Posts Tagged ‘ideas’

Keynote Q&A: Yusuf Mehdi, Senior Vice President, Online Audience Business, Microsoft

{ Posted on Jun 09 2010 by admin }
Day two and I’m sitting next to Matt McGee getting ready to liveblog this keynote Q&A. It’s going to be a jam-packed day today and we’re off to a good start. On my other side is a Real Live ...Read More »

Busting the Myth of Originality: Branding Basics

{ Posted on May 06 2010 by admin }
My favorite band once told me to “come original.” While 311 is my life’s soundtrack, on this point I suggest otherwise. (Unlike my guys from Omaha, here are some musicians that may agree with me.) So here’s a concept: This ...Read More »

Keynote Address: The New Rules of Marketing and PR, David Meerman Scott

{ Posted on Mar 23 2010 by admin }
Welcome to SES NY 2010! I’m chilling in the front row of the Grand Ballroom, awaiting the first keynote address of the conference. I’m sitting next to Mel Carson, Microsoft Advertising Community Manager, and he just gave me a tour ...Read More »

Best of Search Conferences 2009: Day 1

{ Posted on Dec 29 2009 by admin }
It’s the first day of Bruce Clay, Inc.’s annual Best of Search Conferences 2009, where we rally the most popular liveblog posts of the year from shows including SMX West, SES New York, SES San Jose, SMX East and SES ...Read More »

Linkbait vs. Linkbuying

{ Posted on Nov 17 2009 by admin }
Linkbuilding is the one remaining ‘black art’ of SEO (remember when there were tonnes of them?) Get it right and even a woefully optimised and cobbled-together site can rank in a competitive vertical. I’m looking at a site right now with ...Read More »

New Google Analytics Features

{ Posted on Oct 22 2009 by admin }
Google Analytics anounced some new features this week, so I thought I’d just put down a few of my ideas on how people can benefit from them. First up, with goal tracking, you can now have 20 goals, 4 sets of ...Read More »

Keywords and Content and Search Suggestions from Time-Related Queries

{ Posted on Aug 10 2009 by admin }
If you look up when the last five movies from Jim Carrey were released, and were able to sneak a peek at Google’s query logs, you’d see that searches for Jim Carrey spiked on those dates. Same with Ben Stiller, Edward ...Read More »

Problems with Portals: Yahoo on Keeping Visitors Around

{ Posted on May 28 2009 by admin }
When you run a large portal site that provides updated information on a regular basis, one of the goals you have is keeping people on your site so that they can see your content and your advertising. When you ...Read More »