Live-ish from SMX Toronto it’s Search and Social Media: Insight and Inspiration Moderator: Alexa Clark, CheapEats (@alexaclark) Speakers: Leona Hobbs, Social Media Group (@flackadelic) Tamera Kremer, teehan+lax (@tamera) Ilya Grigorik, PostRank Inc (@igrigorik) Jeff Quipp, Search Engine People (@jquipp) Jeff Quipp: The most inspiring thing for me with respect to Search & Social is how […]
Live-ish from SMX Toronto it’s What is Search Analytics and Why Should I Care? Moderator: Caleb Whitmore, Analytics Pros Speakers: Marko Hurst, MDH Studios Alan K’necht, K’nechtology Anil Batra, POP They start with self-intros. Marko has a book coming out on online search analytics. Anil is VP of Search & Analytics at POP. Trying to […]
OK, continuing live-ish coverage of SMX Toronto. Moderator: Gillian Muessig, SEOMoz.org Speakers: Jeff Lancaster, Outrider Canada Rob Garner, iCrossing Larry Bailin, Single Throw Gillian presents on how search is changing, then asks the panel some questions. Search is changing … Search is changing, but it’s not going anywhere. There are more options now: Mobile market […]
Well, I’ve been studying Lisa, Barry, Virginia, and the other live bloggers, so when I saw they weren’t at SMX Toronto I figured I could give live blogging a try. Sadly, it’s even harder than I thought, which is why I’m publishing this at 6 AM the next morning. Think of it like watching the […]
comScore’s Bryan Segal delivered SMX Toronto‘s second session, with some comScore search industry insights. My main take-away from his talk: Paid Search opportunities will get more exciting, just as Organic Search did (video, etc.), and this will cause a rise in Branding Advertisements through search, lifting the industry. Canadian Search distribution: Google: 81% Bing 4.5% […]
Wow, this was the last session of the day at SMX Toronto, and I think all our heads were spinning, mostly from the rapid presentation of so many fascinating tools. Joshua Dreller Fuor Digital‘s Joshua Dreller went first: Google Search Based Keyword Tool Google’s already telling you this is a relevant page, so you’ll get […]
Great SMX Toronto session with Dawn Wentzell, Shalom Issenberg, and Christina Keffer, with Gillian Muessig moderating. Writing content that gets links naturally Dawn goes first, with great suggestions about writing content that attracts links. The common theme is to do a little legwork, go back to the fundamental ideas of good journalism, and you’ll be […]
Great conference. Here’s the best of the best: Best Lines: Avinash Kaushik: I know my books were successful because the top search results for the book’s topics are the pirated versions of the book. Avinash Kaushik: The important question is the Why. The internet is full of weird people and they’re all on your Website, […]
Excellent recent articles in the New York Times, TechCrunch, and All Things D have brought some clarity and insight to the issues surrounding large-scale content-creation sites. Here’s an industry overview: Who? Demand Media’s eHow, Associated Content, New York Times’ About.com, Aol’s Seed.com, Yahoo! Answers, and Answers.com’s WikiAnswers (where I work). What? These sites create thousands […]
Counting down the top SEO smackdown of 2009 … #1: Danny Sullivan v Derek Powazek: SEO = Spammers, Evildoers and Opportunists? The provocation: “Search Engine Optimization is not a legitimate form of marketing. It should not be undertaken by people with brains or souls. If someone charges you for SEO, you have been conned. … […]