My Final Affiliate Journey (with Bing!)

[Honeybadger]

How are you guys?
decided to do one last affiliate SEO journey thread
but this really is the last time . . .

lets start with why
why am i doing this thread? money
several reasons actually -->
1. every time i do a thread i earn commission
2. every time i stop a thread i lose commission
3. the updates keep me focused
4. give something back to this community

plan to run this thing until christmas
then sell my affiliate site & take a long vacation
a lot of work & sleepless nights ahead
6 months of non stop hustle
first report incoming

 

[Honeybadger]

REPORT #1
June 18, 2024

Commission
daily earning $0
daily target $100
daily average (last 30 days) $0.16
30 day forecast $0.48
30 day target $3000

Analytics
i hate the new google analytics ga4
its the worst software update in internet history
absolute power corrupts absolutely

Notes
running 1 blog its about outdoor fashion clothing
commission target is $100 daily $3000 monthly by christmas
content 90% deranked by google.com in the last S.E.O. update
now targeting S.E.O. traffic from bing.com --> guidelines
removed 99% of affiliate ads & building out content
started actually praying to god for help focusing

 

[azgold]

He's baaaaack! Yay, I thought we'd lost you.

We'll be watching you climb to your goal. You know you can do this, right?

Fun Fact regarding that video: Jordan Peterson is a Canadian hero of sorts.

 

[Honeybadger]

REPORT #2
June 28, 2024

Commission
daily earning $0
daily target $100
daily average (last 30 days) $0.22
30 day forecast $6.63
30 day target $3000

Notes

Bing Webmaster Tools
im using BWT now
https://www.bing.com/webmasters/about
cos most of the traffic is from Bing
its more basic than Google products
but its also more simple as an interface

Google Data Deletion
GSC is still reliable
but GA4 is a joke
they sent me emails couple days back
sayin all UGA data will be erased soon
--> yeah its to save you money in the data centers!
smart tho
Google gained market share by doing this
they are brutal but they arent dumb
better backup all my old UGA data

Commission
got a couple sales
one was $5 commission other was few bucks
see whats interesting is my traffic --> its transactional intent searches
they are looking for product information
--> even if they arent consciously thinking about a purchase
i can get 20 clicks & expect at least 1 conversions
way above industry average but 100 visits can get 20 clicks
why? ALL my content is about products
every post have the clear CTA links

Traffic
blog traffic goin up fast
usin all the tools from Neil Patels Ubersuggest
https://app.neilpatel.com/
i dont care about how bad the commission is
--> quality content + smart advertisements = commission
commission target $100 daily by christmas

Bing
been studying Bing search engine guidelines
its much easier to get ranked there
not so draconian as Google search
around 4% global market share of search
thats from round 5.4bn internet users
so over 200million people
https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share
https://www.statista.com/statistics/617136/digital-population-worldwide/

every now and again i find a cool video
no bs no waffle no bling
this is about content marketing & S.E.O. & affiliate income
15 mins out of your busy day -->