Make Your New Years Resolution ‘Forget FOMO’ To Have A More Successful 2014


Until this past December, I didn’t even realize that the Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) was a thing. Did you? Not only is it recognized by the Oxford Dictionary as an actual term, there are over 400,000...
    






Google destroy’s Rap Genius’ search rankings as punishment for SEO spam


Now, the RapGenius.com does not even appear on the first page of Google results for a search of “Rap Genius”, and some popular queries, like “Justin Bieber- Boyfriend” does not bring up the startup...
    






Why Google’s Now Might Beat Apple’s Siri


It’s an interesting question really, which of the two voice activated services do you think will win out in the longer term? Do we think that Apple’s Siri will continue to lead the pack or that...
    






Rap Genius Gets Rapped By Google For SEO Spam


There’s two lessons to be learned from this little episode of Rap Genius getting rapped over the knuckles by Google concerning SEO spam practices. The first is that it’s terribly dangerous to base an...
    






5 Top SEO And Online Marketing Trends For 2014


I first met Bart Gibby, VP of SEO for fast growing Utah firm Boostability, in October, when I spoke on Crisis PR at a local evening meeting of Salt Lake’s search marketing professional association,...
    






Time Management 101: Stop Managing Time


Do you find yourself running at an even more frenzied pace during the holiday season? I do.  So, as I looked at my bottomless to-do list and deadlines fast approaching I did a Google search on “time...
    






Google’s European Anti-Trust Woes Continue


As I’ve mentioned before I’m astonished that Google is being pursued in this manner but pursued they are being. The European Commission has decided that since they are dominant in search in Europe...
    






Microsoft Disrupts ZeroAccess Botnet with FBI, Europol and Industry Partners


Some sites on the Internet seem to think they can get away with anything they want to. One of these was ZeroAccess botnet, a site that illegally redirected the information from SERPs that people...