a tear came to my face today when one of my fav torrent search engines put up a noticed they are dead….
companies
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R.I.P. Pizzatorrent.com
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Websourced VP Arrested? No Seriously.
For those who worked there it may have seemed like a bad soap opera but its probably one of the worst written reality scripts ever, and sadly its not a TV show. I’m talking about the drama-filled goodness that was my former employer, WebSourced / MarketSmart / Think / KeywordRanking et al. Sure they have [...]
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George D.? Jerry J? Pat M? Xavier H.? is that you?
Earlier this month SEO company iCrossing laid off 30 or so people and planning to let go 30+ more. This is the same company that was making acquisitions and was aiming for IPO until something went wrong. Sound familiar? Yea, I thought so too, and now read the comments on this post and tell me [...]
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Congrats Zunch, You’ve been WEBSOURCED
Zunch, an SEM company based out of Dallas, has just filed for bankruptcy. Tell me if this excerpt from someone in the know sounds familiar. While clients that stayed on with Zunch Worldwide were not affected, any unsecured creditors were basically hung out to dry, left to muddle through a bankruptcy process that is bound [...]
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Pat M and Mark C Update
File this one under the “If anyone really cares” section. Pat and Cuz Mark are working on a new project http://www.freefsbo.com/aboutus/FreeFSBO.com+executive+bios+.aspx. the funny part is, they have the same F’d up SEO tactics they preached. Same tags, commented out keywords, etc etc. PageRank 0.
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More MarketSmart hi-jinx
Man, I thought i was done posting about this craptastic company, but they keep making the news! There is an article in the N and O today talking about how MarketSmart ADVERTISING just had its two heads removed by their parent company THK. To summarize the article, THK removed the two people in charge and [...]
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Google Coming to NC
The story that was reported a month ago has finally come to resolution, accorrding to Forbes Google has chosen NC. has chosen NC.. Who wouldn’t want to come to our kickass state?
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MSI / Think Partnership Up To Their Old Tricks
MarketSmart Interactive just doesn’t quit. The take you in, tell you they love you, build you up, then beat you down. Repeatedly. I’ve heard the rumors going around of these Cease and Desist letters that were sent to employees that were most recently LAID OFF and telling them they are no longer allowed to continue [...]
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N and O Article on Market Smart Interactive
In case you haven’t seen the article in today’s N and O about our dear former company MSI / Websourced. I linked it for you. I had talked to the writer but he really didn’t care what I had to say since I left so long ago but Ely and Honaker make some quality statements.
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Why I believe Websourced, MarketSmart Interactive, Keyword Ranking failed
The recent implosion of my former employer and formerly one of the largest SEO firms in the industry makes an interesting case study for any business oriented jabroni like myself. But seeing as I do not want to rehash my MBA career, I threw together my thoughts in a response to Garrett’s post asking why [...]
