A very special Friday Talk this week. We all know the SEOMoz Whiteboard talks. This week that was ‘taken over’ by the Koozai team who do their own whiteboard talks. In this one however they really do it “the Moz-way”. They talk about Page 1 domination on branding, something which will become more and more important.
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State of Search Readers Like to Read at Lunchtime
At State of Search we want to keep developing, so we try to improve the site wherever we can. And to do that we try and find out what the readers like best. So we try and ask you some questions. Last week we asked you on Facebook at what time they preferred reading posts.
It turns out that most people like lunchtime as the best time to read posts, followed by “whenever I have time”. An important factor in when people read posts is the title of the post. If the title triggers enough it doesn’t matter at what time the post is published or sent out into the social atmosphere. You can find the results of the poll below, as well as a link to our newest poll: How do you usually get alerted to a post? (more…)
Matt Roberts of Linkdex Explains the Growth and Next Steps of the Tool
Linkdex is one of the fastest growing tools in search. We talked to Matt Roberts from Linkdex at A4U Expo 2011. Matt talked about the fast growth of the product, which didn’t exist at the start of this year, the development and what we can expect from the tool in the (near) future. A very insightful talk.
Amit Singhal To Join Matt Cutts At Pubcon Keynote
In a few weeks time it is Vegas time: Pubcon Las Vegas opens its doors. It always is a reason for many to head to Vegas and have loads of fun. This time they just might have to get out of bed early twice. With Leo Laporte keynoting on day one it was already a good start. And when Matt Cutts shows up at 9am on the Wednesday, you might be tempted to be there too.
And if his colleague Amit Singhal decides to join Cutts on stage you know that if you are interested in the search scene you know you probably will be getting up early. Amit Singhal, one of the ‘cool kids’ at Google as they say themselves, will be featured in a keynote address including a question and answer session. (more…)
Social Advertising: Is That Where The Money Is?
Social Media, is there any money in it? For many there (still) isn’t because they can’t figure it out. But there is a lot of money going around in social.
Where does that money go? Mostly to publishers who have advertisers, after all, with social you can now reach the big mass right? This infographic takes a look at the advertising side of Social based on a research. How is the satisfaction, what are the objectives and how do you measure? (more…)
Is MC Hammer Going To Change Search?
In the eighties he was a very successful musician. In the nineties he discovered the Internet and in the first decade of the new century he got successful in “Web 2.0″, the predecessor of Social Media. And now MC Hammer is going after search. Yes. Really.
At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco he introduced “WIREDoo”. A search engine which looks at search in a different way (where have we heard that before?).
With his search engine he says he is not looking for a ‘recreation’ of search, but he feels it can be improved. “You can always make things better”. (more…)
10 Slide decks From A4U Expo London 2011
The two days at A4U Expo London 2011 were filled with videos, interviews, people networking and much more. But one of the most important parts of the conference off course were the sessions.
We’ve reported on the sessions extensively. Sometimes it is enough to read about it, sometimes you want to know a little bit more. Therefore we have collected some of the available slide decks from A4U Expo London 2011. Find below the presentations from Kelvin Newman, Kevin Gibbons, David Sottimano, Lee Griffin, Kevin Edwards, Sam Crocker, Stephen Pavlovich, Martijn Beijk and Patrick Altoft (in random order) (more…)
Dave Naylor and Dom Hodgson at A4U Expo London 2011
Sometimes there are interviews you don’t have to ask any question. The people being interviewed will simply make the talk themselves. If you put Dave Naylor (Bronco) and Dom Hodgson (organizer of Thinkvisibility) on a couch at A4U Expo you know success is guaranteed: a combination of fun, laughter and actual good content.
Be warned: because of the background noice the audio isn’t always that well. All I can say is: enjoy!
The State of The Search Engines: Google vs Bing vs Yahoo
There were days in which we could actually talk about a “War on Search Engines”. Google was fighting the likes of Yahoo, Altavista, MSN and even Ask for the trust of the users. We can now easily say Google has won that war. They are the biggest one out there.
At least, they are for now. Google knows they shouldn’t sit still and wait and see what will happen. They have to keep developing and make things better, otherwise others will happily take their position. Even though the ‘war is over’ it is nice to take a bit of a closer look at these market share differences, where they lie and where to come from. (more…)
A Good Look At The A4U Expo Floors
Ever wondered what A4U Expo is like? Would you like to see how it looks and what you are missing out on? We decided to show you! This video below shows you around A4U Expo really quickly. Enjoy!
State of Search A4UExpo Talk With Irfon Watkins – Coull.com
State of Search is doing coverage of the A4U Expo 2011 in London. We do posts, but also interviews with speakers and attendees. You can find information here: http://www.stateofsearch.com/events/a4u-expo/
In this video we talk to Irfon Watkins of Coull.com.
State of Search A4U Expo London 2011 Talk with Lee Brignell-Cash – Fusepump
State of Search is doing coverage of the A4U Expo 2011 in London. We do posts, but also interviews with speakers and attendees. You can find information here: http://www.stateofsearch.com/events/a4u-expo/
In this video we talk to Lee Brignell-Cash of Fusepump.
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