Been noticing some odd stuff on a couple of my affiliate sites this week.
One site is still holding rankings pretty well, but CTR dropped hard on a few money pages even though impressions stayed about the same. Another page actually moved up 1-2 spots and traffic barely changed, which makes no sense to me.
I’ve been testing a few things:
– rewritten titles with more direct intent match
– adding a little more “buyer” language in the meta
– changing some FAQ sections to push the main offer higher up
– using AI to speed up title/meta variations, then manually cleaning them up
So far, the biggest lift came from tightening the title tags, not from adding more content. Pretty basic stuff, but it seems to matter more than the usual “publish more articles” advice.
Also seeing mixed results from AI content lately. Some pages are indexing fine and ranking okay, but others feel flat unless I add real examples and tweak the intro so it doesn’t read like generic fluff.
Curious what everyone else is seeing:
– any CTR drops after the update?
– are you still getting good results from AI-assisted content?
– anyone had success with small title/meta changes on affiliate pages?
Would be good to compare notes. I’m trying to keep this stuff practical and not overthink it.