Google+ & Authorship: Beginnings…
Okay, so you’re a fairly well plugged in SME owner, with your own site/blog and you believe that in your own channel, Google is starting to give you some “weight” when it comes to your opinions and comments as you strive to prove to them that yes, you “are” an Authority in your channel.
You found in the past few months, that there is an undercurrent of us SEO practitioners who’re looking at this “Authorship” tactic when it comes to gettiing rankings for general keyword web searches upon which you’re based the idea of adding the “rel=author” tactical addition to your site/blog.
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CBC Hamilton WebCast: Our Show!
What was billed as Amanda Lang versus #HamOnt and how we panelists were to defend our community’s honour when it comes to innovation and productivity somehow still happened – but not with Amanda Lang.
Delayed we were told, so she wouldn’t be available for the live stream WebCast, meant that the whole show might have collapsed…except not quite. Our own CBCHamilton reporter Julia Chapman who was the driving force and facilitator for this national show stepped up – and boy did she ever!
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CBC Hamilton WebCast: Amanda Lang & Me!
Took an email and call late yesterday to be a panelist on tomorrow’s CBC Hamilton WebCast featuring Amanda Lang (of the great Lang & O’Leary Exchange CBC show fame) and yup, I said yes!
Well, not just me – I’m ably joined by Ron Neumann of our Innovation Factory and Stephanie McLarty of REfficient.com too as the panel who will defend Hamilton to one and all!
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A Social Media Metronome…
It’s a fabulous Friday once again, and there have been some real “timely” infographics that have recently sprung up and I thought that I’d bring some of same up to our readers.
First, the word metronome - it’s a word that means a device that produces regular, metrical ticks and in this case…what I mean by same, is that when it comes to social media, that time is important to try to understand just how “quick” the social media world is growing.
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Hamilton: The State of the Union Address
It’s not often – in fact never before, have I ever given up my “soapbox” here at canuckseo.com for anyone else to use…till today. Kevin Browne, the founder of so many of Hamilton’s best known and growing events and organizations like SoftwareHamilton.com and StartUpDrinksHamilton and DemoCampHamilton and StartUpWeekendHamilton is truly plugged in to our local community and technology…so today, I wanted – no I needed to re-post his own post on Hamilton and a damn fine overview of our software Industry….
Hamilton’s software industry had great years in 2011 and 2012. I meant to write an article looking at the future of the industry since the 2012 review article. I ended up dumping a bunch of related thoughts about Hamilton and the software industry more broadly into this super long article. Here goes…
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I’m Speaking at Search Marketing Expo Toronto!
Yes, thought it was time to pitch for a spot on this premiere SEO Global Conference and so that’s just what I did….and yup, got accepted too!
SMX Toronto offers over 20 sessions across 4 tracks plus indepth workshops and networking activities delivered by top industry professionals. Whether you are just getting started, planning your search strategy, managing the team, or you are deep into implementation, tactics and campaigns, you’ll get the knowledge, ideas and contacts needed to help you boost your search marketing results and take your skills to the next level. SMX Toronto is co-located with the eMetrics Summit, PAW, and IMC.
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CIRA: The State of the Canadian Internet
Titled as “Connected to the Future,” a recent report to their members from CIRA (our Canadian Internet Registration Authority) is well worth both the click and the read – in fact, you should do that right now and then skip the rest of this piece…
Oh, still here? Well, let me recap for you what this great paper does pass along about our Canadian internet presence, and what it says the future holds for us too…and here’s the thing I mean -
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#HamOnt’s Big Startup Success – Our Innovation Factory!
Yes after about 2 years and a bit, last night our own Hamilton RIC (Regional Innovation Centre), our Innovation Factory opened up it’s brand new premises at McMaster’s Innovation Park and boy what a great party it was!
Filled up with local and GHTA and regional “movers & shakers” the reception was one of the best I’ve been to in years, with both politicians, angels, startups and the “usual suspects” in our community startup channel too!
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Why Most SEO Leads Just Can’t be Closed!
Thought it might be time to talk about the simple fact that, for the most part, when we SEO practitioners get a “lead” it generally is not worth much effort when it comes to closing same.
Huh – you think? Is this guy for real? Any lead should be followed, nurtured and then you go for the close…that’s the way business grows. Isn’t it?
Well, yes….usually that’s how things work….but let me explain…
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FabFriday: Infographics and SEO Work Well Together, eh!
Another Friday, and it’s been one hell of a week…we’ve been in client meetings for days, delivered our Online Marketing Workshop to some of our Innovation Factory’s top startups just yesterday and today it’s infographic recap time….at least this am it is! Then on to more development of our new WebSEOAudit tool…but more on that to come later.
Infographics. Simply put, work well in advancing the rank of any web page that hold same – especially (no surprise) if the infographic is both well done and spoton graphically too! That’s not news – we’ve reported on same time and time again and a simple google shows that the SEO community thinks much the same.
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IP: Do Patent Trolls have a Place in Canadian Technology?
Been thinking on this quite a bit lately, especially as I get to “peek under” the hood at many new startups and their technology solutions to combat what they see as a “hole in the marketplace.” What I mean by that is that when a new startup begins to do their pitch to a room full of angels or VCs or mentors or even at a pitch contest, what they often have to do is to spell out their solution to the pain that they believe exists.
And as a part of that “spelling out” of their technology what they often do is to let the room full of listeners learn about their technology and how it works…and that’s a part of their presi…and when you hear a dozen or so of these weekly, you quickly can “suss” out what that means.
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Best Practices Panel on Pondering for Startups…
It was my extreme pleasure last evening to have been invited to sit on a Panel of #HamOnt local startup entrepreneurs at an event held by Fullerton Media and a great set of Sponsors to follow the first screening of that great entrepreneurs movie “The Startup Kids!” And what a great event it was too!
The screening was open to all established and aspiring entrepreneurs in the Greater Hamilton Area and it was a documentary about young web entrepreneurs in the U.S. and Europe. Founders of Vimeo, SoundCloud, Kiip, InDinero, Dropbox, Foodspotting and many others talk about how they started their company and their lives as an entrepreneur. Innovation Factory, kitestring creative branding studio, Fullerton Media, and Mohawk College all teamed up to Sponsor the screening of The Startup Kids.
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