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 [...]
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 [...]
Feb 27 2008
I was invited to cover Affiliate Summit West, and I wasn’t sure what to expect, as this was my first time to this event, and really my first experience going to a affiliate and marketing conference. But it was very enlightening experience, and I got to meet some great people in the affiliate scene. However, [...]
Feb 22 2008
Yesterday night I ran my first OWASP Bay Area meeting! It was certainly an interesting experience, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought. Thanks to everyone that helped me to make the meeting possible. We had a great turnout, with about 35 people attending, and I hope everyone enjoyed the talks as much as [...]
Feb 21 2008
Well, I missed Shmoocon again! But being the information addict that I am, I tried to find as much about what went on as I could. The CarnalOwnage blog had good recaps of the day 1a / 1b, day 2, and day 3 speakers. And the Eating Security blog had a good overall summary of [...]
Jan 28 2008
So it’s been a while since I’ve blogged about the bin toolkit. I’ve been trying to compile a list of URLs for all the applications I have in the toolkit, so others can be aware of what is in the system. While that list isn’t complete yet, you can view what I do have here. [...]