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Month: September 2008

Video Search Results Displaying Differently in Google

Video Search Results Displaying Differently in Google

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I was searching this morning for some of the latest news on the plane crash that killed four and critically injured former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM. In the search results for “travis barker” I noticed something that I hadn’t seen before – double video search results. Here is a clipped screenshot at full resolution of the double videos link… Seeing YouTube videos in Google SERPs is nothing new. For me though, those video results are usually…

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SEMNE Event Recap: Using Marketing to Enhance Your Search Traffic

SEMNE Event Recap: Using Marketing to Enhance Your Search Traffic

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Last night’s Search Marketing New England (SEMNE) Event in Trumbull Connecticut was a complete success for myself and four others from ADP and BZ Results.  You wouldn’t think that piling people into a car for two hours would be fun – but it was a great break for a team that has been hard at work for a quite a while now. Before I get too far, if you need more background on the event please read my preview post…

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Tonight’s SEMNE Event in Trumbull Connecticut

Tonight’s SEMNE Event in Trumbull Connecticut

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It’s a long ride from our office in Coventry Rhode Island but we’re putting our SEMNE membership to use! I’m joining three other team members and two designers (including Hunter Satterwhite) from the ADP and BZ Results teams, and we’re making the 99 mile drive to Trumbull Connecticut for tonight’s Search Engine Marketing New England (SEMNE) event, The SEMNE event was originally slated to have Vanessa Fox‘s panel of Using Marketing to Enhance Your Search Traffic. Vanessa will be unable…

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Tynt’s CEO Derek Ball Responds to SEO Community Concerns

Tynt’s CEO Derek Ball Responds to SEO Community Concerns

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My lengthy blog post last night regarding the concerns webmasters and search engine marketers have regarding the new Tynt Beta service was met with cult-like following.  While my post received attention from sources like Twitter and Sphinn, where many shared my views – it also helped Tynt to understand concerns and prepare a response plan. Talk about proactive brand management, right? I can’t steal any credit here. I spoke with Scott Polk earlier today as he prepared to have a…

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Tynt: Stealing Site Owner’s Content & Refuses to be Blocked? (See Also Tynted.net)

Tynt: Stealing Site Owner’s Content & Refuses to be Blocked? (See Also Tynted.net)

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If you’ve seen Tynt, you may think it’s cool.  That is of course if you’re a 10th grader and your parents are hip enough to let you on something other than MySpace or Facebook. The trouble is, Tynt is a straight up invasion of site owner content.  They’re re-purposing all of your hard work and letting anyone – yes, ANYONE – go in there and mark things up as they’d like. Like many others concerned about Tynt, I’m testing out…

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Ranting: Google & Online Reputation Management

Ranting: Google & Online Reputation Management

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There have been undercurrents in the search industry for years that place Google in the wrong with their hypocritical “do no evil” claims.  For many folks (including myself) their goal of “organizing the world’s information” is bullshit.  Pure bullshit. Google is hurting what they once were. Small businesses and startups alike are being penalized every day because Google cares more about profits than they do relevancy.  More about impressions than they do accuracy. And more about stock shares and than…

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