March 10, 2015 – With SearchFest still fresh on our minds, SEMpdx gathered for its monthly educational event on Tuesday. The focus? Bridging the gap between PPC and SEO. SwellPath’s Craig Galyon encouraged us to take a holistic approach to...
January 8, 2013 – It was back to the basics Tuesday night as SEMpdx kicked off a new year. Formic Media’s John McPhee began the evening by covering SEO fundamentals and touching on a few current best practices we should all be doing. Among...
November 13, 2012 – This month’s focus was on Google Authorship, likely the next big game changer in search. Mike Arnesen, Senior SEO Analyst from SwellPath, provided an in-depth look at Authorship and how Google+ can improve your...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 – This month’s event focused on Google’s two biggest algorithm changes in the past two years: Panda and Penguin. SEO expert Michael Cottam began by dissecting the Panda update, including the human quality raters,...
Speakers: Marshall Simmonds, Define Media Group Rhea Drysdale, Outspoken Media Summary Marshall and Rhea provided cutting-edge strategies and tactics to maximize your exposure in non-traditional results like News, Images,...
February 13, 2012 – In full spirit of Valentine’s Day this week, SEMpdx celebrated on Monday night with its own version of speed dating. This month’s event proved invaluable to all who attended as we had a rare opportunity to sit down with...
According to Google Webmaster tools, an affiliate site of mine has over 26,000 links from several hundred different domains. That sounds great, doesn't it? One problem though - the majority of the links don't seem to actually exist, and I have no...
December 8, 2009 - Tuesday night’s SEMpdx educational event with CMD Agency’s Darcie Meihoff and Dean McBeth provided a wealth of great information, not only on how to integrate search and PR but how to avoid some pitfalls along the...
Blu Drobushevich's "Back to Basics SEO" presentation from SEMpdx's October 14 Hot Seat event is now posted on Amplify Interactive's site. Here's a link to the Back to Basics SEO presentation. Thanks to all those who attended - that was a great...
Link building has changed forever as we know it, and it's time to either adapt to the new relevance, or flounder at the bottom of the SERPS. When I first started offering search marketing services, I would guarantee a certain number of links per...