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Traffic / Re: A little mystery ..
« on: February 14, 2014, 04:41:26 PM »
No they are dead.
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Hardware & Technology / Re: Maybe I'm off by more than a few decades this time
« on: February 14, 2014, 04:38:04 PM »1068
Web Development / Re: City Of London Police Cannot Seize Domains Just Because
« on: February 14, 2014, 04:13:56 PM »
And yet the DoJ can extradite people just because a US citizen claims they were ripped off by them, it's dangerous doing business across the ocean these days :
(sorry it's the Daily Fail)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545643/Wed-die-rot-US-jail-say-British-couple-facing-extradition-1m-expenses-fiddle.html
(sorry it's the Daily Fail)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545643/Wed-die-rot-US-jail-say-British-couple-facing-extradition-1m-expenses-fiddle.html
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Traffic / If you can't beat them, help them ...
« on: February 14, 2014, 04:03:54 PM »
I've been in SEO for only a year, but i have decades of IT experience.
I've been getting clients via word of mouth, because i previouisly wasn't doing it full time, but this month i set up a website and got things going.
One of the things i've done is rent a Skype landline number so that i can get customer calls on the PC or the mobile.
I've listed my business on about 20 good UK business directories, but boy did i NOT know what i was in for !
All i get now are marketing calls ! I'm in marketing, leave me alone !!
Then i started getting calls from 'energy registration list' companies, hunting for business, we've recently moved here so it's understandable.
But it's been annoying, getting 5-10 calls from them a day, so yesterday i got a bit angry with one of them, telling him to get off my line and it's none of his business who supplies my energy, when he said "Well if you tell me who you're with and when you switched, i take you off our list and you don't get called again".
So i'm beaten now, 5-10 times a day i answer the phone, listen to the introduction then say :
"OK i'll save you some time, we switched to Npower in November and the paperwork is finalised."
If you can't beat them, help them, then they go away ;+}
I've been getting clients via word of mouth, because i previouisly wasn't doing it full time, but this month i set up a website and got things going.
One of the things i've done is rent a Skype landline number so that i can get customer calls on the PC or the mobile.
I've listed my business on about 20 good UK business directories, but boy did i NOT know what i was in for !
All i get now are marketing calls ! I'm in marketing, leave me alone !!
Then i started getting calls from 'energy registration list' companies, hunting for business, we've recently moved here so it's understandable.
But it's been annoying, getting 5-10 calls from them a day, so yesterday i got a bit angry with one of them, telling him to get off my line and it's none of his business who supplies my energy, when he said "Well if you tell me who you're with and when you switched, i take you off our list and you don't get called again".
So i'm beaten now, 5-10 times a day i answer the phone, listen to the introduction then say :
"OK i'll save you some time, we switched to Npower in November and the paperwork is finalised."
If you can't beat them, help them, then they go away ;+}
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Traffic / Re: Google patents robot help for social media burnout
« on: February 14, 2014, 03:57:40 PM »
Yes and when everyone meets up in 'Actual Reality' they have nothing to talk about !
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Traffic / Re: Another UK study says FB is dead man walking re teens
« on: February 14, 2014, 03:53:56 PM »
I didn't read the article but i'm always asking my friends' and families' children what they use, and it's mostly twitter and instagram.
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Traffic / Re: 2014 Google Company Philosophy makes me LOL
« on: February 14, 2014, 03:53:03 PM »
Yeah, they are the technocrats.
I don't like technocrats, they're too clean and they have never suffered.
I don't like technocrats, they're too clean and they have never suffered.
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Traffic / Re: Google Propaganda, SEO and Why Marketers Need to Wake Up
« on: February 14, 2014, 03:50:14 PM »
Thanks Rupert, yes 48 4 days ago 
Thank god i found this site, i've tried some other UK ones and wasn't impressed.
Thank god i found this site, i've tried some other UK ones and wasn't impressed.
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Traffic / Re: Ma! Granny is usin' Yahoo again!
« on: February 14, 2014, 03:46:43 PM »I have to say I was stunned when I saw that article headline. Somebody must be cooking the books.
Conspiracy Theories:
1. Google planted that story so they would not look like a monopoly.
2. Yahoo planted that story to appear big.
3. UN guys in Black Helicopters planted that so we won't use Google.
4. Bing somehow got it wrong again.
5. Crop circles.
6. UFO's
Also .. those figures were only for the month of December and lots of US citizens use Yahoo for shopping so that's probably why the spike in the source data.
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Traffic / Re: Has G destabilized or otherwise diminished Youtube?
« on: February 14, 2014, 03:43:54 PM »
I'm a heavy youtube user and bemoan the day G took them over.
Crashes, freezes, UI problems, important functions buried deep within menus.
Having to give your mobile number to G (and the NSA and the CIA !) as well as other irrelevant details.
They are a monster !
There are some nutters on youtube who think G is the antichrist ...
Crashes, freezes, UI problems, important functions buried deep within menus.
Having to give your mobile number to G (and the NSA and the CIA !) as well as other irrelevant details.
They are a monster !
There are some nutters on youtube who think G is the antichrist ...
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Traffic / Re: Google Propaganda, SEO and Why Marketers Need to Wake Up
« on: February 14, 2014, 03:37:21 PM »I liked it too. I don't think most of the world is aware of the changes, and probably don't care.
But I think they should...
I agree. I just think that SEOs ranting on their blog is never going to do that and makes the whole topic look like sour grapes.
SEOs won't stop ranting on their blogs because it adds more 'keyword rich' content ;+}
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Traffic / Re: Destroy your competition for $5.
« on: February 14, 2014, 03:34:03 PM »
".. covert Fiverr services .."
Here come the hackers ...
Here come the hackers ...
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Traffic / Re: Deep learning is a set of algorithms in machine learning
« on: February 14, 2014, 03:30:39 PM »
G is buying Artificial Intelligence and robotics companies all over the world.
I wonder what's up their long-term sleeves ?
I wonder what's up their long-term sleeves ?
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Traffic / A little mystery ..
« on: February 14, 2014, 03:29:07 PM »
.. it's a mystery to me, anyway, i've only been in SEO for a year.
I'm researching some competitor sites and have noticed something strange with the backlinks pointing to one of them.
Out of around 70 backlinks, more than 60 share these characteristics :
1. The domains were registered on the same date and expire on the same date, Feb 1st 1995 (!) until Feb 2md 2020.
2. The domains are anonymously registered., through GoDaddy.
3. The domains have no hosting !
Of the ones that do have hosting, there are no links in the content, nothing in the source code ..
Does it seem odd or is it some standard practice going on that i'm ignorant of ?
This company is always number 1 or 2 for a couple of valuable search terms.
All the best,
Gary.
I'm researching some competitor sites and have noticed something strange with the backlinks pointing to one of them.
Out of around 70 backlinks, more than 60 share these characteristics :
1. The domains were registered on the same date and expire on the same date, Feb 1st 1995 (!) until Feb 2md 2020.
2. The domains are anonymously registered., through GoDaddy.
3. The domains have no hosting !
Of the ones that do have hosting, there are no links in the content, nothing in the source code ..
Does it seem odd or is it some standard practice going on that i'm ignorant of ?
This company is always number 1 or 2 for a couple of valuable search terms.
All the best,
Gary.