Posted by rebeccaYesterday I attended sessions, met some new folks, and attended Search Bowl. Below is a brief recap and my opinions of Day 1 of SMX West.
After officially launching its kids oriented ad network last week, GoFish wasted no time in signing avatar-based social network WeeWorld to its list of publishers.
The alcohol industry is regulated heavily by the Federal Government as to exactly how and where it can advertise, and that includes online. As such, I was particularly interested to see Ciroq Vodka, the brand produced by Sean “Puff Daddy” Comb’s Bad Boy Entertainment and Diageo, expand its online advertising efforts to include the use of shareable widgets.
Posted by Danny DoverI like to think that I was born just in time to live through the first truly global revolution. I am a 20 year old student who has watched computers and the internet transform the world. Unlike my predecessors, I rarely watch live TV, never listen to the radio and haven’t bought a CD in nearly a decade (last one was Offspring’s Americana). Between my fraternity, my campus, my city’s wifi initiative and my job I have access to at least one broadband wireless internet connection at any given time. I get excited when I get a single letter of normal mail even though I send more e-mails in a single day than my parents do in a month. My world is different than earlier generations, it is functionally held together by the world wide web.
Posted by Jane CoplandIf there’s one thing that doesn’t seem to receive terribly much attention, it’s image and video search. There has usually been a session at every conference, but images were often ignored in favour of both paid and regular organic search. Along came blended results and everybody takes more notice. According to the Video, Images and Blended Results session, image search only accounts for 7 - 15% of all search engine activity, so it’s hardly surprising that the integration of images and video into regular SERPs is a relevant topic.
With the election year upon us, some voters may want to get their information and coverage of the big event wherever they go. Microsoft is looking to capitalize on voters looking for breaking news by sponsoring a free Campaign Tracker application for Windows enabled Mobile phones..
Posted by randfishI’m incredibly tired. So dead, it’s hard to take out my contact lenses (you know how they stick sometimes? Yeah, I hate that). Here’s a log of today’s events:
Changing the way your RSS feeds work isn’t something to be undertaken lightly — particularly if you’ve got popular feeds with thousands and thousands of subscribers.
Posted by great scott!Everybody in the SEO world knows that SMX West starts tomorrow but, while I’m definitely looking forward to seeing some familiar faces in Santa Clara, I’m currently in Las Vegas for Affiliate Summit.
Posted by randfishI’m currently working on re-authoring and re-building the Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization, section by section. You can read more about this project here.