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    Making a lot money with adsense, possible ?

    yeah, i’d agree with others: you just need more traffic. 3,000 visits/month is too small for adsense to pay much, especially in cooking. you can tweak ad placement, but without more visits (and more pageviews per visit) earnings won’t really grow.
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    Random but genuine question:

    i used to think “borrow authority” tactics were a legit shortcut -- like posting 3rd-party affiliate/review content on big trusted domains (or buying expired domains) and letting the domain do the heavy lifting. now i don’t trust it, even if it still “works” sometimes, because google has been...
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    Anyone else feeling that link building in 2026 is less about “adding more links” and more about when and how you add them?

    yeah, IMO it’s now less about piling on links and more about link quality + relevance + placement and having the page/site structure solid first. i’ve stopped doing random placements just to raise dr -- now i focus on in-content, niche-relevant links pointing into a proper topical cluster, with...
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    Honest question for 2026:

    yeah they still “work”, but i see them more like a trust stabilizer now. on a lot of sites links don’t instantly push you up unless the page is already decent (intent matched, good content, solid internal links). where they help a ton is keeping stuff from wobbling during updates -- like you...
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    How can I avoid being detected as using a proxy?

    root cause here is not the provider tbh. surveys flag you when you show up as a “new person” every session. pick one country + one city and stick to it, use sticky/session so you’re not rotating all the time (only swap ip if it dies), and if you can, keep the same isp/carrier. i run soax fine...
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    why are mobile proxys much harder to set up as compared to residential proxys?

    i’m a bit confused -- do you mean hard to set up yourself as in building a mini mobile proxy farm with modems/sims, or just using them from a provider? if you’re buying from a proxy provider (soax/decodo), setup is the same as residential.
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    rotating vs static proxies for long-term use

    rotating is safer for scraping/scale (spreads risk, less chance one ip gets cooked). static is better for long-term accounts/logins (stable ‘identity’, less random flags). for accounts you’ll usually want static residential (or at least isp): dc/static gets flagged way easier. static + good...
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    How to plan content for an affiliate blog ?

    for amazon affiliate blogs i’d plan content around buyer intent. start with 1 narrow niche, then build clusters: ‘best x for y’, ‘x vs y’, ‘best under $’ (money posts) ‘how to choose x’, ‘size/compatibility guides’, ‘common mistakes’ (support posts) link them together so each cluster points to...
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    Permanently Closed Marketplace Sales Thread

    Got it! Thanks
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    Which SEO strategies actually work for new blogs in 2026?

    for a new blog in 2026, the stuff that still works is pretty boring + consistent. simple starter plan: 1) niche + 30 topic ideas, 2) publish 2 solid posts/week for 8–12 weeks, 3) watch search console = double down on pages getting impressions.
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    Is patience the most important skill in online marketing?

    yeah 100%. seo is slow by nature. google needs time to crawl, re-rank, and trust changes. patience matters a lot, but it’s not #1 by itself. strategy + learning decide what you do - patience is what lets it compound.
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    What is AI Agent ?

    ai agent = software that uses ai to complete a task end-to-end. you say ‘do x’, it plans the steps, uses tools, and executes. example: ‘find 20 leads + email them’ or ‘monitor prices + alert me
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    Permanently Closed Marketplace Sales Thread

    This look like a good product, but why is it free? What's the catch?
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    Permanently Closed Marketplace Sales Thread

    Hey! Do I need to run a separate email validation or the emails should be good to go?
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