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Intellectual Property Domain Name Scam Still Running Rampant

Bill Hartzer

There is what I would call an intellectual property domain name scam that companies are still falling for–and the individuals behind the scam have been successfully running it for over 10 years now. They want you to reply to them, so you can then pay them ridiculous fees to register useless domain names.

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SEO Isn’t Dead. The New SEO

Firebelly

People who are aware of what’s going on with Google, but aren’t mired in the details of SEO every day may have heard the oft-used-but-incorrect phrase, “SEO is dead.” ” My utter contempt for any phrase that says “ is dead” notwithstanding, SEO is anything but dead. As far as I know.

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Are The New Top Level Domains Valuable?

Small Business Mavericks

In 2012, ICANN started the process for the introduction to new top level domains. For $185,000, investors could pick a generic top level domain (gTLD) name extension and register it. Many registrars will charge premium prices for people who want specific domain names on these gTLDs. Branding, yes.

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How New gTLDs Will Create New Search Opportunities

Small Business Mavericks

One way that new search opportunities will be created in the next five to ten years is with the advent of new generic top-level domain extensions (gTLDs). Since June 13, 2012, there have been 1,930 new gTLD applications. The search engines of course will have to adjust to the volume of new domain names.

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The Evolution of SEO in New Zealand

Bill Hartzer

If we study how SEO has evolved in New Zealand, we can learn a lot about how the field of search engine optimization has changed in the last few years. SEO companies were forced to become quite a bit more educated and sophisticated in their approach to ranking websites. SEO tactics vary a great deal from one company to another.

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Does Buying Facebook Likes Help Search Engine Rankings?

Bill Hartzer

Note that my domain name, LinkEarning.com , even though it has a small one-page website, has not really been developed. I also have other offers: additional followers for Twitter channels, additional Likes for Facebook fanpages, additional do-follow SEO-links, and much more. Here is the email I received. Have a good day!

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Search Engine Submission Now Officially a Scam

Bill Hartzer

per year provides “submission and search engine ranking for domain owners” The offer goes on to say: Failure to complete your search engine registration by Nov 10, 2012 may result in the cancellation of this order (making it difficult for your customers to locate you using search engines on the web).