From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Where I’m Speaking this Spring

March 25, 2008

Since I had some emails and phone calls of people looking to meet with me at the last show which I didn’t attend I thought I’d let you know where I’ll be next …
Aprill 11th – Jim Boykin of We Build Pages is running SEO Class now and I’ll be speaking on April 11th with [...]

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How to Get 1 Million Dollars Worth of Links

March 22, 2008

I really find scandals interesting because people who are on the ball, plugged in, creative, not afraid to take chances and stir up a little controversy can do really well.
Case and Point Playgirl Magazine offered Ex-Governor Elliot Spitzer 1 Million Dollars to pose nude.
It’s a win-win scenario for Playgirl. Let’s go with the most likely [...]

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Hey Vanessa Fox Have You Seen the New Wonder Twins

March 21, 2008
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IMNY Charity Party a Huge Success

March 20, 2008

On March 18th the Internet Marketers of New York held our charity event and it was huge success. Thanks to BOTW and Search Engine Land for stepping up and covering the tab and donating door prizes. With their support we were able to raise over $16,000 which will be donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma [...]

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Google Grand Central Why Are You Not Integrated with Gmail

March 14, 2008

Um Hey Google can I ask why Google Grand Central isn’t part of the “Google Accounts” thing? I’m not saying turn it on by default, but at least make the systems talk to each other the way other google apps do. Heck even dodgeball (which could have been way cooler than twitter if you didn’t [...]

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Elliot Spitzer and Scandal Bait

March 13, 2008

I’ve mentioned using current events such as Britney Spears performance, and ghost riding the whip as ideas or jumping point for link bait. The recent scandal involving Elloit Spitzer and his involvement with a prostitution ring provide another opportunity, especially for sectors that are usually difficult to build links for.

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Untapped Niches and the Mile High Club

March 10, 2008

On my flight to the SMX Search Marketing Conference the stewardess made this announcement over the PA system …

“Do we have any newlyweds, married couples or lovers on board … (some passengers raise hands) I’d like to remind you that the bathrooms are single occupancy rooms, so please wait till you land and get a [...]

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FTC Gives me my First Search in Site Box

March 7, 2008

searching for [federal trace commission] gave me my first search in site box

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Google Analytics Why Do You Make Me Distrust You

March 7, 2008

So I logged into Google Analytics this morning and I get the following message

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Why There’s Nothing Wrong With Sculpting Your Pagerank

March 6, 2008

So I was reading Shari Thurow’s piece on Search Engine Land “You’d Be Wise To “NoFollow” This Dubious SEO Advice” and I have to say c’mon Shari you really can’t believe that now can you …

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Who Can Stop Google From Gaining 90% Market Share

March 6, 2008

So Jason is predicting that “Google will have 90% search market share in the US one year from now“, and while people may cringe at that thought, I don’t think it’s a completely unlikely scenario.

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One Small Step for SES NY One Giant Leap Towards Irrelevance

March 5, 2008

So lots of people have been emailing or IM’ing me asking if I’m going to be at SES NY next week, and the answer is no. I could come up with any number of believable excuses, but the truth is I wasn’t invited back to speak. I don’t know what my evaluation numbers were from [...]

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Link Building Secrets

March 4, 2008

In case you haven’t seen it Stoney deGeyter over at Pole Position Marketing put up a Link Building Secrets guide today featuring tips from 12 people including your truly, so head on over and check it out.

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Hey Google Maps and Google Calendar

March 3, 2008

Hey Google Maps and Google Calendar can I get a “send to Google Calendar” option … puhlease …

Of course I’m totally going to ask for a “merge with event” function next. You know it’s not like I was near Mountain View last week or anything and could have made some suggestions when I was there [...]

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Needed Related Affiliate Offers Plugin

March 3, 2008

So you’ve seen the Aizatto’s Related Posts plugin that I use here and other people use as well. Which got me thinking we need one for affiliate offers too. In addition to scanning the text it would be great if it could look at tags and categories. So let’s say you run a fashion blog [...]

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SMX Wrap Up and After Thoughts

March 3, 2008

Last week I was at the SMX West Search Marketing Conference, and I thought I’d share a few thoughts about the conference.

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Expandable Google Map Local Listing UI Test

March 1, 2008

Here’s a new google UI test I’ve never seen before an expandable Google map result

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Linked in Goes Facebook

March 1, 2008

Looks like Linkedin is going facebook offering status updates

Some of the options are:
Is working on
will be traveling to
is looking for advice on
is looking for a job
is reading
I think it’s kinda cool but don’t come to linkedin often enough update it regularly

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Google Bombs Defused … Not

March 1, 2008

So coming back from SMX (more on that later) I see a trackback from SEL about GWB ranking for [who is a failure].
GWB also ranks for [who is a miserable]. While Scientology no longer ranks for [dangerous cult] they do rank for [cult dangerous] and [dangerous is cult]

Now of course you can’t really expect Google [...]

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