Ammon
As for BHW, really? It's like Warrior Forums – mostly speculation with a few bits of really bad and outdated bad practice thrown in.
Syndic8 was the only BH forum I took seriously, and even there you have to know that certain practices are shared because they are of low value, and don't threaten to uncover what the real BHs are doing successfully. 😃

Plugaru
Many years ago I was spending half my day reading SEO blogs. And I was looking forward to watching the WBFs. It was when I quit my programming job to become an SEO. Soon I've realized that there is a fair amount of information rotation and I was virtually just wasting my time. Now I let Social Media filter the good, the bad and the ugly for me )))
However, I still like to read the end-of-year "best articles" some blogs are publishing. Because, in my opinion, the best articles are those which discuss ideas, and not necessarily some specific tactics.
Plugaru
It is sad, however, that many people don't find blogs useful anymore.

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Naveen
Being 'humble'. That's one of the ranking factors Google looks for. And it seems you have got it. Kudos.
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Afraz
I spend to much time thinking about SEO 😂
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Sherman
Courtney, reminds me of phrases like, "The more I know, the less I know", or one I've heard Tony Robbins share one time, "Constant And Never Ending Improvement". I've shared with colleagues that each area in Internet Marketing is it's own University of study/education, be it Keyword Research, Analytics, PR, On-Page, Off-Page, Google My Business (GMB), Email Marketing, Video etc etc, that works for folks like us who enjoy learning. When I hear clients or friends wanting to jump online to try their hand at it, I offer to be a sounding board, but also chuckle internally about the adventure or nightmare they're about to journey 😜😂🤣🚀🚀🚀
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Ammon
When I started out I viewed learning as my primary goal. I'd spend anything up to 8 hours a day on simply reading, practicing and testing, experimenting and learning. Then I'd work anything up to 8 hours until exhausted and sleep.
I have never in the 23 years since felt that I have run out of things to learn, or am close to doing so, so I've never really relaxed about my commitment to learning.
When I'm working for agencies, I prefer to work only part time so that I still have more hours in the week for reading, learning, and my testing and experimenting than I spend just working predictable and tried work.
Now, in the past couple of years I've relaxed a little. I overdid the stress a bit, and had to learn to spend a little more time relaxing with Netflix, or playing games. But I'll still watch things that get my brain thinking, and I play mainly strategy games… I'm incurable.
On average I probably only spend 3-4 hours a day on pure learning and research, and in that I include my time spent helping out in groups like this one, because teaching and explaining things for others is also a way of learning. You learn how to see problems from different perspectives, and you tighten up any loose or fuzzy parts of the knowledge in having to explain it clearly and succinctly to others.
I've had people call me an expert for over a decade, but to me, I see mainly how much there still is to discover and learn, so I call myself an eternal student. Honestly, in a field like SEO or any other aspect of online marketing, you have to be constantly learning, and the only real limitation to that should be how much you can manage and bear. You won't run out of things to learn, and tomorrow yet another whole new technology will come along.
To those who've been impressed by my knowledge and experience, well, that's how I got it. Thousands of hours of time spent gaining it.

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