PALM BEACH, FL - If you are in the Internet business, you're going to want to stop and read this one. It will educate you. It might explain a couple of things you have thought about when it comes to Google. It might even make you a little mad. But it is always best to know what is happening in your industry. Or you could stay in your little bubble where they say, ignorance is bliss. Google has the ability to provide the illusion of diversity while using sort of eye candy … [Read more...]
Rand Fishkin: If I Could Go Back to 1991 and Get Any Name, I Would Grab Porn.com
NEW YORK – Rand Fiskin, the original founder of Moz.com, has gone out on his own new venture called “Spark Toro”, using the domain name, SparkToro.com. Lucky him, he’s fairly accurate when he said it is a decent name you can easily remember, proven to me by the fact that I did not need to go look it up (again); I did in fact remember it a day later as I write this article, but in full disclosure, I typed it in Google’s search box yesterday while watching the video and I … [Read more...]
Google Finally Taking Action Against Callers Claiming They Are from Search Giant
NEW YORK - If you run a small business, especially a brick and mortar business with a physical address you are likely being solicited, potentially multiple times per day, by different companies often over robocalls from companies who claim they are Google. Often these calls are regarding your Google listing or Google Maps placement which is being reported to you as being inaccurate and out of date. To unsuspecting businesses this can be alarming and tricky to detect as … [Read more...]