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. I'm not here to give you recycled content fluff or pretend nostalgia — I'm here to stir the byte soup and serve up the history of the internet as I remember it. Also, let you know where we might be going.
From the squak of a 2400 bps dial-up modem to the chaos of TikTok, from web rings to data lakes, this is where we decode the tectonic shifts that shaped the digital world. Expect truth. Expect jokes. Expect me to call out the marketing-industrial, the certification storm troopers and anything complex when it gets too self-important.
The Signal and the Circus: Why Content Is Broken
In a world where everyone is producing content at full volume, your audience is exhausted—scrolling through a sea of videos, podcasts, posts, and AI-generated fluff just to find something that matters.
How AI Is Changing SEO: From Keyword Stuffing to Structured Data
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.
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.
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!
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.