Today was my last presentation for SES NYC. The subject was case studies of measuring success and I used one of our clients that was mentioned in Newsweek - Avatar Financial. The session was terrific, with the exception that the third member of our panel, ...
In the evening forum tonight, Danny hilariously referred to Matt's band of followers (who literally swarm around him after sessions like fruitflies at the buffet) as "Cuttlets". I saw Aaron and Vanessa from Google laughing in the back of the room and the audience was largely in stitches, too. That is, apart from those who huffed and puffed and acted like they weren't "Cuttlets"...
This is now the 4th time I've written this post. I lost it all 3 other times, and am clearly a numbskull for not writing it in Notepad first or some such. Horribly, miserably frustrating...Here's what I wanted to cover: I'm very tired; it's hard to function with no food or sleep for many days in a row Things here are very busy - 6000+ att...
I think a little bit of an early sneak peek at conference coverage from us is in order. This SEO Cheatsheet was something I printed out for conference attendees, but you're welcome to print it for yourself, too. I'd recommend using Flash's built-in print function so it will scale properly (rather than your browser's function)....
I just wrapped up my presentation on Search Engine Algorithms - it went very well, although I would have liked more time to spend on the Search Engine Ranking Facto...
Conference is going great - it's hard to keep warm in the room the sessions I'm covering are in - must be about 63 degrees so folks are sitting on their hands and rubbing together to stay heated. Barry Diller's talk from Ask.com this morning was highly engaging. I have great quotes and coverage I'll be presenting here later, but for now, note that Ask.co...
Last night, Si and I dropped to the lobby bar to meet a cousin of ours who's in town for the show - she's with a California-based web ad & content firm, but she used to be with Skype in London doing press work. Hopefully I'll get some photos of her as I keep forgetting my camera... I also met up with a few dozen of the friendliest folks in the search space - everyone from Gary Price...
The SES shows always have an event or two after hours where SEOs can cut loose, drink and reminisce about the days when submitting to search engines at 11:59pm was all that was needed to rank first the next day. Joseph Morin has the rundown on the parties at SES NYC - hopefully there will be at least a couple more adde...
This morning's read-worthy post comes from Graywolf - how to maintain an exceptionally busy life. My favorites from Michael's list include: ...The first key was realizing checking your email every 5/10/15 minutes is not helpful, in fact it’s distracting and disruptive. I tried eve...
I just had to post on Ruud's salesmanship. The natural tone, authoritative and friendly voice, and even the photo all lend the idea that he knows what he's talking about and you've stumbled onto someone who...
SEMPO (the "other" SEO organization) is setting up voting today for the board and president. You can run over to ProMedia where Avi has set up an informal, anyone-can-vote poll on the subject of the presidency. It's interesting to see who's on there. I'm honestly amazed that half of the folks on the list have time to manage the organization ...
I've got the sessions I'll be speaking at ironed out for the Search Engine Strategies Conference in New York. As of today, I'll be speaking at: Search Algorithm Research - Tuesday at 11:15am...
In broadening the horizons a bit for SEOmoz's articles, I've landed an interview with two of the managing partners and co-founders of a mid-size venture capital fund (meaning they invest tens of millions of dollars each year) - very cool stuff. I'll be asking them all the basics about the dot-com crash, current investment levels, how their field functi...
I finished listening to the nearly hour-and-a-quarter archived session Todd (Oilman) and Greg (Webguerrilla) gave on WebmasterRadio.com last night. There are a few tidbits of information that I think, when taken in the context of what Matt Cutts has previously said and how he likes to avoid getting specific, provide some va...