“Money doesn’t matter”. (of course it does, but to a lesser extent)
Extreme stiff SEO competition, all the high profile affiliates are in there.
Affiliate industries, often large companies working as affiliates these days.
Negative SEO happening
Hacking and other #INFOSEC incidents happening
DDOS happening
Traffic/Analytics spoofing happening
You can sense, that there’s tough bandages in these industries.
These are also the industries where link buying is not only a daily routine, but also ongoing disavowing of previously good links that became toxic.
Typically SEOs in all high margin industries utilize paid links.
Examples of High Margin Industries
The following industries are typical industries with high margin
Software downloads
VPN Tools, Services, Privacy-promising products
Lawyers e.g. for Car Accidents, Personal Injustry, DIU, Asbestos Cancer/Mesothelioma
Cryptocurrencies and brokerages
Investment schemes
“Second Passwort”, Expedited Immigration, “Golden” Visa and related services
Payday Loans/Cash Advances
Credit Cards
Loads & Mortgages to some extend/country
Pharmaceutical
CBD / Marijuana
Casino, Poker, Slots and other online gambling
and as you read thru this it sounds similar to the list of industries banned from Adwords.
And in fact, a lot of those industries are not only relying on SEO only, but are also very high margin and very competitive (and even illegal in some cases).
Alcohol
Counterfeit goods (fake brand sneakers from China, for example)