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Someone Stole My Domain Name: Here’s What You Do

Posted on January 4, 2023 Written by Bill Hartzer

Updated January 4, 2023

Domain Name Stolen Perl dot com Domain Name Theft
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 stolen recently, especially as the value of domain names goes up. After all, some domain names are selling hundreds of thousands of dollars. So, it’s imperative that you protect this valuable digital asset that you own. If you suddenly find that someone stole your domain name from you, then you need to act quickly. The longer you wait the more difficult it will be to recover. Here’s what you need to do if someone stole your domain name: [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Domain Names

Web Hosting Services Market to Grow to $254.86 Billion by 2029

Posted on December 13, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

Web Hosting Services Market to Grow at a Surprising Growth of USD 254.86 Billion by 2029

The global web hosting services market was valued at $78.44 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach $254.86 billion by 2029. Data Bridge Market Research has recently published a report titled, “Web Hosting Services Market”. [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Internet Usage

This SEO Blog Post Was Written by ChatGPT

Posted on December 8, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

blog post written by chatgpt

This blog post about search engine optimization and ranking in the top search engine results pages at Google was written by ChatGPT. Given the recent launch of ChatGPT, I thought I'd take a look at the quality of the content that it writes. Search … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Search Engine Optimization

Facebook Rolling Out Facebook Articles

Posted on December 7, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

Starting today, I noticed that on my personal Facebook account, when logged in, I am no longer able to make a Facebook post. Instead, there is an options for Article, Live Video, or Photo/video. Clicking on the Article option, it takes me to a new … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Social Media

Doing SEO is Better Than…

Posted on December 6, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

SEO is better than

I recently asked a bunch of SEOs about SEO (search engine optimization). I wanted to know what doing SEO is better than, and asked them to finish the sentence. Doing SEO is better than ----- (fill in the blank). Here is what they said. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Search Engine Optimization

Tucows and GoDaddy Report Q3 2022 Results

Posted on November 6, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

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 … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Domain Names

How to Measure App Events Sourced by Organic Search and SEO

Posted on September 20, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

Branch.io SEO App Attribution

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 … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Web Analytics

Google Allegedly Eavesdrops and Monitors the Brain 24 hours a Day to Control Humanity

Posted on September 14, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

Google 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]

Filed Under: Google

Why You Shouldn’t Hire SEOs Based on An Email

Posted on September 13, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

unsolicited email for seo services

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]

Filed Under: Search Engine Optimization

Global SEO Market to Reach $122.11 Billion by 2028

Posted on September 9, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

global seo market

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]

Filed Under: Search Engine Optimization

Bluehost Launches New Commerce Solutions for WordPress

Posted on September 8, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

E-Commerce: Bluehost, WordPress, WooCommerce, and YITH

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]

Filed Under: Marketing

Which CMS? How to Choose the Best CMS for Your Purposes

Posted on August 29, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

Which CMS?

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]

Filed Under: Marketing

Accidental SEO Manager: Interview with Ash Nallawalla

Posted on August 15, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

Accidental SEO Manager: Managing SEO Teams, Agencies, and Websites that Sell (Tapping Organic Leads for Profit Book 1)

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]

Filed Under: Podcast

Sometimes Google Isn’t Family Friendly

Posted on August 1, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

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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]

Filed Under: Google

Something’s Seriously Wrong with Facebook Notifications

Posted on July 12, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

facebook nitification

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]

Filed Under: Social Media

Facebook Internet Tracking Settlement

Posted on June 24, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

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]

Filed Under: Social Media

RankSense Acquired by SEOClarity

Posted on June 1, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

  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]

Filed Under: Search Engine Optimization

LinkedIn Links, Digital Marketing News, and SEO Questions Answered

Posted on May 9, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

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]

Filed Under: Podcast

GoDaddy Ending Forwarding of Existing Shortened Links

Posted on May 5, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

godaddy link shorteners going away

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]

Filed Under: Domain Names

7 Ways to Protect Your Domain Name

Posted on March 31, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

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]

Filed Under: Domain Names

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Recent Posts

  • Someone Stole My Domain Name: Here’s What You Do January 4, 2023
  • Web Hosting Services Market to Grow to $254.86 Billion by 2029 December 13, 2022
  • This SEO Blog Post Was Written by ChatGPT December 8, 2022
  • Facebook Rolling Out Facebook Articles December 7, 2022
  • Doing SEO is Better Than… December 6, 2022
  • Tucows and GoDaddy Report Q3 2022 Results November 6, 2022
  • How to Measure App Events Sourced by Organic Search and SEO September 20, 2022
  • Google Allegedly Eavesdrops and Monitors the Brain 24 hours a Day to Control Humanity September 14, 2022
  • Why You Shouldn’t Hire SEOs Based on An Email September 13, 2022
  • Global SEO Market to Reach $122.11 Billion by 2028 September 9, 2022
  • Bluehost Launches New Commerce Solutions for WordPress September 8, 2022
  • Which CMS? How to Choose the Best CMS for Your Purposes August 29, 2022
  • Accidental SEO Manager: Interview with Ash Nallawalla August 15, 2022
  • Sometimes Google Isn’t Family Friendly August 1, 2022
  • Something’s Seriously Wrong with Facebook Notifications July 12, 2022
  • Facebook Internet Tracking Settlement June 24, 2022
  • RankSense Acquired by SEOClarity June 1, 2022
  • LinkedIn Links, Digital Marketing News, and SEO Questions Answered May 9, 2022
  • GoDaddy Ending Forwarding of Existing Shortened Links May 5, 2022
  • 7 Ways to Protect Your Domain Name March 31, 2022

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