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Hello everyone! Just wanted to share a new SEO update because this community has helped me so much. I posted here a few months back about taking SEO more seriously for my Boston-based video production company, and the response was honestly so kind that I wanted to post again with updated results and more gratitude. I also wanted to just circle back to shed some light on things that have been working really well for me in the last three months!

I’m now about 16 months into the real SEO grind – consistent blogging, optimizing titles and H1s, internal linking, structured data – all that good stuff.

Before I jump in, I do want to mention that I have some photos from Google Search Console below so that you can see the journey. Also, I know it’s not all about impressions – we’ve been booking a lot of gigs via google search and this all has lead to more clicks!

So back in March(ish) when I posted I mentioned that I was doing the following:

* Writing blog posts that got attention on google
* Building individual service pages for everything we do
* Using Google Search Console and GA4 to figure out what was working
* Fixing technical stuff in Squarespace
* Learning how to write and inject structured data. To be honest, I use chatGPT to help me write this code. I then take it to Google Rich Results and test it and go back and forth with ChatGPT to make sure it’s perfect.
* Internally linking like a maniac
* Getting every client to leave a Google review
* Asking other video production companies around the country to take meetings with me and learn more about who they are. If we think we’re a good partner to work together on something in the future we will both write a really detailed blog about one another for backlinks. I’m very careful about this and admit that backlinks are my weakest subject
* Updating our Google Business Profile weekly with posts and photos

Since then I have seen a lot of growth, specifically around May. This huge jump has made me wonder what I’m doing differently. I think I can credit the recent growth to the following:

* A **few blogs that have really hit it off** \- these are gear related blogs that have a lot of traffic. Are they potential clients? no but I think it is helping with authority!
* I have been **implementing schema code** on all our pages and every single blog I write!
* **consistency**
* **I changed my home page title** from “Boston Based Video Production | Bunker Hill Media” to “Bunker Hill Media: Video Production That Drives Proven Engagement” and I think this is helping with clicks. IMO, I love that title because it’s true!

I feel like I’m learning something new every day, especially when it comes to backlinks (still my weakest area). But this community has made SEO feel way less intimidating and way more collaborative!

I think the one thing I’m scared of a bit now is that I’m noticing I’m dipping in rankings. I seem to be staying right around the same place for what I want to be there for “video production in Boston” – right around 4-7 on google (up from 90th last year!). But working on keeping that up and improving CTR!

Thanks again for all the support xoxoxo!

For the last decade or so, all of my websites were ranking pretty well on Google, but not ranking at all on Bing. However since 2023-24, my Google rankings started to decline, while all of my websites started to rank really well on Bing (1st – 3rd position).

It seems that most of the ranking factors are pretty much inverted on Bing compared to Google, at least in my case.

Has anyone experienced this phenomenon?

Hi there!

I am planning a semi last minute solo trip to Italy the last week of August/ beginning of September. There are so many incredible cities, but have come narrowed it down to the following stops:

Fly into Rome, then to Florence, then to Cinque Terre, then would love to Bergamo/Dolomites area. Wine, good food, and great views are my goal.

1. Public transportation seems to be great over there, but with this itinerary should I rent a car? The only spot that concerns me for parking, etc. mainly in Cinque Terre is Cinque Terre since I don’t plan to spend too much time in the larger cities

2. Any recommendations on spots that I am missing? Love the walkability, hiking aspect of many of the locations.

3. Any recommendations on where to stay in Cinque Terre or Dolomites area? Any amazing experiences at hotels? Preferences between hotels vs air bnbs?

4. Has anyone used any app, program, watched any youtube videos that helped them learn words and phrases to help get around over there?

Any and all advice/ recommendations are welcome! First time to Europe so incredibly excited. Thanks!!

If you’re affected by Barclays’ crypto ban, it’s essential to stay informed about changes in banking policies and explore alternative banks that may better align with your crypto-trading goals. Furthermore, keeping an eye on regulatory developments could provide insights into how the landscape might evolve and better equip you to make decisions about your financial dealings.

So, while Barclays’ move feels like a bump in the road for crypto enthusiasts in the UK, it also underscores the importance of staying adaptable in the ever-changing world of digital finance. Stay informed, stay safe, and continue to explore the opportunities that the crypto world has to offer.

I am pleased to introduce [`treemind`](https://github.com/sametcopur/treemind/), a high-performance Python library for interpreting tree-based models.

Whether you’re auditing models, debugging feature behavior, or exploring feature interactions, `treemind` provides a robust and scalable solution with meaningful visual explanations.

* **Feature Analysis** Understand how individual features influence model predictions across different split intervals.
* **Interaction Detection** Automatically detect and rank pairwise or higher-order feature interactions.
* **Model Support** Works seamlessly with LightGBM, XGBoost, CatBoost, scikit-learn, and perpetual.
* **Performance Optimized** Fast even on deep and wide ensembles via Cython-backed internals.
* **Visualizations** Includes a plotting module for interaction maps, importance heatmaps, feature influence charts, and more.

**Installation**

pip install treemind

**One-Dimensional Feature Explanation**

Each row in the table shows how the model behaves within a specific range of the selected feature.
The `value` column represents the average prediction in that interval, making it easier to identify which value ranges influence the model most.

| worst_texture_lb | worst_texture_ub | value | std | count |
|——————|——————|———–|———-|———|
| -inf | 18.460 | 3.185128 | 8.479232 | 402.24 |
| 18.460 | 19.300 | 3.160656 | 8.519873 | 402.39 |
| 19.300 | 19.415 | 3.119814 | 8.489262 | 401.85 |
| 19.415 | 20.225 | 3.101601 | 8.490439 | 402.55 |
| 20.225 | 20.360 | 2.772929 | 8.711773 | 433.16 |

**Feature Plot**

https://preview.redd.it/cbmyl38y7oef1.png?width=1189&format=png&auto=webp&s=5c7657a74bdebf5c51332ddc856f5de3d5583de9

#

**Two Dimensional Interaction Plot**

The plot shows how the model’s prediction varies across value combinations of two features. It highlights regions where their joint influence is strongest, revealing important interactions.

https://preview.redd.it/2zb1ra5h8oef1.png?width=943&format=png&auto=webp&s=6b1149795ce202f50f47f0264013eb225e09de2c

# Learn More

* Documentation: [https://treemind.readthedocs.io](https://treemind.readthedocs.io)
* Github: [https://github.com/sametcopur/treemind/](https://github.com/sametcopur/treemind/)
* Algorithm Details: [How It Works](https://treemind.readthedocs.io/en/latest/algorithm.html)
* Benchmarks: [Performance Evaluation](https://treemind.readthedocs.io/en/latest/experiments/experiment_main.html)

Feedback and contributions are welcome. If you’re working on model interpretability, we’d love to hear your thoughts.

I can no longer use WhatsApp Business. They’ve been blocking my account because I receive too many messages every day.

I work with my team doing university assignments for people who don’t have the time or who don’t understand the material because their professors don’t explain it well.

I’m afraid to open a WhatsApp API account because, according to what I’ve asked the AI, Meta could block my account if they find out that I do assignments for others, since “it goes against Meta’s policies.”

I want to know how real this is.

If I open the WhatsApp API, could Meta block my account if they find out that my team and I are doing university assignments for others?

# During trial in 2010, when asked whether a certain businessman had a personal relationship with him and communicated with him around minors, Epstein declined to answer and pleaded the 5th, 6th, and 14th amendments

Hi guys, what do you think are the best offers for ecomm brands to increase the AOV? Current

Current AOV is $34 with 25% OFF a single product (handbag). This one worked well until meta decided to roll out new AI updates. because of that the cost of meta ads has gone up drastically so the AOV needs to be increased. I have tested Buy 2 get 1 Free but it didn’t work too well. Now I’m testing 2 For 1 with higher base price of $55.

I’m also considering testing a bundle offer 20% OFF single product, 40% OFF 2 and 50% OFF 3 or more.

Normally customers buy the bag in multiple colours as they get a lot of everyday use out of it.

Would appreciate your your thoughts on this one.

I am considering doing RL as a service for companies looking to finetune LLMs, and I have doubts. It is a lot more compute-intensive. it promises data efficiency, but training is more unstable, it is less straightforward to debug, and there are so many moving parts in infra and environment setup that make reproducibility very difficult unless you just have the compute to scale. was wondering how far RL for agents is from adoption? are there people experimenting with this in your work/training custom reasoning models? is it worth it?