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SEO 101′s IMSB Recap

Brian Mark — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:53:16 +0000

Carolyn shares a couple of presentations she gave at IM Spring Break earlier this month. The first was on the most common problems seen with potential clients, the second was on information architecture and content creation plans.

Cloaking revisited and a big announcement

Brian Mark — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:39:26 +0000

As we start our 3rd year, we revisit our first topic and dicusss why cloaking is still bad and a newer way people are using it, which is still bad if things go wrong. We also make a big announcement for the upcoming year, so listen in to find out what it is.

PubCon South, Twitter, and Multivariate Testing

Brian Mark — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:51:42 +0000

We discuss what happened at PubCon South last week, talk some about Twitter, and then answer a listener question about Multivariate Testing.

IM Spring Break

Brian Mark — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:22:49 +0000

We are joined by the one and only Dave Snyder to talk about the upcoming IM Spring Break conference – what to expect, who should attend, and what the costs are. This is one incredible value, so don’t miss out on the spring break event of the year for our industry!

New Show? Sort of.

Brian Mark — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:02:54 +0000

We talk about our show moving to a new network, Carolyn going to some upcoming conferences, new seo tools being released to public beta, a new show that is just starting up, Carolyn owning Perdue.edu, and translating from marketer to developer.

Content & Ranking for Words with Apostrophes

Brian Mark — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:41:38 +0000

Content & Ranking for Words with Apostrophes Discussion at SES Chicago 2008 with panelists Dave Snyder of Search and Social, Kate Morris of New Edge Media, Brett Payne of Tribune Co. and Peter Van Der Graff of Net Society.

SEO 101 at SES Chicago 2008

Brian Mark — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:42:13 +0000

SEO 101 is on location at SES Chicago 2008 to discuss topics including personal and universal search, keywords, geolocation, indexing, ranking, and more with Kate Morris of New Edge Media, Dave Snyder of Search and Social and more.

Pubcon 2008 Wrap Up

Brian Mark — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:33:51 +0000

Carolyn and Brian wrap up Pubcon 2008 and weigh the value of PubCon versus some of the other conferences and why if you’re on a budget, why it’s a great conference to attend, plus the benefits of networking at a smaller and a larger conference.

More ScarySEO Recap

Brian Mark — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:32:27 +0000

Carolyn interviews Rhea Drysdale from WebBuildPages and a plethora of SEOs attending the IM Charity Dinner on the final night of the mini conference.

Scary SEO and the SEO Champ

Brian Mark — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:34:17 +0000

Dave Snyder of the Scary SEO Conference joins Carolyn to discuss the upcoming conference and give us a rundown of speakers, plus he opens up about a blog post regarding the SEO Champ who spoke during a Black Hat Panel at SES San Jose.

SEO 101 at SES San Jose

Brian Mark — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:27:25 +0000

Jonathan Dingman of Google Inside gives his take on the Search Engine Strategies Conference in San Jose as SEO broadcasts on location, plus Adam Sussman fills us in on the new local search program offered by BestOfTheWeb.

Twitter and Webcasting

Brian Mark — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:23:59 +0000

We talk to Rae Hoffman aka SugarRae about her new webcast with Michael Gray aka graywolf, SMX East, and some discussion on using Twitter for communication.

Internet Retailer Conference

David Brown — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:53:44 +0000

Brian recaps the Internet Retailers Conference in Chicago, a show that draws e retailers from all channels and focuses on how the web is now the driving force in retailing, plus he fills us in on the parties and the networking that he got to do.

Competitive Intelligence

Brian Mark — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:25:13 +0000

We discuss some of the ideas about competitive intelligence shared at Pubcon earlier this month.

Pubcon, SES and KITT

Brian Mark — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:58:06 +0000

Brian, Carolyn and David discuss Carolyn’s abbreviated trip to PubCon and briefly discuss whether Ford’s sponsorship of the new Knight Rider vehicle is tantamount to paid links.

SEO Conferences

Brian Mark — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:44:31 +0000

How do you justify to your boss that you should attend an SEO Conference is the topic of discussion as we explain the factors that impact your chances of attending including cost and choosing which conferences to attend. Oh, and save 10% at SES Chicago with code neo10 at checkout.

SES Recap

Brian Mark — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:49:40 +0000

Miss out on SES? We’ll tell you about the parties and some highlights, then you can go read about it all over the industry blogs.

This one was encoded improperly, so you’ll need to download via the feed or the link. Sorry about that… I’ll talk to Eddie after they get moved into their new offices about the bitrate issue.

*** UPDATE ***

Encoding fixed. We’re hosting this file ourselves.

Are Paid Links Evil? If so, other linking strategies.

Brian Mark — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:46:07 +0000

After the heated debate at SES, we give our take of the paid links evil or not issue and talk about some solid link building techniques you can use for your site without fear of being penalized or banned.

Live from the SES Show Floor

Brian Mark — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:11:36 +0000

We talked to a whole lot of people today at SES. Guests include Dave Davies, Curtis Dueck, Michael Gray, Mike McDonald and some guy named Matt.

NeO here adding some content to this post… We mentioned the YouTube video and the Michael Gray “Are Paid Links Evil?” power point… so here ya go!

SEO with Shoemoney part 2

Brian Mark — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:47:19 +0000

Today, we get into SES and why you should attend and what we’re looking forward to, talk about Jeremy’s recent experiences in Minnesota and get some insight into PPC and quality score from Jeremy as well.

De-Optimizing sites, Social for SEO and SES San Jose

Brian Mark — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:00:18 +0000

Jim Hedger and Dave Davies join us to talk about de-optimizing websites, social marketing for SEO’s, and the upcoming SES San Jose.

SES Latino Recap

Brian Mark — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:00:28 +0000

What value can your site get from marketing to the Latino community? The answer is lots, now listen and find out why. Special guest this time is rumblepup.

SMX Wrap-up

Brian Mark — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:00:17 +0000

Now that the day of silence is over, we’ll get back to our regular schedule. Yes, there really was a reason for the last podcast coming out a day early and no new podcast yesterday.

In the spirit of “Me too”, we’re doing our own SMX wrap-up. However, we’ll discuss the value of this conference for newbies and what conferences would be best for anyone just getting started out.

Lee Odden on Industry Conferences

Brian Mark — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:00:42 +0000

Lee Odden has been to many of the top conferences, and he gives his take on many of them and what the real benefits to people such as himself are.

SES Wrap-up

Brian Mark — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:00:24 +0000

The first long-distance podcast with more than two people, we’re covering SES from coast to coast! David Brown is in Spokane, Brian Mark is around Omaha, Carolyn Shelby is in Chicago, and Robert Garcia is in Miami.

Carolyn Shelby of Cshel
Robert Garcia of Cushions and Umbrellas

We talk about what we enjoyed, who we met, some parties, and what’s coming up next.

*edit – heres a quick look at the Famous Epiar Party Bus!

Report from SES NY

Brian Mark — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:52:38 +0000

We’re in New York City, and here’s our first report of the activities going on. Lots of fun stuff, Shoemoney sightings abound, rock stars surround us, screennames are confusing and we’ve found the perfect spot to watch the game on Sunday.