Over $1000 In Sales Lost Due To Broken Links

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So here I've been - merrily doing Site Amending Housework and then yesterday while looking at the Broken Link Checker plugin on my site dashboard, I see this;

503 Error Message

503 Error Message

404 Error Message, etc

So I checked on the details to find more about how they happened...Wiki says:

"503 Error - Service Unavailable (meaning, the server cannot handle the request because it is overloaded or down for maintenance. Generally, this is a temporary state)"

I'm not blaming WA at all. Rather it was my fault for not checking my Broken Link Checker to see what broken links it had discovered. Some of the13 broken links had not been checked in 6 months! Some as recent as 22 days.

I had Amazon Links which led to sellers who were out of stock of the product I was promoting...

There were 13 broken links in total, mostly for various products...Some of the links had been tried over 40 times....

At that point, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry! I've lost a lot of money, just because of not understanding the importance of broken links and how they can affect sales.

Also, during the last 5 months, I had almost quit due to being disappointed that I had NOT seemed to make any sales after all the work I'd been putting in...

LITTLE DID I KNOW! There was money there all the time...

If any of you are struggling and not seeing any dividends - get the Broken Link Checker - it is very useful. However, what you also must do is learn from my mistake by checking on your broken links with the checker - at least once a month.

YOU COULD LOSE SALES AND MONEY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T!


PS: There's no need to feel sorry for me folks! I'm watching Tom & Jerry at the moment, cos I realise there's more money in them there hills....

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Thank you for the reminder.
Fred

It's cool...

Great reminder!
It is true that it is important to maintain the content of our blog especially the links because it is with these links that we manage to earn money if we make affiliations.

Ingrid

Yes Ingrid...Lesson learnt!

Stella

Sorry to hear that and thank you for sharing. All the best!

That's alright...I'll be more much more aware of what goes on site-wise now...

God is good....

l am glad you are positive you did not let it weigh you down. I am happy for you!

Thanks for sharing this great lesson Stella! Wishing you all the best!

That's alright James...

Ouch )=
couldn't agree more. so important to check for broken links! Bette late than never that you found out tho. Don't become discouraged! (:

It's cool...Had a feeling I was close to success..

I'm very pleased that all my hard work is finally paying off...I can continue with more confidence now...

WA teaching and support gives enough wisdom to make things like this easy recover from.

Now there's solid proof this teaching system yields results.

Phew!

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