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How do I check if my Pinterest is not well connected with my website. I'm not getting traffics from Pinterest and there are lot of views on my Pinterest. Am I missing any vit
Hey Tinuke!
I saw Brenda link to my recent article, so I thought I'd pop in here and add a few things.
So, first things first - Pinterest 'views' is just another way of saying impressions. The main metrics you want to look at are your engagements, your saves, and your outbound clicks (you can see all this when you go to your analytics section in Pinterest).
I'd be willing to look at your account and give you feedback on what I'd recommend trying, since it's hard to speculate as to what the main issue is, but I couldn't find it when I did a quick search/looked at your WA profile (in case you had it linked there).
When you say that you get "a lot of views" (i.e. impressions), how many are we talking about? thousands, tens of thousands, or millions?
Also, how long have you been pinning on Pinterest for?
I am on Pinterest, too. I have not been getting any traffic either for three months. I got a lot of impressions, 3.7k impressions, but that's about it.
You might want to read Andy Calvin's blog about the common mistakes we make when pinning. 5 Common Pinning Mistakes You Want To Avoid As A Creator I tried everything he said. Im not gaining anything out of it no matter what. It's just a waste of my time, in my opinion. I do not see any benefits in three months of doing this. I complained about it on my blog, too. Why Did Pinterest Statistics Failed to Improve My Online Presence
Thanks for the insight Brenda. I'll go through the two links and see if they can probably turn things around.:-)
Andy's probably more helpful than my article. I was pessimistic about Pinterest traffic, but I still am. Im not impressed with it.
Thanks for your response Phil1944. I always pick an image from my post URL to create a pin. I don't know if that completes the necessary steps to take.
It's nothing to do with the image, Tinuke. When you create a new pin, there's a field Add a Destination Link. You need to enter the URL of a post or page from your website that you want to get traffic to.
Yes Phil1944. I always copy the URL of the post I want to link from the website to Pinterest destination link.
Then people must simply not be clicking on the link in your pin. Perhaps you are getting impressions but not clicks.
Yeah, but is there anything I need to correct in order to get both impressions and clicks?
I get the most impressions and clicks from large, portrait style images with dramatic color contrast with, of course high relevance to the subject matter.
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My pinterest views seem not reflected on my website traffic, am I missing any vital steps?
How do I check if my Pinterest is not well connected with my website. I'm not getting traffics from Pinterest and there are lot of views on my Pinterest. Am I missing any vit
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Hey Tinuke!
I saw Brenda link to my recent article, so I thought I'd pop in here and add a few things.
So, first things first - Pinterest 'views' is just another way of saying impressions. The main metrics you want to look at are your engagements, your saves, and your outbound clicks (you can see all this when you go to your analytics section in Pinterest).
I'd be willing to look at your account and give you feedback on what I'd recommend trying, since it's hard to speculate as to what the main issue is, but I couldn't find it when I did a quick search/looked at your WA profile (in case you had it linked there).
When you say that you get "a lot of views" (i.e. impressions), how many are we talking about? thousands, tens of thousands, or millions?
Also, how long have you been pinning on Pinterest for?
I am on Pinterest, too. I have not been getting any traffic either for three months. I got a lot of impressions, 3.7k impressions, but that's about it.
You might want to read Andy Calvin's blog about the common mistakes we make when pinning. 5 Common Pinning Mistakes You Want To Avoid As A Creator I tried everything he said. Im not gaining anything out of it no matter what. It's just a waste of my time, in my opinion. I do not see any benefits in three months of doing this. I complained about it on my blog, too. Why Did Pinterest Statistics Failed to Improve My Online Presence
Thanks for the insight Brenda. I'll go through the two links and see if they can probably turn things around.:-)
Andy's probably more helpful than my article. I was pessimistic about Pinterest traffic, but I still am. Im not impressed with it.
Thanks for your response Phil1944. I always pick an image from my post URL to create a pin. I don't know if that completes the necessary steps to take.
It's nothing to do with the image, Tinuke. When you create a new pin, there's a field Add a Destination Link. You need to enter the URL of a post or page from your website that you want to get traffic to.
Yes Phil1944. I always copy the URL of the post I want to link from the website to Pinterest destination link.
Then people must simply not be clicking on the link in your pin. Perhaps you are getting impressions but not clicks.
Yeah, but is there anything I need to correct in order to get both impressions and clicks?
I get the most impressions and clicks from large, portrait style images with dramatic color contrast with, of course high relevance to the subject matter.
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Can somebody please tell me what I might be doing wrong? Within a few hours before, I always got indexed by google, but now my articles are no longer getting indexed.
Hi Tinuke in addition to Carson's suggestion I want to also add that indexing from Google fluctuates in terms of how long it takes to see it happen. One thing that may also help is internally linking your none indexed posts to ones that are and vice versa to help Google spiders crawl your site better.
If you have a list of articles that are already indexed in Google, link from those to one or more that are not currently indexed. You can use Google search console to show you this. Other than that just having a healthy list of posts that naturally link to one another organically is a good policy to focus on in general.
Hi Tinuke,
What is Google Search Console telling you? Is it saying anything particular for the articles that you're referring to that are not yet indexed?
Search Console will tell you exactly what is going on, and you can manually request indexing too when you inspect your URLs. Inspect a url of a new article by entering it into the URL inspector at the top of the page. Once you've inspected it, then you can request indexing from there.
Thank you Carson. How can I locate Google Search Console on my site? Is it through Site Kit?
Sometimes you just have to be patient. Some of my articles from awhile back are now getting indexed. I don’t think every article gets indexed. Just make sure you are using good keywords
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Why are my articles no longer indexed by google?
Can somebody please tell me what I might be doing wrong? Within a few hours before, I always got indexed by google, but now my articles are no longer getting indexed.
Hi Tinuke in addition to Carson's suggestion I want to also add that indexing from Google fluctuates in terms of how long it takes to see it happen. One thing that may also help is internally linking your none indexed posts to ones that are and vice versa to help Google spiders crawl your site better.
If you have a list of articles that are already indexed in Google, link from those to one or more that are not currently indexed. You can use Google search console to show you this. Other than that just having a healthy list of posts that naturally link to one another organically is a good policy to focus on in general.
Hi Tinuke,
What is Google Search Console telling you? Is it saying anything particular for the articles that you're referring to that are not yet indexed?
Search Console will tell you exactly what is going on, and you can manually request indexing too when you inspect your URLs. Inspect a url of a new article by entering it into the URL inspector at the top of the page. Once you've inspected it, then you can request indexing from there.
Thank you Carson. How can I locate Google Search Console on my site? Is it through Site Kit?
Sometimes you just have to be patient. Some of my articles from awhile back are now getting indexed. I don’t think every article gets indexed. Just make sure you are using good keywords
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Are there any specific requirements before one can start applying for affiliate programs?
You would typically need content and traffic before applying to affiliate programs, as they would check your website before approval.
I would add more informational content to drive organic traffic.
Typically an affiliate program will want to see if your website gets visitors and this is why the signing up part comes later in the training. I would start to do that around the time the training recommend doing so and/or when you start to see regular traffic coming to your site daily.
When first starting it is best to only provide informational content without any selling intent.
You will ideally, based on your chosen niche write at least 20-30 pieces of content to gain followers to your website.
Once you have a good amount of regular followers then you can think of joining affiliate programs based on your niche.
The reason sbeing are two-fold
1 Google when inspecting your site will want to see that you are helping your readers first not just selling to their faces.
The more content you write that helps your readers find what they are looking the greater the chances that Google and other search engines will help your posts rank higher with the aim on page 1, preferably the top 3 spots.
2 The majority of affiliate programs when you do apply will want to inspect your site and see not only the content you have given but see if you are a good fit for them before accepting you into their programs.
If you think about it if you have no followers what is the point of having affiliate links when no one visits your site?
Hence the need to first attract visitors by creating helpful content and have them follow you and get them to come back again for more info you give to them.
Wishing you well
Andre
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When is it appropriate to apply for affiliate programs?
Are there any specific requirements before one can start applying for affiliate programs?
You would typically need content and traffic before applying to affiliate programs, as they would check your website before approval.
I would add more informational content to drive organic traffic.
Typically an affiliate program will want to see if your website gets visitors and this is why the signing up part comes later in the training. I would start to do that around the time the training recommend doing so and/or when you start to see regular traffic coming to your site daily.
When first starting it is best to only provide informational content without any selling intent.
You will ideally, based on your chosen niche write at least 20-30 pieces of content to gain followers to your website.
Once you have a good amount of regular followers then you can think of joining affiliate programs based on your niche.
The reason sbeing are two-fold
1 Google when inspecting your site will want to see that you are helping your readers first not just selling to their faces.
The more content you write that helps your readers find what they are looking the greater the chances that Google and other search engines will help your posts rank higher with the aim on page 1, preferably the top 3 spots.
2 The majority of affiliate programs when you do apply will want to inspect your site and see not only the content you have given but see if you are a good fit for them before accepting you into their programs.
If you think about it if you have no followers what is the point of having affiliate links when no one visits your site?
Hence the need to first attract visitors by creating helpful content and have them follow you and get them to come back again for more info you give to them.
Wishing you well
Andre
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You have FANTASTIC responses here; kindly let us know if you require additional assistance.