Event Date: 11/14/2007 01:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

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Search Marketing Expo – SMX West comes to Santa Clara, CA, February 26-28, and once again SEMpdx members get a great discount. Take 10% off the prevailing registration rate (currently $995) when you use our special members discount code.

But be forewarned – the currently low “pre-agenda” price expires on November 9, so register now! (On November 10, the price jumps to $1195)

When you think about APP.com, what images come to mind?

Hot Steamy Nights Parking on the Jersey Shore?

Or, perhaps Hot Rock & Roll at the Stone Pony listening to Springsteen & Southside Johnny?

Are these pictures kindled in your head? Me neither.

When I think of App.com, I think of computer “apps”. I’m probably not alone in that thought. However, App.com is the website that hosts the local Asbury Park, New Jersey newspaper.

…or whatever the distance is between your eyes and your computer monitor.

Let me tell you about a name I bought this week…

We all know about the subprime mortgage market meltdown and the collateral damage in the real estate market. One major consequence that I’ve seen is that many condo developments / condo conversions are collapsing with only a fraction of the units sold and the rest either vacant or occupied by renters. The new “coined” term that I just heard for the first time is “fractured condominiums” and I immediately registered fracturedcondominiums.com. The better name fracturedcondos.com had already been grabbed by a real estate firm. A good $9 purchase.

The Google Toolbar PageRank update has officially taken place. The total time between full updates was a new record at 179 days, which is nearly 6 months. Can you believe it?

There is no debate as to whether or not it’s actually happened, and it’s been preceded over the past two weeks by a manual lowering of TBPR on many of the Web’s most popular websites. Most people (ok, everyone) believ it was done as as a slap on the wrist for selling links.

Another case where a domain holder attempts to overstep its rights and assert authority that it doesn’t possess.

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No self-respecting Portlander would drink that mass-produced East Coast swill anyway with so many great Northwest Microbrews to choose from.

Boycott Sam Adams (the beer) !!!

So, every day I get emails from both SnapNames and Pool trying to get me interested in their auctions or their drops. I actually like the formatting and messaging of Pool’s email quite a bit more than the SnapNames one. However, I am definitely bothered by many of the names that Pool chooses to feature in its email to me.

Here’s a sample from the last two weeks:

I might be the only SEO to not have written on this topic, so in honor of our upcoming SEM Six Pack, I felt I should do a full post on this topic (as opposed to leaving my answers in the comments of the previous post). The rankings for #2 – #5 are almost arbitrary and if you asked me the question next week, I might rank them differently.

SEMpdx needs to put together a list of the “Top SEO factors” for our Hot Seat events. We’re going to present the list and a brief explanation of each item as part of the opening spiel for each Hot Seat event. While we COULD cover a lot – time constraints require that we keep this portion of the event to 5 or 10 minutes. So – I’m shooting for a list of the 5 most important things to know about with respect to SEO.

Chicago in December…gives you Mount Hood weather with absolutely none of the benefits of being there:.)