Hey, remember SMX Advanced in Seattle? Think back to a couple weeks ago. Danny Sullivan threw a conference in the Emerald City, some SEOs attended, it was a huge success...any of this ringing a bell to you? Well, if two certain slacker SEOs didn't have 8,000 simultaneous tasks to work on and actually published this article right after the conference ended, you'd be more excited about reading it. O...
Yeah, yeah, I'm late in posting this (don't even get started on the comics--perceptive readers will notice that we haven't even published an SMX recap yet, let alone a collection of images and goofy speech bubbles). Please remember that Rand doesn't pay me solely to author kooky, off-topic stuff for our blog. (Shh, don't tell anyone. I don't want people to know I actually work.) For now I'll leave...
After SMX, training Frenchies, SES Toronto, and getting sick, I'm back in the office attempting to tackle a mountain of tasks (I've never empathized with Rand more than I do right now). Jane and I will soon publish the so-late-it's-just-ridiculous coverage of SM, but for now I want to talk about SES Toronto and the Canadian Search Landscape session. This session was pretty rife with...
I'm sitting ten feet from the imposing Todd Friesen and Greg Boser, who are rocking out with their links out on the Better Ways panel at SMX. Joining them are Christine Churchill, Alex Bennert, Aaron Wall, Jim Boykin, a mustachey Cameron Olthuis, and Danny Sullivan at the moderating helm. Danny is doing his usual adorable ranty banter schtick, Cameron looks confused, Jim and Aaron look shaggy, Ale...
Just the news, folks: Remember that debate Jeremy and I had on disclosure? We spent nearly an hour on the phone discussing the issue - the discussion was heated, but never disrespectful, and it's pretty entertaining, too. ...
I've been sitting next to Lisa from Bruce Clay for too long, as I've now finally given in to the temptation to blog live from a session at a conference. I've never wanted to do this before, as I like to spend a long time composing my articles and blog entries (whether it shows or not...) and there's not much time for reflection when you're in the front row of the Personalized Search session....
Danny Sullivan's long-awaited and much anticipated Search Marketing Expo conference kicks off next week with SMX Advanced in Seattle. Matt, Scott, Jeff, and Gillian all have Expo Passes, while Jane and I will be covering the conference for our blog and Rand will be speaking on the "SEO, Meet SMM" panel w...
As promised, and despite the late hour, I'm finally finished with my article all about our trip to China. There's a lot of information inside - a good 25-30 minutes of reading if you feel like taking the time. If you just need the lowdown, read the section on the Chinese Search Lands...
Search Engine Strategies China was held in the beautiful resort town of Xiamen on May 24 - 25. KEYNOTEYvonne Chang, China Yahoo and Alibaba Vice President, was interviewed by Chris Sherman and Inway Ni for the Keynote address. Mr. Ni asked Ms. Chang to search for her name on Yahoo and she noted his blog was ranked...
As promised, I'm putting up my presentations from SES Xiamen 2007. There's so much to share about China that it's nearly impossible to put it into a blog post and thus, when I return home, I'll be writing a full article on SEOmoz about my experiences, the Chinese search market and what I ate (abalone, shark fin soup, camel, turtle, duck tongue, scorpions, starfish, jellyfish and many more)....
Just a quick blog to request that anyone and everyone in the search industry or who regularly reads SEOmoz (or just stumbled across this today) is invited to join the search marketing tour this evening in Shanghai on the 47th floor of the Radisson New World Hotel in their bar - Skydome...
After 5 days in China, I'm completely unqualified to give any advice on the country, tourism, travel or search marketing, but I think that despite that, it's still worthwhile to give my early impressions. Bullet points are a must, given the average of 5-6 hours a night of sleep, numerous blisters and a dead-tired roommate :) China is accessible - before coming to China, I had...
And now, to finish off your Thursday, here's a roundup of various news tidbits that I found interesting: Scoreboard Media Group has an encouraging post called "If At First You Don't Succeed, Quit!" Though it's rife with baseball metaphors, Brian Provost makes a fantastic point--that some...
I don't know how I've found time to blog this week. Between replacing everything from the theft, prepping for China and talking to a remarkable number of new clients (despite the boosted rates), I'm more than a little overwhelmed. Oh wait, I know how I found time to blog! It's 1:15am and I don't sleep anymore... yay! News from the front: ...