Airdate: May8 2014 Several companies (including Netflix and Google) oppose the FCC’s ‘Fast Lane’ proposal, Danny Sullivan weighs in on the return on SES and Matt Cutts says Google will not devalue links. Jim and Dave discuss this and more this week on Webcology. Podcast: |

Airdate: May 1, 2014 Special guest Marty Weintraub joins Jim and Dave to discuss the new 5,000 square foot facility being built at his Duluth, Minnesota office. This facility will focus on multimedia production for Social Media Journalism. Podcast: |

Airdate: April 24, 2014 Jim and Dave welcome a very special guest – Dana Lookadoo. Dana joins the show to discuss her catastrophic accident and her road to recovery. Laura Lippy joins the dicsussion as she auctions off two original paintings on eBay to raise funds for Dana’s treatments. Other guests this week include Damien […]

Airdate: April 17, 2014 This week, Jim welcomes guests Kristine Shachinger, Dave Harry and Michelle Stinson Ross. Topics include Heartbleed, Social Media branding and whether or not breaking Google’s rules will result in better search results.   Podcast: |

Airdate: April 10, 2014 It’s a busy week in the Webcology universe! Jim and Dave wax philosophical on several topics, including: how Google’s Matt Cutts knows 90% of your SEO questions, how Google took down seven Japanese link networks and the news that access to Paid Search Keyword Data is being blocked. Jim also introduces […]

Airdate: April 3, 2014 This week, Jim reports live from ClickZ  with the news of Mike Grehan’s resignation. Dave and Jim also discuss Google’s Pokemon-themed April Fool’s gag and PageRank. Podcast: |

Airdate: March 27, 2014 This week, Jim and Dave welcome DAM’s Alan K’Necht and Adam Proehl of NordicClick. Fresh from their successful presentation at PubCon NOLA, Adam and Alan discuss the importance of context when reporting metrics, getting people to care about your Social Media and why you never, ever let a young intern take […]

The last week’s news of Google’s targeting of guest blogs should not have come as a surprise: Google’s Matt Cutts has been discussing the issue for the past two years, warning marketers that as recently as January 2014. But last week’s announcement that Google penalized ‘a guest blog network’ unfolded quickly when it was revealed […]

Social Media Analytics Presentation – PubCon New Orleans 2014 Last week at , Digital Always Media partner, Alan K’necht (@) teamed up with Adam Proehl (@), Managing Partner at for a joint presentation on analytics in social media. Rather than follow the conventional individual lecture format, Alan and Adam decided to deliver their presentation as […]

Airdate: March 20, 2014 In the wake of Google Penalties, Jim and Dave welcome guest Ann Smarty from MyBlogGuest and Internet Marketing Ninjas to discuss Google’s Action Against MyBlogGuest. Podcast: |

Conversion Rate Optimization You may have figured out how to funnel traffic to your site, but are you monitoring user activity post-click? Learn how to keep the momentum going and encourage users to become more than just traffic � evolve them into conversions. This session will look at specific techniques to increase conversion rates. Speakers: […]

4 Pillars of Building Trust Online by Tim Ash – Keynote Pubcon  

Google+ and Authorship – Hot Topics and Trends Identity and Google – how Google uses identity with SEO and the author tag Panelists: Mark Traphagen @marktraphagen, Ann Smarty @seosmarty and Kristine Schachinger @schachin  

Day 2 Pubcon Keynote – Peter Shankman Author and angel investor , principal and co-founder at global consultancy Shankman | Honig, who will also present a major keynote address, and more than 150 other leading technology trendsetters at Pubcon New Orleans 2014 for an exploration of the future of social media, search and digital marketing.   […]

Kickoff Keynote with Dr. Robert Cialdini Dr. Robert Cialdini has spent his entire career researching the science of influence earning him an international reputation as an expert in the fields of persuasion, compliance, and negotiation. His books including, Influence: Science & Practice, are the result of decades of peerreviewed research on why people comply with […]