Anyone still interested in my Google stats? lol
So, a new core update has been rolled out, I think for about a week now, and my stats went slightly up again, but VERY volatile!
Today I noticed this:
I know, it's in Dutch, lol
But what's important to see here is that a good keyword ( DIY miniature kits-, has gone down almost 100% in the rankings for my WEBSITE, but google is picking up posts from my FORUM . Mostly talking about the same stuff, UGH!
Moral of the story: get a forum on your site hahahaha (and Shopify/woocommerce, if possible ). The latter will get important for Google's AI-mode, what we talked about before.
Lizzy
@ohnoo_not_her Thanks for the update Lizzy. Always interested 🙂
Google definitely seems to be favouring forums.
I'm pretty sure Partha mentioned this back in the day. If you can convince Google that your forum has real people on there offering unique, original advice and you're having healthy conversations going on, then the need for a high DA seems to be way less important for achieving page 1 rankings.
Same with real "bricks and mortar" businesses.
@rohanm Well, it was actually me who said that, because I read it on Twitter lol, hence why I got a forum in the first place hahaha. (Partha knew a lot and helped a lot for free, but in some cases, I just don't know about him anymore, sorry. There, I said it, almost a year after he disappeared from the internet lol). Is he really? I think he still reads everything here, just incognito hahaha, just like WA members and owners.
Also, a blog combined with an e-commerce store, if you can, seems to be still doing well. My only competitors left on Google, are blogs that have an e-commerce store as well or do dropshipping simultaneously. I don't need all those fancy SEO tools to see this. (Partha depended a lot on those, in my opinion, they are not worth the price)
Lots of top posts on GSC have forum posts.
The thing is: my forum has never been active from different people, 2 real people have been active on it so far, and this includes Diana here hahahaha
The only person being very active on it, is myself, and I've invited people through my newsletters to join. So these forum posts are 'seen', but nobody joins any discussions at all. Google just decided: 'let's rank forums, it doesn't matter what or who they are', but let's not reward good sites any longer, shall we?
First I was thinking about BUYING comments, or even have AI comments automated, but again, I don't want to lose Mediavines Journey, they are way to good for ad income and it has been mentioned several times that people get banned for using excessive AI.
(Mediavine is influenced by 'mom-bloggers',who went on a crusade against AI-bloggers lol). I do NOT want to go back to Ezoic -trash or irritating Google Adsense, so I'm staying put lol. But they still rank my forum posts.
And Pinterest is kind of stuck for me at the same monthly amount, so I need to get back on Facebook , after I was banned last year, I hate it. But if I want to keep growing, I'll have to, ugh hahahaaha.
The moment I'm writing this, my GSC stats are very volatile again, going down at the moment , darned hahahaha.
I'm away to South Africa at the end of the month, and when I get back, on my to-do list: have WooCommerce or Shopify on my site, and get back on FB, aaaaaaarrrgggh to the latter lol! Keeping busy and I hope all goes well there for you!
Lizzy
Well, it was actually me who said that, because I read it on Twitter lol,
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Google just decided: 'let's rank forums, it doesn't matter what or who they are', but let's not reward good sites any longer, shall we?
Yeah I think the reasoning is forums are more likely to have real user experience. Reddit gets extra special attention!
I need to get back on Facebook , after I was banned last year, I hate it. But if I want to keep growing, I'll have to, ugh hahahaaha.
Ha ha ha ... I hate Facebook too!
Enjoy South Africa Lizzy 🙂