Author Archives: Joe Hall

How To Build Your Own “Google Reader”

By | March 14, 2013

So there has been a lot of talk today about Google shutting down Google Reader. I haven’t really been concerned because years ago, I created my own. I have been calling it “Joe Reader” for years. So now that Google is killing their Reader, I have decided to release mine as Open Source code under [...]

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Is Marissa Mayer Restarting Yahoo Search?

By | September 17, 2012

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In July, Yahoo announced that they had hired Google famed Marissa Mayer as their new CEO. Unlike everyone else in the tech sector, I was disappointed. My disappointment stemmed from the fact that for the last several years Yahoo has been the surefire place where things go to die. This made me sad because Mayer [...]

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Plugin Contest (aka how I will beat @Norcross like a drum)

By | March 31, 2012

So it has been awhile since I last developed a WordPress Plugin for free. Sure I have done dozens for clients, but it has been awhile since I have given one away. But soon all of that will change. Starting April 1st I am entering myself into a two man competition with my buddy Andrew [...]

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How To Build A Kindle

By | March 31, 2012

Something odd happened about 6 months ago. I started buying books on the Kindle. This was odd to me because 1) I am usually against technology with strict DRMs and, 2) I don’t own a Kindle! I have been reading my books on my phone and on my PC. However this morning I wanted to [...]

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SEO “Outing” Is Immoral

By | March 29, 2012

When I first started working in the SEO industry I couldn’t understand why “outing” was such a big deal. In fact (like others in the industry) I felt the inability to talk openly prohibited our industry from growing and handling our reputation. However, back then I was naive and inexperienced. I have now seen the [...]

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How To Get Shit Done, EVERYDAY

By | February 23, 2012

Thanks to Chris Winfield for the inspiration. Don’t break the chain app: http://dontbreakthechain.com/ HTML Code For Mash-up Page: http://pastebin.com/isFb338D

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SmallDemons.com Video Review

By | October 20, 2011

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FeedBurner FeedSmith 301 Redirects Not 302

By | August 8, 2011

Earlier today I was running a small SEO audit on a small WordPress site and I noticed that all Feedburner links were 302ing. This means that the search engines only view them as temporarily moved. So I looked under the hood and saw that the FeedBurner FeedSmith plugin was installed. Apparently this plugin uses 302s [...]

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Internet Marketers Need To Support The Main Street Fairness Act

By | July 30, 2011

On Friday July 29th, Senator Dick Durbin (D IL) introduced the “Main Street Fairness Act” which allows for a standardized method for states to collect sales tax for online retailers. I completely disagree with the majority of rhetoric surrounding this issue, including the dialog coming out of Durbin’s office, but I do support this legislation. [...]

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How To Post To WordPress, Twitter, And Facebook From Google+

By | July 17, 2011

Every time a new social site launches I routinely hear folks in the marketing and PR world groan that they have to sign up for yet another social network. I completely understand this feeling, I mean hell look at all the social media links at the bottom right! However, when Google+ launched I instantly fell [...]

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Homeland Security

By | June 22, 2011

The Department of Homeland Security mentioned WhosTalkin in a white paper [PDF] on social media monitoring.

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MIT

By | June 22, 2011

In a paper [PDF] discussing phishing, MIT researchers mention WhosTalkin.

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My Review of Google’s New “Search By Image” Feature

By | June 16, 2011

For best viewing, full screen the video.

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My Review Of Firefox 4.0

By | March 22, 2011

CORRECTION: Chrome’s “Home” icon is located on the left side. Not the right like I said in this video. Oh and it looks like CK Chung comes to the rescue!

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Dear SEOs, Please Shut Up

By | February 2, 2011

Ok, so this post will probably make me the odd man out. But honestly I am having a hard time staying quiet any longer. I have noticed a recent trend with in the SEO community to push Google to take action in several areas that I believe have an adverse effect on SEO. In many [...]

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