Suggestion for the WTB and HAF

People looking to buy SEO services should be restricted from asking #1 position as sellers are asked in the marketplace, as we know multiple people in last few months have asked for #1 Slot gacor or something keyword but in reality, how many have reached near to that, or have they really hired someone? If yes, were they able to reach #1.
If yes, so how many might have reached to #1 at the same time.
They should not be allowed to discuss the keywords of the niches openly, niche telling can be fine as it would be the base requirement for the job. As this will harm them their keywords will be shared and also, it can be a false promotion of that keyword-based SEO services, by the bidder (freelancer).

No need to. It's all bots talking to each other. I guarantee not a single haf request in the past 6 months have been delivered.

All are bots creating thread so other bots reply, like and engage with each other.

The HAF and WTB sections are officially dead. The only fix is to close those sections once and for all. Other than that, nothing will happen.

dvc said:

No need to. It's all bots talking to each other. I guarantee not a single haf request in the past 6 months have been delivered.

All are bots creating thread so other bots reply, like and engage with each other.

The HAF and WTB sections are officially dead. The only fix is to close those sections once and for all. Other than that, nothing will happen.

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Maybe get rid of the 15 post requirement and let real people post in those sections?
Real people don't want to spend weeks to gain post count. Only bots do that
This is why the entire section is filled with AI bots...
I am talking from my personal perspective here when I joined I wanted to get something done but when I saw the restriction I just went on Upwork lol

dvc said:

No need to. It's all bots talking to each other. I guarantee not a single haf request in the past 6 months have been delivered.

All are bots creating thread so other bots reply, like and engage with each other.

The HAF and WTB sections are officially dead. The only fix is to close those sections once and for all. Other than that, nothing will happen.

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I disagree to this a bit, coz I still get queries from real customers from HAF but most of they are not interested in spam guest posts, straight forward #1 position. HAF is the only way for new people that are under 200-400 post to make good money and get the ROI.

vedaj said:

Maybe get rid of the 15 post requirement and let real people post in those sections?
Real people don't want to spend weeks to gain post count.

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The 15 post rule significantly reduced the amount of spam and scam threads we were getting in those sections. We will not be repealing it.

It should not take anyone "weeks" to make 15 posts. There are hundreds of active threads on the forum for people to participate in, get known in the community, and boost their post count. Nobody is going to do business with someone who has no reputation or presence on the forum.

Your original point was a little derailed, but to go back to this, @Brilliant Digital MKTG

Brilliant Digital MKTG said:

People looking to buy SEO services should be restricted from asking #1 position

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It would be difficult to restrict/enforce users from making such a request, but we do have rules around what sellers can promise: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/the-blackhat-world-r-marketplace-rules.1295700/post-13962685

BlackHat World said:

• Note: As you can see from the examples below, "one/some of the" often covers the claim from unquantifiable to acceptable.
• "the best" → "one of the best"
• "the most" → "one of the most"
• "1st/first" → "one of the first"
• "trusted" → "one of the trusted"
• "unbeatable" → "highly competitive", "one of the best options available"
• "unmatched" → "difficult to find elsewhere", "rare combination of features"
• "unparalleled" → "highly competitive", "rare", etc.
• "cheapest / highest / safest / fastest / etc." → "some of the cheapest / highest / safest / fastest / etc."

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Brilliant Digital MKTG said:

They should not be allowed to discuss the keywords of the niches openly

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Again, this would be difficult to enforce/moderate.

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