I always find it difficult to begin conference recaps. To me, they always sound trite. They're the high school English class equivalent of the forced short stories that begin, "We packed up the car to go to the beach..." Thus, my complaining about beginning conference recaps is how I've chosen to start this one. Luckily, there is plenty to talk about from SMX Advanced, and...
After attending only a few SEO events and conferences it becomes apparent that search marketers like two things just about as much as they like links. Those two things are caffeine and alcohol, something you'll typically find in great abundance at your next search marketing event.Growing up in the food and beverage industry it's been second nature for me to pay attention to what ...
Last week saw the inaugural International Search Summit, organised by Andy Atkins-Kruger's WebCertain. It was hosted to, as the name probably gives away, look at search marketing outside of the US & UK, which so often get all the attention of the industry. It also saw my first assignment as...
Stories, news, and other notable items from the past week: Two star links: * The Industry Standard provides us with the 25 top B to Z-list blogs. Why am I giving the link 2-star status? Because the stupid site spaces the list out over multiple pages. ARGHHHHH. Take your page views and ad impressions and shove 'em up your arse.
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Stories, news, and other notable items from the past week: We've got star link Yahtzee today--a link for every star! Woo hoo, time to celebrate! Zero star link: * Mel showed me this, for lack of better words (and please excuse my French) fucked up WikiAnswers response to the question "How many people did Joseph Stalin kill?" Anyone care to improve the answer so that it's not batshit crazy and is instead at least passably objective? Anyone?
PPC Summit is Searching for the Best Search Marketing Strategy Contest We're calling all internet marketers to submit your proven most effective Search Marketing strategy or technique that increased your conversions! It's easy, go to the PPC Summit contest form here to submit your best practice: ...
Stories, news, and other notable items from the past week: Two star links: * Regarding TechCrunch's "Is Keyword Search About to Hit its Breaking Point?" article, well, I'll quote what Rand said: "[S]uch a load of crap. Users have to change, not engines."
The Vibe:The crystal ballroom of the Xianglu Grand Hotel was at full attendance for Chris Sherman’s key note at SMX China. All attendees were equipped with headphones and transmitters for live translation. It was a treat to be part of such a cross cultural event. The Gist:Chris’s keynote was a broad overview of the new trends we are seeing introduce...
Yesterday I sepnt the day in San Francisco at the Domain Roundtable hosted by Jay Westerdal and DomainTools.com (BTW - they've got brilliant tools over there). Since I'm swamped with travel, building decks and trying to find SEOmoz some new office space, I figured I'd just use the ol' bullet point list. What...
Hello, SEOmoz readers. My name is Jane and I work here. You may remember me from posts that were written about two weeks ago. I've been pretty quiet recently (the Moz Points are suffering) because I've been at the first SMX show in Australia. Rand already wrote about the show, but I thought I'd share my take on the conference and provide a short "overheard" as well. At the...
Stories, news, and other notable items from the past week: The links are a bit scant this week due to being super busy and Rand being out of town. Special thanks to David Lindop for providing me with some nice roundup link suggestions. Thanks, David!
As SMX Sydney wound to a close on the north bank of Sydney harbor, I stood with new friends and old, eating shrimp off the barbie (no, really), drinking beer and staring at the incredible view of the Sydney Opera House & the Harbor Bridge. Was this the best conference I've ever attended? Quite possibly, yes (and that's saying a lot). ...
Yesterday I spoke at the Shop.org Online Marketing Workshop. I had previously spoken at a Shop.org summit in Las Vegas last September, and Larry Joseloff invited me and my fellow panelists back for another session. Our topic was "Keeping the Customers in Focus: Customer-Centric Search and Affiliate Marketing." Allan Dick from...
Yesterday I had my roundup all written and when I hit "Publish" the blog editor decided to just instead refresh and wipe half my post. Sorry for the delay--here you go. Stories, news, and other notable items from the past week: