I think I really need to get a bit of advice regarding my site. I started the site back in November 2016 and have been regularly posting 2-3 articles a week. Currently the ar
That does seem quite strange, since you've got that many articles. If you're doing everything right, you should have some rankings and a flow of traffic by now.
I'm thinking it's possibly one of two things or both.
Firstly, check the number of affiliate links you have throughout your site. I found that having too many links on my blog caused a negative impact on my rankings and traffic. If it is the case, delete a load of links, and your traffic may increase.
Secondly, check your Google Console for 404 errors on your site. Again, if you have a lot of these and they're not fixed, it will affect your rankings.
If it's none of the above, contact Site Support because there may be a fault with your site. It's a possibility.
Neil
Hi Neil,
Thanks very much for getting back to me. I do have a number of links on my site, however apart from the sidebar where I have 4 or 5 adverts, they are all located in the reviews section of the website. I have made a point of separating the affiliate links from my main content for exactly the reason you described.
I have checked Google console and have only ever had 1 404 error which eas a tag for an article back in January.
I will take your advice and just check with support that everything is ok with the site.
Thanks again
Paul
If your site seems OK, then try cutting down the links within your reviews. Aim for 1 or 2 affiliate links (max) in each post.
I don't know which actions you have taken, but here are 55 tips How To Increase Traffic To The Website
Hey Paul,
This post may offer you the help you seek: http://backlinko.com/increase-website-traffic
Hi Triblu,
Thanks for sharing the article, has some really useful information there which I will look to follow up on.
Paul
I don't have a straight answer to you except some questions:
1) Are you following the SEO guidelines you learned here?
2) Are you targeting low competition keywords?
3) Are you advertising on Twitter, Facebook groups, Google+?
4) Are you asking enough comments and do you reply to them?
Hi Arty,
Thanks for your reply, the answer is yes to the above, I have been pointed to a few traffic related articles that I need to go through carefully, hoping they will help me.
Thanks again
Paul
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I think I really need to get a bit of advice regarding my site. I started the site back in November 2016 and have been regularly posting 2-3 articles a week. Currently the ar
Hello Paul it is a nice site, which leads me to ask what type of searches do your keywords generate and what is the competition? The other thing that might be of concern is the niche you have chosen, like fitness, weight loss is such a popular topic. Those are the two things I would see as being game changers.
Hi Harvey,
Thanks for your reply. I did research the keywords thoroughly using Jaxxy and each keyword was green across the board, most range between 50-150 competing pages.
I take your point regarding the popularity of the niche, I am hoping that this isn't the reason for the lack of traffic as I have put so much work into this site with the articles and design I don't think I could bear to scrap it all.
Thanks again
Paul
The challenge Paul is to make your site more compelling than what already exists and consistency. I always put myself in the position of the visitor and ask what am I looking for and would purchase. My niche is not an easy one either, but I know there still is a market. It is just finding the right hook and having patience.
That does seem quite strange, since you've got that many articles. If you're doing everything right, you should have some rankings and a flow of traffic by now.
I'm thinking it's possibly one of two things or both.
Firstly, check the number of affiliate links you have throughout your site. I found that having too many links on my blog caused a negative impact on my rankings and traffic. If it is the case, delete a load of links, and your traffic may increase.
Secondly, check your Google Console for 404 errors on your site. Again, if you have a lot of these and they're not fixed, it will affect your rankings.
If it's none of the above, contact Site Support because there may be a fault with your site. It's a possibility.
Neil
Hi Neil,
Thanks very much for getting back to me. I do have a number of links on my site, however apart from the sidebar where I have 4 or 5 adverts, they are all located in the reviews section of the website. I have made a point of separating the affiliate links from my main content for exactly the reason you described.
I have checked Google console and have only ever had 1 404 error which eas a tag for an article back in January.
I will take your advice and just check with support that everything is ok with the site.
Thanks again
Paul
If your site seems OK, then try cutting down the links within your reviews. Aim for 1 or 2 affiliate links (max) in each post.
I don't know which actions you have taken, but here are 55 tips How To Increase Traffic To The Website
Hey Paul,
This post may offer you the help you seek: http://backlinko.com/increase-website-traffic
Hi Triblu,
Thanks for sharing the article, has some really useful information there which I will look to follow up on.
Paul
I don't have a straight answer to you except some questions:
1) Are you following the SEO guidelines you learned here?
2) Are you targeting low competition keywords?
3) Are you advertising on Twitter, Facebook groups, Google+?
4) Are you asking enough comments and do you reply to them?
Hi Arty,
Thanks for your reply, the answer is yes to the above, I have been pointed to a few traffic related articles that I need to go through carefully, hoping they will help me.
Thanks again
Paul
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Hi,
I would first like to qualify that this is by no means a rant or a complaint. I just wanted to find out if anyone else apart from me was having an issue making their
Hi Linda,
I'm sorry to hear that and hope that you will be able to get your issues resolved as soon as possible. I still haven't resolved mine yet, I am hoping to hear from either Kyle or Carson in the next few days to see if they have found anything out from WA's end.
However, it does seem peculiar that there are people that make payment via Paypal that are not having any issues, I am starting to wonder if maybe this might be a country issue rather than just Paypal in general.
Paul
I had an issue lately. I did send a message to Kyle. It looks like it is fixed now. Cheers, Jeff
Hi Jeff,
Yes, I too have messaged both Kyle and Carson to let them know what is going on, hope to get this resolved soon.
Paul
I have had that issue 3 times. I thought it was something to do with my information so I never bothered to ask the question didn't want to sound like I was complaining.
I just use the other option though
Hope you got an answer though, do let me know if you have.
Susan
Hi Susan,
Yeah it's really weird, Paypal insist that there has been no request for payment and nothing shows on my Paypal account either that the payment failed.
Hope to get to the bottom of it soon. Will let you know what happens.
Paul
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Wa and paypal monthly recurring payments?
Hi,
I would first like to qualify that this is by no means a rant or a complaint. I just wanted to find out if anyone else apart from me was having an issue making their
Hi Linda,
I'm sorry to hear that and hope that you will be able to get your issues resolved as soon as possible. I still haven't resolved mine yet, I am hoping to hear from either Kyle or Carson in the next few days to see if they have found anything out from WA's end.
However, it does seem peculiar that there are people that make payment via Paypal that are not having any issues, I am starting to wonder if maybe this might be a country issue rather than just Paypal in general.
Paul
I had an issue lately. I did send a message to Kyle. It looks like it is fixed now. Cheers, Jeff
Hi Jeff,
Yes, I too have messaged both Kyle and Carson to let them know what is going on, hope to get this resolved soon.
Paul
I have had that issue 3 times. I thought it was something to do with my information so I never bothered to ask the question didn't want to sound like I was complaining.
I just use the other option though
Hope you got an answer though, do let me know if you have.
Susan
Hi Susan,
Yeah it's really weird, Paypal insist that there has been no request for payment and nothing shows on my Paypal account either that the payment failed.
Hope to get to the bottom of it soon. Will let you know what happens.
Paul
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Hi,
I just checked Google Search Console for my website and noticed that none of my URL's are indexed anymore only submitted, since I did my SSL update this morning.
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Yeah, they are all redirected. But you will want to submit a new sitemap with the updated URL (that should be the URL on your profile).
You will want to go to your website to make sure your sitemap.xml is now showing the https:// vs. http:
https://yourwebsite.com/sitemap.xml
Replace "yourwebsite.com" with your website URL and then see if it is https.
We have a live class this Friday that is going to cover all the stuff you need to know about moving to https and this will really offer you insights into this. Make sure that you register for this:
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/webinar
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Google console showing no indexed urls since the ssl update?
Hi,
I just checked Google Search Console for my website and noticed that none of my URL's are indexed anymore only submitted, since I did my SSL update this morning.
<Yeah, they are all redirected. But you will want to submit a new sitemap with the updated URL (that should be the URL on your profile).
You will want to go to your website to make sure your sitemap.xml is now showing the https:// vs. http:
https://yourwebsite.com/sitemap.xml
Replace "yourwebsite.com" with your website URL and then see if it is https.
We have a live class this Friday that is going to cover all the stuff you need to know about moving to https and this will really offer you insights into this. Make sure that you register for this:
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/webinar
See more comments
I have a question relating to Google Search Console.
I was looking at the console today and one of the headings was "Blocked Resources". When I checked it, the data says
Hi Paul, Did you ever figure this out? I'm having the same issue and trying to fix it.
Thanks.
Laurie
Hi Laurie,
Sorry for not getting back to you on this one, Yes it turns out that the affiliate links that I had highlighted were not secure ie HTTP rather than HTTPS.
This meant that I had to remove them and contact the affiliate program to provide me new links, however I am still waiting for these and in all truth will probably look for some new products to promote.
Paul
Thanks, Paul. I had been debating removing my affiliate banners, as those seem to be the problem but not my actual links that are in my product reviews. I had contacted my affiliate network and they told me that they're working on the change to https and apologized for any issues that I'm having. They also informed me that when the changes happen, it will update automatically.
Good luck to you.
Laurie
It could be that those affiliate links are nofollow links. If so then I doubt they will seriously affect your rankings if at all, especially since they reside in the common side bar area of your website.
Also make sure that your website is correctly registered with Google Search Console. Websites hosted here at WA cannot be registered with the www proceeding the domain name.
Thanks for the reply Robert,
That is really good to know. Also I have the website domain registered using the pre-fix http:// instead of www. so that is all good too.
Thanks again for your reply.
Paul
Could it be that Google had an issue in the recent past with them?
I wonder if there's any way to check that, let's ask (?)
Thanks for your response, hopefully someone will be able to shed some light on this for me.
Paul
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Google search console relating to blocked resources?
I have a question relating to Google Search Console.
I was looking at the console today and one of the headings was "Blocked Resources". When I checked it, the data says
Hi Paul, Did you ever figure this out? I'm having the same issue and trying to fix it.
Thanks.
Laurie
Hi Laurie,
Sorry for not getting back to you on this one, Yes it turns out that the affiliate links that I had highlighted were not secure ie HTTP rather than HTTPS.
This meant that I had to remove them and contact the affiliate program to provide me new links, however I am still waiting for these and in all truth will probably look for some new products to promote.
Paul
Thanks, Paul. I had been debating removing my affiliate banners, as those seem to be the problem but not my actual links that are in my product reviews. I had contacted my affiliate network and they told me that they're working on the change to https and apologized for any issues that I'm having. They also informed me that when the changes happen, it will update automatically.
Good luck to you.
Laurie
It could be that those affiliate links are nofollow links. If so then I doubt they will seriously affect your rankings if at all, especially since they reside in the common side bar area of your website.
Also make sure that your website is correctly registered with Google Search Console. Websites hosted here at WA cannot be registered with the www proceeding the domain name.
Thanks for the reply Robert,
That is really good to know. Also I have the website domain registered using the pre-fix http:// instead of www. so that is all good too.
Thanks again for your reply.
Paul
Could it be that Google had an issue in the recent past with them?
I wonder if there's any way to check that, let's ask (?)
Thanks for your response, hopefully someone will be able to shed some light on this for me.
Paul
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I was reading an excellent article here on WA about the benefits of reaching out to prominent members of your niche with a view to making requests about possible guest articles
This has been done before by other members.
The response as far as I know was quite good
But
As you say your site has only been up for a month so they might be a wee bit hesitant.
I however am only too happy to contribute a guest blog/article on your site with a link back to me.
If you want more people then just ask via a question as you have done here.
Enjoy your Christmas Weekend.
Robert Allan
ps
What is your site about?
Hi Therese and how are you this bright and sunny Christmas Eve?
I will just have to wait until Paul gets back to me and see what he wants exactly.
Enjoy your Christmas Weekend.
Robert
Hi Robert,
Thanks very much for replying to my question. I thought that it may be a little early to do this, hence the question. When I do make the approaches I want it to be right so thanks for the advice.
Yes, I would be very happy for you to write a guest article for my site. The niche is within the Weight Loss sector. I have 3 main categories that I write about, namely, Diets & Dietry advice, Exercise & Fitness and Product reviews & Recommendations.
It would be great to have you appear on the site, feel free to take a look to get a flavor of the content already on it. You can see the URL on my profile.
Drop me a line after you have taken a look and let me know what you fancy doing and we can take it from there, also let me know if you would like any specific imagary and whether you would like your profile picture used as well, or a logo. I would be quite happy either way if you want to choose your own subject or something from me.
Anyway, thanks again for the advice and your very kind offer.
Have a great Christmas and speak to you soon.
Paul
Thank you, Robert, you too.
First I thought the site wasn't on his profile, but then I checked, thought I'd let you know....☺
Hi,
Thanks for helping out with my question, was much appreciated.
Have a great Christmas.
Paul
Hi Robert,
All my links are bottom right, you need to scroll down and you will see them - your looking for Successful Weight Loss.
Paul
Ok will take a look but time is pressing now and Christmas tomorrow.
Robert
ps
Had a quick look but no URLs there, just posts
Hi Robert the links are below the posts.
No worries though - the website is successfulweightlosses dot com
Paul
I can see them now but they were definitely not there before.
Will have a look tomorrow when I have time.
Robert
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When would be the ideal time to start an outreach campaign?
I was reading an excellent article here on WA about the benefits of reaching out to prominent members of your niche with a view to making requests about possible guest articles
This has been done before by other members.
The response as far as I know was quite good
But
As you say your site has only been up for a month so they might be a wee bit hesitant.
I however am only too happy to contribute a guest blog/article on your site with a link back to me.
If you want more people then just ask via a question as you have done here.
Enjoy your Christmas Weekend.
Robert Allan
ps
What is your site about?
Hi Therese and how are you this bright and sunny Christmas Eve?
I will just have to wait until Paul gets back to me and see what he wants exactly.
Enjoy your Christmas Weekend.
Robert
Hi Robert,
Thanks very much for replying to my question. I thought that it may be a little early to do this, hence the question. When I do make the approaches I want it to be right so thanks for the advice.
Yes, I would be very happy for you to write a guest article for my site. The niche is within the Weight Loss sector. I have 3 main categories that I write about, namely, Diets & Dietry advice, Exercise & Fitness and Product reviews & Recommendations.
It would be great to have you appear on the site, feel free to take a look to get a flavor of the content already on it. You can see the URL on my profile.
Drop me a line after you have taken a look and let me know what you fancy doing and we can take it from there, also let me know if you would like any specific imagary and whether you would like your profile picture used as well, or a logo. I would be quite happy either way if you want to choose your own subject or something from me.
Anyway, thanks again for the advice and your very kind offer.
Have a great Christmas and speak to you soon.
Paul
Thank you, Robert, you too.
First I thought the site wasn't on his profile, but then I checked, thought I'd let you know....☺
Hi,
Thanks for helping out with my question, was much appreciated.
Have a great Christmas.
Paul
Hi Robert,
All my links are bottom right, you need to scroll down and you will see them - your looking for Successful Weight Loss.
Paul
Ok will take a look but time is pressing now and Christmas tomorrow.
Robert
ps
Had a quick look but no URLs there, just posts
Hi Robert the links are below the posts.
No worries though - the website is successfulweightlosses dot com
Paul
I can see them now but they were definitely not there before.
Will have a look tomorrow when I have time.
Robert
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Hello Paul it is a nice site, which leads me to ask what type of searches do your keywords generate and what is the competition? The other thing that might be of concern is the niche you have chosen, like fitness, weight loss is such a popular topic. Those are the two things I would see as being game changers.
Hi Harvey,
Thanks for your reply. I did research the keywords thoroughly using Jaxxy and each keyword was green across the board, most range between 50-150 competing pages.
I take your point regarding the popularity of the niche, I am hoping that this isn't the reason for the lack of traffic as I have put so much work into this site with the articles and design I don't think I could bear to scrap it all.
Thanks again
Paul
The challenge Paul is to make your site more compelling than what already exists and consistency. I always put myself in the position of the visitor and ask what am I looking for and would purchase. My niche is not an easy one either, but I know there still is a market. It is just finding the right hook and having patience.
Thanks Harvey, appreciate the advice