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This is dangerous stuff. Please don't fall for it. Expect it to get worse before the end of the year.

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If Apple is successful in creating a new search engine it won't be better than Google's. Still, it will be the default search engine on EVERY SINGLE iPHONE. https://bit.ly/3mBGLvc

Apple Might Make Its Own Search Engine in Wake of Department of Justice's Google Lawsuit The future of Google is uncertain following antitrust allegations, and Apple might be trying to get out ahead of things with its own search engine.

How the heck are we supposed to know if doesn't even know.

NOW is the time to grab local market share from your competitors. https://bit.ly/2MKr5pL

How local marketers can prepare for the ‘great reset’ [Video] Consumers are reemerging to a different retail landscape than they’re used to. Location data can help businesses identify and market to these audiences as they form new habits.

Found this at O'Reilly Auto Parts. Oh, how I wish. https://bit.ly/3aOCmj2

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Here is the full list of Governor Kay Ivey's non-essential business closures. The closures will begin at 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 28 and must remain closed until at least April 17. Non-compliance could result in a $500 fine per violation (which I assume means per day the business remains open).

Entertainment venues:
(1) Night clubs
(2) Bowling alleys
(3) Arcades
(4) Concert venues
(5) Theaters, auditoriums, and performing arts centers
(6) Tourist attractions (including museums and planetariums)
(7) Racetracks
(8) Indoor children’s play areas
(9) Adult entertainment venues
(10) Casinos
(11) Bingo halls
(12) Venues operated by social clubs

Athletic facilities and activities:
(1) Fitness centers and commercial gyms
(2) Spas and public or commercial swimming pools
(3) Yoga, barre, and spin facilities
(4) Spectator sports
(5) Sports that involve interaction with another person of closer than 6 feet
(6) Activities that require use of shared sporting apparatus and equipment
(7) Activities on commercial or public playground equipment

Close-contact service providers:
(1) Barber shops
(2) Hair salons
(3) Waxing salons
(4) Threading salons
(5) Nail salons and spas
(6) Body-art facilities and tattoo services
(7) Tanning salons
(8) Massage-therapy establishments and massage services

Retail stores:
(1) Furniture and home-furnishings stores
(2) Clothing, shoe, and clothing-accessory stores
(3) Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores
(4) Department stores
(5) Sporting goods stores
(6) Book, craft, and music stores

Best wishes to everyone trying to run a business and support employees during this time.

Here's a great resource for looking for news and encouragement during the pandemic.

Eater Food news and dining guides from across the country.

Google has just turned off their review functionality due to the pandemic. My guess is a glut of fake reviews that they couldn't keep up with. Read the sad news here: https://bit.ly/3bf42O1

Just a note to Musician's Friend. If you are paying even .000003 for these impressions you are getting ripped off.

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Yelp is Screwing Over Restaurants By Quietly Replacing Their Phone Numbers The phone numbers add tracking before connecting to a restaurant so that Grubhub can bill for a marketing fee.

Think it's a good idea for your to remember to post photos on your Google My Business listing? THIS client is reaping the benefits!

I truly hate spammers, scammers, phishers and hucksters. rocks their world and I love that! https://bit.ly/2N5bazW

This is what happens when you reply to spam email | James Veitch Suspicious emails: unclaimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safe deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop up in our inboxes, ...

See my previous post about pics just looking like now, but here ya go... The guys who created it are walking out. https://nyti.ms/2N4hZ4V

Instagram’s Co-Founders to Step Down From Company Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Instagram’s co-founders, resigned from the photo app on Monday. Their exits add to the challenges facing Facebook, which owns the app.

See my previous post about pics just looking like now, but here ya go... The guys who created it are walking out. https://nyti.ms/2N4hZ4V

Yes, this is a few years old, but I'll just leave it right here.

Well praise the Lord and pass the peas! Thanks !!!!
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Google adding business descriptions in Google My Business & local panel Business owners will likely soon have the option to write and edit descriptions that show up in Google's local knowledge panel.

Just bulk deleted THOUSANDS of emails from my 360 "other" folder. Not sure if this was good or bad. Scary as I was doing it. Cleansing now that I have. Hope your urgent email wasn't in there.