If you haven’t heard, yesterday, Google was fined $2.7 billion by the European Union. While many expected a fine of some sort, the amount is far larger than anyone would have predicted. I believe this is just the beginning of the actions that will be taken against tech...
Today I noticed that Buzzfeed has started taking out ads on Reddit, advertising click-bait sounding quizzes like those I spent so much time banishing from my Facebook feed. With this and Reddit’s recent development of allowing users to write “posts” on their user profile (i.e. status updates of...
The fun thing about Digital Marketing is that it is always changing. I know you’re probably reading a bunch of these types of articles at this time of the year. I hope you take a moment to read this one, I’m sure you’ll find it refreshing, unique, and...
If you want to Opt-Out of the new Interest based targeting or Personalized advertising on Reddit, they’ve made the process very simple. Simply visit this url: https://www.reddit.com/adsprefs Uncheck the box marked “Show me personalized ads from Reddit on this browser” Then click “Save Options” The opt-out option is...
Updated: While some SEO’s agreed with me on Twitter it would seem the overwhelming opinion of the /r/bigseo community is that mobile apps are not needed. Russ Jones, a developer with Moz, chimed in saying Moz works to make their tools mobile friendly, but they don’t see a...
Editor’s Note: This article was written in the middle of 2015 and published in November of 2015 as part of a series of posts where Joe predicted the future of consumer search and discovery, early illumination of what we now refer to as “AI Search”. Joe’s insights below...
I loved BattleBots over a decade ago when it was on Comedy Central, but I never understood why it was on a comedy cable channel. It always felt like it should be on the now defunct G4TV or SyFy (SyFy did air the Robot Combat League in 2013)....
BGR.com recently ran a fear mongering article about Windows 10 claiming it was spying on you. When the article reached the front page of Reddit’s /r/Technology sub-reddit users began pointing out just how inaccurate the article was. “I feel like most of these features were mentioned when I...
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 I read. Mark Cuban, internet mogul, NBA team owner, and all-around maverick – wanted to do away with...
Yesterday the FCC decided, against the wishes of millions of citizens, to move ahead with the idea of allowing internet “fast lanes” putting an effective end to the concept of Net Neutrality. This is not something that has been done lightly or happened quickly. The Cable lobby has...
