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Should I de index my categories ?
Should we de index categories?
Should I de index my categories ?
Not applicable.
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.
Resource Categories vs Tags, which is better for SEO?
No not applicable i.e. do.
Read here https://yoast.com/video/ask-yoast-noindexing-tags-categories-foodblog/
You can do but certainly not obligatory, only if your content requires it and it is user experience friendly.
You just shift it a bit to the right. If you do not want the top bit to do anything, just input # in the url link.
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In search console in the crawl report I see that only the main website url is getting crawled and not my posts. Has anyone had this problem
By the way I looked up that place you are in in Croatia. Looks great. I was in Montenegro a few months ago and if I had known about it I would of went there instead of Montenegro
Lol that's awesome , and it is like next door neighbor how wonderful. South of Croatia is really beautiful and touristic.
Certainly lol Thank you and you're very welcome :) I like to be called cosmopolitan though, because my family is huge and it covers many countries.
Presumably because you're using GSC to prioritize the crawl. If you didn't, they would get crawled eventually in the natural order of things.
I send in a request as soon as I publish and then it gets indexed in a day. Then in the crawl report it only shows the home page getting crawled naturally without being requested. What I’m asking is shouldn’t my articles keep getting crawled on their own?
It's simple. All your content gets crawled... eventually. Submitting via GSC just makes it happen faster. I don't understand why you're even concerned about this.
What I was suggesting was that if you didn't use GSC to submit your pages, they would eventually get crawled naturally. But there's no upside to doing that. As long as they're being indexed after submission, keep doing it.
So your saying there’s no upside to not indexing manually. Meaning we should request them to be indexed as soon as we publish?
One of my articles is not getting indexed and I’m trying to figure out why. It’s very good same or better as page one
Unfortunately, that's very common and it indicates that there are many hidden factors that the Google algorithm uses. All you can do is make changes (and go through your SEO plugin checking the factors that it reports) and resubmit after each change.
Do you have the site kit plugin installed on your site? From there is where you want to check your stats.
Yes but I have not checked site kit plugin. I only check search console. Search console shows that only the main page is crawled and not the posts. The posts I have manually index
You want to go through the training and in their Kyle mentions how the site kit plugin works with.
Your site may not be indexed yet or the blog posts. Without site kit you would have to create projects for every post which is time consuming.
Just do what is taught here. Do not add or take away. As you go through the training your questions will be answered.
Nothing that is important such at indexing and knowing your stats is left to speculation.
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Why does google only crawl my main url?
In search console in the crawl report I see that only the main website url is getting crawled and not my posts. Has anyone had this problem
By the way I looked up that place you are in in Croatia. Looks great. I was in Montenegro a few months ago and if I had known about it I would of went there instead of Montenegro
Lol that's awesome , and it is like next door neighbor how wonderful. South of Croatia is really beautiful and touristic.
Certainly lol Thank you and you're very welcome :) I like to be called cosmopolitan though, because my family is huge and it covers many countries.
Presumably because you're using GSC to prioritize the crawl. If you didn't, they would get crawled eventually in the natural order of things.
I send in a request as soon as I publish and then it gets indexed in a day. Then in the crawl report it only shows the home page getting crawled naturally without being requested. What I’m asking is shouldn’t my articles keep getting crawled on their own?
It's simple. All your content gets crawled... eventually. Submitting via GSC just makes it happen faster. I don't understand why you're even concerned about this.
What I was suggesting was that if you didn't use GSC to submit your pages, they would eventually get crawled naturally. But there's no upside to doing that. As long as they're being indexed after submission, keep doing it.
So your saying there’s no upside to not indexing manually. Meaning we should request them to be indexed as soon as we publish?
One of my articles is not getting indexed and I’m trying to figure out why. It’s very good same or better as page one
Unfortunately, that's very common and it indicates that there are many hidden factors that the Google algorithm uses. All you can do is make changes (and go through your SEO plugin checking the factors that it reports) and resubmit after each change.
Do you have the site kit plugin installed on your site? From there is where you want to check your stats.
Yes but I have not checked site kit plugin. I only check search console. Search console shows that only the main page is crawled and not the posts. The posts I have manually index
You want to go through the training and in their Kyle mentions how the site kit plugin works with.
Your site may not be indexed yet or the blog posts. Without site kit you would have to create projects for every post which is time consuming.
Just do what is taught here. Do not add or take away. As you go through the training your questions will be answered.
Nothing that is important such at indexing and knowing your stats is left to speculation.
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In search console it seems that google is only crawling my site and not my posts. Is this normal? Also I have to manually request indexing.
Resources Better Internal Links in Wordpress How to Add Links to Your Content (Internal and External) No harm having a sitemap submitted again.
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Why is google only crawling my main page?
In search console it seems that google is only crawling my site and not my posts. Is this normal? Also I have to manually request indexing.
Resources Better Internal Links in Wordpress How to Add Links to Your Content (Internal and External) No harm having a sitemap submitted again.
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Just found 7 keywords in under 10 minutes using parthas method. I forgot how many forums should be on page one did he say 1 was ok?
We are glad to see Partha's answer here. We need the reminded too - Its 2 as a minimum.
Thanks Partha.
Thanks I have a question but I don’t want to keep asking him. Maybe you can help. If the page has 2 ugc forums then is it ok if there are still some authority sites?
Truthfully Partha has much more background research in this area than we do and we would like to see what Partha has to say to your question. By helping you Partha is also helping many more here who believe in this approach.
I think I included the "oldest internet marketing joke" in one of my recent blog posts:
"The Best Place to Hide a Dead Body is on Page 2 of Google"
Basically, most "normal" people very rarely visit page two.
We as internet marketers will often visit page 2, 3, 4, 10, etc.
However, as I say, a "normal" person looking for an answer to their question or help with their problem, will very rarely visit page 2.
I don't wish burst anyone's bubble, and I know that people get excited about ranking on page 2, but in reality this typically still equals ZERO TRAFFIC.
Why don't "normal" searchers go to page 2.
People are lazy, and this had been made far worse over the last 20 years with the requirement for instant gratification.
"I want it now, I want it now".
This is mainly down to social media, where you can get 10 "likes" in 10 minutes for showing a photo of your dinner.
The "likes" make people feel good about themselves. This is "instant gratification.
20 years if you wanted 10 people to "like" you dinner, you would have to go and knock on 10 of your neighbours doors and shove your dinner in their face.
Basically, the point being, over the past 20 years or so, we have ALL gotten used to receiving immediate feedback on anything and everything we do (social media, YouTube, Zoom, smartphones, etc.)
So, this also means that when people search on Google for an answer to their problems, they want to find a solution as QUICKLY as possible.
This is also why so much credence is given to ranking in the TOP 3 PLACES on Google.
People are that lazy nowadys they may not even scroll to position 5 or position 9 on Google because "couldn't be bothered" to scroll.
This is why it also makes sense to find as many UGC as possible on page one for a keyword.
I often look at UGC on page one as the number of opportunities I have to rank on page one.
If I find only one UGC on page one then I only ONE OPPORTUNITY to rank on page one.
If I find TEN UGC on page one, I now have 10 OPPOTUNITIES to rank on page one.
I've answered the question about authority sites below in the comment thread between you and me.
Hey Matt,
Basically the more the better.
The whole point of finding UGC content on page one is that (in my opinion) Google doesn't feel the topic is covered well enough by niche websites.
Therefore, UGC is placed on page one.
The reason it is "easy" to outrank UGC is because they are not specifically optimized around a particular keyword, your blog post will be.
For a new site, I have always said aim for keywords that have 2-3 UGC of page one.
Basically, this gives you a MORE opportunitues to literally "kick one of these UGC off page one".
I have often found "keywords" with 5-7 UGC on page one, easy, easy, easy rankings.
As your site becomes more established, you can probably get away wil fewer UGC, and perhpas even none at all, as long as there are low-authority sites on page one.
That said, with the exercise site I share with everyone, it's almost 2 years old, has over 600 articles on it, and yet EVERY SINGLE KEYWORD I find, I stick with the principle of a minimum of 2 UGC on page one.
I probably don't need to, but why deviate from a plan that works?
Here's a blog post I wrote, I believe Leo asked me about just one UGC of page one. 2 of Your Burning KEYWORD RESEARCH Questions (Answered!) Partha
Thanks a lot also what about product review keywords? Do we do the same method? Do you have post on this ?
I don't really do a great deal of product reviews.
If you go to the website in my profile and then click on Product Reviews in the menu at the top.
Ignore the first one (Eat Stop Eat) - I have used the same principles for informational articles just to experiement and see what happens. The review was only written around 2 months ago, so I need to give it some time in the search engines to see what happens.
However, all the previous product reviews you'll see I follow exactly the same principle for writing:
Introduction
H2 tag highlighted in color explaining what the product is about
Who is the Face Behind the Product
How Does the Product Work
What Do You Get With the Product
What Did I Think of the Product
Product Pros.
Product Cons.
Conclusion
As for "keyword research" I have never really conducted any for product reviews.
I just found products in my niche and wrote my reviews using the structure above.
HOWEVER
This does also depend on niche and product popularity.
So, as an example, a website in its first year is highly unlikely to rank for something like iPhone 13 review.
You just know that there are going to HUGE authority websites on page one, including Apple.
But, this still doesn't mean that you shouldn't write them.
One of the biggest hurdles people have in this industry is "mindset".
But, I also totally udnerstand this, because online marketing goes against every principle you have ever learned.
There are not many other industries where you work for 1 year straight without any rewards.
But, that's the whole point in creating websites.
You are NEVER writing for NOW, you are ALWAYS WRITING FOR THE FUTURE.
But, this is also why I find EASY TO RANK KEYWORDS FOR INFORMATIONAL ARTICLES.
I know these will rank quite quickly, even for a new website, and then as they mature they will rank for more-and-more keywords.
The product reviews based on product popularity may or may not rank.
Just to give you an idea, my most popular product on the exercise site is a review that I wrote in SEPTEMBER 2020.
I never made a single sale of that product for the first 6 months.
This ONE product review written nearly 2 years ago has produced $1,200 income per month, every month during 2022.
And that's just ONE product review, but you can see how long I had to wit for it to become SUCCESSFUL.
So, informational "easy to rank" articles for traffic and helping people in your niche.
Product reviews written as above, a mix of hugely popyuular poroducts in your niche, and perhaps some that aren't that well know.
Your informational articles will hopefully start bringing traffic within a few months.
Your product reviews may or may not, but never give up on them.
As my example above shows, it took over a year for that one product review to "kick in", but now I am enjoying the fruits of my malbor.
Internet marketing is NEVER "NOW NOW NOW", it's always "FUTURE FUTURE FUTURE"
Partha
Ok thanks so then the question articles I write can I monetize them with ads? Is that where the revenue comes from? Also I could put affiliate links in the articles that talk about how to get to islands. Like how to get to Phuket from phi phi islands. I would put a link to travel payouts offering tickets.
Okay, that's a very simplified version of looking at how to earn money online.
Obviously, there is far more too it than that.
My methods are simply about finding easy to rank question phrases.
The articles are also easier to write, as you're only answering one question per article.
However, this also requires a huge amount of content.
The aim being that you will have so many articles ranking for EASY Keywords that Google will start to view you as an authority in your niche, and then those same articles will rank for more keywords, even highly competitive ones.
This is how you get so much traffic.
Ads are only worthwhile once you have a LOT of traffic, although I completely understand someone very new to internet marketing putting ads on their site very early, just to see some income.
So, even though they may only be earning $0.30 per day, at least this shows that money can be earned.
This should also prove that if you can earn $0.30 per day, then you can earn $3 per day, then $30 per day, then $300 per day, then $3,000 per day, and so on.
It's all about scaling your website with more-and-more content in order to get more traffic to reach these levels.
Okay, the website that I use for the purposes of showing what I'm doing is as follows:
625 articles of which ONLY 76 are product reviews.
However, around 2 months ago, I started adding affiliates links to all my NEW INFORMATIONAL articles, and only one or two per article.
I can do this now, as I previously only ever had 76 articles that had affiliate links on.
So, in a way, it's obvious that my website is more geared towards HELPING PEOPLE, it's not all "me, me, me, I want to earn money"
Yes, we all want to earn money, but there's a right way and a wrong way.
For me, a very basic structure for a website is as follows:
First 50 articles written as quickly as possible and they are ALL informational articles with NO affiliate links.
Then I will start to add product reviews, but still far more informational articles.
So, let's say for my next 150 articles I write 120 informational articles and 30 product reviews.
Let's say that's the end of the first year of the website:
So, after 12 months I have 200 articles, 170 of which are infromational and 30 of which are product reviews.
I can then start writing more freely in year two, because I have built a SOLID FOUNDATION, and then I can write more product reviews if I want, I can also simply add affiliate links to informational articles, etc.
There is no 100% correct way of doing things.
This will vary depending on the person and the niche.
There will be others who do things completely differently and also have major success.
There is no ONE SINGLE PERFECT WAY.
Something that will probably surprise people is that I very rarely even think about income in the first 12-15 months of a website.
However, I know that when I follow these pronciples to the tee, any website I create will be earning a FULL-TIME income within 2 years.
Look at this way, would you rather be so focused on earning money at the beginning of your journey, so you earn $20 here, maybe $35 there, $1 there, but nothing consistent, because all your focus was on money, money, money.
OR
Would you rather have 5 wesbites in 10 years time all earning AT LEAST $10,000 PER MONTH?
ALWAYS
Build your foundation first (more content than you think you need)
Help people first
Think about earning money once you have accomplished the above two.
Trsut me, it works.
Partha
Ok thanks that made perfect sense. Write all information question articles first. I’ll just focus on that for now. Then I’ll worry later about product reviews and affiliate links. So now I know that affiliate links can be added to informational posts. I had thought that you could not add them to informational posts. Thanks again for your help
I have one more question partha. If there are 2 forums on page one but also some authority sites then can I still write the article?
Again, I've mentioned before, that you shouldn't automatically be scared of authority sites.
Often they rank on the first page because no-one else has written a good enough article around the subject matter.
So, the best thing to do is to actually have a qucik scan/read of the authority website article.
You'll frequently find that they're not even discussing the subject matter at hand within the article, or that they simply have a 100-200 word blurb about the subject.
This is how you OUTRANK an authority website.
If they haven't given sufficent information or if they're not even talking about the same subject, your well-written, in-depth article can and usually will outrank them.
Thanks So now I know check for 2 forum pages and then just write the article while adding more or better info than all the other ones on the page. I’ll even try ones with just one forum to test it. Thanks again
Don't understand your question I would direct it to Partha perhaps?
Why would you want a forum on page 1?
He was talking about finding question keywords that have forums on page one because I could rank very easy
Right I would in forums to find what folks are asking. Thank you however I am not aware.
He talks about the method in his posts. But could not remember which one of his posts. You basically use google auto suggest to find questions then see on page one if there are forums like quora, Reddit etc. if there are I can’t remember what he said if it was one or two of them then you write the article
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How many forums on page one from parthas method?
Just found 7 keywords in under 10 minutes using parthas method. I forgot how many forums should be on page one did he say 1 was ok?
We are glad to see Partha's answer here. We need the reminded too - Its 2 as a minimum.
Thanks Partha.
Thanks I have a question but I don’t want to keep asking him. Maybe you can help. If the page has 2 ugc forums then is it ok if there are still some authority sites?
Truthfully Partha has much more background research in this area than we do and we would like to see what Partha has to say to your question. By helping you Partha is also helping many more here who believe in this approach.
I think I included the "oldest internet marketing joke" in one of my recent blog posts:
"The Best Place to Hide a Dead Body is on Page 2 of Google"
Basically, most "normal" people very rarely visit page two.
We as internet marketers will often visit page 2, 3, 4, 10, etc.
However, as I say, a "normal" person looking for an answer to their question or help with their problem, will very rarely visit page 2.
I don't wish burst anyone's bubble, and I know that people get excited about ranking on page 2, but in reality this typically still equals ZERO TRAFFIC.
Why don't "normal" searchers go to page 2.
People are lazy, and this had been made far worse over the last 20 years with the requirement for instant gratification.
"I want it now, I want it now".
This is mainly down to social media, where you can get 10 "likes" in 10 minutes for showing a photo of your dinner.
The "likes" make people feel good about themselves. This is "instant gratification.
20 years if you wanted 10 people to "like" you dinner, you would have to go and knock on 10 of your neighbours doors and shove your dinner in their face.
Basically, the point being, over the past 20 years or so, we have ALL gotten used to receiving immediate feedback on anything and everything we do (social media, YouTube, Zoom, smartphones, etc.)
So, this also means that when people search on Google for an answer to their problems, they want to find a solution as QUICKLY as possible.
This is also why so much credence is given to ranking in the TOP 3 PLACES on Google.
People are that lazy nowadys they may not even scroll to position 5 or position 9 on Google because "couldn't be bothered" to scroll.
This is why it also makes sense to find as many UGC as possible on page one for a keyword.
I often look at UGC on page one as the number of opportunities I have to rank on page one.
If I find only one UGC on page one then I only ONE OPPORTUNITY to rank on page one.
If I find TEN UGC on page one, I now have 10 OPPOTUNITIES to rank on page one.
I've answered the question about authority sites below in the comment thread between you and me.
Hey Matt,
Basically the more the better.
The whole point of finding UGC content on page one is that (in my opinion) Google doesn't feel the topic is covered well enough by niche websites.
Therefore, UGC is placed on page one.
The reason it is "easy" to outrank UGC is because they are not specifically optimized around a particular keyword, your blog post will be.
For a new site, I have always said aim for keywords that have 2-3 UGC of page one.
Basically, this gives you a MORE opportunitues to literally "kick one of these UGC off page one".
I have often found "keywords" with 5-7 UGC on page one, easy, easy, easy rankings.
As your site becomes more established, you can probably get away wil fewer UGC, and perhpas even none at all, as long as there are low-authority sites on page one.
That said, with the exercise site I share with everyone, it's almost 2 years old, has over 600 articles on it, and yet EVERY SINGLE KEYWORD I find, I stick with the principle of a minimum of 2 UGC on page one.
I probably don't need to, but why deviate from a plan that works?
Here's a blog post I wrote, I believe Leo asked me about just one UGC of page one. 2 of Your Burning KEYWORD RESEARCH Questions (Answered!) Partha
Thanks a lot also what about product review keywords? Do we do the same method? Do you have post on this ?
I don't really do a great deal of product reviews.
If you go to the website in my profile and then click on Product Reviews in the menu at the top.
Ignore the first one (Eat Stop Eat) - I have used the same principles for informational articles just to experiement and see what happens. The review was only written around 2 months ago, so I need to give it some time in the search engines to see what happens.
However, all the previous product reviews you'll see I follow exactly the same principle for writing:
Introduction
H2 tag highlighted in color explaining what the product is about
Who is the Face Behind the Product
How Does the Product Work
What Do You Get With the Product
What Did I Think of the Product
Product Pros.
Product Cons.
Conclusion
As for "keyword research" I have never really conducted any for product reviews.
I just found products in my niche and wrote my reviews using the structure above.
HOWEVER
This does also depend on niche and product popularity.
So, as an example, a website in its first year is highly unlikely to rank for something like iPhone 13 review.
You just know that there are going to HUGE authority websites on page one, including Apple.
But, this still doesn't mean that you shouldn't write them.
One of the biggest hurdles people have in this industry is "mindset".
But, I also totally udnerstand this, because online marketing goes against every principle you have ever learned.
There are not many other industries where you work for 1 year straight without any rewards.
But, that's the whole point in creating websites.
You are NEVER writing for NOW, you are ALWAYS WRITING FOR THE FUTURE.
But, this is also why I find EASY TO RANK KEYWORDS FOR INFORMATIONAL ARTICLES.
I know these will rank quite quickly, even for a new website, and then as they mature they will rank for more-and-more keywords.
The product reviews based on product popularity may or may not rank.
Just to give you an idea, my most popular product on the exercise site is a review that I wrote in SEPTEMBER 2020.
I never made a single sale of that product for the first 6 months.
This ONE product review written nearly 2 years ago has produced $1,200 income per month, every month during 2022.
And that's just ONE product review, but you can see how long I had to wit for it to become SUCCESSFUL.
So, informational "easy to rank" articles for traffic and helping people in your niche.
Product reviews written as above, a mix of hugely popyuular poroducts in your niche, and perhaps some that aren't that well know.
Your informational articles will hopefully start bringing traffic within a few months.
Your product reviews may or may not, but never give up on them.
As my example above shows, it took over a year for that one product review to "kick in", but now I am enjoying the fruits of my malbor.
Internet marketing is NEVER "NOW NOW NOW", it's always "FUTURE FUTURE FUTURE"
Partha
Ok thanks so then the question articles I write can I monetize them with ads? Is that where the revenue comes from? Also I could put affiliate links in the articles that talk about how to get to islands. Like how to get to Phuket from phi phi islands. I would put a link to travel payouts offering tickets.
Okay, that's a very simplified version of looking at how to earn money online.
Obviously, there is far more too it than that.
My methods are simply about finding easy to rank question phrases.
The articles are also easier to write, as you're only answering one question per article.
However, this also requires a huge amount of content.
The aim being that you will have so many articles ranking for EASY Keywords that Google will start to view you as an authority in your niche, and then those same articles will rank for more keywords, even highly competitive ones.
This is how you get so much traffic.
Ads are only worthwhile once you have a LOT of traffic, although I completely understand someone very new to internet marketing putting ads on their site very early, just to see some income.
So, even though they may only be earning $0.30 per day, at least this shows that money can be earned.
This should also prove that if you can earn $0.30 per day, then you can earn $3 per day, then $30 per day, then $300 per day, then $3,000 per day, and so on.
It's all about scaling your website with more-and-more content in order to get more traffic to reach these levels.
Okay, the website that I use for the purposes of showing what I'm doing is as follows:
625 articles of which ONLY 76 are product reviews.
However, around 2 months ago, I started adding affiliates links to all my NEW INFORMATIONAL articles, and only one or two per article.
I can do this now, as I previously only ever had 76 articles that had affiliate links on.
So, in a way, it's obvious that my website is more geared towards HELPING PEOPLE, it's not all "me, me, me, I want to earn money"
Yes, we all want to earn money, but there's a right way and a wrong way.
For me, a very basic structure for a website is as follows:
First 50 articles written as quickly as possible and they are ALL informational articles with NO affiliate links.
Then I will start to add product reviews, but still far more informational articles.
So, let's say for my next 150 articles I write 120 informational articles and 30 product reviews.
Let's say that's the end of the first year of the website:
So, after 12 months I have 200 articles, 170 of which are infromational and 30 of which are product reviews.
I can then start writing more freely in year two, because I have built a SOLID FOUNDATION, and then I can write more product reviews if I want, I can also simply add affiliate links to informational articles, etc.
There is no 100% correct way of doing things.
This will vary depending on the person and the niche.
There will be others who do things completely differently and also have major success.
There is no ONE SINGLE PERFECT WAY.
Something that will probably surprise people is that I very rarely even think about income in the first 12-15 months of a website.
However, I know that when I follow these pronciples to the tee, any website I create will be earning a FULL-TIME income within 2 years.
Look at this way, would you rather be so focused on earning money at the beginning of your journey, so you earn $20 here, maybe $35 there, $1 there, but nothing consistent, because all your focus was on money, money, money.
OR
Would you rather have 5 wesbites in 10 years time all earning AT LEAST $10,000 PER MONTH?
ALWAYS
Build your foundation first (more content than you think you need)
Help people first
Think about earning money once you have accomplished the above two.
Trsut me, it works.
Partha
Ok thanks that made perfect sense. Write all information question articles first. I’ll just focus on that for now. Then I’ll worry later about product reviews and affiliate links. So now I know that affiliate links can be added to informational posts. I had thought that you could not add them to informational posts. Thanks again for your help
I have one more question partha. If there are 2 forums on page one but also some authority sites then can I still write the article?
Again, I've mentioned before, that you shouldn't automatically be scared of authority sites.
Often they rank on the first page because no-one else has written a good enough article around the subject matter.
So, the best thing to do is to actually have a qucik scan/read of the authority website article.
You'll frequently find that they're not even discussing the subject matter at hand within the article, or that they simply have a 100-200 word blurb about the subject.
This is how you OUTRANK an authority website.
If they haven't given sufficent information or if they're not even talking about the same subject, your well-written, in-depth article can and usually will outrank them.
Thanks So now I know check for 2 forum pages and then just write the article while adding more or better info than all the other ones on the page. I’ll even try ones with just one forum to test it. Thanks again
Don't understand your question I would direct it to Partha perhaps?
Why would you want a forum on page 1?
He was talking about finding question keywords that have forums on page one because I could rank very easy
Right I would in forums to find what folks are asking. Thank you however I am not aware.
He talks about the method in his posts. But could not remember which one of his posts. You basically use google auto suggest to find questions then see on page one if there are forums like quora, Reddit etc. if there are I can’t remember what he said if it was one or two of them then you write the article
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My site does not have www in front of it. It did but it was redirected to a non www. The site reads https://exploresiam.com/. Is this ok because I read that when the site grows
At one point, years ago, it DID make a difference whether you used the www in front of a domain.
Today, the addition of the www doesn't affect how quickly your site appears...
I learned this when I added the www to my domain years ago. Now I dont use it.
Rudy
No need to worry about it the main part is to have https shown in front of your website URL.
the WWW is hidden these days for the majority of sites.
If you just type your URL without the https it can still be found.
So all is good and you don't need to change or add anything
Andre
You are welcome Matt now that is done continue with the training and focus on creating more unique content for the benefit of your readers.
Wishing you well
Andre
No need to worry about it...
once go to your site -> www.exploresiam.com/
See there is a www for every site, but it has been hidden recent past...even for this WA site, you can not see www...
I hope you got an answer...
Hi thanks I copy and pasted that and went to the site. The site then reads http://www.exploresiam.com/
As per my understanding
I think we can add subdomains to our domain name
like my(dot)exploresiam.com, mail(dot)exploresiam.com .....
Maybe this is the reason, by default they remove www in front...
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My site does not have www in front of it. should I fix it?
My site does not have www in front of it. It did but it was redirected to a non www. The site reads https://exploresiam.com/. Is this ok because I read that when the site grows
At one point, years ago, it DID make a difference whether you used the www in front of a domain.
Today, the addition of the www doesn't affect how quickly your site appears...
I learned this when I added the www to my domain years ago. Now I dont use it.
Rudy
No need to worry about it the main part is to have https shown in front of your website URL.
the WWW is hidden these days for the majority of sites.
If you just type your URL without the https it can still be found.
So all is good and you don't need to change or add anything
Andre
You are welcome Matt now that is done continue with the training and focus on creating more unique content for the benefit of your readers.
Wishing you well
Andre
No need to worry about it...
once go to your site -> www.exploresiam.com/
See there is a www for every site, but it has been hidden recent past...even for this WA site, you can not see www...
I hope you got an answer...
Hi thanks I copy and pasted that and went to the site. The site then reads http://www.exploresiam.com/
As per my understanding
I think we can add subdomains to our domain name
like my(dot)exploresiam.com, mail(dot)exploresiam.com .....
Maybe this is the reason, by default they remove www in front...
See more comments
Not applicable.
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.
Resource Categories vs Tags, which is better for SEO?
Thanks yea I Ben using categories and sun categories. But should we leave them un indexed?
No not applicable i.e. do.
Read here https://yoast.com/video/ask-yoast-noindexing-tags-categories-foodblog/
Thanks I’ll keep them indexed
No worries, Matt :)
One more thing. Do I need to use sub categories?
You can do but certainly not obligatory, only if your content requires it and it is user experience friendly.
You just shift it a bit to the right. If you do not want the top bit to do anything, just input # in the url link.
I use the keyword in the perma link of the article. I never heard of using #
I meant a category as a menu item with no function.
Thanks
Most welcome :)