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Council Bluffs Tourism

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

I somewhat recently (when measured in archaeological time) commented that Council Bluffs is a pit - a pit where Google happens to be building a data center, in point of fact. Based on an ad in this weekend’s newspaper, I have found a web site that challenges that assertion: the CB Convention & Visitors Bureau [...]

Submissions: Snake Oil

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

People persist in believing submissions are necessary for the top 4 search engines.

Minneapolis Locals: SEO Event 7/11

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

MIMA’s hosting a search event in Minneapolis. Let’s all go.

Tani and the Bunny

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

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Originally uploaded by Between Stations

This is my small cat (Tani) and a small bunny (who we shall call Bunbun), staring each other down.

Missed Opportunities in Real Estate Development

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

How many ‘Maple Streets’ does any one county, state or country need? I saw no fewer than two in a 28-mile bicycle ride last night.
What makes a real estate developer say, “Let’s name all these streets for trees?”
And why do they always choose the same trees? Why not a round of ‘Black Locust Lane’ or [...]

Go, Peeps, Go!

Monday, June 18th, 2007

A few shout-outs:
1. To Sarah Bernier, aka Sarita, for her debut at Search Engine Strategies Latino Edition. Her session was blogged over at Search Engine Roundtable.
2. To the legend known as David Temple, who has accepted a position as Region Head of Search, Asia Pacific Region, at Neo@Ogilvy. It seems like only yesterday when [...]

Out at SMX

Monday, June 4th, 2007

I’m at SMX in Seattle this week, experiencing the magic of the Seattle weather and the oddities of my laptop’s battery. A few things I will expound on during my free time later:

why this conference’s food is currently winning the ‘conference prize’ for the recent past, excepting that of the MIMA Summit
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Kneeling down [...]

Prediction: Video Mania

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

Now that Universal Search has been announced, and covered in the mainstream media (Reuters, WSJ, etc. etc.), the next wave of SEO frenzy will be clients coming to their search marketing team or interactive agency agog about video.
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I forsee a lot of awkward conversations about video:

Client: We need [...]