Blackhat Facebook: Using Fake Contests to Generate Engagement
2015 might be the year that blackhats flee SEO in mass and flock to Facebook to take advantage of how easily hundreds of thousands of people can be manipulated into […]
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MOZ just put on a clinic on how to take website criticism
I recently upgraded a MOZ account that I administer and when the upgrade was done I was presented with what appeared to be a CRO’d page asking me to upgrade. […]
Will Self-driving Cars Lead to a Ban on Human Driving?
Elon Musk is enjoying a lot of press lately. The South-African born inventor made his fortune as the cofounder of Paypal and in recent years has used that fortune to […]
Quick Chat with Mark Cuban on Net Neutrality
It’s been a little over 2 years since one of my business idols replied to a question of mine during their Reddit AMA and I recoiled in horror to what […]
Hey Reddit, That’s Not How SEO Works, That’s Not How Any of This Works
Yesterday Reddit users on the subreddit (what they call a sub-area of the site) “Circlejerk” upvoted a link titled “Upvote this so everyone searching Google Images for “game console” will […]
Link Building Is Hard
Some CEOs, CMOs, Managers, or Clients think you can just snap your fingers and make links. Maybe pre-Penguin you could, even if you felt dirty doing it, snap your fingers […]
It’s a Youngblood Thing – No I’m not the inspiration for a song
It happens to people with our last name a lot. We get asked “are you a rapper?” or “are you related to that NFL guy? (NFL Hall of Famer Jack […]
Ello vs. Facebook and Twitter
Are you on Ello? Add me as a friend here: https://ello.co/joeyoungblood EDIT: I missed a very important difference. Currently Ello’s feeds do not update themselves. Unlike Facebook and Twitter you […]
The Verge Makes A Merge & An SEO Fail
EDIT: The error appears to be fixed, but The Verge never replied to any of my attempts to contact them about this. Hopefully they fixed it in time. Popular online […]
You’re Sharing the Wrong Content on LinkedIn
It seems almost every new post about social media marketing these days seeks to highlight LinkedIn as one of the most valuable for businesses, especially those in the B2B arena. […]