by Scott | Aug 28, 2007 | Technology News
Thursday, August 23, 2007 A 17 year old kid named George Hotz, of New Jersey, successfully completes his summer project to hack (unlock) the iPhone, so that it can be run on any cellular service, not just AT&T. He posted all 10 steps to his blog and by Friday, ...
by Scott | Aug 27, 2007 | Kids issues, SEO
A reader sent in this question: I had a question about what the definition of an adult site was. I know that if a site has XX photos on it, it is adult, but what about words? I am starting work on a dating affiliate and am up against that issue. I noticed it first...
by Scott | Aug 27, 2007 | Local news, Microsoft
This month’s Oregon Computer Consultant Association meeting is tomorrow night, and were having a presentation about reducing e-mail clutter that promises to be enlightening. The subjects are e-mail reduction in Outlook, and a second part about using the new...
by Scott | Aug 26, 2007 | Conferences, Education
I’ve now gone through my Search Engine Strategies conference book, and pulled out the most relevant points that I had written down, with the thought of making a quick blog post called “SES Nuggets of Knowledge”. I always like to do this because it...
by Scott | Aug 23, 2007 | Conferences, Google, Link Building
After what many are calling the best SES session, Matt Cutts was caught on camera physically expressing his feelings about the way he was treated, as he attempted to strangle Graywolf! During his portion of the session, Michael Gray attacked Google pretty viciously,...
by Scott | Aug 14, 2007 | Public Speaking
Today I got confirmation from Brett Tabke that I will be participating in not just one, but two sessions at Pubcon Vegas 2007. The first will be in one of the Web hosting & SEM sessions, and for the second I will get to sit on one of the site review panels....
by Scott | Aug 14, 2007 | General interest
Next week is the San Jose Search Engine Strategies show, and I’m going a day early, because I have a good friend I’ve known since high school that lives in the area. During the conference, I do have a couple of meetings lined up with both vendors and...
by Scott | Aug 11, 2007 | Public Speaking
I will be giving an internet marketing presentation to a small group of about 50 realtors next Wednesday, August 15th, 2007, from real estate companies all over Oregon. The subject matter came as a request from a local title company, and the presentation is called...
by Scott | Aug 11, 2007 | Microsoft, MS Office
For some reason I decided that today was a good day to install my Office 2007, which I have had since February. My primary reason for doing so were some of the good things I’ve seen and heard about Excel 2007. Immediately upon opening Outlook, the first thing I...
by Scott | Aug 11, 2007 | SEO-101
I’ve been working with a client in a competitive search space for several months now, and we’ve had pretty good success in raising their organic search engine visibility. When we first began working together, I was told they were already developing a new...
by Scott | Aug 9, 2007 | Google
What always happens immediately after a Google link update? A Google Page Rank (toolbar)update, that’s what! The bad news for me is that for the second time in a row, my original domain pdxtc.com has taken a hit. The good news though is that I’ve checked a...
by Scott | Aug 9, 2007 | Public Speaking
I’m happy to announce that I’ve now received a final confirmation from Brett Tabke that I will be one of the speakers at the 2007 Las Vegas Pubcon show, December 4 – 8. As this industry grows, I know there are many people getting their feet wet...