The always-enterprising Mike Blumenthal has started a campaign (of which I had no prior knowledge and am more than a little embarrassed by) to raise money for a Google Maps customer service team.
Of course, in the more-than-likely event that Google eschews our generosity, all funds will be donated to a very worthy cause: a mental [...]

With all due respect to Andrew Shotland, whose great writing and insightful tips (along with a keyword-rich domain name) have earned him not only a #1 ranking for all kinds of Local-related searches including this one…I believe that what I am about to share with you is more impressive than even his dominance of search engine [...]

I’ve wanted to write this post for a long time. In it, I tackle the hot topic of where journalism and traditional media stand in the internet era. N.B. You’re probably not going to have time to read this post all in one sitting, so feel free to read it in chunks (which I’ve tried to create with headlines scattered throughout the post). It’ll still be here if you decide to come back later.

Fear not, dear readers, ’tis not I in need of employment. But a colleague on the SEMpdx Board, Scott Orth, has felt the pain of this economic downturn–earlier this week he was laid off by his employer.

A couple of my favorite SEO firms, Distilled UK, of London, England and NetConcepts of Madison, WI have announced efforts in recent days that will help make the world a better place, using SEO and SEM. Here are a couple of brief summaries of those efforts, with an idea of how you can get [...]

Though on the whole, I found PubCon to be a bit repetitive of many of the presentations I’d seen at other conferences I’d been to this year (SMX Seattle, SES San Jose, SEOmoz Seminar), the social scene in Vegas left nothing to be desired.
Monday
I arrived in Vegas Monday afternoon, and after wandering around the north [...]

So here we are nearly 30 days after my last post. November has been a crazily busy, but tremendously rewarding month for me professionally–more on that later this month.
Coincidentally enough that last post was also inspired by the same person: Rhea Drysdale. One of Rhea’s most recent entries is part of a thread that [...]

So, in the latest reply EVER to a blog thread, I’m getting around to posting my response to Rhea’s 8 Random Things. Somehow I get the feeling I’ll never get tagged again on one of these things – sorry Rhea!!
1 – I don’t really like holidays. Not just “the” holidays, but holidays [...]

My friend Miriam Ellis from the SEOIgloo tagged me in a chain started by my other friend Rhea Drysdale. I’m honored to be a part of Miriam’s team!!
Here are the rules Rhea laid down when she started this thing:

You can choose up to seven team members, but are not required to have seven.
Rhea, what’s [...]

Here’s a list of all of my SES San Jose 2007 recaps, for quicker reference:

Top Ten Small Business Takeaways
Linkbaiting and Viral Search Success
Local Search Marketing Techniques
The Paid Links Debate
Searcher Behavior Research Update
Universal and Blended Search
Personalization, User Data, and Search
B2B Search Marketing Tactics
Marissa Mayer’s Keynote Interview with Danny Sullivan
Social Scene Recap