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Search Optimization & Marketing

Entrepreneur Author Gives Poor Local Search Advice

March 28, 2009

New to my blog? You may want to learn more about me, subscribe to my RSS feed or follow me on Twitter.The Spring 2009 issue of Entrepreneur Startups features an article written by Kim T. Gordon called Big Results on a Small Budget. The focus of the short article is in providing small business owners [...]

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Reduced LinkedIn Network for Ethics, Personal Accountability & Honesty

February 5, 2009

I decided to take my network of 203 connections and reduce it down to 150 yesterday. Lacking simple arithmetic skills like me? I’ll save some time… I removed 53 connections from my network, or, a little more than 25%.
Why? As the title suggests – I care more about the people in my network than I [...]

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In House SEO Day at SMX West – February 12

February 4, 2009

I made my debut speaking for Search Marketing Expo in February of 2008 when I covered Local Search and Blended Results at SMX West in Santa Clara.That conference was a defining moment for me in a number of ways… And while it felt good to be on a panel that Vanessa Fox put together and [...]

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Hunter Satterwhite, SEO & Internet Marketing Specialist

February 4, 2009

I’m not going to bullshit anyone. This post is about someone I cannot recommend enough. As his manager, I’m sad to see him go. But I know that what he’s capable of is not even close to what he has been doing. He’s secured employment, but if you’re in SEO or Search at all… Take [...]

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Winner of Google SEMMY; Sitelinks Research Recognized

February 4, 2009

I wasn’t expecting too much in the form of good news today.
Readers and peers in the search engine marketing space found my panle on Google SiteLinks to be useful and worth some degree of recognition. I found out today that my post, Google Sitelinks Research, Examples, Theories and Best Practices, won the SEMMY Award in [...]

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Project Jump Start

January 6, 2009

I haven’t been blogging much, but did want to quickly cover Project Jump Start and why I’m choosing to be involved.
Our industry can suck sometimes. There’s a lot of finger pointing, calling out, name calling and veiled disrespect thrown around daily. I’ve both contributed to and been the focus of that nonsense. As I learn [...]

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