Damon Burton
Smart SEO & Internet Marketing Blog
Stand Up for Kids Privacy at School
Posted the other day my son told me his high school had facial recognition for testing. Fuck that. Emailed the teacher and cc'd the principal. Was cordial. Acknowledged they have a lot of complexities in their role. Asked why students were "required" to download this...
First Cabin “Profit”
Between the cost of land + construction, I'm somewhere around $1,160,000 in building our lake front home, with ~$750,000 still in outstanding debt. This screenshot of $2,381.99 is our first "income" from the property. It's been rented out all summer, and this is the...
Outrank + AI SEO book rewrite
Finally walking into a chapter in my life where I think I can start resuming working on my Outrank book rewrite. It's going to focus on all the great fundamentals, revised for the current landscape of SEO, and add in a bunch more now with AI optimization. Instead of...
Caribbean Cove
Some of you followed the journey of building our lake front vacation home. I shared pics of the old trailer we tore down. The empty lot after. The foundation I shoe-stringed the budget for. Then finally found a good framer, who ended up also being a trustworthy...
Does Google Penalize AI Generated Content?
Been thinking about "Does Google track if content is AI generated?" My theory has always been, "yes, Google cares if content is AI generated." Now, how much they enforce against it is another thing. I think they have to play nice for a while, and also play catch up on...
Optimize Live SEO Agency Training Welcome Kits
My 3 day live SEO + AI Optimization training, Optimize Live, was last week. Yet, here are 12 welcome kits. I was going to close off the registration the night before, but had a few signups come through so I left it up until day 1 started. And that happened to be when...
Frustrating Things
Sometimes someone does something that drives you crazy. Like this van. It's hard not to react sometimes. This van kept parking in front of my office. They have every right to. It's a public road. It was frustrating though because: the van blocked our sign, so people...
Proud of my son and his team
My younger son's team was just celebrated and got to walk on the field with RSL's professional at a game the other day to recognize them as recent tournament champions. Little pic pre-game where they also got to run through walking out with the giant field flag at...
Parenting Advice
For one reason or another, I get asked semi-regularly for parenting advice. Where I've tended to lean on this is almost anti-advice. Every family is different, and every parent is doing their best. Don’t feel obligated to listen to everyone’s ideas, no matter how...
