Matthew Berk is a smart guy who built OpenList which was acquired by Marchex. He and Marchex take the “no editor” policy. They want to solve problems with tech, not people. Marchex is a hybrid of online advertising services and tech and consumer-focused websites (150,000+!). They have 26MM monthly uniques. Not bad. They own 93% […]
Seattle Times one of the last privately owned papers in the US. 7 online brands (listed here at top of page) covering 73% of the market online. Seattle is most wired and wireless market in the nation. Our challenge: How to add value in a craigslist culture? Social media and word or mouth are growing […]
For all of my readers who are not at the Kelsey conference feel free to ping me with any questions you would like me to ask any of the speakers. Info on the speakers here.
Marshall steps up to the plate with Charles Laughlin of The Kelsey Group pitching. An exec with a long history in IYP, etc. Full Disclosure: I had lunch with Pat Marshall once. I think the food was good and I paid, but I don’t think it will bias me one way or another. Update: Pat […]
Rob is walking through the dramatic change LATimes.com went through over the past year and how they have gone more hyperlocal and more Web2.0 while improving the editorial. They started with their Travel section which they rebuilt entirely in Ruby on Rails then they attacked their Entertainment section, including The Envelope, and added a local […]
Just got here. Sorry readers and Rob Barret whose keynote I just walked in on. Will start spewing forth local search gems shortly.
All the pundits agree that video is an enormous opportunity for local online media. One of the challenges with online video has been accurate measurement of video performance. The big analytics co’s provide some data but it’s very rudimentary. That’s why when I saw the new web video analytics service developed by GlanceGuide, I had […]
I am headed up to Seattle where I’ll be blogging live from the Kelsey Conference. The event is a bit of a schmoozefest and I am now speaking on Friday morning so I am not sure how much time I’ll have to write but I’ll try to give all of you who won’t be there […]
As a follow up to my post on the true cost of SEO I recommend you check out the SEO Success Pyramid on Matt McGee’s blog. I recently was explaining how SEO works to the board of one of my clients in the flooring industry and they found it very helpful. Thanks Matt.
I just got some referrals from Google for the following search “dentists in pleasanton who use nitrous oxide”. If you have a dental website I strongly advise you adding the term “nitrous oxide” to your pages, and any other narcotic you use. You may be able to snare some potential customers who enjoy a good […]