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This weekend I did a Q&A session at the Domain Roundtable Conference. It was an hour and a half of answering various questions. Rand Fishkin and John Andrews both did write-ups of the session. Rand and John were both on an SEO panel after me, which I enjoyed.
This was my first domain-related conference, and the [...]

Source:Trip report: Domain Roundtable Conference

I communicate with people in lots of ways: face-to-face, email, via my blog, leaving comments in the blogosphere, conferences, etc. At SMX West a couple people asked “I sent you a friend invite on service X but you haven’t responded. Do you not like me?” Please don’t feel bad, because it’s not that. I’m letting [...]

Source:Socially exhausted

Man, I love Maker Faire. It’s almost as if Burning Man mated with Slashdot. Here are afew of the fun things I saw today.
In the Craft area someone showed the credit cards that they accepted, but the credit card sign was hand-made:

Also in the Craft zone was a “postcard machine.” It was a person sitting [...]

Source:Back from Maker Faire

There are a ton of Interney Relay Chat (IRC) clients for Linux/Ubuntu, e.g. Gaim (now called Pidgin). One IRC client that makes recording an IRC conversation pretty easy is Irssi. Install Irssi on Ubuntu with a simple command:

sudo apt-get install irssi

Then run the program “irssi” from the command line.
Now suppose you want to record what’s [...]

Source:Recording an IRC channel on Linux/Ubuntu

Last week at the Web 2.0 Expo I decided to walk the exhibition floor. Niall Kennedy and I checked out the inflatable Google booth, we gave feedback to the WordPress folks, and we came to rest in the Yahoo booth, where it was nice to see Jeremy Zawodny and catch up a little bit.
After a [...]

Source:Review: Google Apps Hacks

Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) just announced that they now power AdSense for Search. Another nice new change is that if you provide a Sitemap, Google will use that to improve the coverage of the custom search engine.
Now let me nip one idea in the bud, because I can already feel a few people thinking [...]

Source:Custom Search Engine adds new features

High rankings on Google can make the difference between an extremely successful online business and a total failure.

The position of your website in Google’s search results can make or break your business. But how much exactly is a top ranking on Google worth? What can a top ranking on Google do for your business?

Source: Free SEO News

I will be heading to Seattle to speak at the 2008 SMX Advanced. This will be the closest to home I’ve had to opportunity to speak at an official SEO event. It would be nice if the organizers who decide to host one of of our home town of Victoria, BC, Canada but for some reason I find that unlikely.
I’ll be speaking to SEO’s and SEO company owners of how we can position our firms to best

Source: Dave Davies, CEO

YooTheme release YT NU, their May 2008 template.

Source: Dave Davies, CEO

RocketTheme releases RT Catalyst, their May 2008 template.

Source: Dave Davies, CEO