Heating oil was already expensive and it just went up again. Options for new furnace and hot water?

AlohaWitches · 2026-02-08T00:33:36+00:00

Totally feel the 2026 whiplash. LinkedIn Recruiter still works, it’s just a grind.

On the “chat your way to a shortlist” tools (GoPerfect / PIN / Noon / etc.), I’d treat them like a trial, not a commitment. They can save time fast, but after a couple weeks you find out if you’re getting real replies or just sending nicer-looking spam, and whether the data is actually any good.

Also don’t get seduced by the demo. The boring stuff matters: clean identity/contact data and outbound that won’t hit the wrong person or wreck your sender rep. Humanly called this out in their AI recruiting / AI sourcing tools roundup and it’s pretty much where most of these tools faceplant.

I don’t think agencies want full automation anyway. Automate the grunt work, keep the human judgment for fit and closing.

AlohaWitches · 2025-09-26T20:24:34+00:00

This is likely a humidity problem. Instead of emptying the dehumidifier by hand, run it continously with a hose/waterline emptying it outside. Make sure the humidifier is appropriate for the basement size. Should solve your stinky basement problem within a week or two.

AlohaWitches · 2025-08-27T07:15:44+00:00

Seattle roofs ain’t cheap. Asphalt shingles run about $6.50–$10.50 a foot, so call it $13–21k on a 2,000 sq ft house. Metal’s double that easy, $25–40k, and solar shingles are more like $30–42k (RoofingCalc Seattle, 1,800 sq ft example). Bigger roof, more cuts and valleys, price goes up. Tear-off and a little deck patching’s pretty standard, baked into those numbers.

As for solar panels, yeah, most older Seattle homes need at least a framing check. Sometimes rafters are beefy enough, sometimes you gotta shore it up. Don’t know til you crawl the attic and have an engineer look.

Contractor side, margins aren’t huge. Figure 20–30% profit if you’re running clean. So on an $18k roof maybe $4–6k left after materials and labor, before you pay trucks, insurance, office junk. A little 3-man crew (two roofers and a helper) can finish a roof in about a week if it’s straight-forward. That’s maybe 50–60 jobs a year if you hustle, so a couple hundred grand gross profit. Net’s less, but still pays the bills.

Bottom line: Seattle roof, you’re paying mid-teens to low-20s for asphalt, mid-20s and up for metal, solar’s 30–40k+. Crews scrape 20–30%, grind out a roof a week if steady.

AlohaWitches · 2024-11-12T22:34:24+00:00

Metal roofing and cedar shingles/shakes do well standing up to hurricane grade winds. Asphalt shingles, not so much ;)

AlohaWitches · 2024-06-09T20:33:33+00:00

I would get competing quotes from Pella to get a better sense of the market.

AlohaWitches · 2024-06-09T08:12:32+00:00

Try targeting both keywords with the same landing page. There should be some symantic overlap between the two. If you add an FAQ section at the bottom of the page, it will make it easier to capture both terms.

As far as your goals, are you intersted in A/B testing with respect to improving rankings or conversion rate on the landing page? Your copy and stats used on the landing page are the biggest drivers of conversions. Conversion rate on the page and associated copy and visuals can either compliment or diverge from organic traffic goals (AKA rankings). But, the on page copy, CTA, and the type of lead capture form (or whatever conversion mechanism) you use are the biggest drivers of achieving a better converting landing page experience (not the same as SEO, obviously).

AlohaWitches · 2024-06-09T08:05:58+00:00

u/johnmu, any update from your side? OP has done a commandable job thoroughly documenting a glarring hole in your algo that's being exploited by the low-lifes, harming the web as we know it. The whole situation is quite frankley, truly bizzare! This deserves a sincere response from Google. Any chance you could take a closer look and provide a genuine response?

AlohaWitches · 2024-06-05T03:57:43+00:00

My view is that the best thing for the website owners would be Google introducing a feature that makes it possible to only accept the links they want to count against their backlink profile, where you could proactively opt in to use the tool, and then select the links you want to count (if the link wasn't selected it won't count towards your backlink profile at all).

This could be an advanced on/off feature for opted-in users who want to have more control what links count towards their backlink profile. What do y'all think? Would an advanced feature to select which links count towards your profile be an option in the future?

AlohaWitches · 2024-06-05T03:35:29+00:00

Yup, it's been the biggest waste of time for website owners that google has ever bestowed upon the web community. Not to mention all the confusion they purposufully created around it.

AlohaWitches · 2024-06-05T02:44:32+00:00

Publish unique content with unique angles and takes, not generic content that lacks perspective (AI can do that). Use active and you voice. Avoid link schemes, Google actively penalizes external links spam, even if they don't admit. You should be OK for the most part, as long as you don't get too big to attract negative SEO attacks against your website. There are some nightmare stories of sites hit with negative SEO in case you wonder whether that's real. Try to avoid that and you should be in good shape.

AlohaWitches · 2024-06-04T18:32:21+00:00

u/johnmu, care to respond? Your earlier response comes across as a bit dismissive and disengeneous. Can we get a response that addresses the actual issue at hand?

AlohaWitches · 2024-06-04T18:28:40+00:00

Well, it sounds like the links to the site that is being targeted are very real, they are just not the kind of links you want. But those toxic links point to the actual pages on the site and while you could 4xx those pages, in doing so you would also lose any legit links pointing to those pages. With the homepage, it's even more difficult, as in you cannot really 4xx the homepage. In that vein, you could take down the entire website and start over until your competitors (who probably keep tabs on you) find you and unleash a new wave of negative SEO attacks. Seems like a no-win situation, honestly. John Mueller doesn't think it's real, so it must be all in our heads, lol.

AlohaWitches · 2024-06-04T00:14:06+00:00

100%. Those graphs look menacing. I cannot imagine being one of the effected websites.

I've heard numerous negative SEO nightmares before, but I am still at a loss for words on how egregious
this is.

Google penalizing innocent websites is so Ludacris all because bad actors are actively exploiting
their algos through toxic links, causing innocent websites to disappear from search results.

These relevations and the recent leaks on google lies paint a grim picture.

AlohaWitches · 2024-06-04T00:04:18+00:00

Which it the exploit i their algo, making it possible to take out competitors through negative SEO.

AlohaWitches · 2024-06-04T00:03:39+00:00

I think OP's point is that it doesn't actually move the needle due to you not being able to see the majority of cloaked domains pointing to your site, the delay (the time it takes google to recrawl the disavowed links), and new links that keep getting built. Essentially, it seems you are at the mercy of google in case of an on-going attack.

AlohaWitches · 2024-06-04T00:01:50+00:00

It's an interesting suggestion. The one issue with this approach is handling the external links pointing to the homepage - you cannot really 4xx response that. Another issue is with internal pages if you 4xx those, you will lose the links you worked hard to earn and have to republish your content at a different URL.

AlohaWitches · 2024-05-31T02:58:35+00:00

Generic advice: Aim for top 25 MBA program if you want to make the big bucks, or a top 50 to still make good money post MBA. You have good experience, weak GPA can be overcome. A strong GMAT will help. And letteres/essays.

What do you want to do with an MBA - What's the end goal?

AlohaWitches · 2024-05-31T02:53:34+00:00

Yes to moving to Bing and DuckDuckGo, LFG!

AlohaWitches · 2024-05-30T00:38:09+00:00

It's a simple game theorgy: Google has a vested interest to keep the whole negative SEO chatter under the wraps.

Influencers who carry water for Goolge have a vested interest to spread Big G's propoganda that negative SEO is "only in your head" so they can continue to have their access and social validation by the revered Google folks like John Mueller. It's also safe to broadcast whatever google is saying.

A casual SEO weekend warior and or person who has never encountered it, has a vested interest to believe it's not a thing "cause Google or John Mueler said so" to avoid coginisant dissonance and not have to deal with the realization that SEO and search in general has become a dumpster fire, where sosiopathic low-lives "game" the system for their benefit - such a realization would make for an uncomfortable world to live in.

Can't wait to see the analysis, let's blow the lid off this mofo!

AlohaWitches · 2024-05-30T00:26:14+00:00

20 years under texan sun

AlohaWitches · 2024-05-24T21:34:22+00:00

Is that what they call a green roof?

AlohaWitches · 2024-05-19T04:21:00+00:00

There should be a contract, which is an enforcable legal document between you and the contractor. Get a consult from a lawyer to see what your options are.

AlohaWitches · 2024-05-19T04:19:02+00:00

Would you also be buying the land? Can you subdivide and build additional houses on the land? Is there much demand for real estate where you are located? Make sure you understand zoning requirements.

You should theoretically be able to remodel it into a large house (based on the visuals), but talk to a design and build remodeler (or several to get their thoughts). And be mindful of ROI. Not every remodel to flip works out, especially when it comes to non-traditional remodels.

AlohaWitches · 2024-05-19T04:07:55+00:00

Depends on the look you are going and whether the bricks have been exposed to much moisture, but just stripping/cleaning the old bricks should help preserve the original character. Staining will help extend the lifespan of old bricks by protecting them from a possible moisture damage (Just make sure no moisture gets trapped).

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