Archive for February, 2008

SES London Day Two Photos

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Here’s a roundup of photos from day two of Search Engine Strategies London 2008:

Anne Kennedy and Bryan Eisenberg

Jim Sterne and Andy Beal

Audience

Massimo does his magic as Amanda looks on

Competitive Intelligence panel

Blog SEO session

Lisa Ditlefsen and Rob Kerry

Chris Leggett and Jon Meyers

Post conference activities
Here’s a day SES London day one wrap up video from Incisive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz-pvMDv-to

And here’s […]

Video: Interview with Adam Lasnik of Google

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

On day one of SES London I was able to catch up with Google Search Evangelist Adam Lasnik to do a short (10 min) video on several topics important to web masters looking for better results on Google. Adam starts with a descrption of his responsibilities at Google and then answers questions about Google […]

SES London Day One Photos

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Let’s kick things off for SES London 2008 with a few photos:

Business Design Centre - Cool venue for a conference

Matt Bailey getting the sock puppet treatment from Greg Jarboe, pre-conference

Frank Watson and his budda belly gets rubbed by Li Evans

Kevin Heisler, Kevin Ryan, Gary Lynch and Stewart Quealy from Incisive

SES London co-host Mike Grehan and […]

The Fallacy of SEO Celebrity

Monday, February 18th, 2008

I am curious if anyone else has noticed a trend over the past year or so where people (I have nobody specific in mind) in the search marketing business seem to increasingly gravitate towards becoming a “SEO celebrity”. It’s a bit like like moths to a flame, really.
A while back, I had a search marketing […]

BIGLIST SEO Blog Update 021508

Friday, February 15th, 2008

It looks like the SEM blogosphere is on a roll because we have a nice varied collection of search and online marketing blogs for the BIGLIST this week.

Ranked Hard SEO Comic - Get your funny on with this quality SEO comic about the mythical “Ranked Hard” SEO agency, from folks at Big Oak.

THINKing - […]

5 Lesser Known Google Analytics Features

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Google Analytics is a great program that can do a lot more than most people realize. Here are a few features that you may not know about:

Capture internal search stats. This is a newer feature of Google Analytics and a very nice one. Not only can you see what a visitor put into […]

SEO Tips for Public Relations

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

During the PRSA International Conference I had the opportunity to talk with Eric Schwartzman about the interplay of search engine optimization and online public relations. There’s plenty of sage advice for PR professionals interested in leveraging SEO tactics for public and media relations in the interview (Eric interviews Lee), so if you have 25 […]

Online Reputation Management for Individuals

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Recently I’ve had several discussions with a reporter on how small businesses can effectively use blogger relations and PR to market themselves. Out of that conversation came another topic about Online Reputation Management - not for companies, but for individuals.
There’s a tremendous amount of content and in some cases debate, being generated in the search […]

Matt McGowan Interview: Lowdown on SES New York 2008

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Spotlight on Search Interview with Matt McGowan of Incisive Media: Search Engine Watch, ClickZ, Search Engine Strategies.

The Search Engine Strategies conference in New York undoubtedly one of my favorites and the next SES NYC show is coming up fast, March 17-20, 2008. Since SES has changed its format starting with the New York show, […]

WordPress.com and SEO Blogs - Love or Hate?

Monday, February 11th, 2008

While doing some research for a presentation, I was checking out the WordPress.com site on “types of blogs” looking for creative ways to categorize them. And what did I come upon, but this page which separates blogs types into two overall categories of “popular” and “banned”. Guess where SEO blogs fall? Sigh.
Even our dear WordPress […]