http://www.lifeinsearch.com the rather infrequent musings and meanderings of another dodgy search marketer Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:11:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today was supposed to be a such a productive day, but it looks like I have a bit of a mess to clean up. I took the day off from my day job to work on some personal projects, and it was my intent to get down to serious ... http://www.lifeinsearch.com/2008/06/06/getting-high-with-advertisingcom/ Have you been following the recent news regarding Bell Canada and their dodgy internet traffic throttling practices? According to some, Bell has been engaging in some deceptive marketing practices. A class action lawsuit was launched out of Quebec last week, and it is rumoured that another suit will be launched ... http://www.lifeinsearch.com/2008/06/03/for-whom-the-bell-tolls/ Can anyone else spot the strangeness? Could it be? Apparently, Microsoft is the most relevant result across all three search engines for the search term "search". Who knew? It's strange to note, that while Google and Yahoo each suggest that MSN is the most appropriate destination to "search", MSN returns ... http://www.lifeinsearch.com/2007/12/17/microsoft-a-search-oddity/ Please note: the title of this article is meant purely in jest. I was doing some shameless vanity searching this morning, and I came upon an interesting and intriguing discovery. A search at Yahoo.co.uk for "geosign seo" turned up a listing from SEOmoz.org. Surely, there is nothing surprising about this. ... http://www.lifeinsearch.com/2007/11/28/is-seomoz-spamming-yahoo/ Greetings, dear reader! Welcome back! It's been a while, huh? I haven't blogged in quite some time, but that's not to say that there has been nothing going on. Quite the contrary; things have been completely mad and frantic as of late. In the ... http://www.lifeinsearch.com/2007/07/31/search-engine-optimization-reputation-management-advice/ Wow! Friends and dear readers, I am not sure where to begin. Have you ever had one of those moments where things just click? You know...when for a fleeting second...you are completely self-aware and feeling fully alive in the present moment? I have just come from ... http://www.lifeinsearch.com/2007/05/17/making-room-to-read-an-evening-in-guelph-with-john-wood/ Note: I drafted this over a month ago, but I wasn't sure that posting it would go over too well back at the office. I have since tendered my resignation at Geosign Corporation, so fuck it! Enjoy! Allow me to begin by stating that the following is my ... http://www.lifeinsearch.com/2007/05/15/geosign-develops-software-to-optimize-search-engine-rankings/ Aiiiiight...I've been fucking around on Facebook for a few weeks. I'm pretty sure I *get it* now. I can say with complete confidence that there is something fookin amazing going on over there. It's strange and creepy in a big-brother-is-your-friend kinda way, but I have the distinct ... http://www.lifeinsearch.com/2007/04/05/defacing-facebook/ Posting has been light lately, but I wanted to take a few minutes to introduce you to a sweet new site I discovered last week. Unless you've been on a serious bender for the last year or so, you must have heard all the buzz on the interweb about social ... http://www.lifeinsearch.com/2007/03/29/virb-social-media-for-hipsters/ Have you guys noticed anything strange about Gmail lately? Is it just me, or am I seeing the early signs of Google Personalization? People have been speculating and ranting about this for a little while now, but I think I'm starting to see it in action. Let's ... http://www.lifeinsearch.com/2007/03/10/google-personalization-is-downright-creepy/