First things first, regardless of the rumours circulating, Digital Always Media’s founding partner, Alan K’necht did NOT cause last night’s Twitter crash, at least, not…
Webcology Episode #157: MySpace Sale, Google Plus, Drew Curtis
Today’s Webcology episode was a complicated show. We had a very special guest this week, Drew Curtis, founder of the hilariously popular smart-assed news aggregator,…
Understanding Klout Topics
note: This post was originally posted in Alan’s personal blog, . It is reprinted here at Alan’s request The most widely known social media measurement…
Webcology Podcast #156: SES Toronto 2011 Highlights
Air Date: June 19, 2011 Jim and Dave recap and give their SES Toronto 2011 highlights from networking to sessions to the atmosphere. We also…
Webcology Podcast #155 – CodeGuard, Facebook Facial Recognition
Air Date: June 9, 2011 Jonathan Hochman and Jonah Stein introduce us to CodeGuard, which provides website backup, monitoring, and malware remediation services to small…
Webcology Podcast #154 – Gmail Hacked in China; Standardized Search Results
Air Date: June 2, 2011 Jim and Dave discuss how Google announced that hundreds of its Gmail accounts have been compromised by hackers based in…
Jim Hedger interviews Neil Pasricha – 1000 Awesome Things
One of my favourite interviews of all time took place January 22, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. One of the co-authors of , Mike Dover,…
Are Journalists Needed? A #SocialChat with Alan and Friends
I’m watching a Twitter conversation unfold between PR people, writers, journalists and bloggers. The forum is a hash-tag group called #SocialChat. According to co-host @SocialMichelleR,…
Webcology Podcast #153 (part2) – Webmaster Roundtable: Ethics and Self-Regulation
Air Date: May 26, 2011 We wrap up our two-part edition of Webcology with a lively discussion of SEO ethics and industry regulation. With two…
Webcology Podcast #153 (part1) – Webmaster Roundtable: Outing Other SEOs
Air Date: May 26, 2011 This two-part edition of Webcology kicks off with SEO panelists Alan Bleiweiss, Ben Cook, Steve Gerenscer, David Harry, Anthony Verre…
Webcology Podcast #152 – Linkbuilding and The Debut of the LinkedIn IPO
Air Date: May 19, 2011 Jim and Dave discuss Linkbuilding, the debut of the LinkedIn IPO; Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog Closing May 31; The Google…
Content is Bank for Creators
Google’s behaviour drives the practices of the search engine optimization industry. Two years of rapid change in the way Google displays and ranks various types…
Webcology Podcast #151 – Facebook Hires PR Firm to Smear Google
Air Date: May 12, 2011 Jim talks with Brasco about news leaking that Facebook hired a large PR firm, Burson-Marsteller, to attack Google. Jim also…
Skyprosoft – Microsoft Buys Skype
announced on Tuesday it had acquired the VoIP service for $8.5 billion in cash. Skype is the world’s leading Internet based phone and video-phone client….
Webcology Podcast #150 Google Voice Search; Facebook to Buy Skype?
Air Date: May 5, 2011 Google is reportedly looking into voice-activated search that can be integrated into the Google.com search engine once the experiment is…