Hi Guys,
Just thought I would say HI,
I am another Refugee from "You Know Where"
When things went crazy with Google Last September I didn't have much time to assess and work out if "You Know Where" was still the right place for me, so I signed up for another year just to be comfortable, but in that year things went from bad to impossible on my website.
And "You know where" have no answers and no response at all other than just carry on as usual, only AI as well
It's just a joke really with just vague responses such as "Increase Your Bing Traffic!" and "AI"
I kind of get it, the HCU has destroyed the "You Know Where" Method and they don't really have an answer, and it's not like anywhere else does, so being honest with the members is basically saying, "yeah your F%*$k£d" Not great for business, but I can't stay a part of what is now a Scam IMO, so when my year ran out I jumped ship...going it alone in the scary world of SEO
TBH It's not like I have anything to lose, 40,000 monthly visitors have dropped to <1000 and most of them are probably bots and AI scrapers
I have a few new ventures in the pipeline, and my YouTube Channel is still growing...painfully slowly, but growing,
I have discovered I am an Excellent Barman though so I can always make money getting other people drunk
So Yeah....HI
Steve
Welcome here, good luck:)
Hi Steve, welcome to the world of refugees lol!
I have unsubscribed on WA and probably will never go back, although I still peak on in on classes, because I had payed in advance untill next year. And as you say, it is getting worse, they just don't know, do they?
Focussing on Bing traffic, well, if that works, it is not because of them, but because of things changing in the AI world. As ChatGPT, for example, is connected to Bing, lol. I am already getting some traffic from ChatGPT search, not that much still from actually Bing.
Although I have 'slightly' recovered on Google, I will never have that level of traffic back from before september 2023.
My traffic and income is slowly rising again, but most of my income comes from Journey adds instead of actual affiliate income, go figure lol!
If it wasn't by coincidence that I saw on Twitter that Mediavine now has Journey for people with 10k+ traffic per month, I would have been left with almost nothing.
Also, since I started focussing on socials and writing about whatever I want actually, without doing keyword research on "Jaaxy" , I'm back at 24K visits a month, where before all of this happened, I had almost 30k per month. (after the HCU update, it was down to just over 10K visits, so I could JUST join Journey, and so glad I did!)
All of this, they don't tell you about it on WA, and even put people at risk with their Amazon account by claiming that you can just use their pictures straight up, UGH!
And there are so many other things that they should talk about, now that they are 'pivoting' to socials (only now they come with this, wow, what a LATE mess). Like Jay who gave 2 small classes about Facebook. What was that all about? He doesn't go into depth at all, there is sooooo much more to it! (like be VERY CAREFUL WITH FACEBOOK AND AT LEAST USE 2 STEP VERIFICATION) . Just doing what Jay says won't make those people money, at all. And people not familiar with Facebook, could lose their account in no time. We have to beware that we can lose everything from every channel we heavily promote, either it be Google, or bing, Facebook or others. The only secure thing are newsletters.
And their AI writer is horrible, to say the least. Whenever I checked out other people's websites: how do they think they'll make money with those articles in the first place?
I could go on, but again, welcome hahaha!
Lizzy
Hello Steve
Welcome to the forum
I'm from WA and just renewed my membership for another year. I don't believe it is a scam. I have been there for years. I never made money before but recently I made my first 3 affiliate sales thanks to the knowledge I gained there.
I have barely any traffic from Google but I'm getting some from Bing which I think is what made my first three affiliate sales. SEO is definitely not dead and now that I have made my first 3 affiliate sales I know the WA training still works.
Sorry to hear it didn't work out for you. I wish you good luck with your business and with all your future online adventures. All the best to your success.
Regards
Timothy
Hello Steve
Welcome to the forum
I'm from WA and just renewed my membership for another year. I don't believe it is a scam. I have been there for years. I never made money before but recently I made my first 3 affiliate sales thanks to the knowledge I gained there.
I have barely any traffic from Google but I'm getting some from Bing which I think is what made my first three affiliate sales. SEO is definitely not dead and now that I have made my first 3 affiliate sales I know the WA training still works.
Sorry to hear it didn't work out for you. I wish you good luck with your business and with all your future online adventures. All the best to your success.
Regards
Timothy
I don't mean to be rude, but I am going to ask this: you were on WA for years, without ever earning anything. How does that work in your mind then that their training is 'good'?
It wasn't untill I didn't 'listen' to them anymore, that I started to gain money. Mostly thanks to Partha, Diane, and Andy here. Ohw, and Vitaly to , he was the only one telling me that I should probably pivot to socials a lot more then just focussing on blogging for my niche.
Lizzy
@ohnoo_not_her Hello Lizzy
I first joined WA in 2019 after almost a year wasting time following YouTube videos from fake gurus that got me nowhere.
Back then I had no idea what I was doing or how making money online really works. One day I came across WA and joined. That's where i learned everything I know about websites, affiliate marketing and making money online.
Now to answer your question. The reason I haven't earned anything sooner is my fault. I was never consistent enough and I gave up twice over the years and quit for months on two occasions. The second time I quit for a year and didn't do anything online.
I was expecting results fast but kept loosing hope and giving up because I wasn't making money. Fast forward to the present I have physical and mental health problems and I'm still not consistent with my content so it's my fault that I'm where I want to be.
If I had stayed consistent and didn't give up I could be a lot more successful by now. SEO is not as good as it used to be but social media seems to be working out better for me.
I hope this answers your question and makes sense. I wish you all the best going forward with your business. All the best to your success.
Regards
Timothy
@timothyballa I understand now, sorry for the assumption. I wish you well!
Lizzy
@ohnoo_not_her Hello Lizzy
No problem I'm glad you understand now. All the best to your success to.
Regards
Timothy
Welcome Steve ... you have a supportive community here 🙂
the HCU has destroyed the "You Know Where" Method
WA becomes more like a cult with every day that passes. The only constant is change and WA have yet to admit that.