by Scott | Jun 11, 2007 | Local news, Public Speaking
If you are attending tomorrow night’s Hot Seat website review session that I’m moderating for SEMpdx, then please be sure to note that the location is not in the usual place, the Hotel deLuxe. Instead it will be at the Portland Ecotrust building, located...
by Scott | Jun 9, 2007 | Mobile Web
While I was out of town , I wanted to read someones blog on my Blackberry, and it looked absolutely terrible. That got me thinking about my own blog… What if someone wanted to read mine from a mobile device? As soon as I got back, I did a search for a WordPress...
by Scott | Jun 9, 2007 | Search Engines
I was looking for particular type of audio file to use on a website, and wasn’t having much success with Google. Finally, it occurred to me that maybe there’s a search engine devoted to sounds, and sure enough there is. It’s called Findsounds.com...
by Scott | Jun 4, 2007 | Web Design
I began working on my brand-new search engine marketing website for Search Commander in 2006. It was always a lower priority than anything else I had to do, so all I did was 301 redirect Searchcommander.com to my old domain, pdxtc.com, and I assumed I would get back...
by Scott | Jun 4, 2007 | Technology News
I’m at the Seattle SMX Advanced Show, and last night Microsoft hosted a welcome party. They fed us all the Coconut Shrimp we could eat, along with Spring Rolls, Shrimp Stuffed Filo dough pastries, and an assorted selection of flatbreads, cheeses and fruits....
by Scott | Jun 3, 2007 | Local news
I began working on my new website for Search Commander back in 2006. It was always a lower priority than anything else I had to do, so all I ever did was a 301 redirect for searchcommander.com to my old domain, pdxtc.com, and I assumed I would get back to it someday...
by Scott | Jun 1, 2007 | Education
Andy Beal at Marketing Pilgrim is helping Elixir Systems give away a free pass to Danny Sullivans inaugural advanced search marketing show (SMX Advanced). All you have to do is write a short essay, and be able to get there on your own. I’m sure the thousand...
by Scott | Jun 1, 2007 | Web Design
Feed Commander is a tool I’ve developed to take the mystery out of adding RSS feeds to web pages. If you can copy and paste, you can use it, and it’s free. Veteran web designers may not need it, but for rookies, it makes things pretty simple. It’s no...
by Scott | May 31, 2007 | Education, Public Speaking
The next SEM Hotseat event coming up on Tuesday June 12th is sold out already for site reviews, but there is still room left for attendees to watch and learn. It’s a hands-on search marketing class featuring local websites. SEMpdx has hosted two of these events...
by Scott | May 31, 2007 | Search Engines
When you search for things, would you rather look at advertisements to subsidize the service, (like you do now) or might you prefer to earn points to win prizes? There’s a new company called Irazoo, that combines the “top search results from major search...
by Scott | May 25, 2007 | Google, SEO, SEO-101, Viruses and Scams
Someone sent me a link to this post, and I found it extremely interesting. According to the article, Google is following and factoring “no followed” links for ranking purposes. Back in November, “no follow” was given the white stamp of approval...
by Scott | May 20, 2007 | Google, Technology News
According to CNN, Google announced that they changed last Wednesday, integrating all of the different types of search results onto the home page of Google, including news, images, video, and a new menu along the top, for access to all of their different Google...