Monthly Archives: November 2011

How much of a Pie Chart Looks Like Pac-Man per Matt Cutts?

  A lesson in Repurposing Content – I heard an English teacher once say that “Every modern love story is a copy of Shakespeare.” She used Westside Story as an extreme example, stolen from Romeo and Juliet. She went on to challenge us to find a theme that Shakespeare did not cover. But there are […]

Legal Issues of Domain Names and Trademarks – Pubcon Vegas 2011

Privacy Law Developments – Las Vegas PubCon 2011 – My powerpoint aims to provide a synopsis on some of the most recent and relevant privacy law developments affecting Internet business and marketing — from security breach notification statute amendments to the SEC’s Guidance on cyber security and disclosure. Legal issues of domain names & trademarks View more presentations from Dream […]

Competitive Intelligence Presentation – Pubcon Vegas 2011

Here is my presentation from Pubcon Vegas 2011 on Competitive Intelligence. This was a great panel and I am hoping everybody learned a ton! Enjoy! Competitive Intelligence Pubcon Vegas View more presentations from Dream Systems Media Pubcon Vegas 2011 Competitive Intelligence session write-ups: http://www.aimclearblog.com/2011/11/14/reconnaissance-round-up-killer-competitive-intelligence-tools-tactics/ http://outspokenmedia.com/internet-marketing-conferences/competitive-intelligence-tools-and-tactics/ http://www.searchenginejournal.com/pubcon-2011-recaps-of-sessions-links-to-photos/35841/ http://www.seo.com/blog/pubcon-las-vegas-day-3-key-takeaways/

New Firefox 8.0 Doesn’t Support My Favorite Add-Ons

If you hadn’t heard, Mozilla Firefox released another new update. I don’t mind updates, but this one forced me to complain a bit. As a pretty consistent blogger, I frequently will take pictures of sections of a website with an Add-On called Screengrabber. Screengrabber would allow me to simply copy a section of a page, […]

Update: Google Local Mixed Results Hit the Blender

Well there have been a bunch of busy bees in the Google local search hive. Local has been under the knife a few times. From reset data, to cool visual effects. These are today’s changes in Google’s local blended results. The New Gray Google Map Marker Less intrusive, less eye catching, more interactive. Rolling over […]

Google Places Gets A New SERP And Yelp Continues To Win

Yes we all know by now that Google Places has a new look for their SERPs (one which I really dig by the way) but I want to talk about who I still think comes out the winner in all this – Yelp.  If you remember, Yelp fought hard to get themselves removed from the “reviews” […]

DSM at Search Conferences and Other Speaking Engagements

We always enjoy the opportunity to share our marketing experience, knowledge and tips with others at search marketing conferences and networking events across the country. Recently, we have been pretty busy doing just that.  Here are just a few updates: David Mink, one of DSM’s founding partners was asked to serve on the founding board […]