SparkToro’s Finally Here
Almost two years ago, Casey Henry and I joined forces on SparkToro in the hopes of solving a thorny, expensive, long-standing problem in the…
Read The Room.
When folks ask me about how best to do marketing right now, my answer is consistently turning into the same three words: Read the…
Marketing Right Now Is #$%*ing Hard.
Over the last couple weeks, I’ve talked to dozens of startup founders, small business owners, and web marketers of all kinds. Folks are scared,…
Extraordinary Times Call For Extraordinary Measures
There can no longer be doubt: the majority of people in advanced economies are living through the most life-altering event of the last forty…
Avast’s Shutdown of Jumpshot Will Harm the Web and the World
Last night, I got an email from Deren Baker, Jumpshot’s CEO, informing me that the business would be winding down at the behest of…
Google in 2020: From Everyone’s Search Engine to Everyone’s Competitor
I’ve written a lot this year about the shifts we’re seeing from Google — moving from search engine to answer to engine and now…
Marketers Say Most of Google’s Public Statements Are False or Misleading
In July and August of 2019, 1,589 web marketers completed an online questionnaire as part of SparkToro’s Google Ranking Factors Survey. The survey aggregated…
Less than Half of Google Searches Now Result in a Click
We’ve passed a milestone in Google’s evolution from search engine to walled-garden. In June of 2019, for the first time, a majority of all…
How Much of Google’s Search Traffic is Left for Anyone But Themselves?
In December of 2018, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, was asked a set of questions by the United States Congress. His responses left… a lot……
As the Antitrust Case Against Google Kicks Off, Here’s Where the DOJ Should Start
Google has been, in many ways, a positive force in the worlds of technology, society, convenience, and information dissemination. It’s hard to argue that…