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I’m at Search Marketing Expo East out in NY and over the next two days, I’ll be on sessions non-stop. If you’re here, stop by! Below, a run down of all the sessions I’ll be on. Also, I’ll have my book, Marketing in the Age of Google available for sale at all the … Continue reading »

Google launched instant search a couple of weeks ago with promises of speed and hours of time saved. How much time? Ally, our newest addition here at Nine By Blue, put together an infographic on just what Google Instant means for searchers. What are you going to spend all that saved time on? I … Continue reading »

According to Steve Rubel, Google Instant means the end of SEO. He writes that “Once a single search would do the trick – and everyone saw the same results. That’s what made search engine optimization work.” Oh Steve. That’s not what makes search engine optimization work. That’s not what true search engine optimization … Continue reading »

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I come across bad SEO advice all the time. Much of it may seem obvious to those of us who have been involved in search for any length of time, but for people who haven’t, it can be difficult to know what’s concrete advice, what’s speculation, and what’s just plain terrible. For that … Continue reading »

Note: This post was originally posted on Jane and Robot in May 2008 and is being temporarily stored here. A picture is worth a thousand words. Unfortunately, when it comes to major search engines (which are still primarily text-based), a picture is worth a lot of blank space. Does this mean you shouldn’t use … Continue reading »