On this episode of the Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer podcast, I spoke with Naira Perez from SpringHill Digital. We talked about paid media, creating audiences, defining your audience, and potential customers. We also talked about budgets for social media ads when just starting out, and the difference between social paid media, search engine paid media, and native advertising. [Continue reading]
Fake Birth Date Used on Google and Apple Accounts Is on Credit Report
A Reddit user, Reckoner6777, set up a Google Account and an Apple ID with a fake birth date. According to the user, they only used this fake birthdate with Google and Apple. Now, however, that fake birth date is showing up on the user’s credit report. [Continue reading]
What is Bill Hartzer Disease?
What exactly is Bill Hartzer disease, and how do you get it? Is it a real disease? That's a good question, I've been asking myself this for well over 5 years now. Maybe longer than that. Several years ago, when I started searching for my own name, … [Continue reading]
Web Host Agents Sending Fake Invoices for Website Hosting
A company called Web Host Agents continues to send businesses an invoice for web hosting services. The problem is that the invoice is fake, and Web Host Agents doesn't currently host the company's website. It's a fake invoice, a sales tactic that's … [Continue reading]
Duane Forrester On Search Intent and Internal Site Search
On the latest episode of the Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer podcast, I spoke with Duane Forrester of Yext about search intent and internal site search. … [Continue reading]
Google Loses Blogspot.In Domain Name
Google has lost ownership to one of their Blogspot domain names. Blogspot is the former name of the blogging service that allowed bloggers to create and post their own blog for free. Blogspot.com redirects to Blogger.com, where you can continue to … [Continue reading]
Peter Leshaw on In-House Digital Marketing and Dashboards for Reporting
On this episode of the Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer podcast, I spoke with Peter Leshaw, a Digital Marketing Strategist. We talked about in-house digital marketing and the importance of establishing KPIs at the beginning of any digital … [Continue reading]
Mark Traphagen on Schema, Schema Tools, and On Page SEO Tools
In this episode of the Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer podcast, I spoke with Mark Traphagen from SEO Clarity. We discussed Schema Markup for Websites, as well as Schema Markup and On Page SEO tools. Tools mentioned include SEO Clarity's … [Continue reading]
Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer Podcast
In the last Quarter of 2019, I've launched the Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer Podcast. It can be found on most of the popular podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Deezer, Podcast Addict, … [Continue reading]
Google Loses Appeal in Google, LLC vs Netlist, Inc.
Google has lost an appeal to a patent infringement lawsuit that has been ongoing for several years now. The case, Google, LLC vs. Netlist, Inc., is a case where Google argued that a patent owned by Netlist, Inc. was invalid. Google claimed that part … [Continue reading]
Adobe to Remove Flash Player
Adobe will remove the Adobe Flash Player from its website after December 2020. This means that we are essentially seeing the EOL End of Life of the Flash Player. If your website was originally build in Flash and it requires the Flash Player in order … [Continue reading]
Google Continues Its Attack on the URL
Google continues it's attack on the URL so to speak, showing URLs less than they have been in the past. In this latest attack on the URL, Google seems to be "pressing on with new plans to hide all parts of web addresses except the domain name." … [Continue reading]
Grant Simmons on SEO for Large Websites, Partnerships, Indexing, and Ranking New Websites
On the latest episode of the Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer podcast, I spoke with Grant Simmons from Homes.com. We talked about SEO for large websites, the importance of partnerships for traffic, and search engine indexing. Also discussed was … [Continue reading]
Jumpshot Keyword Data Update: Ahrefs
As you might be aware, Avast shut down Jumpshot, and its shutdown affected several keyword research tools that relied on that data. I uncovered some interesting information regarding keyword search volume data while looking at data from some of the … [Continue reading]
GoDaddy Sent Erroneous Credit Notices via Email
The domain name registrar GoDaddy sent emails to some current customers. The email, which was a legitimate email and not a phishing attempt, told the customer that they had a credit on their account. However, what is alarming is that the email being … [Continue reading]
Schema.org is Down
The website Schema.org is down, currently showing a "500 Server Error". A 500 Server Error could be the result of several different things, such as too much traffic for the server to handle, a Denial of Service Attack, or a misconfiguration on the … [Continue reading]
Google Site Kit Gives Attackers Access to Google Search Console
Not long ago, I installed the Google Site Kit WordPress plugin, as it is an official Google WordPress plugin. When you install the plugin, it gives you an easier way to view data from Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google AdSense, and … [Continue reading]
LinkedIn Pages Removed from Google’s Search Engine Results
It appears that Google has removed the www subdomain of LinkedIn from their organic, natural search engine results pages. This is commonly referred to as being banned in Google when pages are removed. Initially we didn't know who removed the pages. … [Continue reading]
PrayerMeeting.com Free Video Conference Platform for Churches and Non-Profits
Epik has launched PrayerMeeting.com, a video conference type of platform that is free. The goal of PrayerMeeting.com is to offer a free video conferencing platform for for Worship Teams and Prayer Leaders. The service offers instant access, no … [Continue reading]
Bing Places Adds New Features
Bing Places for business has added some new features that help local businesses update their Bing Places listings if they were impacted by COVID-19. Bing Places has added Bing Announcements, GoFundMe Campaigns, Special Hours, and Temporarily Closed … [Continue reading]