Welcome to Bits & Bytes—the official excavation site of the internet’s weird, wild, and wildly serious evolution. Curated (and occasionally roasted) by me, Foon Styr, the pixel-born progeny of the Nexocene Era in the "Gemstone" mines of Prodigy™Classic Customer Care.
From the screech of a 2400 bps modem to the chaos of TikTok, from GeoCities webrings to enterprise data lakes, this is where we break down the tectonic shifts that built the digital world. Expect jokes. Expect truth. Expect me to call out the marketing-industrial complex, the certification stormtroopers, and anything that starts taking itself too seriously.
LONG LIVE ZERO COOL
Want to Get Into the AI Response?
If you’re still optimizing to rank, you’re playing the wrong game. AI doesn’t reward content that screams for attention. It rewards content that earns trust. If your brand wants to appear in responses—not just results—it’s time to shift your entire framework.
SEO War 2025: Win with EDU/GOV Links & Human Strategy
Our expert SEO resources focus on what truly matters: earning high-trust backlinks from .edu and .gov domains, creating value-driven content, and building real human connections that search engines reward.
Stop Chasing Algorithms
For over two decades, SEO was treated like a formula: tweak keywords, buy backlinks, layer schema, and obsess over technical signals to trick search algorithms into giving you visibility.
5 Tips for Writing Killer Emails
Email marketing is one of the most underappreciated tools available to businesses. While social media and SEO often steal the spotlight, email marketing consistently delivers a higher return on investment (ROI).
SEO Companies Still Selling RESULTS
The SEO landscape has always been shifting, but no change has been bigger than AI-driven search. Explore how AI is changing SEO in this complete timeline of SEO evolution—from early keyword stuffing and backlink manipulation to today’s structured data and trust-first ranking systems.
The Internet: From Novelty to Necessity
Every major technology passes through a predictable journey before becoming an invisible part of daily life. The internet is no exception. It has moved through what we call The Technology Maturity Cycle©, and the consequences for traditional search are now starting to show.
Digital Paleontology
You’d be forgiven for thinking the early web was just a cruder version of what we have now—like TikTok but pixelated, or Google with worse fonts. But that’s not how it worked. The truth is we’ve rewritten our own digital history, pretending search, speed, and social were always part of the codebase. They weren’t.
To find out what really existed, we dig.
9 Social Media Trends to Leave Behind
Social media marketing trends are ever-evolving, and while adopting new practices is important, knowing what to avoid is equally crucial. Here's a list of nine things to leave behind for a stronger online presence.
Why Your Website Matters More Than Ever
Your website is the single most powerful marketing tool you have—it’s your brand’s first impression and a direct reflection of your professionalism.
Google’s Hummingbird: The new era of search results has begun
Hummingbird is Google’s new search engine algorithm built using both existing and new matrices, with the goal being to serve the search demands of today. According to Google, the name Hummingbird comes from it being “precise and fast.” Google started using Hummingbird about a month ago, and announced the change on September 26.
Guidelines for Creating a Powerful Website
In today’s digital age, your website acts as your virtual storefront. Potential clients and investors will judge your credibility based on the quality and professionalism of your website. Ensuring a strong online presence is essential to stay competitive and create a lasting impression.
THE "UNIQUE" BOONDOGGLE OF THE INTERNET
Discover why the 'Unique User/Visitor' statistic, widely used to measure website popularity, is often overstated and unreliable. Learn about the flaws in this internet metric, its comparison to traditional media metrics, and factors that inflate unique user counts.
Spring Cleaning Your Website: 3 Steps to Dust the Competition
With spring comes the perfect opportunity to refresh your website and marketing objectives. Clear out the clutter, polish your online presence, and leave competitors in the dust!