SEO Advice For Affiliate Newbie

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Just a pre warning I know nothing about SEO so bare that in mind if I'm asking some silly questions.

I have an affiliate site, it's has been live for nearly one year.

It has relatively low competition (the main company, reddit posts and a couple of other attempted affilaites). The keyword searches has about E5,000-10,000 monthly search volume worldwide.

It currently ranks on average 40 for the keyword terms I want, i've paid for a couple of backlinks and foundational links in the past (6 months ago) but it never really moves past 40. I've added more pages, fixed H1, checked speed load time etc.

My question is what is the fastest and reliable way to grow my site without it being taken down. White hat, Black hat, on page, technical, backlinks - whatever will be best but not lost the site and domain.

I was thinking more backlinks or buying a domain to have the exact phrase in, as it only contain one keyword so far but im not sure. Theres a site that ranks second, behind the main website, has one page, not too many mentions of the keyword, is definitely not endorsed or quoted organically - but they are still beating me.

Any help is appreciated
 
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toastymuffin said:
Just a pre warning I know nothing about SEO so bare that in mind if I'm asking some silly questions.

I have an affiliate site, it's has been live for nearly one year.

It has relatively low competition (the main company, reddit posts and a couple of other attempted affilaites). The keyword searches has about E5,000-10,000 monthly search volume worldwide.

It currently ranks on average 40 for the keyword terms I want, i've paid for a couple of backlinks and foundational links in the past (6 months ago) but it never really moves past 40. I've added more pages, fixed H1, checked speed load time etc.

My question is what is the fastest and reliable way to grow my site without it being taken down. White hat, Black hat, on page, technical, backlinks - whatever will be best but not lost the site and domain.

I was thinking more backlinks or buying a domain to have the exact phrase in, as it only contain one keyword so far but im not sure. Theres a site that ranks second, behind the main website, has one page, not too many mentions of the keyword, is definitely not endorsed or quoted organically - but they are still beating me.

Any help is appreciated
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Odds are, in a low competition KW, it is on site.

Sure, you should be adding backlinks on a regular basis so as to keep it front and center, but usually with low comp is is just clean up your onsite.

I'm sure for a few dollars you can post in the Hire a Freelancer subforum for someone to fix that up for you if you are not comfortable there.
 
If the site is stuck around page 4, I’d look less at “more backlinks” and more at page quality + topical depth.

Usually pages move faster when the topic cluster is stronger, internal linking is better, and the page actually matches the search intent better than what’s ranking now.
 
Here, the issue most likely isn't the number of links. Based on what's described, I see several possible reasons:

- A single promoted URL against competitors with a whole cluster of pages on the topic is an inherently uneven battle.
- Links can boost a domain, but not a specific page. This is a common occurrence: there's link mass, but the desired page isn't getting it.
- The intent may be slightly different from what Google expects to see in a given position.

I've seen situations where new links didn't change anything at all, but it was worth fixing the internal linking and adding a couple of supporting pages, and the site started moving. Try a different approach: don't push links to the main page, but first build a proper structure around the topic. Links work much better when a page already matches what Google expects to see at the top.
 
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