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Search Engine Reputation Management
Poor Lois Feldman - The Speaker, Not the Bathroom Party Time Lady »
Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by Justin Seibert in Paid Search, SEM, SEO, Search Engine Reputation Management, Social Media, Web Credibility | Leave A Comment
By now you’ve probably heard the story about Lois Feldman. If not, here’s a quick recap:
Lois was arrested for doing her Humpty Hump (of Digital Underground fame) Burger King bathroom impression in the stall of a public bathroom at a college football game recently. That’s pretty embarrasing, especially in today’s internet age.
But you know what’s really embarrassing?
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TAGS: bad business bureau, branding, Digital Underground, kitten hijacking, Lois Feldman, online reputation management, Plaxico Burress, reputation management for attorneys, Scott Boras
Google Chicago: The Most Googly in All the Land »
Posted on November 20th, 2008 by Justin Seibert in DOM News, Google Adwords, PPC, Paid Search, Search Engine Reputation Management, Search Engines | 4 Comments
Earlier this week I visited Chicago and met up with our Google agency reps. Our reps are actually based out of California, but were in town at the same time for other matters, so it afforded us the opportunity to sit down face to face to discuss some new campaigns for a couple clients.
Because Google often dresses in a body suit woven with mystery, secrecy, and opaqueness, I thought I’d share what it’s like inside the Internet Giant, or at least its Windy City ops.
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TAGS: ebay, google chicago, googly, jenga, jim belushi, kim jong il, puppy fur coats
Election Day Paid Search Comparison: How do Obama and McCain Rate? »
Posted on November 4th, 2008 by Justin Seibert in DOM News, Google Adwords, Internet, Microsoft adCenter, PPC, Paid Search, Political Marketing, SEM, Search Engine Reputation Management, Search Engines, Web Credibility, Yahoo Search Marketing | Leave A Comment
 Don’t know if you’re aware, but there’s some sort of election thing going on today. Apparently one of the things you can vote on is President of the United States of America, which sounds like an important post.
With that, let’s take a fairly extensive look into what the candidates are doing today in their paid search campaigns, shall we?
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TAGS: barack obama, john mccain, linky goodness, online political advertising, presidential search strategies, Yahoo! biggest loser
Like Pig Fat Slinging Mud »
Posted on October 7th, 2008 by Paul Woodhouse in Google Adwords, PPC, Political Marketing, SEO, Search Engine Reputation Management, Search Engines | Leave A Comment
A couple of weeks ago, my dear, lovely wife and I, embarked on a little trip down the road to our local Hungarian eatery. Although, having spent a bit of time in Hungary in the run up to the Kosovo crisis, the idea of dabbling in their cuisine for fun seems a bit off. Not that I’m being disparaging to Hungarians, but any nation that has as many uses for pig fat as they do is either very inventive or lacks imagination. Great big blocks of the stuff they’d have just hanging about the place for slicing off and slipping into your pasta or dubbing your boots in the winter.
Pig fat - great for indoor or outdoor use!
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TAGS: hungary, john mccain, keating 5, obama campaign, pig fat
The Dangers of Content Matching: Robert Kiyosaki »
Posted on August 29th, 2008 by Justin Seibert in PPC, Paid Search, Search Engine Reputation Management, Web Credibility | Leave A Comment
One of my former hockey teammates from Vanderbilt also ended up in the internet marketing realm. Today, Jotham McCauley sent me something I found too funny. By the way, if you’re looking for bubble hockey games or anything related to stand up arcade games like foosball, for now, for your customer’s sake, for your daughter’s sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality product from Gold Star Games.
Here’s your Highlights exercise for the day. Tell me what’s wrong with this picture (after the jump).
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TAGS: bubble hockey, charybdis and scylla, content matching, content targeting, Paid Search, turtle wax, Vanderbilt, WVU
Blogs are Crap - More Fallout from the WVU eMBA Scandal »
Posted on August 12th, 2008 by Justin Seibert in Business Blogging, DOM News, Government Marketing, Internet, Local News, Local Search, Search Engine Reputation Management, Web Credibility | 5 Comments
Rarely do I literally stop everything I’m doing to read an article. Or post a comment. Or write a blog. I hit the trifecta today.
Just when I thought I had said all I could say about the WVU eMBA scandal from an online reputation management perspective, I was sent a link to this article:
Interim WVU president has big goals — but don’t count on him blogging
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TAGS: banging head on desk, blogs vs. main stream media, charleston daily mail, Heather Bresch, Mike Garrison, naked supermodels, next generation marketing, online reputation management, peter magrath, sabremetrics, twitter, unicorns, WVU emba degree, wvu president, wvu scandal
On Cuil and Search Engine Reputation Management »
Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Justin Seibert in Search Engine Reputation Management, Search Engines, Web Credibility | 1 Comment
Rule #1 for true search engine reputation management:
If you’re going to get major press for your new search engine, which is supposed to take on Google, either make sure it works or don’t put it out there for people to play with. There’s, “hey we’re still working out the bugs - we appreciate your feedback” and then there’s cuil. It’s pronounced “werth-les.”
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TAGS: cuil, Google Adwords, leftvsright.com, new search engines, Search Engine Reputation Management, searchme.com
Federal Government Blogs & the Myth of Control »
Posted on July 1st, 2008 by Justin Seibert in Business Blogging, Government Marketing, Political Marketing, Search Engine Reputation Management | 5 Comments
Blog discussions with marketing friends of mine like Skip Lineberg often end up with us trading war stories about potential clients. They’re intrigued with blogging, but don’t want to allow comments and “lose control.” There are many reasons not to start a blog (having a time constraint comes immediately to mind), but that fear is not one of them.
Friends, you’ve already lost control.
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TAGS: commenting policies, government blogs, join the conversation, myth of control, negative comments, online reputation management, TSA, two chances to make a first impression
Marketing a State - Online Reputation Management for West Virginia »
Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Justin Seibert in Business Blogging, Local News, Marketing, Online Marketing, Search Engine Reputation Management, Web Credibility | 24 Comments
Fans of the old Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoon will remember when they told you to tune in next week. They would always end “Don’t miss tomorrow’s exciting episode…[Bullwinkle's Ride or Goodbye, Dollink].” Always two titles. The alternative title for this post would be “Growing Young Professional Class in WV…Now How do We Let Folks Know about It?”
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TAGS: abetterwestvirginia, Generation West Virginia, marketing West Virginia, online reputation management, ovconnect, West Virginia Day
Finally an Example of being Proactive in Online Reputation Management Courtesy of Obama »
Posted on June 13th, 2008 by Justin Seibert in Online Marketing, Paid Search, Political Marketing, Search Engine Reputation Management, Web Credibility | 2 Comments
I spend a lot of time talking with folks about online reputation management and how crucial it is in today’s world. Sometimes that’s to the press, sometimes at conferences, sometimes to my dog JJ after my wife goes to “sleep” to avoid listening to me anymore. (Honey, I know you’re just playing opossum; it’s okay.)
 I can’t help it. Most organizations are just so bad at it and don’t seem to recognize that the internet has fundamentally changed the way the game is played. And yes, I’m looking at you, David Stern. I know you’re a smart guy, but do you seriously think you can just shout down claims by Tim Donaghy - no matter how false and self-serving they may be - when your league already has an image problem in today’s world? Really? </condescending sarcasm to David Stern>
Often times, my talking of online reputation management turns to government. We seem to like talking politics a lot around this here blog. I’m proud, though, that neither Paul nor I show our cards and our readers don’t know whom we support. Except of course that we obviously don’t like Barrack Obama since we’re a bunch of racist, redneck West Virginians. </condescending sarcasm to national media and The Daily Show> Yes, Paul, I’m including you - you live here now.
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TAGS: david stern, fightthesmears.com, nba, obama, online reputation management, Paid Search, tim donaghy
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