Ask Me Anything Useless Content is WORSE Than Bad SEO for Affiliates

[Honeybadger]

On a recent journey I was thinking
about SEO and affiliate marketing
my question --> Why do so many SEO affiliates fail?
I mean that is my assumption
based on the amount of people posting here
who disappear after only a couple months
and I think the answer is USELESS CONTENT
not so much bad SEO

There are 4 options for SEO and Content
in order of the most likely to succeed

1. You can publish useful content & good SEO
2. You you publish useful content & bad SEO
3. You can publish useless content & good SEO
4. You can publish useless content & bad SEO

1. Useful content & good SEO

This is the pinnacle
it is what Google orgasms over
if you publish unique content regularly
and follow Google Guidelines
you will receive lots of traffic
get affiliate commissions
and be highly successul

2. Useful content & bad SEO

Many useful content sites have bad SEO
from not mobile friendly landing pages
and slow loading times
to generally awful UX and UI
but the gold is the essential information
where users consistently find helpful answers
and for Google (if your content is unique)
this is enough for you to rank
get traffic and earn affiliate commissions

3. Useless content & good SEO

You are likely to get some ranking and traffic
if your content is useless but you follow Google Guidelines
although you are unlikely to get to for competitive keywords
some keywords with low search volume will slip through Googles net
and you might get a small stream of traffic
and a trickle of commissions
but this is really at a push

4. Useless content & bad SEO

This is the ultimate trash heap
you will not get anywhere with useless content and bad SEO
only waste your own time
not get any traffic
definitely not get any commissions
and probably quit affiliate marketing

 

[T J Tutor]

THANK YOU!

You, and everyone here, knows I preach this every day!

Kudos!

 

[Graybeard]

My idea of useful is buying things than can be of dual use --useful today and also useful in existential circumstances.
Like a first aid kit that will fit in your backpack nicely if, or when, the SHTF (shit hits the fans).
One man's ceiling is another man's floor when it comes to topic but the principles are the same