My first journey with MNS and AdSense
- Thread starter yalokin
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Hi all. Can't believe it's been almost 1 month from my last post.
Been busy reading and learning a lot of new stuff.
So, what I did since my last update:
Looking at the site it seems very good to me and I'm satisfied with the result.
So time to introduce my site to google. Registered it in WMT, later today will add analytics and rank tracker.
Site speed according to google PageSpeed Insights:
Mobile: 58
PC: 74
Pretty low, but today I'll work on that.
Will update later.
Total Journey Expenses: $36
Been busy reading and learning a lot of new stuff.
So, what I did since my last update:
- Researching my niche in forums, yahoo answers, reading similar blogs etc.
- I have 4 articles totaling 3800+ words with good images.
- Made some theme changes. I'm surprised how many errors were found when validating my html, considering that the theme is from pretty popular theme provider. Errors like h3 under ul, duplicating id's, unclosed tags... Guess using free themes has it's cost. No problem, I fixed them all.
- Changed the fonts.
- Removed Simple Share Buttons Adder Plugin... it's NOT lightweight at all when showing social counters, my page is loading for 10-30 seconds when I'm using them.
- Tweaked the wp htaccess file.
Looking at the site it seems very good to me and I'm satisfied with the result.
So time to introduce my site to google. Registered it in WMT, later today will add analytics and rank tracker.
Site speed according to google PageSpeed Insights:
Mobile: 58
PC: 74
Pretty low, but today I'll work on that.
Will update later.
Total Journey Expenses: $36
Thanks, safex.
Yesterday I added analytics to the site. I've decided to try Yandex Metrica. I liked the click, heat and scroll map feature.
For rank tracking I'll be using TrafficTravis.
Also yesterday tweaked a little the site for some speed and here are the results.
Haven't added any caching plugin as I don't think it's needed at the beginning.
PageSpeed Insights:
Mobile: 75
PC: 90
GTMetrix Screenshot:
The low score mainly comes because of the custom fonts I'm loading. It's fixable, but enough tweaking for now, will focus on other things.
OK, next thing on my list is the pdf. Have to think what to include in a pdf document and offer it for download via social locker.
Yesterday I added analytics to the site. I've decided to try Yandex Metrica. I liked the click, heat and scroll map feature.
For rank tracking I'll be using TrafficTravis.
Also yesterday tweaked a little the site for some speed and here are the results.
Haven't added any caching plugin as I don't think it's needed at the beginning.
PageSpeed Insights:
Mobile: 75
PC: 90
GTMetrix Screenshot:
The low score mainly comes because of the custom fonts I'm loading. It's fixable, but enough tweaking for now, will focus on other things.
OK, next thing on my list is the pdf. Have to think what to include in a pdf document and offer it for download via social locker.
DAY 1 - [20140817]
Indexed Pages: 1
Visitors: 0
Main Keyword: N/A
DAY 2 - [20140818]
Indexed Pages: 1
Visitors: 0
Main Keyword: #208
Not much happened, but just to keep it updated.
Although I sent the site for indexing in google 2 days ago, I still have only my homepage page indexed, but the good news is it's already ranked at #208 for my main keyword.
Indexed Pages: 1
Visitors: 0
Main Keyword: N/A
DAY 2 - [20140818]
Indexed Pages: 1
Visitors: 0
Main Keyword: #208
Not much happened, but just to keep it updated.
Although I sent the site for indexing in google 2 days ago, I still have only my homepage page indexed, but the good news is it's already ranked at #208 for my main keyword.
I haven't updated in a while, because not much happened.
The only news are that the site is getting ranked slowly and also I got my first 3 visitors.
1 from USA on 27 Aug
1 from Netherlands on 28 Aug
1 from France on 31 Aug
DAY 5 - [20140821] to DAY 15 [20140831]
Visitors: 3
Pageviews: 3
Indexed Pages: 3
Main Keyword:
[TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 200, align: left"]
[TR]
[TD]Google:
[/TD]
[TD]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bing:[/TD]
[TD]58
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yahoo:[/TD]
[TD]102
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
The only news are that the site is getting ranked slowly and also I got my first 3 visitors.
1 from USA on 27 Aug
1 from Netherlands on 28 Aug
1 from France on 31 Aug
DAY 5 - [20140821] to DAY 15 [20140831]
Visitors: 3
Pageviews: 3
Indexed Pages: 3
Main Keyword:
[TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 200, align: left"]
[TR]
[TD]Google:
[/TD]
[TD]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bing:[/TD]
[TD]58
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yahoo:[/TD]
[TD]102
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
IMpossible
Supreme Member
- Apr 15, 2012
- 1,344
- 304
Good luck on your journey.
How many global monthly searches does your main keyword have?
How many global monthly searches does your main keyword have?
Thanks, IMpossible.
Here is my main keyword stats:
Local US Searches: 2600+
Global Searches: 5400+
It's not much, but there are a lot of LSI's and related keywords from which I can get some additional traffic.
Here is my main keyword stats:
Local US Searches: 2600+
Global Searches: 5400+
It's not much, but there are a lot of LSI's and related keywords from which I can get some additional traffic.
Castiel999
Junior Member
- Jul 5, 2012
- 104
- 13
Hi OP please do update all spendings on your project.Subscribed this thread.Castiel
IMpossible
Supreme Member
- Apr 15, 2012
- 1,344
- 304
Sounds nice! Keep us up to date with your progress.
apositivejourney
Registered Member
- Aug 29, 2014
- 52
- 4
Definitely keep us updated! I know it takes patience, but you will get there with hard work!
Until now I have spent $36. But from now I'll try to update my expenses in more detail.
Thanks all for following my journey. Will try to do more regular updates.
DAY 16 - [20140901]
Visitors: 0
Pageviews: 0
What I have done:
DAY 17 - [20140902]
TRAFFIC:
Visitors: 2 (1 from USA and 1 from Germany)
Pageviews: 3
SERP:
Google indexed pages: 3
Bing indexed pages: 1
Yahoo indexed pages: 3
Main Keyword:
[TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Google:
[/TD]
[TD]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bing:[/TD]
[TD]56[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yahoo:[/TD]
[TD]98
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
CONTENT:
Total Articles: 4
Indexed: 2
What I have done:
Some Thoughts:
I'm happy to see that my rankings in Bing and Yahoo are slowly going up. However I still can't see my site anywhere in google. Also some pages like about page, privacy policy page and some articles are still not indexed in google.
Considering what meln advised me here and reading similar recommendations several times, I'm planning to write 1 article that is not keyword targeted on every 2-3 keyword targeted articles.
Basically I'll search what people are asking in forums and write a 400-500 word article that answers this questions in detail. Without any keyword research and such, just short informative posts.
Visitors: 0
Pageviews: 0
What I have done:
- Noticed that I used lower case words fot the titles?! So corrected all article titles.
- Planning more articles and selecting keywords to target.
- Forgot to check my rankings
DAY 17 - [20140902]
TRAFFIC:
Visitors: 2 (1 from USA and 1 from Germany)
Pageviews: 3
SERP:
Google indexed pages: 3
Bing indexed pages: 1
Yahoo indexed pages: 3
Main Keyword:
[TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Google:
[/TD]
[TD]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bing:[/TD]
[TD]56[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yahoo:[/TD]
[TD]98
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
CONTENT:
Total Articles: 4
Indexed: 2
What I have done:
- Been lazy. Done nothing.
Some Thoughts:
I'm happy to see that my rankings in Bing and Yahoo are slowly going up. However I still can't see my site anywhere in google. Also some pages like about page, privacy policy page and some articles are still not indexed in google.
Considering what meln advised me here and reading similar recommendations several times, I'm planning to write 1 article that is not keyword targeted on every 2-3 keyword targeted articles.
Basically I'll search what people are asking in forums and write a 400-500 word article that answers this questions in detail. Without any keyword research and such, just short informative posts.
Haven't updated in a while, but I'm busy with some personal stuff and haven't done much work on my site. Hope I'll be able to actively update my journey from the next month.
Meanwhile here's some old updates:
DAY 19 - [20140904]
Main Keyword:
[TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Google:
[/TD]
[TD]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bing:
[/TD]
[TD]57[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yahoo:[/TD]
[TD]146[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
DAY 21 - [20140906]
Main Keyword: [TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Google:
[/TD]
[TD]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bing:[/TD]
[TD]56[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yahoo:[/TD]
[TD]105[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
DAY 34 - [20140919]
Main Keyword: [TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Google:
[/TD]
[TD]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bing:[/TD]
[TD]61[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yahoo:[/TD]
[TD]131[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
TOTAL TRAFFIC FROM DAY 19 - DAY 34:
Visitors: 7
Pageviews: 11
Meanwhile here's some old updates:
DAY 19 - [20140904]
Main Keyword:
[TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Google:
[/TD]
[TD]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bing:
[/TD]
[TD]57[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yahoo:[/TD]
[TD]146[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
DAY 21 - [20140906]
Main Keyword: [TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Google:
[/TD]
[TD]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bing:[/TD]
[TD]56[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yahoo:[/TD]
[TD]105[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
DAY 34 - [20140919]
Main Keyword: [TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Google:
[/TD]
[TD]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bing:[/TD]
[TD]61[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yahoo:[/TD]
[TD]131[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
TOTAL TRAFFIC FROM DAY 19 - DAY 34:
Visitors: 7
Pageviews: 11
