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    Permanently Closed Marketplace Sales Thread

    Review copy requested
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    Speed question

    Yea thats what I was doing for most of it was his guide, when I got to the cookie less domain is where my question came up, but also to sweely, I checked my comps scores and I was doing far better than them so I went back to articles links etc. Debating the value of adsense or not will watch it...
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    Speed question

    Ec2 thats free tier for a year, micro i think not sure., I am out of town today, using grid mag, though someone just pointed out may be having issues in internet explorer, I checked safari. Android, Chrome and waterfox
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    Speed question

    I have spent the last few days working on my sites speed. I run self hosted wordpress on an aws ec2 server right now. I have swapped themes, installed wprocket premium, images, compressed images and added cloud flare can. I have a 1.1 to 1.5 second main page and post pages now. I was getting...
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    Someone eager to learn looking for recommendations E-books/Guides/Advice

    I have been going through these. They seem to apply to a niche blog and can atleast give you a starting point. https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/ahrefs-hacks-guide-part-4-how-to-write-killer-content-that-actually-ranks.1245818/
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    Did anyone get an adsense site approved, RECENTLY?

    It was the same site just a few more articles, I am hand writing them so only average 2 or 3 a week. (The denial did cite covid.)
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    Need Some Honest Advice

    One idea is niche blogging. You have a chrome book which is all you need. You can either start a wordpress site or go the route I did. I filled out swag buck surveys until I got a $25.00 Paypal gift card. Used it to purchase 2 domain names from name cheap, got free hosting from AWS - Pain in the...
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    Did anyone get an adsense site approved, RECENTLY?

    Yea I got denied in April. I just resubmitted on June 25th and was approved on June 27th.
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    Wordpress Theme Nevark - To Bulky?

    I originally built my site in march using the Nevark Wordpress theme. I like the way the site looks and I have gotten quite a few positive comments. However, I cannot seem to get the speed below 3.7-4.0 seconds using cloudflare and wprocket. Is this theme going to be heavy? (1.2 seconds on desktop)
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    Starting in IM - Tips Or Suggestions

    Ok figured Favicon out replaced with a temp one, got backup fixed, swapped out picture for a temp one. Think I am going to swap themes. Changing nothing but the theme takes me from a page speed mobile score of 22 to 55. Then I can optimize the cost Java etc. Once I figure out how lol.
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    Starting in IM - Tips Or Suggestions

    Amazon web services offers you a year of their stuff for free. Its very complicated and required hours of reading/youtube. But is an option. I figured I could hopefully make enough in that year to easily switch over to a different hosting or pay for theirs, i think Amazon lightsail is affordable...
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    Starting in IM - Tips Or Suggestions

    oh yea muscle I do have a ssl certificate for it, just have to be at home to get it installed (and figure out how) lol, I can only access server side from there. Same issue with Famicom, yet to figure that part out, I was focused on trying to get 30 posts done, now I am trying to refine things...
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    Starting in IM - Tips Or Suggestions

    My hopes was traffic through SEO. As for adsense I just chose that for starting out, I have attempted to do more affiliate type links etc for direct items. Some small hints at click bank etc. I was semi thinking the same for the picture and will get that replaced soon. I have been trying to...
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    Starting in IM - Tips Or Suggestions

    Hello all, I have been a forum lurker for a while. I recently created two sites and just added adsense the other day. I am curious if anyone can provide some tips to progress. I know normally suggested not to post links to your sites, however how can I get help without doing so lol. My two...
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