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Hanging out with Google Around Town

Google likes bring around everyone and meeting people face to face. You certainly will not see Larry Page or Sergey Brin hanging out at these conferences, but you will certainly see Google employees.
I was talking with one Googler here at SXSW who is a UX (user experience) designer out of Google New York, and [...]

SES San Jose Was a Great Show!

This is a quick post, but Search Engine Strategies was a great show.
I spoke on the Vertical Search panel and it was a great time.
I have a ton of photos that I will be uploading from the various parties and the show floor.
Stay tuned for a post next week as a recap. It will [...]

SES San Jose 2008: Video SEO

I attended this session in the afternoon yesterday, so I want to highlight some of the key points which I took out of the session.
# Greg Jarboe, President & Co-founder, SEO-PR

YouTube accounts for 98% of all videos viewed on Google properties
If you are still trying to optimize for Google Video? Don’t bother.
13% of traffic came [...]

SES San Jose – Day 1

Today, the conference kicked off for SES San Jose. I arrived here around mid-day, but there’s still plenty going on today.
If you’re around, feel free to drop a note and I’d be happy to meetup.
I’m speaking on Thursday on the Vertical Search panel, so feel free to stop by that as well.
Hope everyone has [...]

Google Analytics Ramps up for SES San Jose

The Google Analytics team is just as excited for SES San Jose as we are here at Ginside.com!
And boy do we love it. The Search Engine Strategies conference is right up our alley. Google will be there in force, sponsoring the show, with a giant booth for AdWords and Google Analytics. Googlers will be headlining [...]

Hear me speak at SES San Jose

I am speaking at Search Engine Strategies (SES) San Jose next month on the Vertical Search panel.
If you aren’t already going, I strongly recommend that you get your expo pass as soon as possible. It’s going to be yet another amazing conference.
Some highlights include the Google Dance party, which is a must, every year. [...]

SES NY 2008 Wraps Up – Good Networking, Good Conversations

SES NY 2008 has been a lot of fun. It’s been exciting to see old faces that only make it out to the conferences and it was good to get back into the party groove with everyone.
Tracing back to Monday night with the Live.com Webmaster Dinner, where Ani hosted the event, I was able [...]

Live.com Webmaster Dinner – SES2008

I was invited to a Live.com Webmaster Dinner last night. We had a great time and I’m really glad I went (not just for the food, but the people were great.)
As a small recap of the night, we talked about a broad range of things. From how big is Live.com’s index vs. Google’s [...]

See You at SES New York!

This week is Search Engine Strategies New York! I will be attending the conference on Wednesday, so if you want to meet up, just drop a comment below and I’ll try my hardest to see you.
If you don’t go to the conference, at least go to the IM-NY/BOTW Charity Party tomorrow night.
You can check [...]

Yahoo! Search Adds Support for X-Robots-Tag Directive

Yahoo! Search posted this on their blog yesterday. A small update to their robot controls to allow more extensive use of the X-Robots-Tag directive. Here are the updates. X-Robots-Tag: NOINDEX — If you don’t want to show the URL in the Yahoo! Search results. X-Robots-Tag: NOARCHIVE — If you don’t want to display cache link in the search results page. X-Robots-Tag: NOSNIPPET — If you don’t

PubCon + SES Chicago … and I’m in New York!

This is what I like to call being at the wrong place at the wrong time. I’m here in NYC while PubCon and SES Chicago are happening. I was able to go to SES San Jose, which was a blast, and I would have loved to go to SES Chicago, but it just didn’t happen, sadly. I am excited for SES New York coming in April though

SES 2007: Are Paid Links Evil?

Session Panelists
Matt Cutts – with Google
Michael Gray
Todd Malicoat
Greg Boser
Andy Baio – with Upcoming.org

This session was the highlight of the conference for me. I believe there are valid points both ways; pro-paid links and anti-paid links.
As just about anyone knows, Matt Cutts represented Google and his stance is that paid links are evil. Why does he feel this way? Matt brings up points about Google that they can’t condone or encourage paid links — and in fact hates paid links — because it manipulates the search and doesn’t provide natural search results, such as what Google really wants.
He gave his normal arguments for his side, as he started the session.

Google Dance 2007 – It was Hot!

Just have to say, this party was hot. Drinks, food, the campus, everything — the Googleplex was amazing. Here are some pic updates… [photopress:IMG_0075.jpg,thumb,pp_image][photopress:IMG_0077.jpg,thumb,pp_image][photopress:IMG_0081.jpg,thumb,pp_image][photopress:IMG_0082.jpg,thumb,pp_image][photopress:IMG_0084.jpg,thumb,pp_image][photopress:IMG_0085.jpg,thumb,pp_image][photopress:IMG_0087.jpg,thumb,pp_image][photopress:IMG_0088.jpg,thumb,pp_image][photopress:IMG_0089.jpg,thumb,pp_image][photopress:IMG_0090.jpg,thumb,pp_image] I will be posting more about some of the sessions later this week. I have some great insight I hope I can provide on the “Are Paid Links Evil?” sessions that was hosted by Matt Cutts, Michael Gray, and Greg Boser, just to name a few. SES has been amazing so far and I’m really looking forward to going back soon!

Video: Are Paid Links Evil? SES Style

A little insight to the “Are Paid Links Evil?” session that is happening *right now*, yes, I’m attending it right now.

Let the Games Begin! — SES 2007

Search Engine Strategies 2007 is getting ready to start! We have our booth setup and everything is getting to rock ‘n roll out here. Webmaster Radio has their stuff setup for interviews, Yahoo! and Google have their booths setup, and everyone is ready to go. Hope to see you here! More updates to come later when I have more time to blog about it.

Google Dance 2007

I just received this update from Google about Google Dance 2007 next week. Are you going?

#googledance * p { font-size:10px !important; line-height:12px !important; } The 6th annual Google Dance is just days away. This email is your confirmation that you’re registered to attend Google Dance.We look forward to welcoming you to Google!

Search Engines Strategies 2007 – San Jose, CA – Are you going?

I will be at SES 2007 in San Jose, CA next week helping with the TLA booth. I am really, REALLY, excited for the conference. I’ll hopefully be able to attend a couple select sessions, otherwise I’ll be at the TLA booth mostly. Anyone else (that reads this blog) going to SES 2007 that might want to get meetup? I’ll also be at Google Dance 2007