#SEOChat Opens Up On Depression Within The Search Industry
This article was written by industry friend Jenny Halasz @jennyhalasz who we have cited here numerous times. She wanted to publish something on an important topic and here it is.
#SEOChat is a fixture in the search community on Twitter…
Is Gary Illyes From Google Leaving Twitter Again?
Back in March, Gary Illyes from Google – one of our most favorite Googlers, said he is no longer checking Twitter – he needed a break. But in the past few weeks or so…
Google Forums Has Private Replies
Google posted a very generic how we help webmasters blog post the other day during Google I/O. One thing Danny Sullivan pointed out on Twitter that the forums has a way for people to reply privately without others seeing it…
Cre8asiteforums Shutting Down On May 25th
Kim Krause Berg, who we profiled, announced at her Cre8asite Forums that she is closing down the forums after 20 years of operations on May 25, 2018. The date is interesting because of it overlapping with the GDPR date…
Brett Tabke Buys WebmasterWorld Back After 5 Years
About five years ago, Jim Boykin as his company, acquired WebmasterWorld forums, DevShed properties, Cre8asite and a bunch of other properties. Well, five years later, Brett Tabke, the founder of WebmasterWorld, has bought it back from Jim Boykin…
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Does Google Patrol The Black Hat Forums & Communities?
For as long as I can remember, I believe Googlers, including folks like Matt Cutts back in the day, used to regularly visit the black hat forums and communities – including the ones that were private…
Ammon Johns, SEO Legend & Community Fixture, GoFundMe
For those who have been in the SEO industry and involved in the community for any period of time, they probably know the name Ammon Johns. He has been teaching and helping those who joined the SEO community since the 90s. In fact…
Fathom, SEO Forum Personality, Rodney L Brown Passed Away
I am very sad to report that we, the SEO community, has lost yet another contributor. Rodney Brown, who goes under the code name Fathom in the SEO discussion forums, has passed away.
I was notified of this via an SEO Chat Forum thread…
Google Profile Forum Levels Now Go To Ten
This is big news for those who participate often in the Google forums, they changes the levels of your participation from one through twenty to one through ten.
This is causing some people in the forums to feel they’ve been demoted…
Search Engine Watch Forums Now Offline
Last night, I stopped by the old Search Engine Watch Forums…
Google Says Thank You To Top Contributors
Google posted on their official blog a thank you to the top contributors who spend countless hours helping support Google products and services without compensation.
As you know, the other week, the top contributors were mostly at Google for a speci…