Finding Products
I'll repeat what I said in the last section: Don't just take the products on the first page of Amazon. These products tend to be cheap and you'll be leaving commissions on the table if you use them.
Let's say you want to find the top 15 slow cookers. Here's what you should do.
Go to Google and just type in slow cookers. You'll see the first result is Walmart. Click that and it brings you here: https://www.walmart.com/browse...
All you want to do is find the Walmart top sellers on Amazon and create a link for them. You'll notice that on the top it organizes slow cookers into under 3 quarts, 4 to 6 quarts, and 7-8 quarts.
If Walmart took time to organize it this way it's safe to assume they did that for a reason.
When you go to write your "Best Slow Cookers 2018" post I would organize it the same way. The first section I would do slow cookers under 3 quarts (do top 5), then the second section I would do 4 to 6 quartz (top 5) and then I would do 7 to 8 quarts (top 5).
Click the under 3 quarts section and it brings you here: https://www.walmart.com/browse...
First one is the Hamilton Beach 3 Quart slow cooker. Let's check if it's on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=n...
It is! There's many different versions of it too. Personally I would link to the one with the most reviews, which is this one: https://www.amazon.com/Hamilto...
This how you'll want to find each product. Always go to Google and type your keyword in without the word best or the year. If you're going to write "best drip coffee makers 2018" go to Google and type in drip coffee makers. Look in the Google Search results and look at the ads before Google search. You'll find the best products and make the most money this way.
Here's my last tip when finding products. Get your products ahead of time before writing your posts. I'll do product research for 5 different keywords in one day. For the next few weeks I'll write the product descriptions of what I came up with. It's much more efficient to do it this way and you'll get more done, per day.
Speaking of writing, that's what the next section covers. You'll see exactly how to rank these keywords on Google page one and how to write them so you get the most sales.
Please help on this also.
While analyzing competition for best of keyword what is most important. Is it Domain Authority or content length or relevance of ranking websites on SERP. If all the website ranking for a best of keyword in my chosen niche are high authority can we still try and beat them with longer post?
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So I bought a domain.
Thanks for everything.
1) I am ready to roll. I have my basic site set up and ready to start.
2) I am signed up with Amazon Associates. 80ish % will be Amazon products.
3) I was approved for the other two affiliate programs that I needed. Bad news is 20ish % can only be purchased through these two affiliates. Good news is they are higher commission than Amazon.
4) On-Line SEO Checklist Printed out from Backlinko so I don't miss anything.
Three questions if I may:
1) 300-400 minimum words per item on page plus intro and conclusion will keep me from being dinged by Google?
2) I get the internal links and why, but I am confused about adding external links (to whom and why would I do that). It seems that would send them off my page (even if opens new window) or distract them from buying right then if I sent them for some reason to another site. Could you elaborate on this please.
3) I understand with a new site, nobody will be reading these for a while..do I keep a constant check on the product links to make sure they are still active? I assume dead links to products would be terrible.
Thanks for everything. I sincerely appreciate it.
Craig
2) Link how to well known like wikipedia. It's good for SEO. I don't have an exact answer for why but everyone I respect in the SEO industry says do it so you should just do it.
3) Maybe once a month check no the links or when a post starts getting traffic check on them.
Does it have to be amazon products or could it be other affiliate links? If I want to have a travel blog for example could I do ‘best places to visit in Berlin 2018’ but, instead of products, have links to things like booking.com and Airbnb??
It’s more of a hiking/travel blog but I’d also like to do place reviews (as well as hiking gear).
Thanks! Stephen.
Also what if there is no traffic for a keyword with the year? For instance "Best Recliners" vs "Best Recliners 2018". No traffic for "Best Recliners 2018" but decent amount for "Best Recliners". Is it okay to just add 2018 to the title? Permalink would still be shortened.
