May 24, 2012 at 9:03pm ET by Barry Schwartz

The search marketing agency, iAcquire, that was allegedly responsible for buying links for clients was just banned from Google's search results. iAcquire was cited as the agency behind Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corporation's link buy request emails. For more on that see our story named What Can We Learn From The Latest Brand To Be Called Out For Paid Links? A site command search for [site:www.iacquire.com] returns no results. Here is a screen shot: iAcquire's robots.txt file and source code has no signs of them manually requesting to be deindexed from Google. So this seems t [...]

Networking, Solutions, Special Sessions and More: The Network Pass at SMX Advanced

May 22, 2012 at 1:00pm ET by Search Engine Land

Meet nearly 40 leading solution providers. Attend 2 sessions on emerging search engine marketing topics. Attend Matt Cutts’ keynote via simulcast. Connect with your next client, employer, vendor or mentor at three networking events. Search Marketing Expo - SMX Advanced hits the Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle June 5-6. Be part of this exclusive event when you pre-register for a Network Pass. Here’s everything you get… Attend “Plus” sessions that cover emerging search engine marketing topics. Plus sessions feature case studies, best practices and search marketing s [...]

Funny Google Matt Cutts Mashup Video

May 15, 2012 at 10:49am ET by Barry Schwartz

It has been a long couple months for the search marketing community between the Penguin update, a Panda refresh, the link notifications and the parked domain bug - you guys need a laugh. Sam Applegate put together a hysterical parody video of Matt Cutts talking about how to achieve number one ranking in Google. The video takes dozens of the videos Matt put together from the YouTube channel and mashes them into a video I think you all will appreciate. Here is the video: [...]

SMX London Keynote: Google’s Amit Singhal On The Future Of Search & Online Marketing

May 7, 2012 at 6:10pm ET by Search Engine Land

More than any other time in its existence, Google has been changing up the game for marketers. With co-founder Larry Page taking the reins as CEO, Google has instituted major algorithm shifts, killed products and changed the rules for search marketers. These changes have caused pain for some, but have also created siginficant opportunities for savvy marketers who have embraced change and adopted new techniques to keep up to speed. Which is why we thought it would be great to have Google's Amit Singhal sit down with Search Engine Land editors Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman at SMX London fo [...]

A Personal Preview Of SMX London 2012

May 3, 2012 at 5:58pm ET by Chris Sherman

Please join us for the sixth SMX event in the UK – SMX London 2012! This year's show takes place at the Chelsea Football Club, on May 15 & 16th, with over 30 sessions, workshops and networking events covering the most important aspects of search marketing. Experienced search marketers, online managers, technology executives, traditional marketers and communications professionals... there are sessions for all these types of people. Keynote Address – Google's Amit Singhal You can thank Amit Singhal if you’ve ever been pleased with a Google search result. Amit is a Google Fellow, an honor [...]

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