The team behind the Elite Retreat conference series has been diligently requesting some press coverage of their San Francisco event in March. I have to say that I'm extremely impressed to hear that they've recruited Guy Kawasaki to speak, and certainly the speakers themselves (Aaron Wall, Darren ...
My friend Joe Morin, official party coordinator of the SES & Pubcon conferences and all-around behind-the-scenes guru of the search marketing world has made a bet with me. In 16.5 hours, my Seattle Seahawks will be battling Joe's beloved Dallas Cowboys (see photos from the last matchup) for a chance to go to Chicago/New Orleans fo...
Here in Seattle, it's "Blue Friday," named for our NFL team, the Seahawks, who have their first playoff game of the season tomorrow. In the search marketing world we should call it "back to work Friday." Next week there's no more holiday hangover, no more overdue vacationers, no more sick leave (well, much less, anyway). We'll have to hunker down through one of the...
While reading Wired's recent article about Jim Christy - the "government's original geek with a gun," I couldn't help but be stunned by the similarities to one of our industry's own members.. yes, search blogger of the year, and BFF of Rebecca, ...
We noticed that at the last few SES & Pubcon conferences, the coverage has been overwhelming. You can't say a word or show a slide without finding it 3 hours later all over the search blogosphere. So... we wanted to do something a little different for our coverage. Let's see how Incisive likes giving out press passes to young women whose primary form of journalism is done in the classi...
As I type this post, I'm sitting on a flight from Chicago to Seattle, wedged conveniently between two of Google's Kirkland employees. At conferences around the world, SEOs and frequent attendees like me have the opportunity to spend a lot of time (social and professional) with the folks from Google, MSN, Yahoo! and Ask.com. Before I started attending events like SES & Pubcon, I always felt ...
There's nothing like an SES show to bring out the funny, outrageous, and downright weird. In no particular order, here are some of the best things I've overheard (don't worry, they're nothing too scandalous...): "I'm so young that I don't get taken very seriously...but I work with some guys who are older than me. One of the guys I work with is really old--he's 27.&q...
This event is fast and furious, so I've got to keep it in list format again: Apparently, I was wrong about Todd Malicoat - he has a crush on me (pictures to prove this later), not Lisa Barone. On the female side of the aisle, there is a girl that he's devoted to, but she's not at the conference...
Just the facts, ma'am... (or, rather, in this case, pure speculation from a night of heavy drinking in cold weather): Heard the rumor several times that Google's search quality team has undercover link buyers working for them (I only find it hard to believe because it seems like they could put that manpower to better uses) ...
Huzzah, hooray! I've managed to get this article up before Rand and I have to leave for SES Chicago. Apparently Ammon and Co. in the UK have been waiting for me to put it up "with bated breath." So, for the sake of Ammon's lungs, I thought I'd stop messing around and get to business.Anyway, as most of you probably know, I interned with Fresh...
Every so often in the SEO world, a new rockstar emerges onto the scene - engaging audiences at conferences, running a great blog and getting linked to on every other post in the feedreaders. This year, two of those guys are part of one company - Neil Patel & Cameron Olthuis of ACS. In all honesty, I've been blown away by their rapid rise to stardo...
It's done! After spending the short Thanksgiving week going over my collection of notes from WebmasterWorld's Conference and PubCon, I've finally completed my first SEOmoz article. To avoid reading the rest of this post and go straight to the goods, you can find the literary gem here!From the smoke-filled Las Vegas airp...
I'm just going to go crazy with this one because I have so much to be thankful for (note that a lot of this will be Pubcon-centric, due to the timing). Getting out of debt and turning SEOmoz into a profitable company - I owe almost all of it to the people who read this blog (and the rest directly to Danny Sullivan). Mystery Guest...
As always, it's the dramatic moments that get the most press. At Las Vegas' Pubcon this year, one of the most talked-about moments was Matt Cutts' introduction at the podium during the Super Session at the end of (day 3) Thursday. I got a few emails through the suggestion box asking if I'd make a post on the topic (and heard plenty of buzz at the conference itself). Let's hope my memory se...