As a part of the ClickZ Academy Onsite Training Workshops held right before the Search Engine Strategies Conference in Chicago, I am teaching a 4 hour workshop on researching, creating, and promoting quality content. Here are the specific details of … [Continue reading]
I can finally officially declare that all search engine submission services are now scams. If you receive an email from anyone claiming to offer search engine submission services or a similar submission service--it is spam and also a scam. … [Continue reading]
Twitter and Facebook, as well as many other social media networks such as Pinterest, both encourage and endorse reverse social media hijacking. The current trademark policies of these social media networks allow (and encourage) trademark holders to … [Continue reading]
LucasFilm brought us Darth Vader in 1977. Now, Darth Vader (as in the domain name DarthVader.com) is now owned by its rightful owner, LucasFilm. Tucows Domain Portfolio Vice President Bill Sweetman commandeered the domain name when it was not renewed … [Continue reading]
Reverse Domain Name Hijacking is "a disgusting practice...", according to Rick Schwartz (aka the Domain King), and co-founder of T.R.A.F.F.I.C.. "I always think about the mom and pop with one domain and their entire lives wrapped up in it. Along … [Continue reading]
The case PA Advisors, LLC v. Google, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. involved a dispute over patented technology related to search engine algorithms and advertising systems. PA Advisors, LLC alleged that Google and Yahoo had infringed upon U.S. Patent No. … [Continue reading]