When I said I blogged five years ago, people looked at me as if I was crazy. Well I was, but blogging didn't drive me to insanity. Today it is a bit more mainstream and bloggers are everywhere. I actually like blogging. I enjoy it and it has been a huge help to me professionally. Last weekend I attended WordCamp Detroit and I was surrounded by bloggers. I wasn't prepared for that one, as I use WordPress for website design and I guess I assume everyone in the room would too. Was I wrong. There were bloggers everywhere. Many who had day jobs and blogged at night about their Read more
State of the Index Presentation is a Great Read
Posted in: Search Engine Optimization | November 18, 2009
At last week's PubCon conference in Las Vegas, Matt Cutts gave a presentation on Google and recent Google advancements. This is a good read for website developers, in-house webmasters, and SEO consultants. From Social Search to Pagetest to Google Web Toolkit, Matt gives a number of good takeaways. State of the Index Read more
Internet Guru Matt Cutts Talks Sock Puppet Marketing
Posted in: Internet Marketing | October 26, 2009
Last week Google’s Internet marketing Guru Matt Cutts posted a new video in their Webmaster Central Channel on YouTube. I love these videos because they are short and to the post and without any pitch or longwinded verbiage cluttering the real message. The video that caught my eye was Matt Cutts’ discussion on Sock Puppet Marketing. Yes you read that correctly. Mr. Cutts is talking openly about puppets. Puppets aside, the discussion was in relation to an individual or company creating fake Internet personas for marketing purposes. While Matt did not go into how Google would Read more
Top Ten Reasons I am Falling in Love with Matt Cutts
Posted in: Search Engine Optimization | August 18, 2009
10. He knows SEO. 9. He knows SEO and is informative. 8. He knows SEO, is informative, and entertaining all at the same time. 7. He is a geek. 6. He is a geek and was an Internet geek way before it was cool. 5. He is a geek, was an Internet geek way before it was cool, and manages to make money while pursing his passion. 4. He loves cats. 3. He loves cats and lets his cats work with him. 2. He loves cats, lets his cats work with him, and proudly displays this to the world. 1. He makes me look normal. Read more