Posted on: March 28, 2008 by Syzlak
Hey there,
Syzlak here again, whoring my band out again to the Seattle folk.
… ahem
Was the last post not good enough??!?! Do I need to include links?
Here are the people I hope to see at the show via free linking:
I understand we’re all overworked, but it really would be a treat to see y’all at the show. No worries if ya can’t make it, I’ll see ya at SMX Advanced. Once again, we’re a fun rock-and-roll band. Come see us, it’s free!
Ok, this is the last band post I’ll make till our album comes out. Stay tuned for next week’s tribute to Google snippets.
Posted on: March 27, 2008 by Syzlak
Hey Reader! It’s time once again for me to be a whore and shill my wares…
Did you know that I’m in a regionally popular (Portland and Eugene (and only certain streets)) rock-and-roll band? No? Good heavens, you should! If you’re lucky and you live in the Seattle/King County/Metroland area you could be visited by my band, Donerail.
I’m heading up tomorrow, and we’re playing the Skylark Cafe in West Seattle on Saturday. Show starts at 9pm, hope to see you there!!
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Posted on: March 26, 2008 by Syzlak
The power house that is the SMX Advanced conference just got more…power…housey?
SMX Advanced announced their agenda yesterday, and gee-whiz if it ain’t the most swell thing I’ve ever seen. As it was last year, SMX A will focus on trying to provide new and advanced information to attendees. While I was very vocal about how poor the Paid Search sessions were last year, I no longer care. See, I’m pretty good at Paid Search. Could I be better? Shit yeah, but I’m not going to sit in a room of 200 people to get better at it. I know that it’s a good strategy to have multiple ad copy and to track each separately, I understand the importance of converting a sale after the click and I get the dangers and advantages of 2nd and 3rd tier search (half this blog is about that topic).
What I’m excited about is that the SEO sessions look to be much more informative than last year. Oh and that there’s a third track this year – SEM Business. This will hopefully be an invaluable track for anyone. From the descriptions, this seems as though it is tailored to the self-employed and the heads of search firms. However, I have a feeling that anyone at any level within any type of business that focuses on search will benefit from these sessions. I’m already having a hard time trying to sort out my schedule…if I get a chance to go.
Oh shit yeah, almost forgot-they’re including a different track on the second day. Yep, that’s right, a track just for Developers. Now, I don’t know if they’ve done this before at other conferences, or they just got the idea from their developers coming back raving about SXSW, either way I’m happy.
Developers are cool, and unfortunately they never really get to understand why some of the things they do hurt everything we do. At my agency there is 1 – 1 developer that understands in the most minuscule sense, what it is that we do. The rest think I’m a snake oil salesman or that there is “totally a way to optimize for Flash.”
“Really how?”
“We’ll just put the text you want behind the Flash. No one will see it! You want like the same words over and over again right?”
“Bite me.”
So, I’m looking forward to this year’s SMX Advanced, and I’m looking forward to seeing y’all there.
Posted on: March 25, 2008 by Syzlak
Therefore it’s almost time for the NCAA Frozen Four. For the ignorant, this is the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championships…imagine basketball on ice.
Years ago I retaliated against the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and the ever-presence of “brackets,” by starting the Frozen Four bracket challenge. I’ve always been more of a hockey fan than a basketball fan; but, as I’ve progressed towards death, I’ve learned to enjoy the Madness of March and the Bracketology. So why not do it again with hockey? It’s like having more brackets…literally!!!
Brackets are here and here, if you’re interested in playing this year hit me up with an email – the address is on my “About” page.
Edit – Brackets must be in by Friday @ 3pm ET
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