Following the rather disappointing session on duplicate content, the later sessions were a (slight) improvement.
The session on social media saw Rand from SEOmoz listing the most influential social media sites for ranking & traffic is, which had YouTube at #1. It also included Yelp which I had never heard of before, and the nugget of […]
- Ciaran Norris
- E-Mail: ciaran.norris@altogetherdigital.com
- Web Page: http://www.altogetherdigital.com
- Profile: Ciarán has been working online since taking a job in a Sydney internet cafe in 1999.
He's worked in online marketing since 2000; firstly at two of the UK’s biggest business publishers, covering everything from online PR to subscriptions.
He took up the role of SEO & Social Media Director at new full service digital agency Altogether Digital in April, where he's worked with a variety of major brands, from Mintel to Vonage, Brylcreem to Future Publishing, helping them put SEO & Web 2.0 at the heart of their marketing activities.
Ciarán has spoken at a variety of events on how the web is changing business, such as Search Marketing Expo (SMX) & the inaugural a4uExpo, as well as for organisations such as the IDM & RBI. He also blogs on digital marketing at SEOmoz and e-consultancy.
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SMX Advanced Seattle - Day 1 Round-Up
Duplicate Content Session At SMX Advanced
The first session proper of the day, on how search engines handle duplicate content, is not the best ad for Danny’s new event.
Whilst the name of the show is SMX Advanced, after listening to the presentations by representatives of MSN, Ask, Yahoo! & Google, I’m wondering whether in the interests of trade descriptions, it […]
Matt Cutts At SMX Advanced Seattle - Day 1
It’s day 1 at Danny Sullivan’s inaugural event since splitting from Search Engine Strategies, and there’s a room full of people listening to Google’s Matt Cutts. It’s an interesting mix at what has been billed as the first search marketing event aimed solely at those with more advanced knowledge; plenty of the more well known […]
Some Perspective On Yahoo’s Chase Of Google
e-consultancy reports on the latest Hitwise stats showing that in 2006 Yahoo! increased its share of the UK search market by 13% to 8.6%, with the headline:
Yahoo! shows biggest UK search share gains.
Which is fine.
But with Google also increasing its share to a staggering 78%, it’s like me writing an article on how recent promotions […]
Mahalo: Human (Ego) Powered Search Engine
Jason Calacanis is a well known personality in the internet sector. He has done everything from running a newspaper during the original dot com boom, to founding blogging network Weblogs (which he later sold to AOL). His latest project is a human powered search engine called Mahalo (it’s Hawaiian for ‘thank you’).
Calacanis prepared for this […]
Who Is Big Brother?
Although it seems like only a couple of weeks ago since the last series ended, it would appear that Big Brother is back. Yes, in what is now a better indicator of the imminent start of the British summer than washed out test matches, the new series of Big Brother started last night.
Being the search […]
last.fm The First Music Network To Be Sold
Maybe it was my post about how I preferred last.fm to Pandora which did it, but whatever it was, mainstream media have finally got round to snapping up music networking sites in their trawl of Web 2.0. These are the sites that allow users to discover new music via the tastest& listening habits of their […]
The 100 Best Technology Products. Really?
PC World has released a list of the 100 Best Products of 2007 and despite the fact that it feels a little premature seeing as it’s not even June yet it makes interesting reading. Whilst a lot of it is too geeky even for me, I though I’d pull out a few of the more […]
Has UGC Killed The Radio Star?
Last week saw the anouncement by radio station Xfm that it was to get rid of all DJs on its shows between the hours of 10am & 4pm. Their managing director Nick Davidson said of the move,
Our listeners are used to being able to control what they watch or listen to as these days people […]
What Will People Do To Win £10k?
Earlier in the week I wrote about the competition being run by Brylcreem, where they are offering £10,000 and a starring role in their ad, to the man who submits the video to the Brylcreem MySpace page which is considered to best epitomise the phrase effortless.
Well, they’re definitely starting to get some interest now, and […]
