Blog
The unfiltered feed since 2009. Alongside industry insights, I use this space as a personal journal to document family life in Tokyo, weekend adventures, and everyday observations.
Google Suggests Interesting Things
Nov 30, 2009 · Personal
I'm not sure if this qualifies as Google Suggest #Fail, but as playing around with keywords trying to find out if it's usual to use underlay for commercial carpeting, Google suggested the following:
Twitter Username Problem Fixed – I can Tweet Again!
Nov 20, 2009 · Personal
Vancouver SEM New Ning Community
Nov 17, 2009 · Social Media
Major Update: New Job!
Nov 15, 2009 · Internet Marketing
Going Through Some Changes...
Nov 10, 2009 · Personal
Adobe Acquires Omniture!
Oct 27, 2009 · Internet Marketing
Imagine a PDF document with some kind of cookie that could tell you how many times it has been opened! Sounds cool right? Well, it could happen soon. Adobe (the ones behind Acrobat, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, ColdFusion and a bunch of other cool software) has officially acquired Omniture (the web analytics software).
Changing Username #TwitterFail - Waiting For Fix
Oct 22, 2009 · Personal, Social Media
Twitter @jose_u Is Now @joseuonline
Oct 21, 2009 · Personal, Questions, Social Media
In Twitter, Jose Uzcategui was @jose_u until today. From now on you can find me on Twitter at @joseuonline.
Popular Twitter Clients (List)
Oct 20, 2009 · Internet Marketing, Social Media
Today I came across this list of Popular Twitter Clients on my printed copy of websitemagazine.com. I thought you might find it interesting.
Happy Birthday To Me!
Oct 15, 2009 · Personal
Vancouver SEM Meetup - Oct 6th - Raquel Hirsch from Wider Funnel
Oct 13, 2009 · Meetups
Last week the Vancouver Search Engine Marketing Meetup had Raquel Hirsch from Wider Funnel as a presenter. The presentation, I thought was great; the sound and A/V quality at Ceili’s, not so much. Here are my thoughts:
Google Street View is now available for us Vancouverites!
Oct 7, 2009 · Internet Marketing, Personal
I’ve spent some time this morning like many others who have heard the news, looking for places I frequent on Google Maps and looking out for a glimpse of myself, my friends, overall craziness or Waldo.
Bing Now With 10% of Search Market
Oct 4, 2009 · Internet Marketing
Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine, is slowly but surely becoming “the other” search engine. It’s still small when compared to Google’s 64%, but C-net recently reported its now at 3rd place with 10% following Yahoo! with 16%.
Do We Need SEO? ...um, YES!
Sep 30, 2009 · Personal
Have you noticed an increase on articles praising social media and asking, “do we really need SEO?” Well let me answer that for you, YES. Social media is mighty powerful, true, but it’s not a substitute for SEO, it’s part of it.
The Vancouver SEO Meetup Group Changes Name!
Sep 19, 2009 · Meetups
The Vancouver Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Meetup Group is changing its name to The Vancouver Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Group.
On Blogging for Money
Sep 7, 2009 · Personal, Social Media
Vancouver SEO Meetup, Aug 09 #vancouverseomeetup
Aug 27, 2009 · Events, Social Media
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.
WordCamp Fraser Valley 09 #wcfv Thoughts
Aug 24, 2009 · Events
Last Saturday you could have caught me at WordCamp Fraser Valley 2009 (or in Twitter tagged as #wcfv). I was there representing Out-Smarts, as we sponsored the event.
Basics: Help Google Discover And Index Your Site
Aug 12, 2009 · Internet Marketing
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.
Re: Selling Out on Youtube (Video)
Aug 5, 2009 · Internet Marketing, Personal, Social Media
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:
To Wait or Not To Wait (For A Topic)
Aug 1, 2009 · Personal
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.