Recently, individuals have reported receiving scam emails from purported trademark attorneys warning them about potential conflicts over their business names or domain names. One such email claims to be from a firm called “Mark my Rights” and alleges that a client in North Carolina is attempting to trademark a name identical to the recipient’s business name. [Read more…]
Fake reviews are no longer just an inconvenience—they’re a hidden crisis costing consumers and businesses billions of dollars each year. The Transparency Company’s new report reveals the alarming scale of the issue, identifying $300 billion in annual economic damage caused by fraudulent reviews in critical industries like home services, healthcare, and legal services. This isn’t just a corporate problem; it hits home for everyday Americans, with the average household losing $2,385 annually because of deceptive online feedback. [Read more…]
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. [Read more…]
After I speak at conferences and events, I usually upload a copy of my presentation to Slideshare here so people who were at the event and those who weren’t at the event can see my presentation. Well, someone asked me today for a copy of an SEO audit (a template), which I will NOT give out. So, knowing that I don’t give out SEO audit templates or examples, I usually send people to my Slideshare account that has my recent SEO audit presentations which DO include lots of good info on my SEO audits. But today that changed. It seems as if Slideshare as misconfigured their SSL certificate. Take a look at what happens when I try to go to Slideshare: [Read more…]
California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed extortion and money laundering charges against the owners of MugShots.com, the website that gathers mugshots of people who have been arrested and posts them online. Mugshots.com charges the individuals whose mugshots are posted on their website a fee to remove the mugshot photos from their website. The defendants named in the complaint are Sahar Sarid, Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie, Thomas Keesee, and David Usdan. [Read more…]
We all know that SEOs and us digital marketers spend a lot of time sitting in our offices, in front of our laptop or monitors. Sure, we do occasionally answer the phone, but to make the day go by faster and make it more enjoyable we absolutely have to have our tunes going. Most of the time, especially when I’m writing or even reviewing a client’s backlinks, I’ve got some music on. [Read more…]