Stephan Spencer's Scatterings

The Scattered Wisdom of a scientist turned web marketing virtuoso

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Blog and RSS Feed Search SEO

Today I presented at the Search Engine Strategies conference on the "Blog and Feed Search SEO" panel. I spoke on optimization tips and tactics for blogs and for RSS feeds. I had to pack in a lot of material into a short amount of time, but I managed! We… more »

Ask Jeeves wants your Robots.txt!

David Naylor from Bronco, who was one of the speakers at the Organic Listings Forum session at the Search Engine Strategies conference, advised site owners to have a robots.txt file, even if it's just an empty file, because Ask Jeeves' spider seems to fa… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 12/10/2005 | Permalink

Comments (2)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines ask jeeves, error_log, robots.txt, search_engine_strategies, spiders            

Getting out of Chicago

Well all us SEOs who stuck around til the end of the Search Engine Strategies conference yesterday had fun trying to fly out of O'Hare. A lot of flights were cancelled because of the weather. My flight out of O'Hare was 3 hours late and I missed my conne… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 12/09/2005 | Permalink

Comments (0)| Comments RSS | Filed under: General search_engine_strategies, ses            

Coverage of SES San Jose: Favorite SEO Tools

Here we are, the last session of Search Engine Strategies. It's been a great, but exhausting conference. The session I attended was on SEO Tools. Three of the five panelists provided their Powerpoints on their websites (just so happens they were the thre… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 08/11/2005 | Permalink

Comments (2)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines search engine roundtable, search_engine_strategies, seo, seo tools, ses            

Coverage of SES San Jose: Search Algorithms, The Patent Files

I attended the "Search Algorithms: The Patent Files" session first thing this morning. The panelists were Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOmoz.org, Ani Kortikar, Founder and CEO, Netramind, Dr. E. Garcia of Mi Islita.com, and Jon Glick, Senior Director of Product… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 08/08/2005 | Permalink

Comments (5)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines ctr, google patents, google sandbox, jon glick, link aging, patents, sandboxing, search_engine_strategies, seo, ses            

Coverage of SES San Jose: Earning from Search & Contextual Ads

Hello from sunny San Jose. I'm at the Search Engine Strategies conference - THE place to be if you care about search. I'm going to be blogging the sessions, so stay tuned over the next 4 days. Here's my first installment: a recap on the session I atte… more »

Etail and Search Engine Strategies

I am currently at Etail and will soon be off to Search Engine Strategies as well (Booth 2512) with our team. If you're attending either event it would be great to see you, so drop by! more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 02/16/2005 | Permalink

Comments (0)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Shameless Self-Promotion etail, search_engine_strategies