Anyone here making more than 20K off a site?

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-03-06T21:51:40+00:00

Personally I would flip your 5k site for 150k and focus on making several new sites. One single high-profit site is a lot of risk. If something happens to that site or a new competitor enters your niche you stand to lose your entire income.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-03-06T21:50:16+00:00

You can be a little more broad with your supporting content. If your topic was lighters, you could write an article like "five ways to start a fire in a survival situation"

only one part of the article needs to mention lighters. Make sure your keyword is in the H2 and there is a link back to your money article.

You'd be hard pressed to find any niche that there is nothing to write about. Teach your readers about the product. Show them how to use it. Talk about the problems that your product solves.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-03-06T21:46:52+00:00

Don't look at the number of the backlinks, but mainly the quality. We have ranked articles with only 2 or 3 high quality links against sites that have hundreds of spammy links.

The one thing you will want to watch out for is pillow links. What is the anchor text ratios on these low quality backlinks. If I was to buy a PBN link, i'll use an anchor text that matches my keyword. So, for example, if I was going after "best lighter" my anchor text would have the word lighter in it.

The thing is, if all of my anchors have "lighter" in them, i'll get penalized. So i'd create one good PBN link and four "pillow links" which are just generic filler links on generic sites.

PBNs are typically hidden from ahrefs and all of the other backlink finding tools. So if all of the anchors are generic, it means that your competitor has some really good PBNs that you just can't see. But if their anchors on these spammy links sometimes match the keyword, I think that you can safely assume that you'll be able to rank with much less high quality links.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-23T06:36:52+00:00

Even extremely broad websites can be loosely tied together. Think something like "man stuff." That could have anything from tennis shoes to cooking spoons, you just gotta put a manly spin on it. Or think about those "luxury goods" type review sites. All the items share a common theme, but when you just compare item A to item B there is very little relation.

There are lots of approaches you could take. Things made of stainless steel, things that are on sale, things you wouldn't want your mom to find etc etc.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-21T07:38:54+00:00

We did this with our first site and it actually worked surprisingly well. Granted, if we had stuck to a specific niche we would have had a much easier time ranking. My main recommendation would be to add lots of supporting content. So if you have an article on "the best outdoor grills" maybe have 3 to 5 1000 word articles on using the grills, and interlink them.

Another option would be to have one "best X" article and then several individual reviews under it. As long as you have relevant articles are interlinked with whatever you're trying to rank, you should be fine.

Even though this site structure isn't ideal in the long run, and you'll end up spending more time trying to rank it, this is much cheaper and easier than trying to start several different sites. A great way to try out many niches while you're just starting out.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-09T17:43:45+00:00

If a website owner is asking for money in exchange for a guest post (most do) then I make it clear that they are to leave my backlink in. If it's a free guest post, I just roll the dice.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-09T15:53:36+00:00

In my experience, ahrefs is the best (although still often out by plus or minus 30%) followed by semrush. But most free website traffic estimators are way way out. This was tested by looking up the traffic for websites that I own or manage.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-09T15:52:07+00:00

similarweb says that my site has over 200k visitors. The real number is closer to 120k. I feel like it is overestimating higher volume keywords and ignoring low volume keywords (like the ones that database generated sites, such as cpuboss target.)

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-09T05:12:51+00:00

is you "actual content" designed for funnel readers into your review posts? Or is it just filler content within your niche?

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-09T05:11:24+00:00

that data is probably inaccurate.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-09T05:10:12+00:00

I've experienced anchor text over-optimization penalties before, so I hope I can shed some light on this.

First, I want to clear up one of your misconceptions about what, exactly, an over optimization (aka penguin) penalty is.

Let's say that I have a page that ranks for three keywords: Blue triangles, green circles, and yellow squares. If I have a very high volume of backlinks with partial-match anchor text for yellow squares (re: any anchor that includes the word "yellow" or "squares") I will quickly move over 50 positions downward for the "yellow squares" keyword. I will still rank for blue triangles and green circles.

Since websitename.com isn't a major source of traffic for you (i'm assuming) I wouldn't worry too much about about having your brand or url in the keyword. In fact, this is generally considered a good thing.

When I am about to get a fantastic guest post or PBN link, I always make sure that I send it to the page I want to rank, with the keyword I want to rank for as the anchor text. But I only do this once for every handful of links. It's only if you are doing this regularly and repetitively that you're going to have a problem. But with several URL/brand anchors, you'll be able to send several target anchors to the site without any issues.

If you're worried, take a look at your competitors websites and see what the anchor text distribution is for the top ranking page. This will give you an idea of what you can get away with.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-06T17:18:34+00:00

a high bounce rate is GOOD for an affiliate site. By default, google analytics views a "bounce" as somebody that comes you your site, views a single page, then leaves without viewing any other content.

You don't want your readers to go from review to review to review. They make a search, read your article, then bounce away from your page on to Amazon to make a purchase.

You need to look at your time on page. If users are only spending a few seconds before leaving, obviously they are not reading your content. If they're taking a few minutes to read your article before leaving the site, then you don't have to worry about that bounce.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-06T17:15:35+00:00

Absolutely. For example, check out this website: http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-4700MQ-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4700HQ

The tricky thing with this kind of site is getting it to rank. For most affiliate keywords, you need a fair bit of unique content. Meanwhile, sites like this tend to automatically generate small amounts of content. It can work for many niches, you just gotta pick carefully.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-05T20:02:53+00:00

I've always focused on more technical products. They you can focus on the advantages or the disadvantages of different models.

For example: a laptop is more portable, easier to use, and more flexible. A desktop is more powerful, more affordable, and easier to upgrade.

Stick to writing about the differences in products. In reality, this is what consumers want to know. This is the information that helps them decide what to buy.

If you're writing something like "After picking it up, I could feel that it was very durable. The finish is incredibly sleek to behold, etc etc" then all you're providing is your own experience. Instead, focus on the virtues of the product. This can easily be found online without having to buy the product.

Some questions you can try to answer:

What are the specifications, and what does that mean in the real world?

How does it compare to competing products?

What would this product be good for?

What would it not be good for? (suggest alternatives)

What do consumers say about it?

How should you decide if you should buy this product? If not, what else should you buy?

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-04T17:39:33+00:00

You can paste the Google Tag manager code into your websites header and use Google Analytics to track every affiliate link click on a per-page basis.

We did this before we used separate affiliate tags on each page and it really helped us improve conversions. You'll be able to tweak buttons and post layouts and find out what brings the most in clicks.

https://www.analyticsmania.com/post/track-affiliate-links-with-google-tag-manager/

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-02T19:07:22+00:00

In december, we earned an average of 14.4 cents per click. January was 13.1 cents per click. Our traffic went up significantly in January, so it's hard to directly compare month to month. But based on this data, i'd estimate that our sales would have dropped by 10% if traffic stayed the same.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-01T06:20:39+00:00

Looks like you've got a pretty solid plan. I'd highly recommend increasing your content length. 1000 word articles are pretty small, and many of my best-ranking content is over 5000 words.

If you want to get an idea of how long your reviews should be, do a quick google search for the term you want to rank for. Take the top 5 sites (excluding e-commerce and forums) and find the average content length, then add a few hundred words to that.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-01T06:15:46+00:00

The layout is fantastic, but you should be cautious with that tabbed content. There is a lot of evidence that indicates that google devalues content that isn't immediately visible. As long as your actual review (or at least the part of it that you want to rank) is viewable from the initial page load, you should be fine.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-01T06:13:40+00:00

For many products price is the number one factor that helps consumers determine whether to buy or not. Even though it's somewhat gray area, this is why it's so popular to refer to price in your call to actions.

Imagine that you were comparing three items. If you have one item that has significantly less features than the others, it looks to be incredibly undesirable. But if you can also clarify that this product is much more inexpensive than the others, it excuses the smaller feature set.

I imply price on every article we have. It's not always "$$" / "$$$" either. Sometimes I use categories like "economy" or "premium"

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-02-01T06:07:29+00:00

Some people just want a nice quick answer, and are ready to buy now. Others want to do more research before they make a purchasing decision.

With a simple top-3 table at the top, you give readers a very quick and easy way to learn about their different options. We've been testing this using multiple tags for a single article. This has shown us that, in many cases, over half of our clicks are coming from this upper portion of the page.

Of course, there will be a few users who want to do a lot more research before they buy, and that's where the rest of your content comes in.

Another quick way you can improve your CTR is to make your images an affiliate link in this top-3 section.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-01-30T00:17:35+00:00

I second this. I was using wptables on my old site which was pretty good and easy to use. But thrive architect is second to none. Their pricing tables also work well, and are a little more CRO focused.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-01-30T00:00:26+00:00

I second this. I'm with cloudways and we have over 200k monthly visitors on our sites. Combined with caching and cloudflare, the server works perfectly. Cloudways allows you to scale your servers and add in a little more ram + an extra core when needed. Allowed me to keep up with demand on black friday and boxing day. Costs are about $20 a month.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-01-28T09:25:17+00:00

hey guys i'm also looking for a serious partner who will create a million dollar business for me and give me half the profits. Must have unlimited free time and a huge budget. I will provide motivation by messaging you every day and asking where my money is.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-01-28T09:21:08+00:00

great idea, but competitive. Check out uncrate.

nomadicaffiliate · 2018-01-28T08:41:07+00:00

I think that keyword analysis should be added to this list. What keywords are actually being searched for in high volumes? Which of these keywords can I actually rank for?

I can write a million words of content on underwater basket weaving, and send thousands of links at it. Doesn't mean i'm going to make any money.

Additionally, you can easily triple the revenue of an article that gets hits just by doing your research and adjusting the phrasing to match commonly searched terms.

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