Web 2.0 – Beautiful View of Mt Shasta

Web 2.0 Expo is Now Underway!

Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco began today and SEOPDX is here.

On the way down today from an overnight stay in Medford, Oregon we saw a beautiful view of Mt Shasta. I had to pull over and set up the camera to catch such a spectacular sight. So here it is.

Google AdWords Expert and Seminar Leader – SearchFest 2009

Google AdWords Seminar Leader Brad Geddes Gives it Up

Brad Geddes Google AdWords Seminar Leader Brad Geddes of bgTheory gives it up at SearchFest 2009. Brad shares his thoughts on what was good what wasn’t so good and what changes he would like to see at SearchFest 2010. Brad was a presenter at SearchFest 2009. His presentation was on Google’s Quality Score.

Google Ushers in Spring With the Very Hungry Caterpillar

Google uses the Very Hungry Caterpillar in their new Spring Logo

Google Spring Logo 2009

It appears as though Google has used the Very Hungry Caterpillar as the inspiration for their spring logo this year.

SearchFest 2009 – SEMpdx – Tom Hale

SEMpdx SearchFest 2009, Give it Up with Tom Hale from Thomas Creek Concepts

Tom Hale is a Google AdWords Specialist at Thomas Creek Concepts.
He was an attendee at the SEMpdx SearchFest this year and I caught up with him and asked him about his experience this year. Tom has attended SearchFest all three years and he offers to “give it up” and tell us what he liked, what he didn’t like, and what he would like to see at SearchFest 2010.

Building and Growing Your SEM Business – SearchFest 2009

Building Your SEM – SEO Business

How could I not attend this session? This was the easiest decision of the day for me. I made a good choice just check out my presentation notes.
Build Your SEM Business

WordPress Blog and SEO Session SearchFest 2009

Blog WordPress and SEO

The WordPress and SEO session dealt with how to make your blog work better, not only with the search engines but also with your users. WordPress and SEO also gave us some great insights into how to make updating our blogs an easier task.
Wordpress Blog and SEO

B2B Search Engine Marketing – SearchFest 2009

The Business of B2B Search Engine Marketing

I attended the B2B session at SearchFest 2009 to pick up on the subtle differences between marketing to consumers and marketing to businesses and these presentations lived up to all my expectations.

Blog Headlines Tricks The Pros Use in the Copywriting Market

What’s the most important part of your blog post?

If you didn’t say, “The headline,” think about what made you click through to read this from your reader or twitter.

You probably arrived at my blog based on the power of the words in the headline.

PPC session – Google AdWords – Searchfest 2009

The PPC session at Searchfest 2009 focused on Google AdWords

Moderator: Scott Orth

Scott Orth Scott is the Vice President of Marketing Strategies at Pixelsilk responsible for launching the world’s most comprehensive SEO-enabled Content Management System.

Real-time marketing

Stellar Return on Investment

What is Killing Your Google Rankings and What You Can Do About It!

Technical – On-Site Insight! Technical SEO Advice from the Pros

Technical SEO

Moderator: Sean McMahon – EngineWorks

Sean McMahon is President and Chief Executive Officer at EngineWorks, Inc.

How to SEO Your Blog – SearchFest 2009

Copywriting for SEO on Your Blog

Well I did make my first major decision of the SearchFest day I choose to attend the Blogging, Copywriting, and SEO Session in the big room. I didn’t even have to change seats after Danny Sullivan’s inspiring keynote.

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