Tag Archives: Requests

Do Longer LinkedIn Feedback Drive Extra Connection Requests?

Wanna build your LinkedIn network fast? Don’t wanna spend hours crafting connection request messages only to be left “pending” forever? Not to fear: all you actually need to do is comment on other people’s posts. But what kind of comments are best? Where do you leave them? What should you say? How long do they […]

Google New Years Replace, Search Console Function Requests, Google Groups Spam, Decay Of Search & Extra

Right before the New Year, the Google search results volatility spiked big time. I posted the Google webmaster report for January 2024 this week. I published a big list of feature requests for Google Search Console. Google Groups will stop posting Usenet content to combat spam, which may clear up some spam in Google Search. […]

Google Sues Over Fraudulent DMCA Takedown Requests

Google has filed a lawsuit against two men who allegedly used Google’s DMCA process “aimed at removing hundreds of thousands of their competitors’ website URLs from Google Search results,” the lawsuit writes (PDF here). The lawsuit says the “Defendants have weaponized copyright law’s notice-and-takedown process and used it not for its intended purpose of expeditiously […]

Beware Of Fraudulent Ownership Requests From Google Business Profiles

I am sure many of you have received one or two (or more) requests from Google Business Profiles saying the owner is requested access to maintain your business. I just delete them but I am hearing from Local SEOs that this is becoming more and more of an issue. Ben Fisher said in the Local […]