{"id":799,"date":"2008-10-09T10:25:14","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T17:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/?p=799"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:23:43","slug":"search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/","title":{"rendered":"Search Engine Optimization For Beginners in Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next week is an SEM Hotseat event geared towards beginners. Have you come to search marketing events before and been overwhelmed?\u00a0 Do you have some SEO questions that you think are too basic?\u00a0  This is your chance to get that added level of detail and attention you may have been craving at other events.<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sempdx.org\" target=\"_blank\">SEMpdx<\/a>, several of us on the board have been operating under the assumption that people are no longer as interested in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/seo101\" target=\"_blank\">basic fundamentals of search<\/a> as they used to be, when we design our monthly programs.<\/p>\n<p>Over recent events however, we&#8217;ve received feedback that there are a surprisingly large number of people that still don&#8217;t &#8220;get it&#8221; and would really like to have more basic information about the fundamentals of search engine optimization, and search engine marketing.<\/p>\n<p>Next week&#8217;s event does exactly that, going &#8220;back to basics&#8221;, and there are still several spots left for attendance, and even a spot for a site review, I believe.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about the event and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sempdx.org\/Events\/?launch_pg=EventPage&amp;launch_sel=1000181&amp;launch_pg_sp=true&amp;title=October+2008+Hot+Seat+-+Back+To+Basics+Search+Engine+Optimization\" target=\"_blank\">sign up directly here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next week is an SEM Hotseat event geared towards beginners. Have you come to search marketing events before and been overwhelmed?\u00a0 Do you have some SEO questions that you think are too basic?\u00a0 This is your chance to get that added level of detail and attention you may have been craving at other events. Since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38,24,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-local-news","category-seo-101"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Search Engine Optimization For Beginners in Portland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Next week is an SEM Hotseat event geared towards beginners. Have you come to search marketing events before and been overwhelmed?\u00a0 Do you have some SEO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Search Engine Optimization For Beginners in Portland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Next week is an SEM Hotseat event geared towards beginners. Have you come to search marketing events before and been overwhelmed?\u00a0 Do you have some SEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Scott Hendison&#039;s Old Search Commander Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SearchCommander\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-10-09T17:25:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-12-04T20:23:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scott\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@shendison\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@shendison\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scott\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/local-news\\\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/local-news\\\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scott\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3142c7d28dc676725ac62cd6c9de8371\"},\"headline\":\"Search Engine Optimization For Beginners in Portland\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-10-09T17:25:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-12-04T20:23:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/local-news\\\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Events\",\"Local news\",\"SEO-101\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/local-news\\\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/local-news\\\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/local-news\\\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\\\/\",\"name\":\"Search Engine Optimization For Beginners in Portland\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-10-09T17:25:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-12-04T20:23:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3142c7d28dc676725ac62cd6c9de8371\"},\"description\":\"Next week is an SEM Hotseat event geared towards beginners. Have you come to search marketing events before and been overwhelmed?\u00a0 Do you have some SEO\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/local-news\\\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/local-news\\\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/local-news\\\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Search Engine Optimization For Beginners in Portland\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Scott Hendison&#039;s Old Search Commander Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pdxtc.com\\\/wpblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3142c7d28dc676725ac62cd6c9de8371\",\"name\":\"Scott\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ba275e23c0aad37526141e715b54cd3eeac27b071e4395b2b39e801ca68355d6?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ba275e23c0aad37526141e715b54cd3eeac27b071e4395b2b39e801ca68355d6?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ba275e23c0aad37526141e715b54cd3eeac27b071e4395b2b39e801ca68355d6?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Scott\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/shendison\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Search Engine Optimization For Beginners in Portland","description":"Next week is an SEM Hotseat event geared towards beginners. Have you come to search marketing events before and been overwhelmed?\u00a0 Do you have some SEO","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Search Engine Optimization For Beginners in Portland","og_description":"Next week is an SEM Hotseat event geared towards beginners. Have you come to search marketing events before and been overwhelmed?\u00a0 Do you have some SEO","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/","og_site_name":"Scott Hendison&#039;s Old Search Commander Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SearchCommander","article_published_time":"2008-10-09T17:25:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-12-04T20:23:43+00:00","author":"Scott","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@shendison","twitter_site":"@shendison","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scott","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/"},"author":{"name":"Scott","@id":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/#\/schema\/person\/3142c7d28dc676725ac62cd6c9de8371"},"headline":"Search Engine Optimization For Beginners in Portland","datePublished":"2008-10-09T17:25:14+00:00","dateModified":"2014-12-04T20:23:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/"},"wordCount":184,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Events","Local news","SEO-101"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/","name":"Search Engine Optimization For Beginners in Portland","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-10-09T17:25:14+00:00","dateModified":"2014-12-04T20:23:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/#\/schema\/person\/3142c7d28dc676725ac62cd6c9de8371"},"description":"Next week is an SEM Hotseat event geared towards beginners. Have you come to search marketing events before and been overwhelmed?\u00a0 Do you have some SEO","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/local-news\/search-engine-optimization-for-beginners-in-portland\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Search Engine Optimization For Beginners in Portland"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/","name":"Scott Hendison&#039;s Old Search Commander Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/#\/schema\/person\/3142c7d28dc676725ac62cd6c9de8371","name":"Scott","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba275e23c0aad37526141e715b54cd3eeac27b071e4395b2b39e801ca68355d6?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba275e23c0aad37526141e715b54cd3eeac27b071e4395b2b39e801ca68355d6?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba275e23c0aad37526141e715b54cd3eeac27b071e4395b2b39e801ca68355d6?s=96&r=g","caption":"Scott"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/shendison"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}