Rock & Roll, Social Media & The Internet!!!! Matches made in Heaven?

Well, maybe not in heaven, but how about here on earth?   I’ve been in the SEO business for about four years and in the music industry for almost 12. There has been an obvious love/hate relationship growing over the past 10 years with labels and online music downloads. Some may say that the internet was the apocalypse of the record label industry, while others simply think it’s the product of... 

6 Steps To Ensuring Your Software Development Project Will Fail

Since the inception of software development, business development and technology departments have been locked in a death match. The main issue stems from a group of R-Directed (pattern recognition, holistic reasoning) thinkers in bizdev communicating with a bunch of L-Directed (logical, analytical) thinkers in technology. The majority of the problem can be ascribed to two main issues: Improperly set... 

Will Microsoft’s Bing Compete With Google?

Microsoft’s Bing.com has a few features that make searching more convenient. Especially for someone that uses Search Engines as much as I do. When you scroll over a video result in Bing, the video will start playing in the same preview size. It performs very well, and so far has not buffered to begin. Searching for your favorite athletes in Bing is very convenient. It offers a great search result... 

The Social Media Skeptic….Changing My Mind

A few months after I graduated from college my friends were all signing up for this new site called, Facebook. In the early days of Facebook, you were required to enter an .edu email address to sign up. Since I recently had my .edu email revoked, I was forced to look over my roommate’s shoulder at her Facebook page and also started a MySpace page. After a year or so, I stopped looking up high school... 

Authority Domains Learning Experiences

Most people start their own business, because they are perusing a career path in which they love, don’t have to take orders from someone else, work their own hours, and take a vacation whenever they want. Really? I wish! I am the co-owner of Authority Domains, Inc. an internet marketing company that specializes in link building, SEO, PPC Management, and Social Media Consulting. In the past we’ve... 

4 Url Shorteners You Should Never Use

Let’s face it, whether you love them or hate them, url shorteners are here to stay. However, all url shorteners are not created equal. The shortening service you choose to use can have a big impact on your site’s link building and rankings. The problem with some of the services out there is that they don’t provide a clean 301 redirect to your content. 301 redirects tell search engines...