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Hello everyone, I have a blog that is a little over a year old, I have at least 129 posts, but despite having taken all the training, and having chosen competitive keywords, I
Hi, Marc
I started making money with my site after I got better at choosing keywords and writing content.
Your niche can also be a factor.
Frank 🎸
Hi Marc, there could be a number of reasons why you have no results. Maybe your keywords are too competitive, you haven't niched down properly or just need to get more reviews out there, etc.
If you PM your website, I'll have a look at your blog to see where you're going wrong and suggest any improvements that need to be made.
In answer to your title question, in the past some of my sites would generate income after two weeks, and after 6 months some would generate a 4-figure income. This is not so with new sites, so it appears I am not becoming clever in time and more experienced.
But this aside, what you are saying sounds very bad and it makes no sense. So GC statistics is 'always at zero' but you have impressions? Are you saying that your clicks are at zero, nobody is visiting your site?
Check if your posts are known to Google. Go to search bar in G and type
site:yourdomain . com (without these blank spaces!)
This should give you list of posts that Google is aware of. So start with this and let me know what you have.
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Is anybody here making money with theeir blogs?
Hello everyone, I have a blog that is a little over a year old, I have at least 129 posts, but despite having taken all the training, and having chosen competitive keywords, I
Hi I suspect you have been hit by a Google algorithm update if this decrease started happening in March.
Either the Helpful Content update or a Product Review update.
With helpful content, Google expects to see unique information, and not just a repetition of what is already available elsewhere on the internet.
And that the majority of your posts be informational, and not all be product based and have affiliate links in them.
And with product reviews, Google expects to see your personal opinion of them, not just a list of specifications that can be found on Amazon and the manufacturer's website.
And perhaps read Partha's latest post to ensure that you truly understand low competition keywords. Allow Me to Blow Your PAGE ONE Research Mind
I would gladly believe that Google aims to improve its services, but when it comes to product descriptions and reviews, you can't reinvent the wheel either. Frankly, I think Google is exaggerating. I've invested time and money, and this is what I get.
You may wish to read Google's guidelines on what they expect to see in a review post.
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce/write-high-quality-reviews
I presume you are not experiencing indexing problems, as you have written a couple of WA blog posts on this subject, so obviously you would know what to look for.
Unfortunately, Google introduces new algorithms several times per year, and there are no guarantees that what worked previously will continue to bring success.
Hi, Marc
I started making money with my site after I got better at choosing keywords and writing content.
Your niche can also be a factor.
Frank 🎸
Hi Marc, there could be a number of reasons why you have no results. Maybe your keywords are too competitive, you haven't niched down properly or just need to get more reviews out there, etc.
If you PM your website, I'll have a look at your blog to see where you're going wrong and suggest any improvements that need to be made.
In answer to your title question, in the past some of my sites would generate income after two weeks, and after 6 months some would generate a 4-figure income. This is not so with new sites, so it appears I am not becoming clever in time and more experienced.
But this aside, what you are saying sounds very bad and it makes no sense. So GC statistics is 'always at zero' but you have impressions? Are you saying that your clicks are at zero, nobody is visiting your site?
Check if your posts are known to Google. Go to search bar in G and type
site:yourdomain . com (without these blank spaces!)
This should give you list of posts that Google is aware of. So start with this and let me know what you have.
See more comments
Mastering Google Indexing: Navigating and Resolving Common Roadblocks to Improve Your Site Visibilit
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I do a lot of reading these days, and the question I ask myself is: Can we still use tags in 2023? There seems to be a debate on the subject, with proponents and critics voicin
My advice (from experience) is not to look too much into it as it can drive you crazy lol.
Categories and tags are to help your readers navigate better and Google to also crawl your site.
I personally use no more than 2 tags per post as like to keep it simple.
the main problem with using anything that you get indexed is quality and relevance....
using too many categories without much content will hurt your seo for your site- thin content not too many post snippets on an archive page will lead to low word count and google classing it as thin content....
it is the same with tags...especially if they are indexed...hundreds of tags with only one post 'tagged' with it will lead to very thin content on the tag archive page....
so planning your site is very important and selecting 20 or s oof your most relevant tags - not the same words as your categories and using them on multiple posts - so a minimum of 20 or so posts per tag....
the other way to help this is to increase the number of posts per archive page - it helps with the number of words on an archive page and reduces hte number of duplicate pages if you have any alt text associated with hte category or tag....
just my tuppence worth....
You have to use categories, but you don’t have to use tags if you don’t want to. I'd use both to make UX (user experience) most navigational.
Is it save you use blog tags in 2023?
I do a lot of reading these days, and the question I ask myself is: Can we still use tags in 2023? There seems to be a debate on the subject, with proponents and critics voicin
My advice (from experience) is not to look too much into it as it can drive you crazy lol.
Categories and tags are to help your readers navigate better and Google to also crawl your site.
I personally use no more than 2 tags per post as like to keep it simple.
the main problem with using anything that you get indexed is quality and relevance....
using too many categories without much content will hurt your seo for your site- thin content not too many post snippets on an archive page will lead to low word count and google classing it as thin content....
it is the same with tags...especially if they are indexed...hundreds of tags with only one post 'tagged' with it will lead to very thin content on the tag archive page....
so planning your site is very important and selecting 20 or s oof your most relevant tags - not the same words as your categories and using them on multiple posts - so a minimum of 20 or so posts per tag....
the other way to help this is to increase the number of posts per archive page - it helps with the number of words on an archive page and reduces hte number of duplicate pages if you have any alt text associated with hte category or tag....
just my tuppence worth....
You have to use categories, but you don’t have to use tags if you don’t want to. I'd use both to make UX (user experience) most navigational.
Hi I suspect you have been hit by a Google algorithm update if this decrease started happening in March.
Either the Helpful Content update or a Product Review update.
With helpful content, Google expects to see unique information, and not just a repetition of what is already available elsewhere on the internet.
And that the majority of your posts be informational, and not all be product based and have affiliate links in them.
And with product reviews, Google expects to see your personal opinion of them, not just a list of specifications that can be found on Amazon and the manufacturer's website.
And perhaps read Partha's latest post to ensure that you truly understand low competition keywords. Allow Me to Blow Your PAGE ONE Research Mind
I would gladly believe that Google aims to improve its services, but when it comes to product descriptions and reviews, you can't reinvent the wheel either. Frankly, I think Google is exaggerating. I've invested time and money, and this is what I get.
You may wish to read Google's guidelines on what they expect to see in a review post.
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce/write-high-quality-reviews
I presume you are not experiencing indexing problems, as you have written a couple of WA blog posts on this subject, so obviously you would know what to look for.
Unfortunately, Google introduces new algorithms several times per year, and there are no guarantees that what worked previously will continue to bring success.