Why this number
Influence · what goes into itInfluence 35
5 pieces · weightedAudience reach index — owned channels, blended ·30%Listen Score 36, top 2.5%, percentile against measured peers · verified64
Earned links — distinct registrable domains ·25%no verified count — estimated at the quarter mark until a backlink source is budgeted · imputed25
Third-party appearances — guest credits and verified speaking ·20%12 on file across 1 circuit, worth 77% of full credit once age is taken off · verified48
On-hub resonance — pageviews, citations, detected badge embeds ·15%no traffic here yet — zero for everyone, and the weight is held rather than shared out · verified0
Credit carried from a linked show or company, at half ·10%no show or company of theirs is in the index yet, so there is nothing to carry · verified0
What would raise itOn-hub resonance — pageviews, citations, detected badge embeds is the thinnest piece right now. The fastest fix is verified work from a source that is not yours. The moves worth the most, ranked, are on the score report. Scores update monthly.
And the Innovation number
Innovation · what goes into itInnovation 25
6 pieces · weightedEditorial review, signed ·30%not measured — estimated at the flat quarter mark — only 0 of 1008 were measurable, too few to take an unbiased quartile of · imputed25
Published work × innovation relevance ·25%266 pieces; none of the recent titles were readable, so relevance is credited at nothing · unverified47
Freshness ·15%last published 159 days ago · unverified12
Verified awards and accolades ·12%none with a link on the awarding organisation's own site · verified0
Profile completeness (capped) ·10%5 of 12 fields filled in · verified42
Peer endorsements from claimed profiles ·8%endorsements come from other claimed pages, and nobody has claimed one yet · verified0
What would raise itVerified awards and accolades is the thinnest piece right now. The fastest fix is verified work from a source that is not yours. The moves worth the most, ranked, are on the score report. Scores update monthly.
Who they are
Bruce B. Baird hosts The Productive Dentist Podcast. The feed holds 266 episodes. Nothing new since March 2026.
They turn up by name on 92 episodes of other people’s shows, across 11 shows we index. The most recent is “Episode 249: Victoria Peterson - Helping Dentists Become Investment-Grade Practice Owners” on The Stress-Free Dentist Show, June 2026.
Every line above comes from a page somebody else published, and each one is linked below.
Where you have heard them
80 more episodes name them in full. We list the newest 12 and count the rest rather than printing a wall of links.