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Small Biz Search Marketing Webinar Next Month »

Quick note for any small business owners out there who feel you need to get a better grasp on the basics of search marketing: Search Marketing Now is hosting “Search Marketing for Small Business,” a live and free webinar on Thursday, May 14th at 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT. Industry bet Disa Johnson [...]

Early Bird gets the $200 at Learn About Web: Denver »

I wouldn’t normally mention something happening five months away, but when there’s a chance to invite you to what will be a terrific small business marketing conference and help you save $200 in the process … well, now you understand why.
I’m talking about Learn About Web – Denver, which is scheduled for September 14 and [...]

Speaking at ad:tech next week »

For a couple years now I’ve been looking at ad:tech and thinking it would be cool to attend one. It seems like quite a different conference than the search marketing shows I’m used to, with different speakers, different vendors, and a different audience.
I’ll finally have my chance next week because I’m speaking on day two [...]

Why I Am Comfortable with Web Site Clinics »

Kim Krause Berg got me thinking last week when she wrote Why I’m Not Comfortable with Web Site Clinics, an article that questions the value of those site review sessions you see at almost every search marketing/design conference.
At the risk of paraphrasing, Kim’s argument — which I generally agree with — is that the [...]

SMX West photos finally online »

The announcement of that new Canonical Tag was so exciting that Matt Cutts started raising the roof right in the middle of his presentation about it. That’s one of a dozen photos in my SMX West 2009 photoset on Flickr.
Not sure why I only took a dozen shots when I usually do like [...]

What I Learned About Google Blog Search at SMX West »

At SMX West a couple weeks ago, I moderated a unique session titled “Up Close with Google Blog Search.” I call it unique because there was only one speaker on the panel: Chris Pennock, Senior Software Engineer for Google Blog Search. As moderator, I also gave a brief, unscripted presentation of some things I researched [...]