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Google Should Pay for Content We Produce Which They Use to Generate Revenue

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 Troy 0 Comments AALBC.com, Google, information, web

When you ask Google Home’s Smart Assistant to “Name some African American websites,”  Google pulls the information from AALBC. While

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We Must Patronize Black-Owned Websites or Lose Them

October 16, 2017May 3, 2020 Troy 6 Comments culture, information, Recommendations

Part of AALBC.com’s mission is to help support Black-owned websites.  Historically, I’ve focused on sites related to books including, publisher

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How Facebook is Perverting Your Internet.

September 19, 2017 Troy 0 Comments Facebook, information, Writers

A friend shared a link to a video on Facebook with me. The video, shown at the end of the

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