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Widget Spam Definitions

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Hi, this is just an open letter to Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Ask spam teams.
I will be speaking in depth about SEO and widgets at a couple of upcoming conferences and highlighting some of the more “dangerous” behaviors that can lead to spam trouble within widgets.
I have sent an email to Matt Cutts and I hope he sees it […]


SEM Canada Conference

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

I will be speaking at the SEM Canada conference this year. The conference will take place on September 4th and 5th in Calgary.
There is a great (and growing) lineup of speakers including Todd Friesen, Andy Beal, Bill Slawski, Jane Copland, and Ken Jurina - see the most current speaker list here.
More conference info […]


Thinking Sticky

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Keeping people on your page is good.
Gadgets are great for this, and a gadget we all use alot is an excellent example of this. One of the most used “Google” gadgets is, um… Ever posted a video from YouTube on your blog?
Thats a gadget, see you already use them
Keeping people on your website […]


Hitchhikers Guide to Linkless SEO

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly nintey-eight million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think links are […]


How to Get 380 Links in 44 Seconds

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

My 44 second video rant about Mahalo whiners received at least 380 links, was watched nearly 800 times, and was one of the most linked to videos (see stats in image) on YouTube in the “people and blogs” category for the first two days of its existence.
This is interesting to me in two ways.
One - […]


Behind the Maple Curtain

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

I am now in Canada! This is me on my new patio in Toronto.
The easiest way to get a mention on SEOish is to give me a Tshirt. Sad but true.
For example, when Acquisio gave me one of their now famous “I hate doing this shit” t-shirts, I knew that for damn sure I would […]


What The Perfect Link Builder Looks Like

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Eric Ward wrote a friggen great article on Searchengineland today called A Portrait Of The Perfect Link Builder
It discusses the characteristics of good link builders and the very real challenge of knowing what to look for when seeking a link builder for your business. It is a nice piece where Eric shares alot of good […]