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    Newbie Question(s) so dumb, you're afraid to even ask!

    In general, scroll depth shouldn't affect bounce rate at all. But it depends on how you want it. It's possible to implement it either way. You can think that if a user has scrolled, he has interacted with the page, even if he had left afterward. This way - yes - most of the visitors will scroll...
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    Optimal image size for site speed & quality

    I use ImageMagic and MozJpeg on my PC. These packages contain multiple command line tools inside. I've written a simple script that processes all images in a folder - converts to jpg, renames, resizes, etc. Here's a couple of commands I use: Resize all jpegs to 950px width (heigh -...
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    Writing Software > HTML Output

    Exactly. When I read your post, @mikey3times, I thought of suggesting markdown. I used to use Typora for writing and formatting, and then export everything to HTML. But most of the editors could work. My process was word->typora->HTML (Typora can import MS word quite well). I turn to use...
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    Lesson Learned: Never Put All your Eggs in One Basket

    Check your competitors or similar sites - chances are they got suspended as well. It looks like Pinterest is rolling out some policy enforcement or something. One of my websites was suspended from Pinterest as well. I noticed the same for some other sites in my niche. Mine was also not spammy...
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    MFA (Made For Advertising) - still a thing?

    Thanks a lot for the details. I'll check Media.net and MediaVine first and look for ways to implement header bidding. This will take out my spare time for sure :)
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    MFA (Made For Advertising) - still a thing?

    Yes, getting accepted into ad network looks like a major roadblock. I once stumbled upon this spreadsheet, where they list know ad networks. Based on the numbers in 'min mo ad imps' column I through that there's nothing to do if you don't count your impressions in millions. Can you recommend at...
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    MFA (Made For Advertising) - still a thing?

    Side question about header bidding. My assumption was that you need to generate at least 1 million ad impressions to start considering header bidding. Is it true or not?
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    Genius Link price structure gets a big shake up

    Never heard of them, but looks interesting. Is their service somewhat similar to skimlinks or viglink?
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    Google Adsense Auto Ads in Beta - Auto-Optimization like Ezoic?

    I'm in the same situation as you, @Potatoe. Ezoic inproved RPM a lot, but they added so many request and slowed down the site. So I'm going to test Auto ads quite soon. I was wondering if it is possible to use Google DFP and Auto ads at the same time. Say I have certain places on site served by...
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    Tracking URLs with hashes as pageviews

    Thank you Ryuzaki, a fantastic explanation! It became much clearer regarding the principles and technical side of things. I've been digging a bit and realized I have to use Google DFP to reload ads with JavaScript. It is not allowed to do that with plain AdSense. I'll start implementing that...
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    Tracking URLs with hashes as pageviews

    To follow up on the topic, I have two examples: https://www.whowhatwear.co.uk/browns-fashion-team and https://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/tips/fitness-for-charity-ideas/?page=1...
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    Tracking URLs with hashes as pageviews

    Thanks for the comments. This is what I more-less expected. @Ryuzaki, I changed the plugin because of other reasons (slow, bulky, etc.). Pageviews was a side effect which I noticed. I'm currently building my way up to 100k pageviews/month, next step - to 500k... to get accepted to some CPM...
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    Tracking URLs with hashes as pageviews

    I had a slideshow plugin, which showed paginated post as slides, with urls being xxxx.com/1 /2, etc. After implementing this, my pagevies quadrupled in Google Analytics, as every new slide was counted as a new pageview in GA. Now I‘ve got rid of this plugin and implemented my own, which loaded...
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    Basic Principles of Feature Image Design

    Another option could be to use Canva. Free version is really enough. It has many templates (including for Fb, twitter, pinterest, etc.) and is very easy to use. It's not the end of the game by any means, but it will help you to get started and see what looks nice and what not.
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    We Built & Sold A Website For Over $690,000 in Under 2 Years. Ask Us Anything!

    @stackcash, thanks for sharing your techniques, this is truly amazing stuff. One think caught my eye which is unclear to me: Do you simple autopost every piece of content from your site to all of the platforms, as simple as it is? Or do you have a specific system, like tier1->tier2->tierX or...
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    CC9 -- Ms Green

    Amazing, man. I remember when I arrived at this forum I read all traffic leaking bootcamp cases. Now the other day I was wondering how some of the guys are doing. And suddenly - boom! Glad to see you here and definitely would be interested to hear more.
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    Bump As You Leak!

    Nice results and a good start, guys. @Nat, @animalstyle, are you leaking from facebook groups or pages? Sorry if the question is dumb - fb has always been a mystery to me.
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    Monetizing Pinterest Traffic

    I remember someone mention in-image adds for this kind of traffic, GumGum or similar. Also, have you tried skimlinks? I was wandering how long it took to reach these traffic numbers with Pinterest?
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    Silo Structure - Huge Project

    Exactly, this is where I'm struggling as well. I've started with mind maps, but it gets too complicated. Curently I have a query in Excel which takes all the posts titles, categories, etc. straight from website (from mysql) and formats in a nice way. At least I get an overview of what's posted...
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    Captions and alt texts: needed or not?

    I'd like to get your opinion about going out with images in a magazine style website. So far, I do 3 things with images: 1) rename files to represent what's in the picture, 2) write captions 3) write alternative texts. All three slightly differ. Question: does this all worth the effort? It...
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