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Ricky is spot on. As he showed a lot of “authority” sites often just put out a high volume of basically not very helpful content that can easily be improved on. Here is a quick story. A while back I wrote a particular article for our website. It was written as a resource for people (including professionals) using our massagers, so it was 100% focused on being helpful and providing all the relevant information they may need. After a while I noticed it was generating a large amount of traffic, and found that with no “SEO” Google had ranked it #1 for a large number of searches, above the likes of WebMD, the Mayo Clinic and a host of government and “authority” sites. After that lesson I just concentrate on writing the most helpful, well researched articles as possible and trust Google. If you get an article ranked Google can tell whether it is helpful by the behaviour of searchers, so if people find it to be helpful Google will push it up the rankings, above any “authority” sites. If you do it enough times Google will trust you and start you a lot higher.
Thank you for this content. It was super helpful and its free. Thank the most high
I've been following you guys for almost a year now. What is your take on how the new Google search AI will impact traffic for affiliate websites and small blogs? Honestly, It looks pretty dire since the AI can just deliver on-point answers to most users' queries. Is it even worth investing time and money in building new websites?
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Hi, hope you are well, I am planning for an Amazon affiliate shop with aawp, is the affiliate shop still profitable?
Awesome insights!
steps behind other courses (which i dont name to be fair)
Hey Ricky, just watched google io. Now their ai chatbot answer appears at the top of the page and covers more than 30% of the page. Publishers and bloggers are screwed. It's like they always rank number 1 for the search term.
Awesome…you again gave me courage to write
Thanks a lot for such valuable information.
Really .. Who competes with branded keywords … seriously … You can't compete for branded keywords … it's in the algorithm man .
I hear you, and great message, I like it in principle.
Here's my problem. The original well made content by passionate small creators won't rank anywhere near webmd, and so its almost as though Google favours the garbage generic content more. Trust in Google has been fading, and I've noticed a lot of people search for their answers on reddit now, which shows 2 things. Firstly, Google isn't giving people the satisfactory answers their after, and 2, people prefer real experiences from actual people, as you mention in this video.
This is just my personal experience of course, but it's tough to dedicate all that time and effort to make great content, only for Google to favour the generic garage from big websites.
I find myself struggling to find good quality answers and experiences on Google anymore, which kinda proves the point that Google favours other factors when ranking content.
what camera do you use .. so sharp !
That webmb article is actually ranking number 3 even though the quality of the article is poor because of the backlinks it has.
Great perspective and info. It's something I tell my clients who are in the health and wellness space.
Thanks Ricky I am in the baby to adolescent in my site…smile
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE TABLE OF CONTENTS?!
If you have made a video about the TOC I'd love to hear about it, all my FB blogging groups say it slows the site down, but I just LOVE a good Table of Contents… does SEO still love the TOC?
I've never gotten any solid answer from a big company.
Big brand sites are often outranked by smaller sites for numerous keywords. Google doesn't simply just throw you on page 1 for an article just because you're a big brand site.
Ricky, thank you so much for everything that you have done for our community.
Thanks. This was very encouraging as it clarified the paths through the competition.
I don't know but I see my niche (Game design and development ) has no search volume. 😢
Another big advantage we have is that these big corporations hire copywriters to quickly and efficiently pump out low-cost articles they don't care about. If you run your own site, you can develop more expertise on the topics you cover than those copywriters. You can spend longer writing articles. You can make high-cost content by investing your own hours into it. You can infuse it with passion.
The person who created WebMD probably cares quite a lot about it. The people writing the articles on WebMD probably don't. They're just spending two hours on a Tuesday earning some money.
Most often, very specific areas within the niche do not have enough topics? What to do in that case?
Thanks Ricky, really motivating words and great examples!!
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Be good at what you are. That will gain you trust and authority. And don't force growth. Let it grow organically.
Hello! New subscriber, old lurker here.
I was thinking how to approach this, so this video is actually very good and came at the right time, amazing!
So you're saying it's alright to start as a niche website, achieve authority status in that segment, then expand into other niches? But is it ok to have an article now and then that's not completely and 100% related to the currently targeted niche? Like, assuming the niche is bbq equipment, I have 100 well done ( 😀 ) articles, siloed and interlinked the sht out of, can I write an article about sunscreen? I mean there is a connection, people grilling stuff are exposed to sun, so…
Thank you!
Excellent as always. As someone just starting out and making my way through the course, this was very helpful!
Income school needs to hire me… I been craving to work for them since…. ….. Anyway, I learnt a lot and I'll be focusing on quality content to craft my brand.
I sent an email to you guys not too long ago and this perfectly answers my question! Thank you for y’alls hard work!
Can you make a chat gpt only site just to see if it works
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my fear is that my only skills are on a niche that i suspect does not have much traffic.