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Assertion Contradicted
Jonathan Herzog claims SEO disinformation generated 100,000 false headlines post-launch
“Immediately thereafter, a targeted Systematic disinformation campaign was launched, where if you Google my name, Jonathan Herzog, on a computer and hit the news tab, you will see 100,000 of false headlines improperly indexed through SEO manipulation to myself,…”
Jonathan Herzog May 18, 2020 ▶ 25:27 Jonathan Herzog: His Plan To Get 30k Votes to Beat Jerry Nadler for NY Congressional Seat, YangGang Strategy and Freedom Dividend
Assertion Contradicted
Novoselsky: 65% of B2B Searches Start on Social, Not Google
“Here's the stat that's really alarming, is 65% of the B to B search starts on social, not on Google.”
Irina Novoselsky Oct 10, 2024 ▶ 7:30 Hootsuite Approaching $400m in Revenue by Throwing out the SaaS Playbook with CEO Irina Novoselsky
Assertion Contradicted
Ben Barokas's team at Google developed the real-time bidding protocol
“While I was at Google, after we almost created the problem while there, we developed a protocol that, Called real-time bidding. And the RTB protocol enables marketers to bid on individual users based on their data profile. And that made data available on just …”
Ben Brokus Mar 23, 2023 ▶ 4:38 Sourcepoint Hits 500 Customers for Data Privacy Product, Will "definitely hit $50m in 2024"
Assertion Contradicted
Google's EMEA VP Ronan Harris joined Kumo's board
“The MD of Google for Europe. It's just joined our board as well. And VP of Mia, Ronan Harris.”
Kieran Bollard Jan 6, 2020 ▶ 4:22 1626 How He's Making $5m in ARR off $35M in GMV From B2C ECommerce Brands
Assertion Contradicted
Google spent nearly $1B annually on corporate travel in 2008
“So at Google back in 2008, they came up with the concept of, you know, Hey, we're spending close to a billion dollars in travel every year back then.”
Dan Ruch Mar 17, 2018 ▶ 8:55 966 "We'll Process $1b in Corporate Travel Expenses Over Next 24 Months" Says RocketTrip CEO
Assertion Contradicted
Industry Brains was first to market with B2B pay-per-click before Google
“Progression has gone from pay-per-click back the day before Google was auctioning clicks. We were the first to market there with a B to B product called industry brands.”
Eric Matlick Jan 5, 2018 ▶ 1:34 895 $10m+ Balancing Act Between SaaS and Variable CPM Revenue
Assertion Contradicted
Mojsilovic: Google enterprise is growing 30% YoY with 5M–10M business users
“Because the Google in an enterprise world is growing around 30% year by year, and they already have more than, between five and ten million businesses using Google Apps.”
Ivan Mojsilovic Jan 1, 2017 ▶ 13:08 EP 526: Yanado Hits $25k MRR, Helping 17000 Users Better Manage Tasks with CEO Ivan Mojsilovic
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