Search Engine Optimizician» Rants http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog Digital Strategist • Gary Pool SEO Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:10:21 +0000 en hourly 1 Email Scams and Internet Scams http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2010/03/email-scams-internet-scams/ http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2010/03/email-scams-internet-scams/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:04:07 +0000 Gary Pool http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/?p=4291 http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2010/03/email-scams-internet-scams/feed/ 0 Wienerschnitzel • Zoomerang • DGWB Advertising and Communications http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2010/02/wienerschnitzel-dgwb-advertising-bad-pr/ http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2010/02/wienerschnitzel-dgwb-advertising-bad-pr/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:10:58 +0000 Gary Pool http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/?p=4066 http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2010/02/wienerschnitzel-dgwb-advertising-bad-pr/feed/ 1 Technorati Blog Claim Update http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2009/08/technorati-blogs-claiming-update/ http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2009/08/technorati-blogs-claiming-update/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:21:41 +0000 Gary Pool http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/?p=2216 http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2009/08/technorati-blogs-claiming-update/feed/ 0 fcayphqgb7 http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2009/07/technorati-blogs-frustration/ http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2009/07/technorati-blogs-frustration/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:23:32 +0000 Gary Pool http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/?p=2164 http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2009/07/technorati-blogs-frustration/feed/ 1 Ninja or Zen You Decide http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2008/10/ninja-or-zen-you-decide/ http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2008/10/ninja-or-zen-you-decide/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:18:08 +0000 Gary Pool http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/?p=583

Can a company, especially one that is no longer in business, keep you from reporting facts about them on your website?

Here is an attempt by one such company. This ex-catering company wants to be perceived as zen but comes off as ninja.

Are…

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LinkedIn not only a Bully but Incompetent too!

Over a week ago I spent nearly 2 hours leaving 86 LinkedIn groups after they sent me an email stating that they were limiting the groups I could be a member of to 50. See my…

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KonnectsI wrote them back and here is my open letter. The original is at the bottom.

If you want us to…

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Yesterday I was sent a link to a video about a couple that traveled around the US for a year

My wife and I have been throwing around the idea of creating a mobile studio so we could take short trips to the Oregon…

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In the SEOBook The Search Engine Marketing Glossary Aaron includes Jason Calacanis and there is no listing for Rand Fishkin.
No Rand Fishkin
Now we would…

]]> http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2008/06/aaron-wall-disses-rand-fishkin/feed/ 1 Microsoft Tries to Charge My Inactive adCenter Account http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2008/02/microoft-tries-to-charge-my-inactive-adcenter-account/ http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2008/02/microoft-tries-to-charge-my-inactive-adcenter-account/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:07:08 +0000 Gary Pool http://www.whiteroseproductions.com/blog/?p=155 Today I got an email from Micro$oft that was extremely irritating.

You can’t even reply to it.

You have to go through the support on their website!

Dear adCenter customer,
We’re writing to let you know that we were unable to authorize

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]]> http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2008/02/microoft-tries-to-charge-my-inactive-adcenter-account/feed/ 0 Good Bye Netscape | AOL Throws in the Towel http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2007/12/good-bye-netscape-aol-throws-in-the-towel/ http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/2007/12/good-bye-netscape-aol-throws-in-the-towel/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:58:51 +0000 Gary Pool http://www.whiteroseproductions.com/blog/marketing/good-bye-netscape-aol-throws-in-the-towel/ According to the Netscape blog AOL will abandon support for the Netscape Browser February 1st, 2008.

AOL has a long history on the internet, being one of the first companies to really get people online. Throughout its lifetime, it has been involved with a

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