by Scott | Sep 5, 2008 | Education, Events, Google, Local - Places - Maps, Local news, Public Speaking
Next week’s SEMpdx presentation gets very specific regarding the local search ranking algorithm. SEMpdx is fortunate to have a new board member join us for 2009 who’s recently moved here from San Fransisco. His name is David Mihm, he’s an expert in...
by Scott | Sep 3, 2008 | Google
I thought it only fitting that I use my 500th blog post to say goodbye to Microsoft as they begin their slide into obscurity. As innovative as Microsoft has been, and as influential as they were bringing a computer to nearly every desk in the world, I’ve long...
by Scott | Aug 19, 2008 | Events, Local news
I’m looking forward to next Tuesday nights meeting of the Oregon Computer Consultants Association. The subject is going to be using open source software on your desktop as a replacement for Windows, whether personal use, business use or both. I’m so fed...
by Scott | Aug 19, 2008 | Tools
If you’ve ever imported large quantities of URLs into a spreadsheet, or even copy/pasted just a few rows, one of the things that you’ve probably disliked is the fact that those URLs are not “live”. In fact, in order to actually visit those URLs...
by Scott | Aug 14, 2008 | Public Speaking
Apparently, my portion of last months internet marketing class went well enough that Colleen from Search Engine Academy of Oregon got good feedback, and she has asked me to speak again to her class in September. My portion will be about making the most of your efforts...
by Scott | Aug 1, 2008 | Public Speaking
I will be speaking on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 at the Software Association of Oregon’s monthly meeting, in a presentation entitled – Content Management Systems Myths Busted – The Good, Bad and the Ugly” The general topics covered by the...
by Scott | Jul 30, 2008 | SEO, SEO-101
You may have a degree in English, but writing for the Web is a little bit different than writing for other forms of media. In the back of your mind you have to be a little bit more conscious about your audience is, and you have to grab their attention, as well as that...
by Scott | Jul 27, 2008 | SEO-101, Site Reviews
This website is for a nutritional supplement designed to help people with anxiety and stress relief products. This video is under five minutes and points out some fundamental problems, summarized here… The reality is that with only a 13 page website, and only 6...
by Scott | Jul 23, 2008 | Computers - How to
Late last night I added some notes to a MS notepad document on a laptop, and I neglected to save. This morning, Microsoft rebooted my computer (for my safety) and once again I lost some valuable notes. I remember writing about this once before before, so I looked...
by Scott | Jul 16, 2008 | General interest, Google
Google Suggest has been around for quite awhile now, but at the moment I’m noticing it take effect on the regular Google homepage. Basically, you just begin type in something, and Google will pre-fill beneath your text, trying to guess what you’re looking...
by Scott | Jul 10, 2008 | Public Speaking
After several months of being unable to coordinate the date and time, this past weekend I finally confirmed that I will be teaching a portion of an advanced Internet marketing class, to be held next week in Beaverton. The portion that I cover will be about making the...
by Scott | Jul 8, 2008 | SEO
Last week as I was writing “Beyond the top 10 SEO Factors” I realized that it was either going to have to be a novel, or I was going to have to follow up quickly with a second post, which is what this is. In the case of the suggestions below, some are...
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