The controversy is now about whether this was a hoax or a lie. While our initial fascination with athletes is because of their physical prowess, we’re seeing the power of the story (content) more and more in sports.
It's interesting that Morgan Freeman made number 8 on the people list, as the "Morgan Freeman is Dead" hoax hit the web again this year - which just shows the power of online word of mouth. Today, Google published their search trend data as an...
One giant problem: it was a hoax. ICOA CEO George Strouthopoulos confirmed that the press release was a hoax. This was a Hoax. A press release posted to PRWeb announced Google's acquisition of a wireless Internet provider for $400 million.
Not quite a hoax, but hokey. With the infamous Google Penguin and Panda updates dismantling and devaluing various link building strategies, many SEOs have immediately jumped ship to content strategy. Using quality content to better the web...
For Google, April Fools' Day is the annual launch day for a slew of gag products and hoax services you’ll likely never see in real life. YouTube joined in with an April Fools’ Day hoax of its own. Google’s practical jokes began a day early in 2012...
Consequences don't stop at public and professional ridicule however; there's also the legal and financial implications, such as in the case of Reverb Communications, who settled out of court on an FTC ruling that found them guilty of faking...
The third listing actually mentions the hoax as well and refers to it as an urban legend. You've probably heard some horror stories that get told on the Web about businesses. Having such stories circulating is harmful enough for those businesses...
It's a cruel hoax that all the people that suffered so much under this popularity tyranny in actual high school are now faced with the exact same kind of fascist popularity contest all over again. I can't tell you how many business owners appear to...
Hoaxes, Widgets and Other Fringe LinkBaitPosted by AussieWebmasterThe recent hoax about a 13-year-old ordering hookers on his father's credit card started an interesting conversation about link bait. Search Engine Watch Experts Columns
The recent hoax of a 13-year-old ordering hookers on his father's credit card started an interesting conversation about link bait. While I understand the hoax part, and the story over at Money.co.uk should not have benefited by cheating the system...
I could do a hoax press release about some gossipy fake story - hey include a porn star and a search industry leader (Danny smart move introducing me to your wife now I can't use you) and I will get a lot of links.
Social Media Evil: Lori Drew and the Dark Side of MySpacePosted by Kevin HeislerThe U.S.government charged with conspiracy a mother who allegedly used MySpace in a deadly hoax that drove her daughter's 13-year-old classmate to suicide.
The U.S.government charged a mother who allegedly used MySpace in a deadly hoax that drove her daughter's 13-year-old classmate (pictured here) to suicide with conspiracy. It turns out he was a hoax created by the mother of a former friend.
In December, two Clinton Iowa volunteers resigned after forwarding a hoax email that falsely said Obama is a Muslim possibly intent on destroying the United States. An Obama picture is worth a thousand words.
It was a hoax. In my last column, I defined link building as, "the integration of useful elements into a whole Web site to allow for the accretion of links through natural means," explaining that integration and accretion are the two key aspects of...
The site was launched on April 1, and Arrington speculates on whether or not it is an elaborate hoax. In This Issue =================== Upcoming Search Engine Strategies Events + Editors' Notes + Top Stories Since Our Last SE Update
The site was launched on April 1, and Arrington speculates on whether or not it is an elaborate hoax. Michael Arrington of TechCrunch takes a look at Yahoo Underground, presented by Yahoo News. If this is an April Fools joke it sure was a lot of...
I skipped the entire iPod from outer space thing last month because it was clearly a hoax. But Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria being viewable in Google Earth is not. Well, sort of. Suburbia pointed out that men's magazine Maxim is...
I skipped the entire iPod from outer space thing last month because it was clearly a hoax. But Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria being viewable in Google Earth is not. Well, sort of. Suburbia pointed out that men's magazine Maxim is touting...
t call us, our web site just informed them that we are a hoax and are probably trying to steal their confidential information. That was still the case with the open adCenter sign-up today and annoyed one of my readers Paul Holstein, as well.
