Developments in privacy law: Does your business have a legal obligation to encrypt sensitive personal information?

Fast forward one year from now and imagine that one of your employees has just returned from a successful business trip to Boston. Actually, the employee killed it and he is coming home with a lot of new customer names and corresponding credit card numbers! The employee comes into the office Monday morning and reports, […]

China City Super Bufffett; Online Local Marketing Done Right

I love when I find local businesses that are doing things they need to be online.  It’s even better when I find businesses I use taking advantage of local marketing services that search engines offer that can save me money (and drive business to them)!  I just want to spotlight a company I feel is […]

Increasing Your Productivity – SMX Live Blogging

Thomas Schmitz When it comes to whether you should use SEO tools you must consider both the good and the bad – like every other choice in life. Tools are good for gathering data. However, tools can be expensive, produce inherent errors, and have many limitations. Scripts are tools that you create. Save time. Save […]

Social Media For Firefox – Version 2 Released

Just wanted to make sure everyone knows about the latest release of the Social Media for Firefox tool created by Chris Bennett.  He goes into more detail on a blog post today, but I wanted to pass my recommendation to go and get it and start using it to craft your social media accounts. Yesterday, […]

SMX Session Notes: Up Close With Google AdWords Quality Score

Up Close With Google AdWords Quality Score – Google’s quality score remains a mystery to many marketers, plus Google keeps changing when and how it is used. This session takes a fresh look at the current state of quality score, how it is implemented and tips on using it to your advantage Moderator: Matt Van […]

SMX Session Notes: Tapping Into Image Search

Tapping Into Image Search – Images aren’t just worth a thousands words. They could be worth thousands of visitors! This session looks at ways to turn your images into traffic, with a special look at Flickr. Moderator: Matt McGee, Assignment Editor, Search Engine Land Speakers: Eric Enge, President, Stone Temple Consulting Corporation Kaushal Kurapati, Director […]

SMX Panel – What is new in social media?

Brent Csutoras: What has changed with existing platforms? Reddit. In the last 6 months they have released sub reddits. These are like categories. If you are not logged into Reddit the frontpage will automatically show you the top 10 reddits at any given time. Please note which categories are appearing on the homepage when people […]

SMX West Session Notes: Legally Speaking

Follow me on Twitter for micro updates: @atraine. Legally Speaking: Recent Legal News About Search – What’s up with legal issues and search engines? That’s what this session is about – filling you in on the always changing developments. From click fraud to copyright to privacy, this session will hit all the major areas that […]