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LiveBall Review

Click here if you just want the LiveBall Review without the background story. Background I am not a tools type of search engine marketer. Well, in terms of PPC bid ...

PubCon 2009 Presentations

Posted by Kate Morris on Nov 18, 2009
I always promise that I'll post these and don't always get around to it, but I am going to this year. :) Here are my presentations from PubCon this year. I spoke on two panels and moderated three, so I can only give up just my ...

Favorite Charity: March of Dimes

Posted by Kate Morris on Nov 04, 2009
When Purpose Inc asked the attendees of PubCon to choose a favorite charity, I blanked. I have raised money and walked/run for so many great ones. Most recently those focused on cancer research because that seems to touch my life ...

Livestrong 5k Update

Posted by Kate Morris on Oct 26, 2009
This is the first year I decided to join in on the Livestrong Challenge. I lost a friend to cancer last year and have another fighting it currently. Then a friend on Twitter announced his battle and in the same week I learned ...

Belkin Routers and Snow Leopard

Posted by Kate Morris on Oct 25, 2009
UPDATE: You have to find your DNS settings from the Belkin router and manually put them into the settings on your MacBook airport advanced settings. See here for more. http://kl.am/snowbelkin A few weeks ago, I noticed that I ...

You are an SEO’s Parent If ...

Posted by Kate Morris on Oct 13, 2009
You answer "They work on the Internet ..." when asked what your child does. Since that narrows it down. You ask them for help with your computer when it breaks. As if we know what is wrong with your computer at all times. ...

Social Media: So Easy a Caveman ...

Posted by Kate Morris on Sep 28, 2009
At an American Marketing Association meeting in Austin a number of years ago, I heard a man speak on the change in the communication world. Do I remember his name? Sadly enough ... no. But if someone knows the guy, let me know. I ...

Fake Spamming by SEOs?

Posted by Kate Morris on Sep 23, 2009
There has been a theory floating around for a long time: Google hates SEOs. That is just one article from Bruce Clay former writer Lisa Barone, referencing something from Jill Whalen. Matt Cutts responded with what we all know: ...

There is No Map for Success

Posted by Kate Morris on Sep 22, 2009
Working in search engine marketing, we see all sorts of articles that seem like they will give you the answers to all of your online marketing issues. I've written some, and the titles do sound awesome, but if you read them they ...

Restaurant Discovery on Twitter

Posted by Kate Morris on Sep 14, 2009
I have been noticing a trend on my twitter account @katemorris. I get new followers on a fairly regular basis, but most are spam, so I don't pay the emails any mind. So why not turn off the notification emails you ask? Do I just ...

Finding Session-Based Ad Clicks

Posted by Kate Morris on Sep 02, 2009
Last year I mentioned that I ran across some Google ads that were not what I searched for right then, but what I had previously searched for. Basically Google was attempting to show ads for your last search in your current search ...