On Tuesday night, I was given the opportunity to attend SEMNE’s event “Getting into Google” at the Providence Marriot. The speaker for the night was Dan Grow of Google, and by the end of the night — I had learned a few things. My Introduction to SEMNE First, I’d like to tip my hat to Jill Whalen and Pauline Kerbici , co-founders of SEMNE. They put on a great event, and I just hope that everyone in attendence was able…
Props to GrayWolf on this find. What’s the best way to rid your new “engine” of spam? Well, it’s to give those spammers free links from your up and coming search engine err, “human edited search product”. Check out the wonderfully lame Mahalo Blog at: http://blog.mahalo.com/?p=18 Note to readers… This is how you reference sites without actually creating a link. If any of you are friendly with Jason Calacanis or the Mahalo crew, please pass along this advanced piece of…
Google gets a lot of things done, and done right. Still, it’s no secret that I’m anti-Google in more discussions these days. Last week we had a department meeting at the office, and it was asked that we share our commonly used resources. Everything from bookmarks, tricks of the trade, RSS feeds, etc.
For too long now, I’ve been searching Google with careful attention to detail. Despite all the care in the world though, combined with the aggressive advancements of GUS or “Google Universal Search — I’ve seen personalized search patterns developing and altering my SERPs. I really hate that. Maybe it’s my background from being in SEO so long — but it’s tough for me to relate to clients’ needs when they’re seeing entirely different results than I am. Perhaps more importantly,…
Earlier this morning I came across a thread started by engine on WebmasterWorld that discussed the fact that… Since the inception of the Web, online commerce has enjoyed hypergrowth, with annual sales increasing more than 25 percent over all, and far more rapidly in many categories. But in the last year, growth has slowed sharply in major sectors like books, tickets and office supplies. The thread references a New York Times article called Online Sales Are Losing Steam, and it’s…
It’s not often that I find an existing team of marketers that I can both relate to and work well with. In the rare event though that I do come across such people, I find as many ways to work with them as possible. Earlier today I was speaking with a colleague, discussing parallels between online and offline marketing. When I realized that he was helping to lead an exciting new company located in the East Bay, I had to…