As you might be aware, I'm a Google Local Guide. Whenever I'm out and about I tend to post reviews and take photos of just about every single establishment, local business, and tourist attraction that I go to. Google Local Guides get points for every … [Continue reading]
When you buy an expired domain name, owning that domain name does not give you the legal right to any other accounts that are associated with that domain name. For example, if you buy a domain name that has an email address that was set up by the … [Continue reading]
Sellers Playbook and Exposure Marketing Company, along with its owners, have been charged by the US Federal Trade Commission and the State of Minnesota with running a large business opportunity scheme. … [Continue reading]
Hartzer Consulting has chosen to exclusively broker a large domain name portfolio of 500 domain names. About 400 of the domain names are in the Home Inspection niche, with the majority of them including a city name along with keywords such as home … [Continue reading]
Google recently renamed Google AdWords to Google Ads recently. Today, when you go to the former Google AdWords page, which was https://adwords.google.com, it redirects you to the new Google Ads page, which is https://ads.google.com/home/. This makes … [Continue reading]
For certain search queries, Google is suggesting HTTP URLs over the preferred HTTPs URLs in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). Certain search queries, such as when an HTTPs URL is put in the search box, will prompt Google to ask if the searcher … [Continue reading]
Want a sure-fire way to dissatisfy users on social media? Show them ads and mess with their private data. According to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI®) 2018 E-Business Report, customer satisfaction with social media as a whole fell … [Continue reading]
I continue to hear it over and over again: people saying that they should always use a .COM domain name for your website. I questioned someone just the other day about their statement. The answer they had was "have you ever seen a non .COM website … [Continue reading]
I don't take negative SEO lightly--it's something that is certainly something that can be difficult to deal with and identify if your website is the victim of a negative SEO attack. In the past week, I've had several different people I know tell me … [Continue reading]
Whenever there is a great upcoming major digital marketing conference or search engine marketing (search marketing) conference, I review all of the speakers. Then, I hand pick the best of the speakers, based on my personal past observations, and come … [Continue reading]
According to Google, this Tweet above is a video. According to Google, tweets that contain animated GIFs (very short videos, usually a few seconds long) are considered to be videos. In the search results, Google is showing a Tweet from someone. … [Continue reading]
The United States FTC (Federal Trade Commission), in coordination with the Better Business Bureau, has charged nine people and corporations based in Canada and the United States with operating a company that made unsolicited telephone calls to small … [Continue reading]
Google is putting a 3-pack of videos in the search results for certain local search queries. The videos that are showing up in the search results 3-pack do not appear to be from YouTube or Google videos. Here is an example of a search query that … [Continue reading]
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged three people and nine businesses with bilking over $125 million from thousands of consumers. The internet marketing scheme, called MOBE (My Online Business Education) aka My Own Business … [Continue reading]
The payments from the class action lawsuit Opperman v. Kong Technologies are being sent out. If you were a member of the class, and you opted to receive your payment in the form of an Amazon gift card, then you may have received or will receive the … [Continue reading]
It's not officially Summer yet, but it's June and my Summer has officially begun. We've opened our pool and have been enjoying the cooler water and shaded pool deck in these 90 degree days here in Texas. Spending hours in the pool and on the pool … [Continue reading]
As I'm sure you're aware by now, on May 25, 2018, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) went into effect. There are still a lot of questions that US-based businesses have, including whether or not they have to comply with GDPR or not. I did … [Continue reading]
What happens in an internet minute in 2018? Well, a lot more that you or I would think. Every year, @LoriLewis and @OfficiallyChadd compile the numbers--and publish the graphic as seen above. … [Continue reading]
The social media network StumbleUpon is shutting down on June 30, 2018. StumbleUpon users are being encouraged to join Mix, another website by the makers of StumbleUpon. … [Continue reading]
Google has had enough when it comes to the Google My Business scammers. They're taking legal action against Kydia Inc. d/b/a BeyondMenu, Point Break Media, LLC (and affiliated entities), and Supreme Marketing Group, Inc. d/b/a Small Business … [Continue reading]
