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Internet consultant Scott Hendison writes about technology, primarily search related.
Scott gets sites found on the internet, and he helps businesses with POS point of sale software & support, webhosting, website design, and HIPAA compliance. Sear
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Poker in Las Vegas for Charity in Oregon
I’m attending Pubcon in Las Vegas this week, and there is a poker tournament taking place Thursday night that I want to attend. Interestingly, the organizer chose to tie attendance in with a charity, so I thought I’d tsake this opportunit...
No Flash Support for Iphone / Ipod Touch?
The only time I’ve ever written anything before about an experience with anything Apple, I got attacked by rabid fans and supporters of Apple so quickly that I was stunned, but perhaps this one won’t be as controversial. Our family now o...
EPCC - Market Your Website With Little or No Money
As I promised this morning, I have uploaded my East Portland Chamber of Commerce presentation here, including all of the links that I spoke about. You may open it directly from this link, or just right click here and choose “save as” to g...
SearchFest 2009 - The Best Ever
Believe it or not, the board of SEMpdx has been getting a number of emails asking us where to register for SearchFest 2009, coming up in March. So, I figured I would take a minute to point out the SearchFest registration, as well as the entire Sea...
Google Friend Connect is NOT Working for me
Well, here it is, supposedly, Google Friend Connect in action. I’m not quite sure exactly what it is yet, but I’m in, after signing up a few weeks ago. Are you? Apparently it’s Google’s answer to My Blog Log, which I have in m...
Social Networking Class in Beaverton
Colleen from Search Engine Academy of Oregon has invited me back to speak again to her class in November, and I’ll be taking her up on it. My session will be about how to make the most of your efforts when marketing via the social networking si...
Google Suggest Live? Now a Regular Feature?
Google Suggest has been around for quite awhile now, but at the moment I’m noticing it take effect on the regular Google homepage. Basically, you just begin type in something, and Google will pre-fill beneath your text, trying to guess what you...
Portland Online Marketing Summit
It’s not often that a world-class Internet marketing event comes to Portland, but on August 5th, I’ll be at the Online Marketing Summit, taking place here at the Portland zoo. Whether you’re looking for best practices in search mark...
10 Commandments of WordPress
Over the past couple of years, we’ve become quite dependent upon WordPress because of the versatility of this open source management system, allowing us to do nearly anything we can imagine. In many cases WordPress can be a good supplement to e...
Website Review - slmediasource.com
The owner of this site wants to be found for more “Second Life” related search terms, and In the 10 minute video I offer some intermediate level suggestions that may help with overall visibility. Original content from: Search Commander Bl...
Keyword Mashup Tool Launched
IPay per click campaigns can be somewhat tedious to set up, primarily because all the data that you get from the keyword research tools need to be reworked into a more useful list. By that, I mean you need to consider every variation that might be po...
Google Makes History - Again
Mark this date down in history, because Google is getting really ambitious today. First they rolled out the ability to search future Web content, which is really slick. Although currently its active only in Australia, It will work on all .com domai...
Why I Hate Itunes / Apple Music Store
Here’s what I went through on Christmas Day, just to get songs we legally purchased through Itunes to play on my kids new MP3 players… I will never spend another dollar with Itunes after what I went through. Tell me again why anyone would...
Tracking Santa - Google Teams Up With Norad
Although it’s been reported by lots of news outlets and search engine writers, my kids still had not heard that Google has teamed up with Norad this year to help improve it’s Santa tracking using Google Earth. It’s pretty amazing, ...
10 New Year Resolutions for an Internet Marketer
I have personally suffered from many of these afflictions below, and as a result, I’ve had a loss of productivity, loss of time, and most likely a loss of income. This started out to be a quick list of things that I could do to improve in 2008...
The Speed of the Internet Marketing Business
Do you want to know what fascinates me the most about Internet marketing, and that I find really enjoyable about this business? It’s the speed at which things can happen if someone has an idea. A person can go from an initial concept to an actu...
SEO Guru Dinner in Vegas
Tonight in Las Vegas I’m going to a dinner with one of the smartest people in the world when it comes to search, Jerry West, of Web marketing now. I’ve done nothing special to get the invitation (other than remain a subscriber over the y...
Thusrsday Night Pubcon SEO Poker Tournament
Spots are filling up fast for the poker tournament this Thursday night in Las Vegas. Dr. David Klein has done a good job getting the word out, and there are some pretty big names in search playing. I’m not a big time poker player or anything, b...
Search Engine Gurus at Gooruze
There’s an online community of search engine marketers called Gooruze that’s picking up steam, and I’ve been lurking there quietly for the past month or so. The information available there is phenomenal, and I strongly recommend a...
No More Clients Through 2007
It’s official - Search Commander Inc. will not be engaging any new search marketing clients through the remainder of 2007, and possibly longer. Those close to me know this has been coming for a while now, but I wanted to wait until the expirati...
A Great Event for a Great Cause
Unfortunately, I won’t be attending the SMX social media event in new York city next week, and now I’m even more disappointed. I don’t think I’ve ever regretted not going to a specific event so much before, and not just becaus...
Oregon Search Engine Optimization Classes
When I first wanted to take classes in search engine optimization, my options were pretty limited, and there were no Oregon search engine marketing classes offered anywhere that I was aware of. After narrowing it down to just a couple of choices, I s...
Leaving Sunday for San Jose
Next week is the San Jose Search Engine Strategies show, and I’m going a day early, because I have a good friend I’ve known since high school that lives in the area. During the conference, I do have a couple of meetings lined up with both...
Shoemoney vs. SEOmoz on Disclosure
One reason I like driving long distances (okay, the only reason) is because I get to catch up on old broadcasts from Webmaster Radio that I’ve stuck on my iPod. I’ve tried to listen before while working, and it’s just not product...
Spiderman 3 Brings Fandango.com to it's Knees
Last night I was a customer of fandango.com for the first and last time. My kids were out of school at noon the day that Spiderman three opened, so how could I deny their pleas? If you are running a business, can your server handle the capacity? i...
