Kittens and puppies and Scoble, OH MY!
With all the tiny canines and felines being shepharded into the extended Perfect Market family, it's a wonder we don't hold a 'Zoo Babies' party in the office. (Oh, that's right. Some of us don't like animals.) The bigger question may be, who is taking care of all these tiny fur tykes, as so many of us are out on the road. Last week, a healthy contingency headed to Seattle for client meetings and SMX Advanced. Another group headed east for Internet Week NYC. Meanwhile, back at the Pasadena HQ, Robert Scoble appeared for a Friday lunch to speak at Idealab University. Here are some of our favorite moments from the second week of June.
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SEO is based on what people are typing into search engines. It’s relatively black and white, people are looking for something or they are not. So what happens when people’s searches are based on entirely a misperception? A recent incident surrounding the construction of an Islamic Community Center (two blocks from) the World Trade Center site, has led news organizations to look more carefully at the issues that arise when SEO and journalistic accuracy don't mix.
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Sometimes it feels like my inbox is a virtual Christmas tree where presents come in the form of Google alerts and media newsletters. I click on them greedily, like a child tearing at wrapping paper, eager to see what lies inside.
Sadly, more often than not, I find a fuzzy pink rabbit suit.
But some days, it’s the Red Ryder BB Gun I always wanted.
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Like so many things in life, what works in one place does not always make sense in another. I had to learn this the hard way.
As a former student of history, I soon learned while writing press releases, articles and blog posts that so much of the style I was accustomed to from research papers made absolutely no sense in a post about citizen journalism.
Coming across “Student journalists need to learn SEO more than they need AP style” by Robert Niles in the Online Journalism Review, I was struck by its relevance to my own journey into the crazy world of online composition.
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13 June 2011 By Perfect Market
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