SEOContest2008 http://www.seocontest2008.com 2nd Place Winner in the UK Webmaster World SEO Contest Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:27:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Should I trust this search engine? http://www.seocontest2008.com/should-i-trust-this-search-engine.html http://www.seocontest2008.com/should-i-trust-this-search-engine.html#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:07:05 +0000 Sulumits Retsambew http://www.sulumitsretsambewblog.com/?p=85 Search Results for Microsoft on Bing:

Bing's Results for the keyword Microsoft

Bing's Results for the keyword Microsoft

A lot of interesting information. Now let’s take a look at the results for Google and Yahoo as keywords on Bing.

Search Results for Yahoo on Bing:

Bing's Results for the Keyword Yahoo

Bing's Results for the Keyword Yahoo

Search Results for Google on Bing:

Bing's Results for the Keyword Google

Bing's Results for the Keyword Google

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Earthquake Gulf of Mexico / Southern California – August 3, 2009 10:55am http://www.seocontest2008.com/earthquake-gulf-of-mexico-southern-california-august-3-2009-1055am.html http://www.seocontest2008.com/earthquake-gulf-of-mexico-southern-california-august-3-2009-1055am.html#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:57:16 +0000 Sulumits Retsambew http://www.sulumitsretsambewblog.com/?p=83 First Earthquake 10:55:25am at epicenter.

Monday August 3. 2009

Initial Magnitude 5.8 measurement.
29.309°N, 112.966°W
GULF OF CALIFORNIA

  • 110 km (68 miles) NNE (20°) from Santa Isabel, Baja California, Mexico
  • 153 km (95 miles) WNW (290°) from La Doce, Sonora, Mexico
  • 175 km (109 miles) SSW (207°) from Caborca, Sonora, Mexico
  • 196 km (122 miles) W (278°) from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
  • 527 km (328 miles) SE (132°) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico


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Second Earthquake – 10:59:59 AM at epicenter


Monday August 3. 2009

Manitude 6.9
29.372°N, 112.814°W
GULF OF CALIFORNIA

  • 122 km (76 miles) NNE (25°) from Santa Isabel, Baja California, Mexico
  • 142 km (88 miles) WNW (294°) from La Doce, Sonora, Mexico
  • 163 km (101 miles) SSW (203°) from Caborca, Sonora, Mexico
  • 182 km (113 miles) W (281°) from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
  • 533 km (331 miles) SE (130°) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico


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No Tsunami Alert

Details Here: http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2009/08/03/932240/01/message932240-01.htm

I’m based in San Diego and so far in our location, the shake was strong especially in downtown San Diego buildings, but all of us our safe and I hope most people are especially those near the epicenter.

I really think earthquake detection technology should really be super sophisticated especially in coastal areas and urban areas where many damages can occur. Cal Orey was one of the people known to detect earthquakes well before they happen. His book explains many techniques in earthquake prediction and is cheap, with less than $13 bucks, that extra knowledge can save lives.

If you want to go hightech and learn more about plate tectonics and more, also a bit more pricey at $284, get the Fundamentals of Earthquake Prediction
by Cinna Lomnitz. Extra knowledge can save lives.

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Can Sulumits Retsambew Magic Happen in 31 Days? http://www.seocontest2008.com/can-sulumits-retsambew-magic-happen-in-31-days.html http://www.seocontest2008.com/can-sulumits-retsambew-magic-happen-in-31-days.html#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:53:53 +0000 Sulumits Retsambew http://www.sulumitsretsambewblog.com/?p=81 Am I in? Or am I out? I do not know myself. So far this was one of the loooooongggest SEO contest I have joined. And ironically, this is also one where I am not doing much either. What has been keeping me busy:

  • Full time SEO job. Here I do enterprise level SEO to many large Fortune 1000 clients. Lots of time and attention needed. As many companies have been not doing been in this current economy, the company where I work at is doing the exact opposite. It seems we continue to grow, adding more employees, more people, more projects, more deadlines, more work, more everything. Less Sulumits Retsambew.
  • Outside of my fulltime SEO job… I have another SEO job along with some IT work, and web development work. A smaller company but I am sure will be very profitable in the future. The team is composed of very talented people that I know the synergistic efforts of everyone will really be fruitful.
  • At home… it is all family life, everyday chores, help at home, play with kids, sleep, etc, etc.

Today, I am no where near a winning spot in the contest. But there are only 31 days left, let’s just see what we can do about it.

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Cli.gs Hacked?!? http://www.seocontest2008.com/cli-gs-hacked.html http://www.seocontest2008.com/cli-gs-hacked.html#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:42:48 +0000 Sulumits Retsambew http://www.sulumitsretsambewblog.com/?p=76 My Cli.gs account hacked!

Wow, all my old forwarding URLs starting Dec 12, 2008 and older are going to:

lansner.freedomblogging.com/2009/06/14/twitter-hashtag-conversations/25613/

And the names were changes to:

Hashtag? How to join those Twitter

Since I have a lot of cli.gs post, I never really would have noticed this unless I went back to some older cli.gs. Good thing Ann told me about hers and she said she got hacked. I checked mine and the same thing also. Hacked cligs!

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Will WolframAlpha Crash Later or Amaze Us Beyond Google? http://www.seocontest2008.com/will-wolframalpha-crash-later-or-amaze-us-beyond-google.html http://www.seocontest2008.com/will-wolframalpha-crash-later-or-amaze-us-beyond-google.html#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 19:56:21 +0000 Sulumits Retsambew http://www.sulumitsretsambewblog.com/?p=69 Will WolframAlpha Crash Later or Amaze Us Beyond Google?

Yes! After I have been waiting for this launch, my fingers are shaking, trembling, and I can’t wait to use them when I get a hold of WolframAlpha and let’s see if it pushes G out of it’s spot as the one of the top search engines. For a long time, my typing fingers has always sought after the G spot since it gives more relevant information than Yahoo and MSN/Live.

If you are not familiar with WolframAlpha, check this out.

Just so much power, I feel I am facing StarTrek Technology, talking to a computer giving me pertinent answers.

If WolframAlpha and Google were Helicopters

WolframAlpha would be Airwolf and you are Stringfellow Hawk.

Google would be BlueThunder which was also cool but all it’s power was just that Gatlin Gun.

If WolframAlpha and Google were Motorcycles

WolframAlpha would be StreetHawk and you are Jesse Mark.

Google is just The Dirt Bike Kid, yup it was just for kids.

If WolframAlpha and Google were Cars

WolframAlpha would be the original Trans Am Knight Rider’s KITT and you are Michael Knight.

Google would be the new Mustang Knight Rider, KITT. Come ‘on nobody is going to be cooler than the Hoff!

If WolframAlpha and Google were Ships

Google would be StarBlazers

But WolframAlpha would be way bigger transforming into a robot! That’s Macross!

If WolframAlpha and Google were transforming robot airplanes

WolframAlpha will run on Starscream technology.

Google will just be that Gobot with that cheezy face underneath the plane.

Now the question is… will it really be super cool later? Or will be just see a bunch of 404s, 503s, 500s, 302s… let’s see. WolframAlpha launches today as a webcast!

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Sulumits Retsambew is Seeing Some Kangaroos and Joeys http://www.seocontest2008.com/sulumits-retsambew-is-seeing-some-kangaroos-and-joeys.html http://www.seocontest2008.com/sulumits-retsambew-is-seeing-some-kangaroos-and-joeys.html#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:34:12 +0000 Sulumits Retsambew http://www.sulumitsretsambewblog.com/?p=65
Sulumits Retsambew Kangaroo and Joey

Sulumits Retsambew Kangaroo and Joey

My first time to see some Kangaroos and Joeys in action!

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Sulumits Retsambew is thinking… do I still have a chance in this contest? http://www.seocontest2008.com/sulumits-retsambew-is-thinking-do-i-still-have-a-chance-in-this-contest.html http://www.seocontest2008.com/sulumits-retsambew-is-thinking-do-i-still-have-a-chance-in-this-contest.html#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:38:06 +0000 Sulumits Retsambew http://www.sulumitsretsambewblog.com/?p=62 I have joined many similar contest in the past. Although most were 2 to 3 months long. This new contest I’ve joined is too damn long. Which is one of the reasons why I feel lazy doing anything. I feel it is too easy to attack and if I pour my whole heart and soul into it early just to find out someone else will take over, can feel very dissapointing. But on the other hand… doing nothing makes me worried. Maybe it can get worst and never be able to catch up.
I feel like I am running a marathon where I do not want to be left too far behind that I can really never catch up. But I do not want to be way ahead and get all the pressure. I’d rather move my way to stay somewhere behind the leaders as long as they are still within my visual sight. But right now, I am far away. Sulumits Retsambaw’s got to start running faster again and get closer to the lead group.
- Slew Retsambew

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Disabling Twitter Updates http://www.seocontest2008.com/disabling-twitter-updates.html http://www.seocontest2008.com/disabling-twitter-updates.html#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:20:21 +0000 Sulumits Retsambew http://www.sulumitsretsambewblog.com/?p=54 I decided to test for some time the plugin Twitter Tools. Aside from posting on twitter your latest blog post, it also post on your blog your latest tweets! First impression it is cool, actually it really is. Problem was I tweet more often than I blog. So blog-to-twitter never happened, and twitter flooded my blog with conversations I believe most people would not care about. In fact I plan on deleting all my old post on this blog which were forwarded from twitter and just use Objection Redirection to fix things up with the 404s.

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SEO Contest & Spamming Sphinn http://www.seocontest2008.com/seo-contest-spamming-sphinn.html http://www.seocontest2008.com/seo-contest-spamming-sphinn.html#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:21:11 +0000 Sulumits Retsambew http://www.seocontest2008.com/?p=27 Do not Spam Sphinn

We all know links help in ranking. And in SEO contest, many are involved in various link building strategies. Whitehat link baiting to the extreme blatant artificial link building. Many competitors like using social bookmarking sites and many keep bookmarking tons of useless content just for the link from a social bookmarking site.

Social bookmarking is a fine way to gain links, but I am noticing in many SEO contest, people submitting useless pages or irrelevant pages to niche social bookmarking sites. And probably the worst place to submit a SEO contest entry in a social bookmarking site is on Sphinn.

I mean c’mon dude, Sphinn is a social bookmarking site of SEO people, PPC people and all other people that revolve in those circles. They see any sort of spamming in anyway, they will remove it.

Even if it does not get remove, gets past moderation because all moderators/admins on Sphinn are also busy and is not reviewed manually that well and you get only 1 Sphinn, sooner or later, someone is going to find out it was only for an SEO contest. Now let’s say they found out after the contest and you benefited from that single Sphinn link in whatever way. Moderators will remove it after the contest. But they will remember you, your username and if you have all your information in there, they will just remember who you are.

In SEO, SEO is a people business. Networking with other SEOs is always beneficial in this industry. And you never want to make a bad impression of yourself to other SEO people.

I know I have used social bookmarking in many ways in my SEO efforts, but I made sure I really had something nice to offer people that they will like what I have to say so it is “bookmark-worthy.” And in the end, even more people bookmark it if it is really that good.

I have personally joined the SEO contest with the keyword Promotional Items Corporate Gifts Srednarb. And I have seen several competitors bookmark left and right in every possible way. This particular contest is a Filipino only SEO competition and was promoted on the SEO Philippines forum. Many of the competitors that join, I personally know in the forum, others I may not yet know that much. I have seen 5 pages submitted on Sphinn by at 3 different people that used Sphinn for promoting their seo contest entries for this particular contest and I just tell it to my Sphinn friends and they report it as spam once they see it. So far 4 previous submissions on Sphinn were already removed and one is already desphunn and was reported as spam just a few hours ago.

Being a part of the SEO Philippines community, my shoutout call to everyone on Sphinn is I hope you do not generalize the whole country as social bookmarking spammers or simply spammers in general. There are many Filipinos who are very good in SEO and many outsource companies also exist there that are the top choice SEO outsource resource, but then again, there are still some that maybe either:

  • Misguided and still in their learning process.
  • Innocently not knowledgeable.
  • Simply blatantly spamming.

The sad news is the great number of people behind the scenes are rarely seen and are covered up as an outsource company and the one that may have done a mistake gets the most attention and is where the stereotype misconception may come out.

I urge also every Filipino, do what you want. Let’s say you really want to spam. Maybe it is really your style, maybe not. But if you are going to spam social bookmarking sites for an SEO Contest like with Promotional Items Corporate Gifts Srednarb, do it elsewhere and not on Sphinn. All the best SEO people in the world checks Sphinn. Whatever you plan on doing, they know your plan once they see it. Even the grandfathers of SEO like Danny Sullivan is on Sphinn. (Errr… hmmm grandfather… maybe not a nice word. That sounds too old. :) ) He runs Sphinn, you can almost say He IS Sphinn. *LOL* Protect your image and submit good content on Sphinn. Remember Sphinn is all about internet marketing, from SEO, PPC, SMO and all other types of online marketing. SEO Contest may be SEO related but if you are just posting for the link going to your entry, it is not worth it in my opinion and you just give that bad impression of who you are to the SEO community.

For my co-members on the SEO Philippines forum, if you believe I am partly the reason why your entries were removed on Sphinn, sorry about that. I probably am. If that made you mad, I hope you are not. Going to the top 3 bullet points above, I hope you are just misguided and in the learning process or innocently not knowledgeable. But if you are just blatantly spamming Sphinn, sorry again, I will always request Sphinn to remove your entries unless they are relevant in some what to what people want to see on Sphinn. Nothing personal, just helping clean up the results.

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Wanted Project Manager and Business Analyts for Top SEO Company http://www.seocontest2008.com/wanted-project-manager-and-business-analyts-for-top-seo-company.html http://www.seocontest2008.com/wanted-project-manager-and-business-analyts-for-top-seo-company.html#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:50:48 +0000 Sulumits Retsambew http://www.seocontest2008.com/wanted-project-manager-and-business-analyts-for-top-seo-company.html Business Analyst for Top SEO Company in San Diego, California

Work here at a fun SEO company! Here is a photo Candyce’ desk, who works for our SEO sales team on April Fool’s Day

SEO Office Tin Foil Joke

SEO Company Business Analyst Job Description

The Business Analyst is a consultant with Internet Marketing and Website Development experience with a thirst to research, explore and document the cutting-edge methods for online marketing and communication. This resource is expected to take a user or scenario focus by: documenting system requirements, developing use cases, and constructing test strategies. The Business Analyst will perform research and documentation of various internet related solutions creating a comparison matrix of features and functionality. Moreover, BusinessOnLine will look to this person to formulate SWOT and competitive analysis for client and internal stakeholders. The Business Analyst is a pivotal resource in taking our clients to the next level in their internet marketing efforts.

Client Management / Project Responsibilities:

  • Manage multiple projects concurrently
  • Research and develop recommendations for Web 2.0 related topics, applications and platforms such as:
    • Behavior Targeting
      • Open Source vs. Commercial CMS
      • Email Marketing / CRM
      • Community / Forums
      • Social Media / Networking (MySpace, Facebook, Ning, Etc):
    • Applications
    • Audience Participation
    • Features / Functionality
    • Affiliate Marketing
    • Web Application Integrations:
      • SaaS Tools
      • eCommerce Platforms
  • Participate and lead requirements gathering and other workshops designed to detail development efforts
  • Document system requirements, use cases, process flows and develop test strategies
  • Foster a collaborative and intimate relationship with both clients and internal teams
  • Ensure positive and long-lasting ongoing relationships with both clients and internal teams
  • Enjoy your work

For more details, visit BusinessOnLine

Project Manager for Top SEO Company based in San Diego, California

SEO Project Manager Job Description

The Project Manager executes the direction and vision for our client&146;s website and internet marketing solutions defined by the Web Strategist. This individual will interface heavily with the implementation team and the client to drive the project to completion. The Project Manager will assist in helping to fulfill the web strategy that ensures the project goals are achieved on time and on budget. The Project Manager is responsible for managing complex web development projects and should be prepared to teach and learn new techniques, processes, theories and technologies. He or she should be excited to thrive in an atmosphere of change, innovation, critical thinking, process, humor, results, and success.

Client Management / Project Responsibilities:

  • Manage multiple projects concurrently maintaining a command of details, timelines and next steps.
  • Be the main point of contact for client projects and lead internal teams
  • Foster a collaborative and intimate relationship with both clients and internal teams
  • Extract a deep understanding of the client&146;s business model, online goals and key performance indicators
  • Construct and maintain project budgets, detailed project plans and manage on-time, on-budget deliverables
  • Assemble and manage a team of seasoned experts
  • Proactively manage and negotiate team and client risks / conflicts
  • Anticipate and solve problems
  • Ensure positive and long-lasting ongoing relationships with both clients and internal teams
  • Enjoy your work

More details on this Project Manager position at BusinessOnLine

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