We need some changes - proposition "widget on home page"

Above the latest post
Something like that, I've made with AI to give you the concept

My proposition is because we all feel, that traffic is much lower in last few months.
With this you can remove Marketplace from sidebar and make it more fair for every category not included there in sidebar.


And below that standard latest posts, of course width would be the same

Maybe add this sort of thing at the bottom?

As we already have the “Marketplace” link which effectively does the same thing and takes you to the same place with all the marketplaces listed in the header bar. An extra menu bar in the header isn’t going to be the best use of screen real estate (think of that list on mobile…).

You may have noticed a decrease in bot and fake bump traffic which @PetraAnn and the team have been working on since Feb ref https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/change-log-behind-the-scenes-at-bhw.1268318/page-5#post-18908464 along with the changes to HAF and WTB also listed in the change log after that, combined with our algo updates for marketplace, all of which have resulted in a significant improvement in engagement across the marketplace for real traffic hitting the homepage. You can’t just get a bot to bump your MP thread anymore (we know who you are ) .

As usual engage in the forum annswering questions on your level of expertise and you’ll be repaid many times over. Just post bump on your thread well, I’d not buy that service.

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