Local businesses are getting unsolicited sales calls from a company saying they're from Amazon Alexa. The local business apparently can purchase a listing on Amazon Alexa for a one-time fee of $69 plus a monthly maintenance fee of only $19 per month. … [Continue reading]
A social media influencer has been sentenced to 14 years in United States Federal prison for the attempted hijacking of a GoDaddy domain name. According to a United States DOJ press release, "Rossi Lorathio Adams II, age 27, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, … [Continue reading]
Google AdSense is getting rid of their iOS and Android apps in favor more a more favorable mobile experience. According to an email sent out to Google AdSense publishers such as myself, that means that they will no longer support the Google AdSense … [Continue reading]
Network Solutions, a Web.com company, along with Register.com, has suffered a data breach (they got hacked) in late August 2019. They did not discover this data breach until October 16, 2019. They're just notifying customers on November 1, 2019 about … [Continue reading]
The Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association, an organization I helped found back in 2004, is holding it's annual State of Search conference November 4-5, 2019. I'm the conference Chair this year--and it's being held again at the famous … [Continue reading]
I manage several Google My Business accounts for my clients. Google My Business provides data about how many visits the business has received, as well as how many people have seen the local business listing. This data is available for verified … [Continue reading]