Thanks for the comment. I have used FB advertising in the past and will look into it again.

I'm sorry, could you please elaborate more what do you mean by high-resolution images?

Is this the same as big size of an image?

I was told that the bigger the images on my website, the better. They chunk the content into pieces and makes it easier to read.

I don't particularly compress and optimize the images, I thought that there's a plugin Kraken which does that.

My question is, should I be doing something additionally to make sure my images doesn't slow down my site?

I appreciate your feedback on this!

Natalie

Hi Xaric, my images are all from stock websites, but I use the Smush plugin to compress them so they're not too big.

Thanks for the comment.

High-resolution images in general are those that contain high amounts of pixels per inch (ppi).

Regarding my website, I consider an image high-res when its file size is more than 100kb.

In that case, I do 2 things to bring its size down:

- I reduce its dimensions using Photoshop (you can also use MS paint or PicPick)
- I compress it online using compresspng.com or compressjpeg.com depending on whether the image is png or jpeg

I personally don't use Kraken or any other image compression plugin as I've found out that they don't compress images that effectively.

Plus, I don't see the point of having a plugin that could slow down my website when there are other available tools that I can use online that practically do a much better job.

Two rules of thumb that I try to follow regarding the images I use on my website are:

- A maximum width of 600 - 700 pixels
- A maximum file size of 50kb

Please note that I'm not an expert in image optimization... My knowledge on the subject is a result of my own experimentation.

I hope this helps,

Xaric

Keep up the good work then :)

Xaric

Helps a lot, thank you so much!

Thanks again Xaric, your tips on image compression are well received.

Hi Diane, just to be clear, I actually have 3 sites, but they are all completely different. One is a translation business, another focuses on the health and wealth niche and the third focuses on nostalgic gift ideas.

Hi - yes, I know, I have taken a look at them. The point I am trying to make is that you have 24 posts on one and 22 on another. If you had stuck to one site, you would have 46 posts, which is where you should be, if you were writing 2 posts per week for 6 months.

To be honest, your health and wealth site is somewhat confusing. You are targeting the 2 most competitive niches on one website. And then just to confuse Google even further, you have thrown philosophy into the mix.

You need to show Google that you are an authority on a subject for your posts to be promoted higher. This can only be achieved by having around 50 posts on the same narrow niche. (And if that niche was make money and wealth, you would need literally hundreds of posts).

Hi, Diane, I have the same issue wanting to work on two sites at once.

On my health and fitness niche site, I'm targeting bodybuilding and weight loss which may seem like two separate niches.

But at the same time, weight loss is a part of the process of working on a fit body.

My question is, is it alright to target weight loss and bodybuilding within one site, or should I focus on only one of these?

I appreciate you feedback on this!

Natalie

Hi - I took a look at your site and found it interesting as I was a bodybuilder for several years. I personally think that weight loss is an entirely separate niche and a different audience.

The majority of your posts are about bodybuilding, so if somebody found your site looking for weight loss articles, there isn't enough for them to read, so they would soon leave and would probably be put off by all the muscle posts anyway.

Moving forward, I suggest you concentrate on bodybuilding.

Thank you so much for your valuable advice, Diane!

I started to write just recently about weight loss because in bodybuilding, as you probably know already, there are three different types of bodies (Ectomorphs, Endomorphs and Mesomorphs).

Each of these has separate approach in diet and exercise, so for Endomorphs the weight loss is kind of what a person would want to start with in his path to body sculpting.

This is why I decided to add weight loss to this site, which I didn't plan in the beginning.

I understand. You could perhaps make it clear that the weight loss posts relate to bodybuilders, so that a potential non-athletic visitor understands that it doesn't really relate to them.

Right. I will think about how I can incorporate that.

Hi Diane, your comments are duly noted. In my mind, for whatever reason, I thought 20-25 articles would be enough. I will get busy writing so both sites have at least 100 articles.

Regarding your other concern about split focus, my site's main goal is to assist people improve their lives by being healthy, wealthy and wise hence the 3 types of content. Is Google unable to decipher the overall focus if its divided into 3 sections?

Hi - no, that's not how Google works.

Say, for example, somebody was searching for information on the keto diet. When Google presents the results to them, it looks for sites that have the most valuable, comprehensive, in-depth information about keto.

There are thousands of sites about keto, and some of them have hundreds of posts just related to keto. But, you have only one post of 900 words on the subject.

Google is not going to see you as an authority on the keto diet, compared to your competitors, and won't rank you very highly.

That is why, right from day one of the training here, you are told to focus on a narrow niche.