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Seen a few other threads on RankBrain, but up to now it seemed merely just one of their signals. Don't know if "3rd most important" is meant as propaganda, or if it is real (anyone seeing real measurable impacts?). Also says "Search Engine Land believes links 'remain the most important...

Harvard study finds that, if you are targeting Millennials, best to use emails. "it seems safe to say that email is here to stay and will remain a critical channel even for reaching mobile customers" https://hbr.org/2015/11/email-is-the-best-way-to-reach-millennials Of course, you already...

From Fortune mag online, a couple days ago... http://fortune.com/2015/11/10/consumers-writing-negative-reviews-online/ "One study in 2014 found that 39% of consumers read online reviews on a regular basis, up from 32% in 2013." "Another survey found that 61% of shoppers will read product...

Came across this article in Forbes re: Facebook "the top 30 publishers in terms of visibility on Facebook have seen their traffic plummet by more than 30% since the beginning of the year."... http://fortune.com/2015/11/09/facebook-media/ If anyone follows the "Traffic Leaks" methodology...

Came across this article today (looks like it was from 2014) from someone's blog. http://www.financialfreedomblogger.com/top-bloggers-how-do-bloggers-make-money/ Obviously an intriguing article. However, the blogger does not provide her sources. I know some of those listed do provide (or did...

I'm usually pretty good at finding answers on BHW or via google's site: search on BHW, but am pulling too much / redundant or irrelevant info on my searches. As has been reported here on BHW, ICANN is about to decide on making public identification of website owners for domains used for...

Rather than continuing the following conversation in another's thread, thought I'd post it here for continued discussion... I will add my comments shortly.

In the list of criteria in looking for expired domains (e.g. link authority, spammyness, etc.), does it's age give it additional juice to draw from? 1) Say the site was started in 2004 vs 2013 - all other things being equal, would the 2004 provide more juice? 2) Does the "inactive" period for...

I paraphrased (don't want to single them out here, in case) what a "Local SEO" company is saying in its marketing material. They "seem" to be doing reasonable amount of business based on their client references (who knows for sure without contacting the refs?) and show up on a ranking national...

A poster on one of my threads made an interesting point about Bing Ads, and I thought I'd follow up on that topic to see if anyone is using it successfully at all. http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/local-seo/759446-yelp-entry-ranks-higher-than-website.html#post7900217 According to this...

Not looking to get them into Blackhat. Thinking of WP website building as one possibility. Any other suggestions, or simple things that they can do to earn money from third party (with adult supervision).?

Description: Google... For one local business (Business A), when googling the city and industry, their entry in Yelp ranks second, yet their own website ranks fifth. The number one ranked site (Business B) also has their Yelp entry ranking third. It is also the highlighted map entry on the...

After some research it seems there are plenty of local businesses (in a large US metro area) that don't have websites, or have very poorly designed ones. Idea is to build a client list, starting with getting them on a decent website (and, perhaps hosting it for them), then adding services (e.g...

Noob here. Been reading BHW forums for a while to determine what money making model to create and build a "how to" plan. But having come through Black Friday week, it got me wondering...do most who earn enough to make a living here find that their income is more seasonal, or is it rather...

Hello. Rather new to the world of SEO, but joined BHW after reading some recent threads on PBNs. Anxious to ask questions there. I've been reading many outside websites, but it is hard to discern hype, outdated info, misinformation, and scams from real, practical, and actionable advice...