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It’s not wrong to be worried over your privacy, but you can’t be upset when you’ve handed your privacy over voluntarily. I make this statement in regards to the class action lawsuit accusing Google of violating federal and state wiretapping laws. The lawsuit states that it is wrong for Google to be scanning e-mails for […]
This summer I put together a Facebook contest for a client. Up until last week, the social media’s site rules were explicitly clear: absolutely no promotion-related content could be administered within Facebook itself. If you wanted to make a promotion, you had to build it on a third-party app developer and host it as a […]
Google today confirmed that there is a Panda update rolling out. I find it odd that after telling webmasters that there would no longer be announcements of Panda updates, that they made this announcement and one has to wonder why. The official message from Google is that this Panda update is softer than those previously […]
For our regular blog readers you’ll have noticed that I haven’t been active for the past couple weeks. After being invited to speak at SMX London I extended my trip and took my family around a few parts of Europe. There were many ins-and-outs of the trip from a “keeping in touch with the office” […]
Rumor has it that there’s a Google update underway. While there were some noting changes are early as late Saturday/early Sunday – general experience has it starting on Monday with many webmasters experiencing significant drops. From the significant drops reported by many webmasters and the only one or two position movement we can see among […]
Matt Cutts put out a good video today answer the question from Kenichi Suzuki of Tokyo, Japan when he asks, “Suppose I have a site that covers fishing overall (A) & I make another fishing site that solely focuses on lure fishing (B). Does linking to A from B violate guidelines? I’ll make sure both […]
It’s happened to all of us. You wake up one morning feeling like a million bucks, you stretch and if you’re like me, you notice the eye-rolling as once again your significant other catches you with a toothbrush dangling from your mouth and a laptop or iPhone in front of you while you check rankings […]
We’re all interested in expanding our marketshare. For a lot of businesses with a solid SEO strategy and success that means either expanding into new marketing efforts or expanding your reach outside of your core market. Yesterday on my weekly radio show Webcology on WebmasterRadio.fm by co-host Jim Hedger and I decided to host a […]
Today we’ve got just a very quick blog post for you to let everyone know of a couple changes to Google+. Now you may be saying, “Google+? Why should I care?” I’ll leave that debate you your own mind save to say, if Google asks you to drink some Kool-Aid, just hope it’s a flavor […]