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DR-18 authority for $165 · 1,027 referring domains · real content since 2003
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John-Foreman.com was the personal site and blog of data scientist and author John Foreman. Wayback captures show a long-running blog, book pages, and data-science writing from 2003 onward. The backlink profile is unusually natural, with references from high-authority publications and educational resources. The domain expired after years of active use, leaving a clean and valuable personal-brand asset.
SEO value
The domain has a strong personal-brand history with natural editorial backlinks and data-science topical relevance. It retains meaningful SEO value for a consultant, author, or analytics educator.
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Backlink quality
Recorded backlink quality is 48/100.
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GoDaddy content classification is not available.
Archive continuity
Largest recorded archive gap is 1,609 days.
Actual links pointing to this domain
| Source page | DR | Anchor and target | Type | Status | |
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ze AI : Will Predictive Models Outliers Be The New Socially Excluded ? | by Zelros AI | Medium zelros.medium.com | 94 | The Perilous World of Machine Learning for Fun and Profit: Pipeline Jungles and Hidden Feedback Loopsjohn-foreman.com/blog/the-perilous-world-of-machine-learning-for-fun-and-profit-pipeline-jungles-and-hidden-feedback-loops | Rendered | Indexed | |
or Data science gophers – O’Reilly oreilly.com | 90 | popular belief and as evidenced by polls and experience (see here and here , for example), data scientists spend most ofjohn-foreman.com/blog/surviving-data-science-at-the-speed-of-hype | Rendered | Indexed | |
di The data scientist debate - new salary data and definitions diginomica.com | 79 | rundown for four (free) big data MOOCs . John Foreman's live introduction to data science is also worth a look .john-foreman.com/1/post/2014/03/a-live-introduction-to-data-science-naive-bayes-and-holt-winters-forecasting.html | Raw HTML | Indexed | |
as Jumping ship from academia to industry - software research datascience | Ask MetaFilter ask.metafilter.com | 77 | deeply about which of those you are most interested in. This blog posts nicely captures how data decision-making teams (which is what Ijohn-foreman.com/blog/surviving-data-science-at-the-speed-of-hype | Raw HTML | Indexed | |
da Hacker News Daily - February 2015 daemonology.net | 73 | Surviving Data Science at the Speed of Hypejohn-foreman.com/blog/surviving-data-science-at-the-speed-of-hype/ | Raw HTML | Indexed |
Websites currently linking to this domain
Showing a stored sample of 3 of 1,027 referring domains reported by Ahrefs.
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| medium.com | 97 | 2 |
| substack.com | 88 | 5 |
| uga.edu | 88 | 2 |
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| data smart book | 10 | 20 |
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Archive verdict
Real content on both sides of the largest gap — consistent with a drop-catch or repurpose. Verify with the linked captures before relying on it.
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of 272 span months
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Largest gap · 1,609 dayscalc
http://www.john-foreman.com/1/post/2013/07/data-science-is-crack-not-milk-act-like-it.html
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Jul 2026 — 120 days and counting.
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