There are not any very effective free solutions that I'm aware of, and hopefully someone can add one here so I do become aware.

However, if you're interested in controlling your affiliate program, than Hasoffers is a great product with a low entry cost. You can also look into the popular affiliate networks, such as Neverblue advertising and Commission Junction.

Also, look at your competitors affiliate programs and see what they are using.

The broad match may not necessarily cover the phrase match. With negative keywords, synonyms and plural versions of the keyword can still show up when a user searches with the term.

Hi Andy,

It looks like you need to do some Web Analytics due diligence to identify what caused that spike in conversions. Here is a list of things you can do to help identify the root cause:

- Setup Google Analytics Custom Alerts

GA's custom alerts do a great job of alerting us of unusual spikes / valleys from our traffic. I would suggest setting up custom alerts around your KPIs and business objectives. If you Google about GAs custom alerts, many of the recommended initial alerts are a great place to begin finding some to setup for your website.

- Use GA to find the differences in traffic and conversions

Although your conversions and traffic are relatively low (we may want to gather more data before concluding that there was a statistical difference in the conversion data), we could begin to analyze the traffic through understanding the sources it came from, specific campaigns that converted (make sure to be tagging your links accordingly!), qty of products ordered, maybe a new referral source contributed to the new conversions, ect.

- Do some keyword analysis

Did your new customers come from a specific source on a related topic? Did specific terms send new traffic to your sales page that converted well that day?

In order to find insights into changes, we need to make sure that we're properly tracking and measuring our traffic and acquisition strategies. Many times when there doesn't seem to be a definitive answer, it's because we haven't set ourselves up for success when measuring our campaigns and goals.

Ok, great - I didn't want to answer the question directly without looking at the report itself.

Can you let me know where in Moz you saw the C-block report? I'll check it out and report back.

I would use the number: '3'

When searching, most people will use the number instead of writing it out.

You should only need to install 1 tracking code to track all of your conversions through Google Adwords. The campaigns are all under a single account, correct? If so, ensure that your conversion pixel is installed properly and you'll be good for any campaigns running in your Adwords account.

I definitely recommend setting up some expected funnels that your visitors would go through. It'll help a lot with identifying where a visitor abandons the process and what you need to improve upon for the most effective campaign.

I believe that number is representing the number of different C-blocks linking to your domain. Not the total amount of links from those C-blocks.

So, it would mean that there were 330 'different' IP addresses. Different meaning that the C-block was different, the whole IP address differentiation could be a very different number.

"Google Shopping doesn't allow the promotion of services."

Reference: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/2770285?hl=en

You're correct, make sure your Google Analytics and Adwords accounts are connected properly. Then you'll be able to dissect the analytics by Ad content, keywords, campaigns, ad groups, landing pages, ect.

Make sure your tracking code and conversion pixel are all setup properly.

Google Help: https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/1722021?hl=en

I doubt there is a hard number of links per C-block to be considered 'too many.' It would depend on a lot of factors.

If your link portfolio is flooded with the same C-block then much of those links would be heavily discounted. A high number of links from the same C-block could indicate some sort of blackhat technique used on a specific web host, but not necessarily.

You want more linking C-blocks to your site and less links coming from the same C-block, in general.

Hi BobGW,

Here's the problem: I don't want to spam them. How do I get these people interested in my weight loss hypnosis program (I could really help them) by sparking up a conversation and not spamming.

Well, regardless of your intention, you're still connecting with someone that didn't ask for your communication. Rather than think of it as spam, it's more appropriately cold-calling.

If someone cold calls you, how do you feel? Chances are that more most of the time you disregard because you feel like it is spam and non-value added. Try and find some cold call emails that you were attracted to - what made them effective? Can you adopt a principle they used to your own service?

Review your past clients that you've helped successfully - do they have friends that could use the same help? If you can get the validity of a friend, then reaching out to the next person won't be as difficult.

Try and focus on personalization - what about this individual makes you think you can help them? Have you helped similar people with the same problems and can express the result?

Keep it short and direct.

Relieve any pressure in the sales process. It's great that you provide a free 30min consultation, but that still scares people away. A lot of people feel like if they go in to see someone for a free consultation, they are still pressured into the sale. Attack that upfront (if you see it being an issue) and maybe point out that you don't allow a sales decision to be made at that point - i.e. after the free consultation you will reach back out to them and let them know they can be part of this program now that you've qualified them.

Use natural language and adapt your script to the individual. You'll quickly lose people if they feel like you are just blasting them another pitch message.

I hope these tips help, best of luck!

No problem,

Let's say we have 1000 domains linking to our website and...

• 800 links are coming from c-block A
• 150 links are coming from c-block B
• The remaining 150 links are all coming from unique c-blocks

Before looking at the linking c-blocks, we might think our effort of receiving 1k links is going well. However, after looking at the c-block analysis, we see that a startling 800 are coming from one c-block. It's very probable that many of those links' authority are being discounted because they are coming from the same 'source.' So, the 1k figure isn't telling an accurate story because many of the links acquired aren't really improving our SEO.

We should try and identify why so many came from 1 c-block and gain links in other areas. Maybe we targeted a location and specific niche which was part of a larger site network all hosted on the same C-block. We need to adjust our strategy to try and diversify out to more c-blocks, i.e. diversifying our portfolio of links coming in to our website.

Does that help?

http://moz.com/blog/ipv6-cblocks-and-seo This Moz post goes into some deep examples too.

Have you added a filtered view to the profile? If so, you may only be looking at the filtered view and there are no users that fall into that filter/report.

Do you use Real time reports often? If you do not frequently visit the real time reports then Google does sometimes suspend real time reports. After viewing the real time reports, the data should return in a couple hours.

Lastly, are you certain the tag is firing properly and you have users on the site? If only users within your network are on the site and you have an IP filter enabled, it would report 0 users. Try and open your site (and remain active on the site) from a computer not on your admin network and see if the report counts the visitors.

Google never said that they would not be crawling and indexing the content and a quick Google search of your own pages should show that the content is being indexed, as it should.

However, JM's mention of it being discounted **is very concerning, **especially to ecommerce websites where tabbed information is very popular.

For this reason, I've chosen to look towards Amazon and their product page methodology. Most of us have probably been frustrated that Amazon outranks us in the SERPs, when it comes to ecommerce. They elect to show all the product information in one long, seemingly unfriendly UI. However, it works and works very well.

I'm moving away from tabbed content and electing to show longer product pages. The only content I'm keeping behind tabs is content that is common across my competitors, such as specifications, size charts, ect.

My reviews, product Q&As, and other pertinent information is being moved up to the front of the page to get the most authority as possible. I suggest doing the same.

I'm curious why you think you would be negatively impacting your SEO by removing 'by' from the line?

I think this falls under a UI consideration, what makes the most sense for your readers. It's a very small aspect to the overall content of the page. I wouldn't worry about SEO impact for this change.

http://moz.com/blog/hacking-keyword-targeting-whiteboard-friday

Checkout Moz's latest Whiteboard Friday post - their byline includes the date, author, and a few categories the article is posted in. The categories are mainly there to allow the reader to easily find other related articles and keep them engaged with the site (move from one article to another article they may be interested in quickly and easily).

What does the 'lately' time frame look include? It's important to note that Google has had a lot of algo. updates in the past 3 months. You could be witnessing SERP fluctuation due to any of these.

Have you checked out Google Webmaster Tools? See if those keyword terms are in the GWT reports and if the same fluctuation is present.