RMR’s Rating System Explained!

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!

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!

Paid Links kill SEO! Or do they?

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!

Twitter – A Threat to Your SEO Score?

Twitter - Evil Bird

The RMR crew already had a few run-ins with the folks over at Twitter. But it was mostly about minor stuff. Concerns about the makeup of their website, the Dorsey-man’s frightening gobbledygook and what have you. But by and large, the site worked well at a reasonably reliable level and sported a stout following of the rock and metal community. And that’s also the only reason why the RMR Social Media folks even bothered with a heavily censured, low-value messaging app mainly populated by elitists, politicians, colorful celebrities, miscellaneous artists, and misguided government bodies.

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