What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device when you visit. They let the site remember your actions and preferences and help the site owner understand how the site is used.
Similar technologies, such as pixels, web beacons and local storage, work in similar ways. In this policy, “cookies” includes them as well.
Cookies We Use
SEO Services Consortium, operated by Michael Penland and/or Matrix International Inc., may use the following types of cookies:
| Type | What it does | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Makes the site work, such as security, form submission and remembering your cookie choices. These cannot be turned off. | Website hosting and security cookies |
| Analytics | Shows us how visitors use the site, such as which pages are viewed and how long visits last, so we can improve it. | Google Analytics |
| Advertising and marketing | Measures our ads and shows our ads to people who have visited the site. | Google Ads, Meta (Facebook) Pixel |
| Functionality and embedded content | Supports features such as chat, scheduling, maps and embedded videos. These providers may set their own cookies. | YouTube, Google Maps, chat and booking widgets |
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are set by third parties, such as Google and Meta, when their services are used on our pages. These companies process information under their own privacy policies. We do not control their cookies.
Web beacons are explained in more detail in our Privacy Policy.
How to Manage Cookies
You can control cookies in several ways:
- Browser settings: most browsers let you block or delete cookies. Blocking all cookies may stop parts of this website from working.
- Google Analytics: install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
- Google ads: change your preferences in Google Ad Settings.
- Interest-based ads: opt out through the Network Advertising Initiative or the Digital Advertising Alliance.
- Global Privacy Control: if your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as a request to opt out of advertising cookies for that browser.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when we change the tools we use. The effective date at the top of this page shows when it was last changed.
SEO Services Consortium
Michael Penland, Matrix International Inc.
P.O. Box 4342
Dalton, GA 30719
Phone: 706-218-1255
Email: webmaster [AT] seoservicesconsortium.com
Online: Contact form