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RMR’s Rating System Explained!

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Bullseye - Perfect Rating

You’ll truly find a gazillion of different ways to slice and dice a record. It seems to me that every blog, webzine, or magazine has its own rating method or none at all. Some count to 10 points for their ranking. Others still sport those terrible star things or go for the five-point system.

And – again – others go for the same solution but with half-point ratings in between.1 The accountants and die-hard statistical nerds will probably fancy the count by the hundredth. Easy for the percentage count. But bitch, please.

And RMR?

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RMR Rulez: To AI or not to AI!

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RMR Rulez - Dystopian Skeleton in AI Hell

Modern times are upon us, they said. And everything will turn for the better, they said. But – will it? I think we’re about to find out. Because so many ‘actors’ are fucking around with this already, I fear we’ve already lost control. Skynet beckons you, mark my words. But let’s stay with our musical background for now and explore the impact of this newest technological development on the RMR zine.

“Crisis? What Crisis?”, an age-old, long-defunct band once famously crooned.1 Nobody took them quite seriously back then. Yet, it looks like the music industry is about to … [...] Click to raid more!

One Thousand Reviews and Counting. RMR on a roll!

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RMR - 1000 Reviews

Well, I’ll be damned. The RMR zine just proudly stepped across the threshold of one thousand music reviews. And this count doesn’t even include the plethora of lists, editorials, opinions, and other musings that saw the light of day over time.

Frankly, the crew here never thought this would be possible one day. After all, unceremoniously treading on bands’ artistic freedom remains a side hustle at best with a day job and life challenges in full swing. But there is a demand for all that free marketing RMR threw at the audience over time. So, here we go, feistier than … [...] Click to raid more!

Paid Links kill SEO! Or do they?

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RockmusicRaider - Anonymous - Black Hat SEO - Paid Links

Ah, what a trauma that linking strategy often is, once you start with a website and you try to hit good SEO grades. Yet, there is no way around it. It is indeed true that good internal and external linking can be a stepping stone for you to hit that #1 spot on major search engines. So, you have no other choice but to attack this issue.

But have a care.

There are a few Black Hat SEO activities that might very well land you in seething hot water. Only if you are found out, of course. But chances are … [...] Click to raid more!