When a $350-$500 Guest Post Delivered Zero Traffic for Six Months - How That Moment Ended My CTR Manipulation Experiment
https://stateofseo.com/is-the-absence-of-clickstream-and-engagement-signals-holding-you-back-from-growth/
I paid $350 to $500 for a guest post and watched it generate exactly zero traffic from April through September. That blank line on the referral report was a gut punch and a wake-up call