About Russell_TSA
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Russell left Wealthy Affiliate in April 2025.

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Website Development & Programming

Hey, so my Amazon account was recently approved which means I can now access Amazon API if I want to. Now, I still consider myself a beginner here despite moderate success rece

Diane has you coerered Russell :)

Following on from Live Chat, if you go to the Amazon forum, there are dozens of posts relating to this.

https://engagedforums.com/discussions/Amazoncom_Associates/am-associhelp?dbg=6&q=native+ads&nav=search

Thanks for this. More reading, ha. Appreciate your help and will let you know if I find a solution.

It seems to be a problem with Amazon that has been going on a long time!

Yes, I'm just picking up on that lol. Not a fault with WA or my theme then.

Looks like you are well covered here!

-Mike

Hey Russell

You want to ensure that your ad code is correct and up-to-date.

Compatibility with Amazon Native Ads.

Check that you've enabled the native ads to feature in your Amazon Associates account.

Paste in the text interface of your block editor vai Custom HTML.

Oh, let me check I have it enabled.

I can't see an option to switch Native Shopping Ads on and off in my Amazon Associates account. Is this a thing?

I am able to grab the code and put it in the Ad Inserter plugin. I've also cleared all cache and excluded amazon-adsystem.com from delayed javascript execution.

Still no native shopping ad (I'm using the "Custom Ad").

Any other ideas?

Russell

Yes, that's what I have Abie. :( I've contacted support to see if it's a hosting issue.

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Should I get access to amazon api and how can I get native ads to work?

Should I get access to amazon api and how can I get native ads to work?

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Website Development & Programming

Hey, so my Amazon account was recently approved which means I can now access Amazon API if I want to. Now, I still consider myself a beginner here despite moderate success rece

Diane has you coerered Russell :)

Following on from Live Chat, if you go to the Amazon forum, there are dozens of posts relating to this.

https://engagedforums.com/discussions/Amazoncom_Associates/am-associhelp?dbg=6&q=native+ads&nav=search

Thanks for this. More reading, ha. Appreciate your help and will let you know if I find a solution.

It seems to be a problem with Amazon that has been going on a long time!

Yes, I'm just picking up on that lol. Not a fault with WA or my theme then.

Looks like you are well covered here!

-Mike

Hey Russell

You want to ensure that your ad code is correct and up-to-date.

Compatibility with Amazon Native Ads.

Check that you've enabled the native ads to feature in your Amazon Associates account.

Paste in the text interface of your block editor vai Custom HTML.

Oh, let me check I have it enabled.

I can't see an option to switch Native Shopping Ads on and off in my Amazon Associates account. Is this a thing?

I am able to grab the code and put it in the Ad Inserter plugin. I've also cleared all cache and excluded amazon-adsystem.com from delayed javascript execution.

Still no native shopping ad (I'm using the "Custom Ad").

Any other ideas?

Russell

Yes, that's what I have Abie. :( I've contacted support to see if it's a hosting issue.

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Search Engine Optimization

Hi there, I am thinking it will make more sense for my pillar posts to have the same URL suffix as their category. The URLs would look like this:

POST
https://domain.

I agree

-Mike

Use the first one as it keeps the url short and simple the first one is recommended for SEO

Is having a post with the same url suffix as a category bad for seo?

Is having a post with the same url suffix as a category bad for seo?

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Search Engine Optimization

Hi there, I am thinking it will make more sense for my pillar posts to have the same URL suffix as their category. The URLs would look like this:

POST
https://domain.

I agree

-Mike

Use the first one as it keeps the url short and simple the first one is recommended for SEO

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Authoring & Writing Content

Just want to know if it's recommended that I enable the additional consent for GDPR that AdSense offers. My existing cookie banner, which I'm happy with, reads:

"We use

Have you done? If you enabled it, what would happen?

It means visitors get two pop ups when they go to site. My cookie notice and Adsense banner. Few teething problems with it all atm lol.

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Do I need to use adsense's additional consent for gdpr?

Do I need to use adsense's additional consent for gdpr?

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Authoring & Writing Content

Just want to know if it's recommended that I enable the additional consent for GDPR that AdSense offers. My existing cookie banner, which I'm happy with, reads:

"We use

Have you done? If you enabled it, what would happen?

It means visitors get two pop ups when they go to site. My cookie notice and Adsense banner. Few teething problems with it all atm lol.

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Social Engagement & Marketing

Hey y'all, I have some You Tube videos embedded on my site which is grand. The only snag I have is that the image is oversized on mobile view and goes off screen. The videos qu

Thank you both. I've been busy on something else since I asked my question but I'll try your solutions tomorrow. I'll let you know if I figure it out.

Hey, so resizing the youtube video didn't work unfortunately (it was just oversized in a smaller container lol). I did some digging around and discovered that youtube embeds aren't mobile responsive. I thought it was odd as I have a video from Twitter embedded that doesn't behave in the same way (though it does slow that post down on pagespeed).

Anyway, I came across some CSS code that has worked a treat for the youtube videos. I'll put a training piece together so it's available for all WA members with the same issue. I can't be the only one :-) I'm just going to do a pagespeed check now to make sure it isn't too damaging.

Thanks for coming to my aid though. Always appreciated!

if your theme is responsive it should do it automatically however you may check mobile settings in appearance > customize.

It depends if you use builders, they may allow you resizing as well.

I hope you get it figured out.

Hey Russell.

Are you using Block Editor?

Although, it doesn't really matter, even if you're using Classic.

Basically, always add YouTube videos as an HTML BLOCK in Block Editor.

You'll see the FIRST thing on the HTML code is the width "560" and the height "315".

You have the ability to change these to whatever size you wish by just changing the numbers in HTML, e.g. width "450" and height "250", etc.

BUT

If you use the YouTube BLOCK in Block Editor, I can't remember the exact numbers, but width shows up at around "760" and height is around "540", i.e. the video is MASSIVE.

So, always embed YouTube videos with the HTML code, as this gives the smaller size (which is absolutely fine for mobile).

But, also be aware that when you use the HTML code you have the ability to change to size as above.

Partha

Hey, so resizing the youtube video didn't work unfortunately (it was just oversized in a smaller container lol). I did some digging around and discovered that youtube embeds aren't mobile responsive. I thought it was odd as I have a video from Twitter embedded that doesn't behave in the same way (though it does slow that post down on pagespeed).

Anyway, I came across some CSS code that has worked a treat for the youtube videos. I'll put a training piece together so it's available for all WA members with the same issue. I can't be the only one :-) I'm just going to do a pagespeed check now to make sure it isn't too damaging.

Thanks for coming to my aid though. Always appreciated!

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Embedded you tube videos - how do you resize them for mobile?

Embedded you tube videos - how do you resize them for mobile?

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Social Engagement & Marketing

Hey y'all, I have some You Tube videos embedded on my site which is grand. The only snag I have is that the image is oversized on mobile view and goes off screen. The videos qu

Thank you both. I've been busy on something else since I asked my question but I'll try your solutions tomorrow. I'll let you know if I figure it out.

Hey, so resizing the youtube video didn't work unfortunately (it was just oversized in a smaller container lol). I did some digging around and discovered that youtube embeds aren't mobile responsive. I thought it was odd as I have a video from Twitter embedded that doesn't behave in the same way (though it does slow that post down on pagespeed).

Anyway, I came across some CSS code that has worked a treat for the youtube videos. I'll put a training piece together so it's available for all WA members with the same issue. I can't be the only one :-) I'm just going to do a pagespeed check now to make sure it isn't too damaging.

Thanks for coming to my aid though. Always appreciated!

if your theme is responsive it should do it automatically however you may check mobile settings in appearance > customize.

It depends if you use builders, they may allow you resizing as well.

I hope you get it figured out.

Hey Russell.

Are you using Block Editor?

Although, it doesn't really matter, even if you're using Classic.

Basically, always add YouTube videos as an HTML BLOCK in Block Editor.

You'll see the FIRST thing on the HTML code is the width "560" and the height "315".

You have the ability to change these to whatever size you wish by just changing the numbers in HTML, e.g. width "450" and height "250", etc.

BUT

If you use the YouTube BLOCK in Block Editor, I can't remember the exact numbers, but width shows up at around "760" and height is around "540", i.e. the video is MASSIVE.

So, always embed YouTube videos with the HTML code, as this gives the smaller size (which is absolutely fine for mobile).

But, also be aware that when you use the HTML code you have the ability to change to size as above.

Partha

Hey, so resizing the youtube video didn't work unfortunately (it was just oversized in a smaller container lol). I did some digging around and discovered that youtube embeds aren't mobile responsive. I thought it was odd as I have a video from Twitter embedded that doesn't behave in the same way (though it does slow that post down on pagespeed).

Anyway, I came across some CSS code that has worked a treat for the youtube videos. I'll put a training piece together so it's available for all WA members with the same issue. I can't be the only one :-) I'm just going to do a pagespeed check now to make sure it isn't too damaging.

Thanks for coming to my aid though. Always appreciated!

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The Wealthy Affiliate Platform
Updated

Hi, I've just noticed that my creator rank has changed since yesterday (I was in the 450s I think) but now it shows as Unranked. Has there been a glitch?.

Regards
Rus

Mine is coming up as unranked now and in my stats, the clicks to content have been on zero for two weeks which has never happened before both. both happened on the 16th of September.

Same here, it seems to be a glitch, I am sure they will work it out soon !

Yes. It's a glitch. It will say Unranked but if you look at the actual numbers in the ranking list, it doesn't say Unranked..

Yeah same here.

Why has my wa creator rank changed to unranked?

Why has my wa creator rank changed to unranked?

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The Wealthy Affiliate Platform
Updated

Hi, I've just noticed that my creator rank has changed since yesterday (I was in the 450s I think) but now it shows as Unranked. Has there been a glitch?.

Regards
Rus

Mine is coming up as unranked now and in my stats, the clicks to content have been on zero for two weeks which has never happened before both. both happened on the 16th of September.

Same here, it seems to be a glitch, I am sure they will work it out soon !

Yes. It's a glitch. It will say Unranked but if you look at the actual numbers in the ranking list, it doesn't say Unranked..

Yeah same here.

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