Dec 30 2008
Like every year, I like to reflect on the various accomplishments from this year. 2008 was quite a good year, but I was also very busy as well. Here are some interesting metrics from this year:
Attended 26 events – a combination of conferences, workshops, and training classes.
Launched another startup.
Built several applications that are in use […]
Mar 01 2008
The Internet Security Operations and Intelligence (ISOI) conference was recently held close by, and I had the opportunity to go and listen to all the interesting topics. It was an invite only conference, held under the Chatham House Rule.
I can’t say much on the technical details, but here are a few interesting online resources.
ipmap […]
Feb 27 2008
Overall, I had a good time at the event. I did feel a bit lost, but that’s probably normal for a first timer. My pictures can be found on flickr, or with the tag ASW08. It was great meeting the various affiliates and marketers, and I hope I can do it again next year.
Paul Bourque […]
Feb 27 2008
I usually attend technical trade shows and conferences, so I was expecting a similar environment when going to the Affiliate Summit. Was I wrong in that one! I was amazed when I hit the exhibitors hall to see so many booth babes and everyone giving out free stuff.
And I didn’t get to any […]
Feb 27 2008
Ask the Experts - Large Site SEO
Truncated rss feeds
Protection from scrapers
Given content is 500 words, 50-100 words excerpt is sweet spot
Get a free SES pass so you can visit the Googleplex at night
Video does not help in making conversation, just traffic
Super Affiliate Strategies that Work
John Chow’s website started in Sept 2006, and 12 months later […]
Feb 27 2008
Keynote
First off was Jim Kukral MC’ing the event, and then Jason Calacanis had his keynote. His keynote generated a lot of controversy, as he basically said everyone in the room is a spammer. Some other takeaways from his keynote were to build quality sites for the long term, that you shouldn’t settle for $300k checks, […]