Local news Categorized Posts

Qwest Blocking Email on Port 25

by Scott | Mar 20, 2008 | Computers - How to, Local news, Web Hosting

Qwest Internet service here in Portland Oregon has apparently begun to randomly block port 25 for its customers, just like Comcast did last year. This renders users helpless to send email using their own domain from their web host’s email server like most...

Save $190 on Oregons Largest Search Marketing Event

by Scott | Feb 26, 2008 | Conferences, Education, Events, Local news

There are approximately 72 hours remaining for you to obtain a ticket to SearchFest ’08 at more than half off of the non-member door price. Here are the steps… Join SEMpdx Register for the conference. (Price goes up slightly March 1st) Before checkout...

Portland Website Reviews – Feb. 5th

by Scott | Jan 25, 2008 | Events, Local news, sempdx, SEO-101

SEMpdx and SAO IPSIG are teaming up to bring a joint internet marketing event to Portland, next Tuesday,February 5, 2008. Similar to other SEMpdx hot seat events, there will be up to five websites reviewed, and site owners may address any questions the wish, from...

Searchfest 2008 – Signup is Live

by Scott | Jan 11, 2008 | Conferences, Events, Local news

Searchfest 2008, Oregon’s annual search marketing conference will be held on Monday, March 10, 2008, at the Oregon Zoo’s Cascade Crest Banquet Center. We’ve now got the prices posted, the sign-up form live, and I’m sorry, but it’s already...

Site Reviews in Portland with Vanessa Fox

by Scott | Jan 2, 2008 | Education, Events, Local news

Somehow, there are still some slots available for site reviews at next Mondays SEMpdx Search Engine Marketing Hot Seat event. For those who don’t know, Vanessa is a top speaker on the conference circuit. Formerly head of Google’s Webmaster Central team and...

WordPress Secrets Revealed November 13th

by Scott | Oct 24, 2007 | Events, Local news, SEO, Social Networking

At the upcoming SEMpdx sixpack event*, I was supposed to give a 15 minute talk about Blogs and RSS in a generic sort of way that might appeal to the broadest variety of users… Pardon me while I yawn for a minute. Do you really need to be told again that user...