I’ve now used both ChatGPT and Google Bard, which are two distinct AI tools. Which do you think is better, ChatGPT or Google Bard? Well, both have their own unique qualities and features. I asked both ChatGPT and Google Bard the same questions, and here are the differences between the two. I’ll let you decide which is better, ChatGPT or Google Bard. [Continue reading]
Many popular web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Safari, and Firefox are now notifying users when they try to load a website that is not secure. If you try to go to a domain name that has no SSL certificate set up, you’ll get a warning message telling you the website you’re about to visit is not secure. This is a big deal for anyone who owns a domain name, especially if your domain name is just parked and doesn’t currently have a website on it. [Continue reading]
Google is finally sunsetting their Google Glass product. They had discontinued support for Google Glass a while back, but they're finally going to stop supporting Google Glass Enterprise Edition. The Google Glass Enterprise Edition was mostly being … [Continue reading]
Microsoft is shutting down the Microsoft Teams Free Classic version on April 12, 2023. This is just over one month's notice of the shut down, which is not a lot of time for most users to decide if they want to upgrade or not. … [Continue reading]
There is a post on Reddit that details how a business owner lost their domain name because they relied on GoDaddy's Auto Renew service to renew their domain name. Their credit card failed to be charged, and they lost the domain name. … [Continue reading]
dotDB is NOT shutting down. Emails were sent out, apparently, to dotDB registered users claiming that dotDB was shutting down. However, a statement on the dotDB website (see above) claims that a spammer sent out those emails claiming that the website … [Continue reading]
Updated January 4, 2023 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 … [Continue reading]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
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 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]