Google Says: If You Don’t Report Deception To Us, You Are Not Ethical

It’s just my day to pick on Google, but I think they can take the heat.
On Google’s page What’s An SEO, Google gives a few good cautionary tips for webmasters that might be hiring a Search Engine Optimization individual or firm.
However, in doing so, they snuck in two self-serving lines that have absolutely […]

12 Most Popular SEO Instructional Video Tutorials

12 Most Popular SEO Instructional Video Tutorials:
Introduction to Search Engine Optimization
Internet Marketing - Search Engine Optimization - Google
Search Engine Optimization Secrets
Network Solutions Sr VP; Beginner Tips for SEO
Some SEO myths - Matt Cutts
How to structure a site? - Matt Cutts
Static vs. Dynamic urls - Matt Cutts
Qualities of a good site - Matt Cutts
SEO Title Tags […]

Web 2.0 Summit - November 5-7, 2008, San Francisco, California.

The next Web 2.0 Summit will take place November 5-7, 2008 in San Francisco, California.

“Sign up for the Web 2.0 Summit newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest Web 2.0 Summit news and announcements, including when we’ll begin accepting requests for invitations.”

 
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Former Google Employees Start Experimental Search Engine

An experimental search engine built by a team of former Google search experts!

“Cuill Inc. (pronounced “cool”) is a startup company that is pioneering a new approach to Search. The company was founded by Tom, Anna and Russell.” - Cuill Inc. homepage
“Twiceler is an experimental robot. The user-agent is twiceler.” - Cuil.com’s robot page.

Techcrunch.com ran a […]

Affiliate Summit Conference 2008 West - SOLD OUT

 
The Affiliate Summit 2008 West (February 24-26, 2008) sold out and has now ended. Their keynote speaker for Monday, February 25 was Jason Calacanis, founder of Mahalo.com.
 
Upcoming AffiliateSummit.com conferences and expos:

AffiliateSummit Boston, August 10-12, 2008
AffiliateSummit New York City , October 5, 2008
 
 
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Google Says Content is NOT King - Links, Links, and More Links Improve Site’s Ranking!

“Sites’ positions in our search results are determined based on a number of factors designed to provide end-users with helpful, accurate search results. These factors are explained in more detail at http://www.google.com/technology/index.html.
In general, webmasters can improve the rank of their sites by increasing the number of high-quality sites that link to their pages. For more […]

2008 Calander - Search Engine Optimization & Marketing Conferences, Expositions, and Meetings

Search Engine Strategies (SES) Events:

Mar 17-20, 2008 SES New York Conference & Expo
Apr 10-11, 2008 SES Hamburg Forum
May 6, 2008 SES Denver Search Training
SES Milan Forum May 27-28, 2008
SES Toronto Conference & Expo Jun 17-18, 2008
SES San Jose Conference & Expo Aug 18-21, 2008
SES Chicago Conference & Expo Dec 8-11, 2008

Search Marketing Expo (SMX) Events:

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Who Is Matt Cutts?

From wikipedia.com: “Matt Cutts works for the quality group in Google, specializing in search engine optimization issues.[1] He is well known in the SEO community for enforcing the Google Webmaster Guidelines and cracking down on link spam.[2]”

From pubcon.com: “Matt Cutts joined Google as a Software Engineer in January 2000. Before Google, he was […]

Top Ten SEO Tutorials To Learn SEO Online

I thought I’d find tons of sites offering free SEO lessons and tutorials. Wrong!
I went through the top 50 sites for free seo tutorials (628,000 results in Google) and then started searching for free seo lessons (208,000 results in Google) before I could come up with ten decent sites offering free lessons.

 
 

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Beginner’s level. Video tutorials, […]

You Are In Violation Of The Official Bruce Clay Code of Ethics

With big firms, like Walmart/Sam’s Club and even Google (Performics), entering the Search Engine Optimization and Marketing business, it might be a good time for current SEOs to put together some industry standards or at least some guidelines, or code of ethics and morals.
I would think that any SEO industry standards or guidelines would need […]