We’ve written at length here about how scammers use fake contests and promises of cash to help build large audiences on social media. Those audiences are then used for all sorts of nefarious purposes including pushing users to pages of stolen content covered in ads, push users to...
In 2018 I published a research project detailing how Google Maps / Google My Business largely leaned on the name of a business to determine rankings, which has led to the outcome of spammy business titles. That same year Moz produced, for perhaps the last time, the Moz...
It’s a problem known as ‘directory browsing’ and there’s a chance your WordPress website is susceptible to it. This is when someone copies a link to a javascript file or an image on your website, pastes it into their browser, and then instead of viewing the files, views...
Reddit Ads staffer /u/h0neybe8r made a post in the /r/RedditAds sub yesterday titled “The Reddit Pixel gets some exciting updates today” While the title makes it sound like there is more than one update, the post itself seems to hone in on one major change, that is that...
Instagram is hiding like counts as a test around the world and many fear that it will become a permanent feature. For marketers who rely on Influencer Marketing, this is an especially troubling move as it will make it more difficult to find influencers that drive actual engagements...
Update: 8/11/2023: There’s another new version of this scam going around frequently the Pages are using the name “Meta Business Suite” and the Meta logo. These are still scams. DO NOT CLICK THE LINK OR GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION. Report the message, move it to Spam, and be...
The team over at Winner Winner Chicken Dinner recently published an “Online Video Viewing Habits Study”. This study is based on a survey conducted with American consumers earlier in 2019. The data published recently was Part 2 of the study, which seeks to be a comprehensive understanding of...
If you’re a Patreon user, you might be noticing a reduction in traffic to your Patreon page or perhaps even a decrease in new supporters over the next few days or weeks. That’s because someone at Patreon deindexed the entire website from online search engines like Google and...
John Wick 3 is finding success with a Reddit Ads campaign using a 3 year old tactic proven by Toyota in 2016, giving away Reddit Gold. The ad appears designed more to build top of mind awareness for the DVD release expected on September 10th rather than to...
You’ve decided to become an entrepreneur and start an online store selling products. After examining your options you went with WooCommerce from WordPress over Shopify, Prestacart, and other options. You found a great web host, installed WordPress, installed WooCommerce, picked out a great theme, added your products and...
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