WOWOW FAIL

This morning I was greeted with a treat from my good friend Hilker. The gist of the morning surprise was that WOWOW is giving you the power to direct a video of Radiohead's song 15 Step through a dedicated page. You can choose from 12 different angles to edit your video …

Pownce is dead

Do you hear that? The last 15 people that used Pownce as their social media profile are crying. Meanwhile, the rest of us were confused when we opened an email from Pownce today. My morning went something like this:

Wake up

Check email

Notification that Pownce is …

SEMpdx - Web Analytics Edition

Last night was all about Google Analytics. Which was well timed, as Google Analytics has started juicing and created a well rounded, robust, analytics package.

This SEMpdx Hot Seat's (btw - did you guys realize that SEMpdx is really annoying to pluralize or add …

Poll Closing Times

There's a great map over at SwingStateProject.com. It tracks every state/region poll closing time so you can be alert to the latest results tomorrow as they happen.

Click for a larger size.

I Need a Little Escape

Reader, I have a headache.

Thankfully, it's a headache of pure bliss; created by my own unwillingness to turn down my headphones. Earlier this week my pal and WordPress wunderkind, Nate, turned me on to Fucked Up's latest opus, The Chemistry of Common Life.

Why am I …

The Disconnect in Understanding PPC

Yesterday, Rand posted a rather short-sighted view on the discrepencies in SEO and PPC budgets. While, I understand his fundamental argument for increased SEO budgets, the post drew ire from myself and fellow PPC advocates. Through quick smattering of evidence, Rand …

Love TV and Fear the Internet

These are

Who Said Anything About Retiring?

The other day, I authored an oh-so cheerful post about change. Apparently, it was taken as a shot across the bow at my own willingness to write this blog.

Through the Eyes of Regret

I'd set out to post this.

Musing on Change

At the risk of sounding pithy, emotional and self-interested, (didn't you want "Wonderful Tonight" to be playing when you read this?) I feel it's about time to do a personal piece. I know no one really likes to read them, but we all accept them as forms of catharsis for …

SEM Rockstar? Really?

So someone just called me an "SEM Rockstar." Well, I don't know about all that. I mean, sure, I rock the SEM...but an SEM Rockstar. No.

No. No. No.

I am but a humble SEM cave dweller. Doing my work dilligently, never asking for a moment's rest to come and visit my now …

Cuil Story, Anna Patterson!

Time for yet another Google rival to enter the arena. This is all a bit funny sometimes. Think about it, we have 2 major search engines that can't figure out a way to compete with Google already. One's always trying to buy the other, the other's working with Google not …

If Blogs were Graffiti

Then this would be the difference between myself and Streko

Do You Like the Link or Like-Like the Link? - June

Hey reader!

Since I've gotten back into the swing of things over here at SyzlakSEM, I deemed it time to break out the ol' Like-Like Link post. Today's link post will consist mostly of links found today when I remembered that this post was due yesterday. Without further …

Relationship Management

While I've talked about reputation management and the lack of comprehension within the industry, today I'll talk about a different type of reputation management: relationship management. I know this strays a bit from the world of SEM, but once in awhile (or for the last …

The Truth is Out There...on that web-site I just visited

If you're like some (all) of my friends, then you can't make up your mind to save your life. Thankfully a new web site has taken care of this problem for you. i can't decide is a new stupid voting site, except that you can enter whatever you like, and as long as you …

Syzlak - Lost in NY, Part II

continued from Syzlak - Lost in NY, Part I

My emergence from the great underground of NY was indeed right outside of the World Trade Center walk. I never really looked through the gate. Had I done so, I'm sure I would've wondered about those boys from Iowa, whether they …

SEMpdx Hot Seat w/M2 - The Epic Review

The long anticipated Hot Seat with Matt McGee was held last night at Hotel deLuxe. Although SEOHack had asked me to live blog the event, I will stick to my tradition of tape-delayed live blogs:

5:50pm - We're allowed into the banquet room. One of the nice things about