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Does Billie Joe Armstrong Know What a “Fork in the Road” Is?

Posted on April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 by Peter

Green Day’s 1997 hit “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” opens with the line: Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road It’s an effective way to start a song, especially paired with such a classic acoustic guitar riff. But it also demands we ask the question — does songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong know…

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what is keyword stuffing?

What Is Keyword Stuffing? or, Keyword Stuffing: What Is It?

Posted on October 9, 2017June 29, 2018 by Peter

What is keyword stuffing? Keyword stuffing is an out-out-of-date SEO tactic that attempted to influence search rankings for a specific page, for a specific keyword, by including that keyword on that page as many times as possible. Sometimes this meant working the keyword or phrase into poorly constructed sentences such as the following: If you’re…

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“Cunning Linguist” Is a Bad Pun and Not Even Funny

Posted on July 29, 2016July 22, 2017 by Peter

Warning: This post contains some mildly explicit language. It’s something many of us have probably seen: Some person or another makes a post on social media, or even makes a statement in real life, pertaining to language, grammar, linguistics, or the like. Maybe it’s not even related to language per se, but just displays an…

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