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Search Engine Marketers of Portland (SEMpdx) has announced officially that its first networking event will be held Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at Portland Oregon’s Hotel Deluxe from 5:00 to 7:30 PM. Most of the SEMpdx board members, (including myself), will be on hand to answer questions, and to tell attendees more about varios membership benefits, upcoming events, and sponsorship opportunities over. Appetizers will be provided by Gracie’s, and there will be a no-host bar. |
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Portland Advertising Federation. On November 16th, all the major local advertising talent will be on hand at this year’s Rosey Awards, celebrating the best campaigns of the year. Local band Dirty Martini will entertain the crowd during the show, and radio personalities Mike Chase and Amy Faust will be the emcees. |
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If you are a web hosting customer of ours, this is an urgent wake up call. By the end of 2006, your site may no longer function properly unless you act now. Microsoft has already discontinued Unix server support for Front Page, and Windows hosting support is likely not far behind. |
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The Oregon Comuter Consultants Association (OCCA) is a vast pool of local knowledge. I am not a Firefox whiz, but for the past year, use it almost exclusively. Several months ago, a secure site stopped logging me in. Actually, it appeared to log in fine, but all I saw was a white screen. To this day, if i want to log in to that site, I have to use IE on my current PC. |
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I am proud to be affiliated with a recently formed new group made up of Portland’s top search marketers. Our goal is to increase the visibility of Portland Oregon as a search engine marketing industry hub, and to educate Portland’s business community about search engine marketing. We’re currently in the process of getting our legal ducks in a row, and hope to start sharing more information soon. |
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Arguably one of the most well known search engine placement firms in the country, SEOMOZ is based in Seattle, but serves clients all over the world. Using Portland’s Pearl District website as an example, Rand Fishkin has posted an excellent article about what should be included in an SEO proposal, and he’s even put in their pricing structure. |
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The Oregon Computer Consultants Association is showing a preview of Windows Vista, and of Microsoft Office 2007. Meetings are free and open to the public. Previewing Vista and Office 2007 |
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The owners of Beale Street NW, Bob and Marge, were instrumental in putting on the Katrina relief blues fest that raised over $400,000.00 for the victums of that disaster. |
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Yesterday, it was reported that… “Oregon Department of Revenue officials thought they were tightly secured against data theft. ” Then they went on to say that  ”an employee from using an office computer to surf porn sites and download a Trojan horse, a hidden spyware program not yet known to intrusion-detection software. The Trojan installed itself Jan. 5 and for the next four months secretly captured and relayed data to the hackers who created it.” |
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The former editor of the East County News (a newspaper in which I wrote computer articles from 1998 to 2001) has begun a local news blog, called EastPDXnews. The URL is  http://www.eastpdxnews.com and if you’re looking for up to date news about issues concerning East Portland Oregon, keep your eye on this blog. |
