Is social media destroying the world? I don’t think so
Everybody has a different view of social media: enthusiastic, annoyed, indifferent. However, when it comes to being amusing, nothing beats the...
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Michael Gillen
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@michael-gillen
Michael Gillen is a project analyst and SEO specialist for fishbat, an online marketing firm that specializes in bringing SEO and social media together in new and exciting ways. He has a Bachelor’s degree in English from Vassar and a Master’s degree in corporate communications from CUNY Baruch College.
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Scores roll up from Michael Gillen's published work, editorial quality signals, and identity verification. All values 0-100.
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Articles on TECHi
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7/100
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Profile completenessGetting started
45/100
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Editorial output from Michael Gillen
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Pre-pivot work
2 articles from Michael Gillen's earlier era on TECHi (pre-2026 financial-coverage pivot). URLs still resolve and Google can crawl them, but they're not on the current beat.
Does Google hate their users? The problems with Google Analytics
A few months back, website owners got extremely upset because Google Analytics stopped telling companies many of the keywords that people used to get to...