Vancouver SEO Meetup, Aug 09 #vancouverseomeetup

By Jose Uzcategui August 27th, 2009 Events, Social Media No Comments

Two nights ago the Vancouver SEO Meetup brought together some of the most influential SEOs in Vancouver. This was the first SEO Meetup featuring a presenter, Alex Brabant from www.emarketing101.com, and he did a great job presenting about SEMPO Canada.

To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect for this meetup. Yet, I was impressed by…everything.

Attendance was good, around 18 people – considering we’re still in summer. I know once we hit fall and winter this number is going to grow, a lot. Even more, it was a good mix of SEOs – some knew a lot, some were just interested.

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WordCamp Fraser Valley 09 #wcfv Thoughts

By Jose Uzcategui August 24th, 2009 Events No Comments

Last Saturday you could have caught me at WordCamp Fraser Valley 2009 (tagged #wcfv). I was there representing Out-Smarts, as we sponsored the event.

Let me introduce the concept for those who are unfamiliar with the xyzCamp concept.  WhateverCamp is a common way of labeling an event around “Whatever” – whatever comes before “Camp”. Thus, WordCamp is usually a day-long event around WordPress, a popular blogging tool.

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Basics: Help Google Discover And Index Your Site

By Jose Uzcategui August 12th, 2009 Internet Marketing 2 Comments

Once you’ve created a website, you need to let Google know it exists. Then you should give Google and the others some guidance on how to index your site properly.  Here are some ways you can help it along.

There are three basic things you should take into consideration when helping any search engine:

1. XML Sitemap

Google recommends having an XML Sitemap, and so do most search engines (and so do I). An XML Sitemap is an easy-to-create file that helps search engines understand your site.

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Re: Selling Out on Youtube (Video)

By Jose Uzcategui August 5th, 2009 Internet Marketing, Personal, Social Media 2 Comments

I came across an article titled “Selling Out on YouTube: vloggers weigh in on brand integration online” by Xiaochang Li, where she mentions a great ongoing conversation on Youtube.

Here’s my take on it:

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To Wait or Not To Wait (For A Topic)

By Jose Uzcategui August 1st, 2009 Personal No Comments

If you haven’t read my last post, it was on a real situation a friend of mine, Rick, is having with a client. I thought the situation was interesting, and so did many others here and on LinkedIn.

When it comes to the blog, the idea was to post the scenario, readers’ comments, and finally Rick’s answers.

I ran into a problem, Rick has been way busier than I thought. It would’ve been ideal to put Rick’s answers three or four days after the first post, but here I am a couple of weeks after the fact and, what can you do…

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