Well it’s been a busy and crazy week but I’ve finally got some time to tell you all about my 3 Days in London attending The mashup* demo event and of course the awesome Future of Web Apps Conference and Expo which included the Live Filming of Episode 118 of Diggnation and the Carsonified Relaunch Party!
Facebook’s London Audience Increases
New York’s network on Facebook is impressive, but not the biggest out there – both Vancouver and Toronto have it beat. London’s the dominant location, however, and a Facebook employee made note of this fact over the weekend.
Google Earth Won’t Get Virtual London
I’ve seen it: an amazing 3D model of London that was meant to wind up in Google Earth. Only now, due to what I’ll politely call “bureaucratic nonsense,” it won’t.
SES London: Linkbait & When It’s Not
The link baiting season promised to be one of the highlights of SES London. With linkbait being one of the hottest contemporary SEO themes, the crowds filled the room to hear what the industry experts were going to share.
The widget as link bait
First up, Nick Wilson gave a good high level introduction to ‘viral link building’. Giving a passionate speech, Nick discussed widgets as the ultimate linkbait, and his observations were well worth hearing.
Heellloou Jason Calacanis
SES London: Touching Your Local Customers
Local search marketing tactics need to consider the needs of the desired customer base, and where they might go to satisfy those needs.
SES London: Getting The Most Out of Blogging/RSS
In the last few years the blogosphere has swelled, or evolved perhaps, from a loose and obscure collection of early adopters shooting from the hip into an all-encompassing theater of discourse. In this theater nowadays, your presence as a business professional is just short (very short) of required, but shooting from the hip, or half-arseing your online presence, is an enterprise best left to the MySpace drones.
SES London: Targeting Local Search
Murdok guest correspondent Debbie Harrison has provided us with more coverage of the Search Engine Strategies conference in London. Today’s coverage will focus on local search marketing.
Matt Cutts Speaks Up At SES London
Matt Cutts has left the country. Google didn’t transfer him, though, and he didn’t run away – Cutts only temporarily crossed the pond to drop in at the Search Engine Strategies Conference in London. Cutts actually gave the “keynote conversation,” which Chris Sherman moderated.
The New PR in London
Heading into London this afternoon for the Delivering The New PR conference tomorrow.
Google Space Could Expand Beyond London
The experimental Internet browsing center set up and staffed by Google at London’s Heathrow Airport could be an experiment repeated elsewhere.