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Micro-Influencer Manipulation

Influencers with tens of thousands or millions of followers may not carry the marketing might they once had, or at least there may be a bubble about to burst. Yet, every action has a reaction, and micro-influencers might have more clout with lower entry-level costs and higher returns for marketers. A recent Reddit poster in […]

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DigitalOcean DOCTL Remote Snapshot Tutorial

DigitalOcean is a great platform to run an inexpensive virtual private server. In fact, because of DigitalOcean’s low-cost VPS plans, I’ve been able to learn a tremendous amount when it comes to managing a Linux web server. But I’ve also made mistakes. Lots of mistakes. So I’ve also corrected my mistakes thanks to snapshots, which […]

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Private Blog Networks

Do they work? Sort of. Should you do it? Probably not. Private Blog Networks are a series of websites that point to one or more “money” sites in hopes to increase the destination sites’ rankings. Learn how they are made and why they are just a terrible, long-term strategy.

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Trello Board SEO SPAM Follow-Up

One month ago, I noticed that a public Trello board contained an extra ordinary amount of keyword stuffing for keywords such as “Austin SEO”. After researching the situation more, I reported the board to Google. Let’s see how things have progressed since then.

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CBD Oil Affiliate SEO SPAM

Affiliate marketing has had a bad rap, and so has the CBD Oil industry. I thought why not find how some affiliate marketers build their CBD Oil affiliate websites. Boy, did I find some examples. See how a set of websites flood the industry with low-quality with the intentions of capturing affiliate commissions. It’s borderline, […]

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Toxic SEO Internship

A Reddit user inquires about learning SEO at an Internship where there are already 5 clients and no one else doing SEO. Learn why this is a toxic internship and why the Reddit user should leave.

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Austin Knife Sharpening and Competition Analysis

I need my knives sharpened and I wanted to see what local services were available. So I decided to capture my search results and look at them closely. This episode explores the few Austin Knife Sharpening services in the area and critiques their websites.

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St. Pete SEO WordPress SPAM

Prior to moving to Austin, Texas I lived St. Petersburg, Florida and began to rank a little higher and higher for keywords for SEO and WordPress in the city. I no longer live there, but now that I’ve started this channel, I wanted to go back to something I found a long time ago. I […]

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Parking Lot SEO – Duplicate Google Business Listings

A Reddit user asked about a bogus Google Business Listing on maps for the parking lot adjacent to the business. Watch as the website and business listings are investigated and how to move forward.

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South Austin SEO SPAM

Often times, I find people coming to me in various forms talking about bad SEO, that they’ve had a bad experience, or they’re having trouble with SEO, and I find all sorts of issues. I recently moved to Austin the last five or six months, and have started to spend a little more time getting […]