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Bill Hartzer

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Results of Removing My Google My Business Listing

Posted By Bill Hartzer on March 17, 2020at 11:05 am

remove google my business listing - 7 months

Every month, there are over 5 billion searches on Google for restaurants. 3 billion searches for hotels. 1 billion searches for clothing stores. 600 searches for hair and beauty salons. 5 million searches for coffee shops (Google My Business data, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Google

Domain Name Influencers to Follow on Twitter

Posted By Bill Hartzer on March 9, 2020at 4:24 pm

domain name influencers

Updated March 9, 2020 A recent discussion about the best Domain Name industry Twitter accounts got me thinking--there are a lot more domain name influencers on Twitter than be put into one Tweet. Even though there are a lot of characters available … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Domain Names

Google’s Tips for Hiring an SEO Specialist

Posted By Bill Hartzer on March 5, 2020at 9:34 am

By Bill Hartzer, March 5, 2020 at 9:33am CST. Google Webmasters produced a video about hiring an SEO specialist. In the video, they give some good tips about what you should look for when hiring an SEO. For example, they suggest that you shouldn't … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Search Engine Optimization

Hitwise is Shutting Down

Posted By Bill Hartzer on February 18, 2020at 2:39 pm

by Bill Hartzer, February 18, 2020 at 2:38pm CST Hitwise, the internet data company that has helped global brands and agencies understand how consumers think, search, book, and buy online, is shutting down. In a statement published on their … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Marketing

NoFollow Links in Press Releases? How To Revise Your Press Release Strategy

Posted By Bill Hartzer on February 18, 2020at 7:54 am

Years ago (way back in 2013), Google took the position that press releases were simply link schemes, advertorials for a business. Therefore, all links in press releases should have the nofollow attribute added to the links, so that the press release … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Public Relations

Google AdSense Extortion: Pay or Google Will Disable AdSense

Posted By Bill Hartzer on February 17, 2020at 11:43 am

google adsense extortion

By Bill Hartzer, February 17, 2020 at 11:33am CST A disturbing new extortion is being sent via email to website publishers who participate in the Google AdSense program. The publisher receives an email, telling them that if they do not pay a … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Google

Scammers Using Craigslist to Gain Access to Google Accounts

Posted By Bill Hartzer on February 7, 2020at 9:34 am

google account craigslist scam

By Bill Hartzer, February 7, 2020 at 9:22am CST. Scammers are using Craigslist ads to try to gain access to your Google Account. When the victim places an ad on Craigslist, they respond, asking to call them. Once they have the phone number of the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Google

33 Speakers to Meet and See at Pubcon Austin 2020

Posted By Bill Hartzer on February 5, 2020at 11:42 am

Bill Hartzer Michelle Dvorak-Held Advanced Auditing SEO and Social

By Bill Hartzer, February 5, 2020 at 11:39am CST Before many industry conferences and before a lot of the conferences I attend, I hand-pick a list of speakers to meet and see. This list is completely in random order, not in order of … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Search Engine Marketing Events

SEMPO Absorbed by Digital Analytics Association

Posted By Bill Hartzer on February 3, 2020at 9:40 am

SEMPO DAA

By Bill Hartzer, February 3, 2020 at 9:25am CST. SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization, has been absorbed into the Digital Analytics Association. Both associations agreed that there were ultimately going to be more … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Search Engine Marketing

Digital Marketer Uses Offline Marketing to Get a Date

Posted By Bill Hartzer on January 31, 2020at 10:15 am

Single date Mark Rofe

By Bill Hartzer, posted January 31, 2020 at 10:10am CST Digital marketer Mark Rofe, sick and tired of using dating apps that weren't working for him, purchased a billboard to promote himself. Mr. Rofe also set up a website, as well, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Branding

Avast Closing Jumpshot, Some SEO Tool Providers Affected

Posted By Bill Hartzer on January 30, 2020at 1:54 pm

rand fishkin jumpshot

Avast, a digital security products company, has announced that they are shutting down Jumpshot, a company that has provided "digital intelligence from within the Internet’s most valuable walled gardens". There apparently were some questions about how … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Marketing

Google App Maker is Shutting Down

Posted By Bill Hartzer on January 27, 2020at 3:57 pm

Google App Market Shutting Down

Google is shutting down Google App Maker, a tool that allows you to make custom apps for your business. App Maker is included with G Suite Business and Enterprise editions, as well as with G Suite for Education. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Google

Kobe Bryant Dead – TMZ Website Down

Posted By Bill Hartzer on January 26, 2020at 2:24 pm

TMZ Website Down

Certainly no one expected this. A Sunday morning helicopter crash with NBA star Kobe Bryant aboard. TMZ, the entertainment news service that first broke the news of Kobe Bryant's death, did not expect this either. The website is getting so much … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Marketing

WeLeakInfo.com Search Engine Seized by US Government

Posted By Bill Hartzer on January 17, 2020at 2:24 pm

weleakinfo.com

The search engine called WeLeakInfo.com has been seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice. WeLeakInfo.com was a website that sold access to hacked personal information and account logins. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Search Engines

SEO Testing: TLD Bias in Search

Posted By Bill Hartzer on January 17, 2020at 1:09 pm

As a search engine optimization (SEO) and domain name consultant, one of the questions I get asked most often about domain names is whether or not the domain name or TLD (Top Level Domain) matters. Will the domain name ending have an effect on SEO or … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Domain Names

Google to Require TLS 1.2 or Higher on SSL Websites

Posted By Bill Hartzer on January 14, 2020at 12:00 pm

google chrome TLS 1.2 message

Starting in January 2020 (this month), Google Chrome will start warning users when they visit websites that are not using TLS 1.2 or higher on their secure website. This is a change in Google's policy about SSL secure HTTPs websites, as they … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Google

Google Search Console URL Inspection Tool is Down

Posted By Bill Hartzer on January 13, 2020at 3:11 pm

url inspection tool

The URL Inspection Tool inside Google Search Console is down. Requests made to Inspect Any URL that is on a verified website in Google's Search Console has a message saying that you need to try back in a few hours. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Google

Google Invites, Then Un-Invites, Users to Google Cameos

Posted By Bill Hartzer on December 18, 2019at 4:02 pm

Apparently Google mistakenly sent out invites to their highly-sought-after Google Cameos app, then promptly un-invited many of those same people. In the second email, they claim that they made a mistake. Google Cameos is an invite-only Google App … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Google

Sales Calls Selling Amazon Alexa Voice Search Listings

Posted By Bill Hartzer on December 12, 2019at 1:11 pm

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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]

Filed Under: Local Search

Influencer Gets 14 Years in Federal Prison for Hijacking Domain Name

Posted By Bill Hartzer on December 10, 2019at 11:26 am

social media influencer 14 years domain name

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]

Filed Under: Domain Names

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