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How Google Uses Their Search Engine to Hijack Traffic from Web-based Bookstores
How Google Uses Their Search Engine to Hijack Traffic from Web-based Bookstores Book Spotlights
Bing Site Search is a Great Alternative, to Google Site Search, for a Website’s Search Engine
Bing Site Search is a Great Alternative, to Google Site Search, for a Website’s Search Engine Troy Johnson Article If you are reading this article, which has nothing to do with the primary focus of ...
2 Ways Google is Killing Online Booksellers & How You Can Help
2 Ways Google is Killing Online Booksellers & How You Can Help Troy Johnson Article (1) Google Uses its Dominance in Search to Hijack Traffic from Websites Google does this by placing content, it ha...
Google Worsens Web Experience by Retuning Poor Search Results
Google Worsens Web Experience by Retuning Poor Search Results Troy Johnson Article Please read the notes at the end of the article for important updates to this Blog post (the last note added Februar...
Google‘s Adverse Impact on the World Wide Web
Google‘s Adverse Impact on the World Wide Web Troy Johnson Article (Note: On Sunday May 20, CBS’s 60 Minutes aired a segment on the power of Google, validating much of what I’ve written below) Goo...
Google Should Pay for Content We Produce Which They Use to Generate Revenue
Google Should Pay for Content We Produce Which They Use to Generate Revenue Troy Johnson Article When you ask Google Home’s Smart Assistant to “Name some African American websites,” Google pulls the...
Web Development And Design Foundations With Html5 (7Th Edition)
Web Development And Design Foundations With Html5 (7Th Edition) Terry Felke-Morris 9780133571783 Nonfiction Pearson Pearson Web Development and Design Foundations with HTML5 is intended for use in...
There is a Lack of Unity Among Black Websites
There is a Lack of Unity Among Black Websites Troy Johnson Article Over the last year, I’ve invested a lot of effort informing the public about the adverse impact of the corporate take over of the we...
2003's List
2003's List Troy Johnson Article Maximizing the Potential of the World Wide Web (September 2003) by Troy Johnson, Founder AALBC.com The Internet is a vast place and contains an amazing ...
AALBC.com eNewsletter March 28th 2006
AALBC.com eNewsletter March 28th 2006 Troy Johnson Article The Following is an excerpt of AALBC.com's March 28th eNewsletter:MAKING THE BEST OF AALBC.comTip #1 — Use the Google Search EngineAALBC.com...
Why Black Owned Websites Fail
Why Black Owned Websites Fail Troy Johnson Article A few days ago a friend came across an article in, WhereItzAt Magazine. In the magazine was an article, “In defense of Black Bookstores,” addressed ...
The Best Black Book Search Engine Period!
The Best Black Book Search Engine Period! Troy Johnson Article http://thebestblackbooksearch.com Ok, despite the pretentious descriptor this is really a good way to query and learn about web sites th...
Top Ten Reasons Why African American Bookstores Are Closing
Top Ten Reasons Why African American Bookstores Are Closing Gwen Richardson Article Editor’s Note: On March 25, 2012 we published our new bookstore database. At the same time we also publ...
Algorithms Of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Algorithms Of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism Safiya Umoja Noble 9781479837243 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press Algorithms Of Oppression is a revealing lo...
What is Wrong with Goodreads and Wikipedia?
What is Wrong with Goodreads and Wikipedia? Troy Johnson Article ...and why are they promoting Zane’s tax liability rather than her literary accomplishments? “The Web is critical not merely to the d...
Traffic
Traffic Marvin X movietraffic.jpg Film Review There are many classic films on drugs and addiction, Traffic is now one of them. — Marvin X Traffic Click to order via Amazon Dir...
Algorithms Of Oppression (Hardcover)
Algorithms Of Oppression (Hardcover) Safiya Umoja Noble 9781479849949 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press Algorithms Of Oppression is a revealing look at how negative biases...
Share Info from Indie Black Owned Websites
Share Info from Indie Black Owned Websites Troy Johnson Article Add Huria Search Resources to Your Website or Blog Huria Search was created in reaction to the current trend in search results that f...
Serious Problems With Facebook Promotion
Serious Problems With Facebook Promotion Troy Johnson Article Writers, if you are using Facebook to promote your work—especially paid promotion— invest 30 minutes of your time to watch these two vide...
Huria Search - Search the Global Black Community
Huria Search - Search the Global Black Community Troy Johnson Article Editors Note: As of March 2016, after a 5 year run, Huria Search's run as a standalone site has ended. The Search engine and the...
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore Char Adams 9780593474235 Nonfiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore is...
Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores
Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores Katie Mitchell 9780593581346 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House A stunning visual homage to Black bookstores around the country alon...
Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America
Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America Gregory Pardlo 9781524731762 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: an extraordinary memoir and bl...
Tupac Play
Tupac Play Troy Johnson Article Web aalbc.com thumperscorner.com
The Results of a Decade on Social Media
The Results of a Decade on Social Media Troy Johnson Article One of the most profound changes I’ve witnessed on the web, in the past decade, is the rise of social media. Here I share my insight and ...
NetNation's Archive Search Engine
NetNation's Archive Search Engine Troy Johnson Article Use the form below to search through the files. Text to Search For: Boolean: AND OR Case Insensitive Sensitive ...
Notes: The Impact of Amazon, Google, and Facebook on the “Black Book Ecosystem”
Notes: The Impact of Amazon, Google, and Facebook on the “Black Book Ecosystem” Troy Johnson Article Presented at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s House in Sacramento CA, June 3rd 2017 Amazo...
Stopping Traffic (Love at The Crossroads) (Volume 1)
Stopping Traffic (Love at The Crossroads) (Volume 1) Pat Simmons 9781494278748 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Candace Clark has a phobia about crossing the street, and for good reason. A...
The Pimping of Wikipedia
The Pimping of Wikipedia Troy Johnson Article The Pimping of Wikipedia: Contributing to the Decline of the World Wide Web From the late 1990s and in to the following decade, the World Wide Web was a...
Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore
Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore Troy Johnson Article Editor's Note: We published an update of our bookstores in March of 2014. One of the very first things I put on AA...
So Amazing! Black Culture Word Search
So Amazing! Black Culture Word Search Denise Rochelle Myhand and Jamah Myhand 9798755973458 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published So Amazing! The So Amazing Black Culture Word Search...
Harold Green III
Harold Green III NONE Internationally-admired artist, Harold Green III, is the author of Black Rosesv and Black Oak. Known for his poetry, Green won the Carl Sandburg Literary Award for his debut col...
PageTurner.net
PageTurner.net Troy Johnson Article Pageturner.net is a professional web services firm that specializes in Web Design, Internet Marketing and Literary Services. Founded in 1998, the Ho...
8 Ways Bookstores Can Engage the eReading Community
8 Ways Bookstores Can Engage the eReading Community Shawneda Marks Article Here are 8 ways brick and mortar stores can welcome indie and eBook authors. Introduce readers to indie authors...
Join the Fight for Independence on the Web
Join the Fight for Independence on the Web Troy Johnson Article This article is intended for writers and other content providers, who are active on social media and have a goal of generating reve...
The 100 Best Web Sites for African Americans
The 100 Best Web Sites for African Americans Troy Johnson Article On April 4, 2003, EarthLink announced a partnership with MOBE (Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment) to present The ...
Google, Amazon, AI, Social Media, and Black Entrepreneurship on the Web
Google, Amazon, AI, Social Media, and Black Entrepreneurship on the Web Author Interviews
The Power of Blogs Part 2
The Power of Blogs Part 2 Troy Johnson Article Interestingly enough the process was not as difficult as I thought it might be, however it is far from intuitive -- particularly if you are not technica...
Marlene Taylor
Marlene Taylor NONE Marlene Taylor, a University of Pennsylvania cum laude graduate and Business Executive of the Year awardee, has a diverse career from air traffic controller to direct marketing fi...
A Great Tip and Advice for Creating a Blog or Website (Part I)
A Great Tip and Advice for Creating a Blog or Website (Part I) Troy Johnson Article If it is not already obvious from my previous post, I'm a big fan of WordPress. A few months ago, using software f...
African-American Literature Web Sites Launch “Power List” of Best-Selling Books
African-American Literature Web Sites Launch “Power List” of Best-Selling Books Troy Johnson Article FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Troy Johnson: troy@aalbc.com Gwen Richardson: grichardson@cu...
Musings on AALBC.com
Musings on AALBC.com Troy Johnson Article Blogs...and I'm averaging about one post a month. One thing I've learned is that blogs take time -- it you are short on time don't bother.It is not that I'm ...
AfroCyberspace
AfroCyberspace Stafford L. Battle and Reynold O. Harris 9780981826202 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published From the authors who brought you The African American Resource Guide to th...
AALBC.com has changed a lot over the last 13 years.
AALBC.com has changed a lot over the last 13 years. Troy Johnson Article Sometimes I'm amazed at how an experiment started 13 years ago turned into my livelihood today. While AALBC.co...
LaVonne HONEYXBUN Powell
LaVonne HONEYXBUN Powell NONE LaVonne “HONEYXBUN” Powell, born in Miami in 1998, is a talented artist and writer from a large African-American & Jamaican family. Starting her journey with poetry in 7...
5 Things Writers Must Do To Survive Online
5 Things Writers Must Do To Survive Online Troy Johnson Article Today, despite all the technology and social media at our disposal, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the average writer to ear...
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care?
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care? Troy Johnson Article Back in the the summer of 2013, I joined the fight to help save Marcus Books. My motivation was not solely limited to savin...
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America Troy Johnson Article This is a follow up to an article, “Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Book...
Blanche Richardson
Blanche Richardson NONE Blanche Richardson, a seasoned book editor and manager of Marcus Books, one of the oldest African American owned bookstores in the US, has contributed significantly to literat...
Dante Lee
Dante Lee 0000000081738541 Dante Lee, an award-winning business coach and best-selling author, is the CEO of Dante Lee International, a marketing and PR firm that specializes in reaching African Amer...
Loveis Wise
Loveis Wise 0000000495770154 Loveis Wise is a Washington, DC-born illustrator and designer, known for their joyful, liberating art. Currently based in Los Angeles, their work has been featured by ren...
Our 10 Most Popular Discussions (and Why Discussion Forums Matter)
Our 10 Most Popular Discussions (and Why Discussion Forums Matter) Troy Johnson Article Our discussion forums have been running for more than 17 years. According to Google's Analytics, these are the...
Google’s, Facebook’s, and Amazon’s Adverse Impact on Us All
Google’s, Facebook’s, and Amazon’s Adverse Impact on Us All Troy Johnson Article This lecture describes how these powers have taken control of the world wide web and how we are adversely impacted...
Jason Brent
Jason Brent NONE Jason Brent, a California-based author, creates highly realistic novels inspired by real-life experiences and street tales. Signed to Good2go Publishing, he's known for his successfu...
Chad Sanders
Chad Sanders NONE Chad Sanders, a NYC-based writer, director, actor, and musician, previously worked at Google and YouTube. He has collaborated with Spike Lee, Morgan Freeman, and Will Packer on TV s...
Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark
Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark Allen R. Wells 9780374391355 Nonfiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers Up to become one of the first Black female engin...
Mighty Truck
Mighty Truck Chris Barton 9780062344786 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Meet Clarence, a rickety old truck who goes from average to awesome when an unexpected trip through a mysterious truck wash ...
Honest Engine: Poems
Honest Engine: Poems Kyle Dargan 9780820347288 Poetry University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press In this his fourth collection, award-winning poet Kyle Dargan examines the mechanics of th...
The Monkeybars Of Life
The Monkeybars Of Life Ted Pittman 9780595464623 Fiction iUniverse Author Solutions In his first novel, Ted Pittman weaves a tale about life, technology and ESP from New York to Europe and beyond. Nat...
Landship Engine: Agincourt Over Again
Landship Engine: Agincourt Over Again Claudia Alexander 9781937781125 Fiction Red Phoenix Books Red Phoenix Books What if you moved the great battle of Agincourt forward 500 years? You’d have … WW1. S...
Are Reading Rates Declining in the African American Community?
Are Reading Rates Declining in the African American Community? Troy Johnson Article Frequent AALBC.com visitors may already know I consider search results biased toward large corporate sites t...
2004's List
2004's List Troy Johnson Article Making the Best of the World Wide Web or Troy's Top 10 Web Resources (October 2004) by Troy Johnson, Founder AALBC.com The World Wide Web (WWW) continues ...
Search Form
Search Form Troy Johnson Article Search the Web HotWired's Website Webmonkey The Netnation Site ...
D. Amari Jackson
D. Amari Jackson 0000000530897506 D. Amari Jackson is an accomplished creator, award-winning journalist, and author known for his middle grade novel, Jelani's Key. His portfolio includes TV/web/film ...
Issa Rae
Issa Rae 0000000493620849 Issa Rae, born in 1985, is a talented humorist and YouTube sensation with more than 25 million views. Recognized on Forbes' “30 Under 30” list twice, she has created success...
Riding Rhythm
Riding Rhythm Jihad Shaheed Uhuru 9781893196483 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Riding Rhythm is a love story set in the early 1970’s and 80’s Chicago, Atlanta, and D.C. Rhythm is a c...
I Wrote You 37 Letters
I Wrote You 37 Letters Dee Miller 9798218093198 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Warning: Some of the letters are frisky, funny, and head-tilting, but trust me, they will make you smile...
Shannon Holmes, Wahida Clark, Victor L. Martin, Sa'id Salaam, Reds Johnson, Hood Chronicles, Joe Awsum, and Vance Phillips
Shannon Holmes, Wahida Clark, Victor L. Martin, Sa'id Salaam, Reds Johnson, Hood Chronicles, Joe Awsum, and Vance Phillips MULTIPLE "Shannon Holmes, Wahida Clark, Victor L. Martin, Sa'id Salaam, Reds...
Cayenne
Cayenne Janice Pernell Excerpt Nia eyed Michael with a mixture of defiance and loathing. The man who’d captured her heart in the past three months was now her captor, in a very literal but surr...
Warning: Driving May be Hazardous to Black Health
Warning: Driving May be Hazardous to Black Health Earl Ofari Hutchinson 9798848053180 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published In Warning: Driving May be Hazardous to Black Health po...
The 30 Day Project: How Daily Dedication Can Lead to Something Amazing
The 30 Day Project: How Daily Dedication Can Lead to Something Amazing Christopher D. Burns 9780970195296 Nonfiction C. B. Publishing C. B. Publishing One Hour To Wealth was the first book in a serie...
Harold Phifer
Harold Phifer NONE Harold Phifer, also known as Dean Conan, is a Mississippi-born author who spent 23 years as an Air Traffic Controller with the FAA. Post FAA, he transitioned into an International ...
Please Pardon the Appearence of My Blog
Please Pardon the Appearence of My Blog Troy Johnson Article Earlier in the year Google made a change in their Blogger application which forced me to relocate my Blog to Google's servers. This chang...
Jesse Byrd
Jesse Byrd NONE Jesse Byrd, Jr., an award-winning author and former Google project worker, used his basketball skills to fund his education at UC Santa Barbara. Known for his debut novel, King Pengui...
Emmanuel M. Arriaga
Emmanuel M. Arriaga NONE Emmanuel M. Arriaga, an award-winning author, grew up in Philadelphia, developed a passion for science and fantasy, and escaped a low-income life. Graduating with a Master's ...
Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a Tech Idealist
Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a Tech Idealist Timnit Gebru 9781668093078 Nonfiction Atria / One Signal Publishers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Timnit Gebru, one of the fiercest v...
Are Google Ads Good for Your Site?
Are Google Ads Good for Your Site? Author Interviews
“Hey Google, name some African American websites.”
“Hey Google, name some African American websites.” Publishing & Craft
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books March/April 2018 Fiction: The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo was the best...
VL Towler: A Conversation About Writing and Literary Fiction
VL Towler: A Conversation About Writing and Literary Fiction Jay Lemming Interview
True Love: A Story of English Domestic Life
True Love: A Story of English Domestic Life Sarah E. Farro B007Q4IFZA Fiction Donohue & Henneberry Donohue & Henneberry With the publication of this novel, Sarah E. Farro became one of a handful of no...
Looking for Myself
Looking for Myself Kurt Boone 9780805935707 Fiction Dorrance Publishing Dorrance Publishing Poetry by Kurt Boone; Read the book online at Google Books.
Liz Montague
Liz Montague NONE Liz Montague is a cartoonist, writer, and illustrator known for her work on self and social awareness. She's contributed to the New Yorker, the US Open, Food Network, Google, and th...
Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quilt, Birth of a Book
Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quilt, Birth of a Book Marvin V. Arnett Article
Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families
Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families Judith Giesberg 9781982174323 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. Drawing from an archive of nearl...
Knockin’ Boots: A Novel
Knockin’ Boots: A Novel Tracy Price-Thompson 9780345477231 Fiction One World Penguin Random House Bestselling author Tracy Price-Thompson returns with another steamy novel, packed with wife swapping, ...
How Bloggers Can Help Each Other
How Bloggers Can Help Each Other Troy Johnson Article A few years ago I created a website, Huria Search, to showcase and highlight the websites of Black content providers, including magazines, ne...
Bobby Price
Bobby Price NONE Dr. Bobby Price, a certified plant-based nutritionist and exercise physiologist, focuses on holistic healing through diet, herbal medicine, and lifestyle changes. He has extensive cl...
Billy Carson
Billy Carson NONE Billy Carson, born in 1971, is the CEO of 4BiddenKnowledge Inc, and bestselling author of works like “The Compendium Of The Emerald Tablets.” He runs a conscious streaming TV networ...
Three Famous Authors Describe a Few of Their Favorite Bookstores
Three Famous Authors Describe a Few of Their Favorite Bookstores Book Spotlights
Roxane Gay & Edan Lepucki on Their Favorite Bookstores
Roxane Gay & Edan Lepucki on Their Favorite Bookstores Book Spotlights
Debra Owsley
Debra Owsley NONE Debra Owsley, avid reader and hairstylist, transformed her passion into a business, Simply Said Reading Accessories and LitVersation. She collaborates with bestselling authors, book...
girls in search of cover
girls in search of cover Pamela Mariva Mshana 9798985862300 Fiction Seven Visions Entertainment & Consulting Seven Visions Entertainment & Consulting Girls in Search of Cover— Part 1 is the first book...
Host a Listening Party for SHUT UP AND READ!
Host a Listening Party for SHUT UP AND READ! Jeannine A. Cook Article .image:hover { transform: translateY(-5px); box-shadow: 0 12px 24px rgba(255, 126, 3, 0.4); } Host a Listening Pa...
Hannah Oliver Depp Describes Loyalty Bookstores
Hannah Oliver Depp Describes Loyalty Bookstores Book Spotlights
October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More
October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books September/October 2017 The fiction category was dominated by Sadeqa Johnson’s novel Second ...
Nicole, Tiphanie, and Glory's Favorite Bookstores
Nicole, Tiphanie, and Glory's Favorite Bookstores Book Spotlights
Plan It!: The Complete Resource Guide for Authors, Book Clubs & Literary Event Planners
Plan It!: The Complete Resource Guide for Authors, Book Clubs & Literary Event Planners Sharon Lucas 9781625179661 Nonfiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Read a Free Preview of the “The Perf...
Only 54 Black Owned Indie Bookstores Left in America
Only 54 Black Owned Indie Bookstores Left in America Book Spotlights