Tucows and GoDaddy have both recently reported their Q3 2022 financial results. For Tucows, net revenue for the third quarter of 2022 increased 2.8% to $78.1 million from $75.9 million for the third quarter of 2021. For GoDaddy, GoDaddy delivered another $1 billion revenue quarter, along with 2% year-over-year growth in net income and 15% year-over-year growth in operating profit. [Continue reading]
How to Measure App Events Sourced by Organic Search and SEO
Branch has released an SEO App Attribution measurement that allows you to measure app events that originated from a search engine result. This has long been an issue with the measurement of the ROI of SEO (search engine optimization) campaigns, in that it’s been impossible, traditionally, to measure events in apps that originate from search engine results pages. [Continue reading]
Google Allegedly Eavesdrops and Monitors the Brain 24 hours a Day to Control Humanity
Okay, I get a good number of spam emails and occasionally I get some very odd emails. And I've come across some people who have a lot to say about Google. There are a lot of rumors out there about Google's privacy practices, what they monitor, what … [Continue reading]
Why You Shouldn’t Hire SEOs Based on An Email
There is a reason why you generally should not hire anyone representing themselves as an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) professional if they send you an unsolicited email. In other words, if they send you an email saying that they can improve your … [Continue reading]
Global SEO Market to Reach $122.11 Billion by 2028
According to a report released by Research and Markets, the worldwide SEO market will reach $122.11 million in 2028. This represents a 9.6% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). The SEO market growth is expected to be driven by the emergence of digital … [Continue reading]
Bluehost Launches New Commerce Solutions for WordPress
Bluehost has launched its new commerce solutions that make it easier for their customers to launch online stores using WordPress. Bluehost is adding YITH plugins and WooCommerce. YITH is an independent developer of WooCommerce plugins. WooCommerce … [Continue reading]
Which CMS? How to Choose the Best CMS for Your Purposes
The global CMS (Content Management System) market share will reach $123.5 billion in revenue by 2026. There are a lot of players out there, some with a larger market share than others. If you haven’t heard of a CMS, it’s what’s used to build and … [Continue reading]
Accidental SEO Manager: Interview with Ash Nallawalla
On the 85th episode of the Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer podcast, I spoke with Ash Nallawalla, the author of the book titled "Accidental SEO Manager: Managing SEO Teams, Agencies, and Websites that Sell (Tapping Organic Leads for Profit Book … [Continue reading]
Sometimes Google Isn’t Family Friendly
Sometimes Google is not very family friendly. I mean, we all know that you can turn on and turn off Google's SafeSearch feature. Their SafeSearch feature might not apply to events, though. I don't currently have the SafeSearch filter on, since I … [Continue reading]
Something’s Seriously Wrong with Facebook Notifications
Something is seriously wrong with Facebook's notifications. I mean, it's not dangerously wrong, but there is something not right with how Facebook and what Facebook decides is important to someone who you're Facebook friends with. Let me show you a … [Continue reading]
Facebook Internet Tracking Settlement
If you were a Facebook User (had a Facebook account) and used that account between April 22, 2010 and September 16, 2011 and visited a non-Facebook website that displayed the Facebook button, you may be eligible for a payment from a Facebook Internet … [Continue reading]
RankSense Acquired by SEOClarity
RankSense, a company founded in 2015 by the late Hamlet Batista, has been acquired by SEOClarity. SEOClarity is an enterprise SEO platform that combines world-class data, AI insights, and execution. … [Continue reading]
LinkedIn Links, Digital Marketing News, and SEO Questions Answered
In this week's Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer Podcast, I talked about the new LinkedIn links in your profile, digital marketing news, and answered some SEO questions. If you're like to join the Facebook Live every week, I'm live on Facebook via … [Continue reading]
GoDaddy Ending Forwarding of Existing Shortened Links
GoDaddy is ending the forwarding of existing GoDaddy shortened links. So, if you were (or are) using one of GoDaddy's shortened links, then after June 4, 2022 the shortened links will no longer work. … [Continue reading]
7 Ways to Protect Your Domain Name
As you may (or may not) know, I run a company called DNProtect. We protect domain names, offer a domain name protection service, but also recover stolen domain names. Unfortunately recovering domain names takes up quite a bit of my time, as it's … [Continue reading]
Majestic Withdrawing from the Russian Market
Majestic, the link intelligence data tool, is withdrawing from the Russian market effective immediately. They will no longer provide link intelligence data for customer located in Russia. … [Continue reading]
Sedo Suspends Parking for Domains Under .RU and .BY
Sedo, the domain name parking and aftermarket place, has suspended trading and parking for domain names under .RU and .BY. In addition, they are currently unable to serve customers residing in Russia or Belarus, as well as corresponding bank … [Continue reading]
Someone Stole My Domain Name: Here’s What You Do
Someone stole the domain name Perl.com. They thought it was just a domain name snafu, but in fact it was stolen, transferred from one domain name registrar to another without the owner's permission. I am seeing more and more domain names get … [Continue reading]
Stolen Domain Name Patterns.com Returned to Owner
The stolen domain name Patterns.com has been returned to its owner. The domain name was stolen from Cosmic Patterns Software, Inc. via their Network Solutions domain name registrar account. The thief and hacker accessed the account and transferred … [Continue reading]
Namecheap Terminating Services to Russian Customers
In a Tweet today, Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall expressed his concern over the current situation occurring in Ukraine. As a result of current events, Namecheap is terminating services to Russian customers. They will also begin blocking internet … [Continue reading]