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6 Mobile Website Design Hints for an Optimized User Experience

Posted by Garth O'Brien | On: Jan 04 2012 | Comments (1)
More and more companies are releasing mobile website experiences with the explosion of smartphone sales and smartphone Internet usage. In fact, the behavior of the mobile user provides staggering support for...

Yahoo! Releases the 10 Top Searches for 2011

Posted by Garth O'Brien | On: Dec 01 2011 | Comments (4)
Yahoo! released the ten top searches for 2011 which includes a device, television show, a catastrophic event and various individuals. I wanted to say “celebrities” instead of “individuals”...

Presenting SEO Training at Tech-Ed North America 2011

Posted by Garth O'Brien | On: May 10 2011 | Comments (2)
Tech-Ed North America 2011 is next week, and will be held in Atlanta, Georgia. I will be stationed in the MVP Award Program booth spreading awareness and sourcing new Microsoft MVPs (Yes, I am a Microsoft...

A Loose SEO Case Study – Keyword Rich URLs for FilmJabber.com

Posted by Garth O'Brien | On: May 10 2011 | Comments (3)
Case study might be a little strong, but we certainly can learn from this example that keyword URLs are much better than GUID URLs. FilmJabber is managed by a buddy of mine named Erik Samdahl. He is a movie...

Google Search Using Creative Way to Drive a Query

Posted by Garth O'Brien | On: Apr 15 2011 | Comments (2)
So I went to Google today and saw an interesting display of their brand. Below you can see a black and white image. A man’s face is partially covered by a piece of paper that reads Google in an old world...

Send Commerical Emails? CAN-SPAM Compliance and Email Tips

Posted by Garth O'Brien | On: Mar 25 2011 | Comments (2)
Ever receive an unexpected email from a friend regarding their business? Ever think it is a good idea to gather up customer email addresses and blast them with promotional offers? Are you aware of the CAN-SPAM...

Spicy ECCC or Emerald City ComiCon Pictures

Posted by Garth O'Brien | On: Mar 06 2011 | Comments (0)
The Emerald City ComiCon or ECCC was held this past weekend for the ninth year. (What does this have to do with SEO, Social Media or Community? Well #ECCC was very popular on Twitter the past few days. Then...

MVP Summit SEO Workshop a Success Part 1

Posted by Garth O'Brien | On: Mar 02 2011 | Comments (2)
Duane Forrester, Chris Moore and I held a SEO workshop at this year’s Microsoft MVP Summit, and fifty brave MVPs registered to have their websites put into the meat grinder of our collective SEO knowledge....