Archive for August, 2007

Videos and Seach Engines

August 21st, 2007

…another in the continuing series of live blogging from the sessions at Search Engine Strategies - San Jose 2007…
This session (filled to capacity) deals with video optimization. Moderator Sapna Satagopan
Sherwood Stranieri was the first speaker
YouTube has more traffic than the other 64 video sites combined
Video is a compelling SEO channel.
Social can transfer value to [...]

Trademarks and Copyright Issues for SEOs

August 21st, 2007

Continuing my live coverage of Search Engine Strategies - San Jose 2007…
This morning I was asked to be the (un)official photographer of the keynote speech with Jim Lanzone of Ask.com, which meant that I was unable to blog the session. Given that there was no internet connection, and Jim spoke nineteen to the dozen, [...]

One Billion Searchers

August 20th, 2007

Continuing my live coverage of Search Engine Strategies - San Jose 2007…
This panel is on the topic of the emerging market of China, and the opportunities for Search marketing. The moderator for the session is Mike Grehan.

The first speaker is Stephen Noton, who is a speaker at SES China, and his company became the [...]

Personalization

August 20th, 2007

Continuing my live session postings from SES SJ…
This session is moderated by Chris Sherman, and is on the topic of Personalized Search.
 

First up is Gord Hotchkiss talking about what will drive personalization and how it will affect seo. The eye tracking study showed that when personalized search results were added into the 3rd [...]

Universal and Blended Search

August 20th, 2007

Continuing the series of live blogging from the Search Engine Strategies - San Jose 2007 conference…
Having covered the topic of Universal Search on this blog, this session is going to be interesting, as there should be a lot of insight from many different people (it looks like there are 6 different speakers for this session). [...]

Public Relations Train Wrecks

August 20th, 2007

The first session of SES San Jose that I’m attending is “Public Relations Train Wrecks in the Interactive Biz”. I’m looking forward to the presentations, as I’ve given a couple of speeches on this topic myself. The speakers for this session are Rebecca Lieb and Brad Berens, with the incoming Global Content [...]

Search Engine Strategies - San Jose 2007

August 20th, 2007

In 45 minutes SES-SJ officially begins. Registration started at 7.30 am, and I’m currently the only person sitting in Room B of the convention center. There have already been some minor changes to the convention. The old gray bags are gone, replaced with slightly snazzier black bags, with pockets! Unfortunately, it [...]

Search Engines and Relevancy

August 20th, 2007

The above image is something that I noticed when perusing my Netflix account the other day, and it got me thinking about relevancy and search results. Netflix felt that I should rent Wallace and Gromit from them based on my prior rental history. I can understand how Monty Python and the Holy Grail [...]

RedBoots and the Exceeding Expectations Foundation

August 16th, 2007

We’ve taken on a new cause at RedBoots. The Exceeding Expectations Foundation, founded by Ironman triathlon legend Cherie Gruenfeld, encourages at-risk kids to move their lives in a positive direction, using the sport of triathlon as a vehicle.
In the next few months, RedBoots will provide pro bono support to Exceeding Expectations in a number of [...]

Wikipedia - Social Media Overview

August 15th, 2007

Wikipedia is a nonprofit, user-generated encyclopedia, which has all of its content created, edited, and fact-checked by community members. Founded in 2001, it has become a major source of consumer generated media, and is currently one of the top 10 most viewed websites on the Internet.
While any individual can create a username and establish themself [...]