Industry In Revolt Now Turns On TopSEOs.com

Could a 25-year old SEO expert by the name of Rhea Drysdale have started a revolution in our industry? Her successful fight to save the SEO trademark has renewed interest in others who stand accused of profiteering from the industry. First of these was VerifiedSEO, who attempted to establish a system to verify SEO providers Continue reading →

Using Network Features On Sphinn

In this post, I wanted to show you one of the useful additions to the new Sphinn platform; networking. This feature lets you filter the articles on the site to submitters you trust and want to follow. Underneath each submission there is an add button, as you see below. Click this to add this person Continue reading →

12 Defensive Steps To Secure Your Sites & Income

It’s easy to avoid disasters with hindsight and hopefully 10yrs as a domain registrar, web producer and marketer has given me some. In my opinion, here are 12 defensive steps which you should take right now. 1. Ensure Your Domains Have Accurate WHOIS records Sounds simple but you wouldn’t believe how many domain registrations have Continue reading →

After Hours PubCon Conference Events

There’s nothing more annoying that constant reminders about events you are not planning to attend, so for my readers who are not going to PubCon, I apologise. However if you are planning on hitting Vegas next week, I’d like to meet you so here’s a list of the available out-of-hours events to date. I’ll try Continue reading →

PubCon Poker Tournament and FightClub 2008

Dr. David Klein has just opened registration for the PurposeInc Poker Tournament, to take place at the PubCon conference in Las Vegas next month. Last year’s event was great fun and the most talked about entertainment event at the conference. If you’re attending PubCon, sign up now! Don’t worry if you’re new to poker. The Continue reading →

SearchCamp Philly, ThinkTank and ScarySEO Search Conference

This year has seen the arrival of some new US-based SEO/SEM conferences on the scene. Locally focused or more select than PubCon, SMX and SES they are aiming to offer a different atmosphere from the main conference stream. Here’s three of the best and why you should be attending. SearchCamp Philly Online Marketing Conference The Continue reading →

Google, Ethics and The Myths of Social Media: An Interview with Jill Whalen

There are few people as well known in SEO/SEM circles as Jill Whalen. She founded High Rankings LLC in 1995 and has grown this since to be a leading brand in the industry. Their Search Marketing Newsletter and SEO forums are well known to many. Her conference record speaks for itself. I first met Jill Continue reading →

Reputation Management Explosion in 3…2…1…

There’s a new site allowing public reviews of SEM companies and you just know that means trouble. The site is called SEMCompare and is brought to us by the same people who launched the Search Marketing Standard magazine. As Kalena noted, they already have a few negative reviews for known companies in the SEO/SEM industry. Continue reading →