Overheating / Cooling System Basics
 

Have had a number of people ask me about overheating issues during the summer, so I wrote this up, hope it can help a few people out.

Car Overheating Walkthrough

Clickbait? Clickbait.

Thanks for your sacrifice

I haven't clicked yet but everything this guy posts is the same. Nothing useful other than a website to visit.

Actually, the reference is a good primer for those totally new to the automotive cooling system world.


humfrz

I put everything on my site and link to it simply because it's a lot easier to make edits and changes to one place. It's also considerably better to write, edit, etc. the content on my site because I have control over the CSS and structure.

For me to re-write it, upload photos, and stylize it for Facebook, forums (vBulletin, etc.), my site, and other formats would be very time consuming.

Forums also don't have the best readability, and with me posting the entire article on the forum it also becomes the property of the forum.

So there's a specific set of reasons why I generally post a link.

I could write a brief overview and discussed topics if people prefer?

You have everything on your site because you can make money off referral sales. Plus, clicks/visits to your site increases visibility and makes your info look more appealing on search engine results.

At the end of the day, the specific reasons why you post only a link is because it's the only way to ensure you get paid. I get it, no need to explain too much.

I could get the same benefits by posting the entire / redacted articles on the forum as well. I could build a much bigger following in less time by doing exactly that.

I care about my articles and try to update them regularly.

Frankly, the blog doesn't make me anything. In fact, it costs me a fair bit of money (opportunity costs and hosting) to write articles and syndicate them.

I could write about another topic and make far more money, but I enjoy writing about car stuff and honestly hope the articles help others in the community.

I suppose I could blanket the site in a dozen ad blocks? LOL. That $2.00 / mo. will pay off, haha.

How much do you get paid by Amazon for the Amazon affiliate links you use? I've always been curious about them but never really looked into it much. You mention the blog doesn't make you anything so is the time used to generate the affiliate links even worth it? Or are you just talking about net gain?

Depends on what you buy when you click through.

https://affiliate-program.amazon.com...ies#Associates Program Fee Statement

If you participated in discussions and linked your materials to actual questions posed then you would at least appear to be attempting to help people.
As is your history of just posting links to random topics reeks of spam for profit.
Just how many forums do you try to "help" in?

I'm missing how he's making money from this.

Imo, posting articles, or valuable snippets from your articles with a link for those who want to read more isn't problematic as that's a value add as long as you're doing it within the context of a relevant thread.

ex: "My car is overheating, where do I start with troubleshooting?"
You could post a snippet from your article and the link, and maybe a brief 1 sentence explanation of the most relevant part or a summary of another paragraph for context.

As it stands, I even turned off my ad blocker and didn't see anything that would make him money. Is that just me?

There are multiple links that send you to Amazon to buy stuff.

Even if you don't buy anything automotive related but don't close your browser (i.e. at work), if you stay within Amazon any purchases you make will give the referrer credit on purchases eligible for commission.

As for the rest of what you posted, see the previous reply. I wouldn't care but this guy just comes out of nowhere to post articles that is on his site. Good info but next time at least somewhat try to participate in the forum?

Yeah participation is my primary beef with this form of posting.

Maybe the article I poked through didn't have a link, or I just didn't see one. Valid!

It's a fast way for me to generate a shortened URL to a certain page in Amazon (one click). Those pages are typically pre-filtered and narrowed to certain brands / components to save people the hassle of wading through a bunch of junk.

To date in Nov. I've made $1.16 off of Amazon links from the site, LOL.

To make money with it you need to find a niche that is more converting and profitable, IMHO. It's pretty heavily weighted towards volume and bigger ticket items in certain categories.

The blog is a waste of my time. I spend probably 5 - 30+ hours writing each article, coding the pages, creating the images, etc. However, I do enjoy it, and a few people get value out of it.

Since it seems to be an issue, I won't post anything else here.

Oh dude don't need to go that far either. As you stated you really aren't making anything but it the perception that you are that people object to.
Step back and look at your posts and you will see what I mean. It comes across as spam even though you are not actually spamming and we don't like spammers in these parts.

Not really, I looked at your site and I can tell your expertise is in SEO.

So working on your site, linking forums/Facebook/other places, you can improve your own skillset for SEO and digital marketing strategies.

I can work on other projects in much, much higher ROI verticals that I don't care about with some based wordpress install posting retarded flipped articles written by Romanians, LOL.

Seriously, the only reason I do my car blog is because I like it and people get something out of it. I even hand-coded the site for better readability, faster loading, etc. to improve the user experience.

Good eye, I've been an SEO for about 7 years now.