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Google Hotpot – Not So Hot?

Scott — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:53:16 +0000

I just tried to leave a review at Google, while I was logged in, and instead of being given the old review screen, I was asked to set up a new profile. Here, it’s easier to show you… (*update four months later the name “Hotpot has finally been dumped. What a dumb idea that was [...]

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Poker in Las Vegas for Charity in Oregon

Scott — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:36:57 +0000

I’m attending Pubcon in Las Vegas this week, and there is a poker tournament taking place Thursday night that I want to attend. Interestingly, the organizer chose to tie attendance in with a charity, so I thought I’d tsake this opportunity to write a little bit about a local Portland organization called Snow-Cap. Last Wednesday, [...]

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EPCC – Market Your Website With Little or No Money

Scott — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:40:22 +0000

As I promised this morning, I have uploaded my East Portland Chamber of Commerce presentation here, including all of the links that I spoke about. You may open it directly from this link, or just right click here and choose “save as” to get it onto your own computer. For those that weren’t in attendance, [...]

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SearchFest 2009 – The Best Ever

Scott — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:56:49 +0000

Believe it or not, the board of SEMpdx has been getting a number of emails asking us where to register for SearchFest 2009, coming up in March. So, I figured I would take a minute to point out the SearchFest registration, as well as the entire SearchFest 2009 agenda, and a link to our sponsors. [...]

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Google Friend Connect is Working

Scott — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:42:33 +0000

Well, here it is, Google Friend Connect in action. I’m not quite sure exactly what it is yet, but I’m in, after signing up a few weeks ago. Are you? Apparently it’s Google’s answer to My Blog Log, which I have in my right sidebar, but it lets users sign in with their Google, Yahoo, [...]

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Social Networking Class in Beaverton

Scott — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:23:33 +0000

Colleen from Search Engine Academy of Oregon has invited me back to speak again to her class in November, and I’ll be taking her up on it. My session will be about how to make the most of your efforts when marketing via the social networking sites, and I’ll be covering my own agenda, as [...]

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Google Suggest Live? Now a Regular Feature?

Scott — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:46:57 +0000

Google Suggest has been around for quite awhile now, but at the moment I’m noticing it take effect on the regular Google homepage. Basically, you just begin type in something, and Google will pre-fill beneath your text, trying to guess what you’re looking for, showing you related searches, and showing you the number of results [...]

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Portland Online Marketing Summit

Scott — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:45:23 +0000

It’s not often that a world-class Internet marketing event comes to Portland, but on August 5th, I’ll be at the Online Marketing Summit, taking place here at the Portland zoo. Whether you’re looking for best practices in search marketing or e-commerce, analytics and measurement, testing and behavior targeting, or even e-mail marketing, there’s bound to [...]

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10 Commandments of WordPress

Scott — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:23:41 +0000

Over the past couple of years, we’ve become quite dependent upon WordPress because of the versatility of this open source management system, allowing us to do nearly anything we can imagine. In many cases WordPress can be a good supplement to existing website, allowing users to easily add and manage search engine friendly content without [...]

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Website Review – slmediasource.com

Scott — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:59:59 +0000

The owner of this site wants to be found for more “Second Life” related search terms, and In the 10 minute video I offer some intermediate level suggestions that may help with overall visibility.

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