There’s an online community of search engine marketers called Gooruze that’s picking up steam, and I’ve been lurking there quietly for the past month or so.  The information available there is phenomenal, and I strongly recommend a visit, and signing up for this free community.

It’s official - Search Commander Inc. will not be engaging any new search marketing clients through the remainder of 2007, and possibly longer.

Those close to me know this has been coming for a while now, but I wanted to wait until the expiration of any pending proposals that were out there so this wouldn’t appear as some sort of sales tactic.

Unfortunately, I won’t be attending the SMX social media event in new York city next week, and now I’m even more disappointed.

I don’t think I’ve ever regretted not going to a specific event so much before, and not just because I’m missing great content, but because this is a great way to spend an evening in support of a good cause.

When I first wanted to take classes in search engine optimization, my options were pretty limited, and there were no Oregon search engine marketing classes offered anywhere that I was aware of.

After narrowing it down to just a couple of choices, I settled on attending John Alexander and Robin Nobles’ Search Engine Workshop, in Las Vegas in 2004.

Next week is the San Jose Search Engine Strategies show, and I’m going a day early, because I have a good friend I’ve known since high school that lives in the area.

During the conference, I do have a couple of meetings lined up with both vendors and potential clients, however, much of my time is free.

One reason I like driving long distances (okay, the only reason) is because I get to catch up on old broadcasts from Webmaster Radio that I’ve stuck on my iPod.  I’ve tried to listen before while working, and it’s just not productive. I can’t concentrate on the show and get any work done at the same time.

Last night I was a customer of fandango.com for the first and last time. My kids were out of school at noon the day that Spiderman three opened, so how could I deny their pleas?

While I’m flattered that someone thinks enough of my content to steal it right off my webpage and post it as their own, I’ve never actually had it happen with my website copy before. It’s happened with the occasional article I’ve written, but nothing else.

I can’t believe I fell for it. One of my MSN Messenger contacts APPARENTLY sent me a chat message, saying this…

Surfing the web Ive found this useful tool in http//Get-Messenger.com/?en
Just entering your MSN Messenger account you can find out who has removed you from his/her contact list.I hope you find it useful!

I was with Jerry West at Webmaster World in Las Vegas when I first heard about faked Page Rank. It turns out that it was a relatively OLD scam, but one that had somehow escaped my knowledge! (See, I’ve told you repeatedly that I still learn new things every week!)
At break, we went out in the lobby, and Jerry fired up his laptop. With the help opf another associate he had there, he attempted to “fake” the Google Page Rank score on a webpage.

Portland Oregon’s Searchfest 2007 is now one for the history books, and by any measure, it was a resounding success. With nearly 250 attendees, this was the largest search event ever held in Oregon to my knowledge.
Our goal was to really put Portland on the map as a hub of search interest, and I think we did that with our lineup of presenters.

If you are running Wordpress version 2.1 you’re likely fine, but if you upgraded in the last few days, it’s time to patch a Wordpress security hole asap.

It’s always important to stay up to date, and add yourself the the mailing list for any open source software you may be using…