The Danger of Negative SEO Attacks A hidden well-organized negative SEO (search engine optimization) campaign against you can wipe out your Internet footprint, obliterate online rankings, or cause you to be de-indexed by Google. It can do irreparable harm to your reputation and earning potential. And if these malicious actors circumvent the current laws by targeting someone’s actual name instead of their website, victims have little recourse. Why? Because these concealed attacks don’t leave the necessary IP addresses to track down the [...]

I grew up in southern West Virginia, where the hunting culture is deeply embedded in our psyche. In my own family, my uncles never missed a deer season. In fact, all my guy friends skipped school on the first day of it to be with their fathers. My own stepfather, a former sniper in the Army, shot more than his fair share of deer.  Then in his old age, he picked off squirrels to feed a pair of nesting hawks in [...]

Nimbly stepping over rocks and entangled grapevines, my grandmother taught us the most important lessons outside.