WA Blogging Rules - Keep Them
First off I just want ANYONE who actually reads this to know that this post is an absolute blatant RANT! I'm ranting because ...
I'm tired of people who do crap that is against WA rules and GET AWAY WITH IT when if I were to do it Kyle most likely would nail me.
I've done one thing in the past, since being back, that I have discontinued and won't do anymore because I have to respect Kyle and Carson's rules.
The thing that just makes my teeth grind, my ears burn and eyes spit cold flame is the number of people who piggyback on WA's site power (page rank) by linking to their %#@! sites! And it's done ALL the time!
Heck I'd like to do that too people but let me point this out ...
#6 No blog or forum posts that are created for the pure purpose of promoting a product. This does include product reviews. Rants are OK.
#7 No adding affiliate links to any blog, training, discussion or private message IF this is to vague for you and you'd like to argue try this one ...
#16 No signatures at the end of your posts (posting your website URL, image, etc) I'm sure this probably includes trying to sneak by with something like ...
" OH HELP! I just got a comment about blah, blah, blah here at my site (LINKED) can you go look at it and tell me what you think?
OR some other B.S. reason to post an activated link to your site to get backlink horsepower from WA. Like I said ...
I'D LOVE TO DO THAT TOO BUT IT'S AGAINST THE RULES!
The next sneeky %^& I see do it I'm gonna take a screenshot and send that screenshot to Kyle.
IF that offends your sensibilities just remember ...
I was kind enough to WARN you first!
Here are the rules for spam within WA. If you go against any of these, you may lose all posting privileges within WA and depending or may be completely removed from WA without the ability to ever join again (yes, we do take this stuff seriously).
- No unsolicited messages to be sent through private messaging. This will lead to immediate removal of your ability to post anywhere within WA.
- No copied content allowed to be posted here at Wealthy Affiliate. This content will be immediately removed and you will lose posting privileges.
- Do not copy content from WA and post it somewhere else on the Internet. This includes copying your own blog content and putting it on your website.
- No promotions with comments or chat. Although these may seem like subtle ways to promote, if you are caught doing this, you will likely lose privileges. If a link is posted out of an act to help someone, not sell something, that is OK.
- No training should be focused around a promotion of a product or service or give half information. If it does, then it will be immediately removed from the training at WA and you may lose all privileges to post training in the future.
- No blog or forum posts that are created for the pure purpose of promoting a product. This does include product reviews. Rants are OK.
- No adding affiliate links to any blog, training, discussion or private message
- Do not post content that is irrelevant to the online business world or your respective journey through the online world. Anything that is "niche" specific should be posted on your external websites.
- Do not post content where your readers are required to go to an external website to "read more". All of the content must be self contained within the post itself.
- No soliciting phone numbers or asking people to call you
- Asking for personal contact information
- Any in appropriate content (adult content, website URL's or related images)
- Soliciting communication outside of the Wealthy Affiliate platform
- Using incorrect or misleading headlines within your discussions or blog posts
- No faith or religion based posts
- No signatures at the end of your posts (posting your website URL, image, etc)
- No politically driven posts
- Promoting ANY product whatsoever
- Anything else that you are knowingly doing in attempt to sell something.
- We do not allow any form of fundraising or charity including that campaigning for members here within WA. Please keep all fundraising campaigns external of WA.
We are all here with the ultimate goal of success, if you try some "sneaky sneak" spam attempts within WA, you will be caught and you may be in for an "account explosion"! We are flexible on every other aspect of WA other than spam. No exceptions. Just don't do it!
We truly are a community of help and if you see any form of spam going on, please do let us know and we will handle accordingly. :)
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The above are rules, written by Kyle.
Just to clarify my understanding of those rules I asked Kyle whether or not I could put a link to MY personal site, in my WA blogs. Naturally he knew what I meant. I wanted to use WA's link juice (Page Rank, Authority, etc) to juice my personal site. To get a high quality, super juiced backlink and traffic. Here's a screenshot of my question and Kyle's answer. His answer should leave no doubt!
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Yeah, it isn't OK to write content in a "read more" style (where you have to go to another website to read) and that goes against our rules.
If you ever see instances of this, feel free to bring them to my attention through Private Message and I will deal with them right away. We do address most things, but some stuff definitely does slip through the cracks and we do touch base with people as we see this happening.
Thanks for keeping your eye out for this sort of thing Paul as it is always our focus to keep the community clean and free from any spam/promotions.
Hi PH,
This issue seems to rear its head regularly in the 8 months I have been a member...I think at least three times so far?
The rules above do provide some clear guidelines in some cases, while in others, they are open for interpretation...
I do agree that to keep the site spam free, unlike what I see in many other forums, which in some cases are FULL of blatant self-promotion, there has to be a set of norms...
This is a good thing...
There are some cases where this spam reporting thing has been abused by a member or set of members with less than stellar motives, so the reporting system itself needs to be monitored as well...
I think Carson and Kyle do that pretty well now...
Ninety-nine percent of people will not knowingly break the rules, so you posting (again as others have) will help serve as a reminder for them.
Those that ARE abusing it will rightly be called out...
As should those that take on the mantle of self-righteous spam police within the site...
Balance is everything....
Thanks for the reminder, I hope it helps people understand a bit better...
Cheers!
Dave : )
Dave ... I'm actually not trying to be a spam cop. Frankly, I usually don't pay attention to much. BUT ... I'd LOVE to be able to write a short 2 or 3 paragraphs on MY WA blog and use the WA juice to link juice my site for better ranking help in a very competitive niche (make money) and send leads too but unless my understanding and comprehension of the English language has gone way down the tubes it's against the rules and ...
Maybe I'm simply jealous that these people get by with it yet I know dang well IF I did it I'd get nailed and booted.
Hi M8!
No, I am sure you are not a cop lol, and can relate to the feelings you are expressing....I sure hope you did not think I was attacking your stand on this issue...I agree with you as a matter of fact...
It IS good to remind people once in a while, and yes even calling those out that seem to have crossed the line is not a bad thing as you say/have provided examples of....
Hopefully, the offenders will become a little more conscious of their transgressions and not cross the lines as laid out...
The extra link juice is nice to have, but not using the spam route...There are other ways to generate this maybe? As in naturally, through posting good stuff here on the blogs...
By the way, I did not realize it, but a good blog here using some keywords that may be low-hanging ones will get ranked by Google. I did not realize that (duh!!!) until doing a search one day for something or other...
Page one of Google for that particular long-tailed keyword phrase was none other than a WA blog post! So there are other ways to get some links to this place and to your web site for sure...
Anyway, have a great day!
Cheers!
Dave : )
Nah no worries Dave - we're good and yeah the WA blogs, if you write good content, will rank almost immediately. The problem I have is if I'm gonna write my best or even decent content I'm gonna post it on my blog. Unless Kyle tells me I can link from a WA blog - that - may change my thoughts lol
I hear you...I decided a while back (not THAT long ago) I will save a lot of post ideas for the money site I have and get the traffic...Makes a lot more sense...
Here's an Ambassador blatantly going for link juice (backlink) and traffic. See attached screenshot ...
Some of this is familiar to me, some of it is not. Thank you for sharing this and reminding all of us of the no-no's. Have a good weekend!
Hey Paul, I can't agree more. I've also come across a few this week. However I was lucky, I pm'd the person, and informed them it was against WA policy and why. In all instances, it was a newcomer, and they subsequently acted on my advice, and removed their posts.
Sorry to hear about your frustration.
Thanks for sharing Bro, and have a great w/end :)
J*
Ya Jozeph I can excuse newbies somewhat, sorta, kinda, maybe but the screenshot isn't a newbie. What the heck. I got it off my chest lmao Thanks for reading :-)
Hey Paul, if it's not someone that doesn't know any better, and/or the blog remains posted, then as much as I abhor the idea, it makes me cringe, I will send it off to admin.
Aside from the fact that Kyle and Carson have worked their butts off to create what is now WA, it's also up to us to maintain it's integrity
However, much like you, I preffer reaching out to the member first..
Ya, sometimes we just need to vent :)
J*
I agree Jozeph I mean the rules are right there at the bottom of each blog when you go to write - how can anyone miss the blue link that says: read the rules lol
I hate to admit this, however when I first joined, I didn't!
I think we get so excited when we first join, that we just want to dive in, and sometimes fumble. Oooops, yup :)
Cool thing, is that even after a few years, I'm still as excited and motivated as when I first started, however in the beginning I did have to learn the hard way.
Should've read the rules :)
J*
LOL me too if there's an easy way to do something I'll always go for the most difficult just to see how much abuse I can actually take lol
Just saw TWO more minutes ago and ONE is an Ambassador who should know better! (smh) I need to ask Kyle if it's ok for me to write short blog posts and stuff my site link in there to get link juice
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Thank you...thank you....thank you......it is sad it has to be repeated often...but this is again becoming a little too prevalent at WA. Thank you for this blog.