Gmail Hacked in China; Standardized Search Results Air Date: June 2, 2011 Jim and Dave discuss how Google announced that hundreds of its Gmail accounts have been compromised by hackers based in China. Google said the attack targeted senior government officials and military personnel from the United States and other countries, Chinese political activists, and […]
One of my favourite interviews of all time took place January 22, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. One of the co-authors of Wikibrands, Mike Dover, introduced me to Neil Pasricha, author of the blog 1000AwesomeThings. Jim Hedger interviews Neil Pasricha, author of 1000AwesomeThings Blog
I’m watching a Twitter conversation unfold between PR people, writers, journalists and bloggers. The forum is a hash-tag group called #SocialChat. According to co-host @SocialMichelleR, SocialMichelleR we are a weekly chat centered on social media and social media marketing #SocialChat -6:03 PM May 30th, 2011 The other co-host is Digital Always Media business partner Alan […]
Webmaster Roundtable: Ethics and Self-Regulation Air Date: May 26, 2011 We wrap up our two-part edition of Webcology with a lively discussion of SEO ethics and industry regulation. With two hot-button issues like this, you know our highly opinionated panel of Alan Bleiweiss, Ben Cook, Steve Gerenscer, David Harry, Anthony Verre and Terry Van Horn […]
Webmaster Roundtable: Outing Other SEOs Air Date: May 26, 2011 This two-part edition of Webcology kicks off with SEO panelists Alan Bleiweiss, Ben Cook, Steve Gerenscer, David Harry, Anthony Verre and Terry Van Horn debating the merits of reporting black hat practices to Google and the mainstream media. Does outing make the web a better […]
Linkbuilding and The Debut of the LinkedIn IPO Air Date: May 19, 2011 Jim and Dave discuss Linkbuilding, the debut of the LinkedIn IPO; Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog Closing May 31; The Google Search Team (Finally) Gets its Own Blog and How Facebook Is Changing Online Business. Show Notes and Links: Google opens large facility […]
Google’s behaviour drives the practices of the search engine optimization industry. Two years of rapid change in the way Google displays and ranks various types of web documents has put a renewed focus on quality content creation. It is a good time to be a content creator in the search marketing industry. In a world […]
Facebook Hires PR Firm to Smear Google Air Date: May 12, 2011 Jim talks with Brasco about news leaking that Facebook hired a large PR firm, Burson-Marsteller, to attack Google. Jim also weighs in on Microsoft buying Skype, the impending release of Google’s Chromebook and Google I/O.
Microsoft announced on Tuesday it had acquired the VoIP service Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. Skype is the world’s leading Internet based phone and video-phone client. It was used by over 170 people in 2010 to facilitate over 207 billion minutes in voice and video conversations. The deal is one of the largest buy-outs […]
Google Voice Search; Facebook to Buy Skype? Air Date: May 5, 2011 Google is reportedly looking into voice-activated search that can be integrated into the Google.com search engine once the experiment is complete. Jim welcomes his Digital Always Media colleague Alan K’necht.