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Google Loses Blogspot.In Domain Name

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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 create and post on your own blog. Blogspot.in is the India version of Blogspot, each Blogspot blog was redirected to the local version (typically a ccTLD). So, someone viewing a blogspot blog in India would be redirected to username.blogspot.in. [Continue reading]

Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer Podcast

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Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer

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.

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google vs netlist

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

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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

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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]

Jumpshot Keyword Data Update: Ahrefs

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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

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GoDaddy credit error 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

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schema.org 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]

Bing Places Adds New Features

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Bing Announcements

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]

Google to Require Advertiser Verification

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Google will soon require that advertisers verify their identity before advertising on their ad network. In a blog post, Google explains that they're committed to transparency, and "users transparency, choice and control when it comes to the ads they … [Continue reading]