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You are NOT the Person of the Year!

» by David Temple December 19th, 2006 at 6:27 am » Comments (47)

And neither am I. Who is trying to fool whom? So you added your knowledge to Wikkipedia, spread the viral YouTube  or planted your face and baggage on MySpace.  So what? You still are NOT the person of the year!
Oh, you made up Facebook profiles and wasted days in Second Life while in your spare time mashed up 50 Cent’s [...]



I’ve been blog tagged by the lovely Lisa Barone

» by David Temple December 16th, 2006 at 11:46 pm » Comments (13)

While wandering the web today I noticed this blog tagging going on and have been reading interesting things about my favorite bloggers. When I hit Lisa Barone’s blog, okay its not her blog but Bruce Clay’s ;), I noticed she tagged me. First of all I’m extremely flattered, maybe that’s a bit over the top [...]



Weird Asia News and other blogs you’ve never heard of……..

» by David Temple December 16th, 2006 at 2:50 pm » Comments (3)

Okay this might be a bit off topic but then again you can learn by reading these blogs. I’ve been trolling MyBlogLog,  if you’re blog ain’t there then it ain’t anywhere. Don’t think so? Danny Sullivan’s Search Engine Land is there. Anway here’s a few blogs I discovered while trolling that I want to share.
Weird [...]



Marketing Pilgrim’s SEM Scholarship contest revisited

» by David Temple December 15th, 2006 at 8:12 pm » Comments (2)

At dinner in Chicago I was fortunate to be able to visit with Andy Beal and Ben Wills, winner of Andy’s SEM Scholarship contest. I commented that I had learned a lot and shared some of my views about the contest. I also talked about how all that great content was now buried in the [...]



A warm welcome in chilly Chicago at SES

» by David Temple December 8th, 2006 at 4:07 pm » Comments (19)

I haven’t had this much fun since, well I don’t remember when. Sorry seoloser you just didn’t meet the right people. Guess you’re also the seo unlucky guy too. Here’s a few people I finally met in person in no particular order. Kim Krause Berg and her husband Eric. She rules! I am Kim’s biggest [...]



Rebecca Kelley reveals all in her Fresh Egg windup

» by David Temple December 3rd, 2006 at 12:03 pm » Comments (1)

Rebecca from SEOmoz wrote a fascinating post about her trip across the pond and tells us about her daily life in jolly old England. She was the first graduate of Fresh Egg’s Internship SEO Training.   Ammon Johns, aka Black_Knight, a guy who’s been dispensing seo info since before most people even heard of seo, was one of her [...]



High Rankings SEO Seminar heads to the Twin Cities

» by David Temple November 30th, 2006 at 2:59 pm » Comments (7)

Jill Whalen and her posse will be heading to the Twin Cities (Minneapolis & St. Paul) March 15 - 16 with her High Rankings® Search Engine Optimization Seminar. The seminar will take place at the Crowne Plaza Northstar in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, MN.  This band of merry makers is a virtual who’s who list [...]



Danny Sullivan recognizes growth of seo sem training and certification

» by David Temple November 26th, 2006 at 2:01 am » Comments (1)

In Danny’s recent blog post SEM Certification & Training Courses at the Search Engine Watch Blog he states “The move toward offering certification and training in search marketing is accelerating”.  Now I doubt Danny’s been reading my blog but even if he has, he certainly realized the importance of training long ago.
In fact he is the [...]



Search Engine College (SEC) offers career jump starting sem seo certification training

» by David Temple November 23rd, 2006 at 5:58 am » Comments (3)

SEC Certification Pathways is a series of bundled courses that prepare persons who want to jump-start their career path in the fast-paced search engine industry. They are designed to ensure students are immediately employable upon completion.
I’ve blogged several times about Search Engine College and interviewed Kalena Jordan in order to take a closer look [...]



Fresh Egg announces first SEO Intern Training graduate - Rebecca Kelley

» by David Temple November 18th, 2006 at 9:51 pm » Comments (6)

When I first blogged about Fresh Egg’s SEO Intern Training Programme I commented “this internship is a great shot for someone”.  Little did I realize that I would find blog fodder to continue this story. Of course when I heard that Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz had sent Rebecca to this training I had to follow the [...]



SEM SEO training programs offered by Global Strategies International (GSI)

» by David Temple November 17th, 2006 at 1:06 am » Comments (0)

There are plenty of sem seo training programs available these days and deciding which one to blog about is no easy task. One thing I look for when determining which program to blog about is who the instructors are and who’s behind the program. That’s why I couldn’t pass up letting everyone know about Global Strategies International’s training [...]



Search Engine College sem seo training innovations reviewed by Cre8pc’s Kim Krause Berg

» by David Temple November 14th, 2006 at 7:48 pm » Comments (0)

I’ve stated several times on this blog that I do not endorse one sem seo training program over another.  That being said one thing that I think everyone should look at when determining which sem seo training program to take is to look at the instructors.  Are they recognized in the industry? Have they presented [...]



Search Engine Workshops looks back at 5 years of sem seo training

» by David Temple November 12th, 2006 at 8:59 pm » Comments (2)

When it comes to sem seo certification and training you have admire the longevity of Search Engine Workshops. They’ve been around for 5 years this January and that says a lot. I don’t endorse any sem seo training programs on this blog because I’ve only completed one program back in 2000 and I want to [...]



SEOmoz’s Rebecca performs analytics on custom built Fresh Egg desk

» by David Temple November 11th, 2006 at 12:38 pm » Comments (0)

Despite the title Rebecca didn’t determine what type of wood the desk was made of or if it was ergonomically correct. What she was doing in her Fresh Egg SEO Intern Training was working with Lee Colbran to measure any changes to conversion rates from a new development they put into an existing website weeks [...]



Press release seo training class offered by SEO-PR in Chicago following SES

» by David Temple November 10th, 2006 at 2:25 am » Comments (1)

SEO-PR along with Incisive Interactive Marketing announced they will offer a press release seo training class for public relations and search engine optimization professionals. The training class will be held on December 8, the day after Search Engine Strategies Conference winds up in Chicago. Greg Jarboe, SEO-PR president, will teach the class, which lasts for [...]