perspective, that could be a big part of problem you facing.
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Wondering if anyone else shares this problem & how to fix ?
I was wondering about your conversion rates. I get plenty of visits per day, but how do I keep them as visitors and keep them on my site? Does anyone have these issues For exam
So going to Google and checking bounce rate, this is what I got.
So I'm guessing I'm worrying over nothing??
looks like you're getting there, I wouldn't say "nothing" only because I constantly tweak my site. If someone stays for 2mins only, I want them to stay longer so it could be my content or they landed on a page that may be too busy(people have super short attention spans ESPECIALLY online) so if they land on a page that's too busy, they may just click off.
-If 100 ppl stay for 5mins and purchase nothing, then I look at my copy/post/page and where the traffic came from.
-if they watch a full 1min video on my site and take no action after, I may need to verbally tell them to sign up for for something rather than assume they will...
Again, so many different ways to tweak.
My first impression of your website was where are the cupcakes and caviar.
I checked your site using semrush.com to find your organic competitors, which include:
cupcakeproject.com
collardgreensandcaviar.com
cupcakesandcashmere.com
Semrush shows these as your top organic keywords:
better than sex pudding cake
benefits of kharbuja seeds
better than sex chocolate pudding dessert
philadelphia no bake cherry cheesecake
too good to be true recipes
I am not sure what your website objective is. It is a bit confusing to me. (This is the same problem I am having with my website and recipes I have collected. I have not figured out or decided how I want to organize them.)
Hey Laurie-ann! Firstly, those aren't terrible numbers at all. A good practice would be to see which pages they land on the most and where your bounce rates(people quickly leaving) are high. There's so many different variables to determine "why."
Sometimes you can have bots landing on your site along with site crawlers which wouldn't necessarily be considered "unique visitors."
219 isn't a bad number at all but if if your bounce rate is high from them, people could have accidentally landed there. For example, someone looking for a pie recipe would leave my site quickly because my site is music based. They'd be looking for your site instead. vice versa.
Everything happening on your site seems normal to me, you just may need some tweaking in maybe the blog area, recipe area, etc. It mainly depends on where the traffic is coming from in my opinion.
edit: Sftat has a GREAT answer by the way.
One more thought, your donate with PayPal button confusing. Overall, I was mostly disappointed with lack of cupcake or even indulgent dessert information and pictures.
If you mean you have an 87% bounce rate, that is way high. I have had worse, but with a sharp looking site like yours the rate should be more like 5% or so.
A high bounce rate usually means people don't see what they expect or are looking for, and they know it right away because:
-The site is in a language they don't speak,
-They see images or text that don't match what they wanted,
-They were pushed for a commitment they aren't ready to make,
-The look of the site is a big turn-off - too busy, wordy, crude, etc.,
-It takes too long to load,
-It doesn't display on their phone or other device, or
-They recognize this site and don't want to go here.
Generally, the first place to look is the ads generating your traffic. If they make promises your landing page can't fulfill, then you will have tons of bounces.
Next, think about choices - you are presenting too many. Your menu is WAY too complicated, and that's a turn off. If they didn't bounce, they would probably leave before converting because they can't decide what to do.
Your pop-up invite to subscribe for the newsletter is the next big issue. When you ask for a name and email, expect most folks to opt out and bounce - you are asking a LOT. Have you Earned the Right to ask so much? I think capturing them as an opt-in is a great idea, but it does come at a cost, and that cost is a high bounce rate for those who don't opt it right now. You might consider waiting a few minutes betore hitting them with the newsletter splash page, or maybe a softer sell without the popup.
That's my 2 cents, but I'm here after 15 years with lousy conversion rates on my e-commerce site, so take that into consideration.
Cheers,
Steve
Ending Your Bounce Rate Nightmare This may help. When people visit and don't stay its a bounce rate
Your website name cupcakes and caviar sounded fun and promising. However, the pictures and recipes that came up when I went to the site had nothing to do with cupcakes so I felt disappointed and confused. The pop up screen talked about monthly budget something. I glanced at your menu and still didn't see any emphasis on cupcakes. So, if I'm wanting cupcake ideas or inspiration, your site would be very disappointing.
From my perspective, that could be a big part of problem you facing.
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https:// indicates that your website content is encrypted, that is, you have an SSL certificate set up on your website. We offer free SSL to premium members here at Wealthy Affiliate and it is simple to set-up for any domains that you own.
To turn on SiteSSL and make your website https:// (encrypted), head over the the SiteRubix => SiteManager page. Here is the direct link:
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/websites
Within that page you will be see the SitePlus link, click that. (see attached) Then you will want to "toggle" the SiteSSL feature to "ON" status and SSL will be added to your website within 30 seconds. It is that easy!
My site isn't over here :(
It is with ehost. I would gladly switch it over to here if I could figure out how to lol
Hi! Another person also wanted to switch his site from eHost over to WA: Want to transfer domain from ehost? And the recommendation of an experienced member was to ask Support. To do that, click here: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/websites/support