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Google Farmer Update – or Google Panda Update?

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:44:29 +0000

The new ”update” by Google was first named ”The Farmer Update” by Danny Sullivan. A good name to illustrate what the update is supposed to deal with. But then Google came along and renamed it “The Panda Update”. Why? What are they trying to tell us? Some people claim Google have chosen to call the [...]

Grow up Google!

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:06:42 +0000

Googles core business is basically to copy content from our websites and exploit it commercially. In Search Engine Land today Google cry like little girls because they claim Bing is copying their search results. Grow up Google! If it’s ethical for you to copy information why is it unethical for others to do the same? I [...]

Will EverCookie kill the affiliate market?

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:49:30 +0000

Do you know what an “EverCookie” is? If you are in the affiliate market, as affiliate or merchant or network, you should really know about EverCookie! An EverCookie is simply put a cookie that can’t be deleted – a true permanent cookie. I am sure you can see the problem. On September 20, 2010 Samy [...]

New Search Reputation Management tool ready!

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:46:44 +0000

I just finished the second version of my search reputation management tool for managing, monitor, benchmark and report on Search Reputation. I am very exited, to say the least! This tool makes my work on search reputation projects so much better and easier to manage. Search Reputation management is not a new trade. It has [...]

New pictures

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:16:15 +0000

I recently got some new pictures made by the very good local portrait photographer Camilla Hey. I think they came out pretty well – but take a look for yourself and let me know what you think … You are welcome to use the pictures if you need them for an interview with me, on a [...]

SMX London 2010: Rand Fishkin & Kristján Már Hauksson sing a happy song

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:46:04 +0000

I just got back from from the SMX Advanced conference in London. It was a very good show. Lots of great sessions and even I picked up a few new things to think about in my work. Monday night we went out for some good food and a “few” drinks. Some of us ended up [...]

Confessions of a Black Hat SEO: There is a limit to what I will do!

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:17:10 +0000

I have been known since the early days of search as a “black hat SEO”. I have always been preaching “No Limit Marketing” – do whatever it takes to reach your goals. However, in recent years I have found my limits. There are things I just won’t do anymore … One of my all time [...]

Ask Joblr – video SEO FAQ

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:35:09 +0000

As some of you know I recently launched an awesome new self-service SEO service called Joblr together with a great team of SEO-geeks like me. Now we got the Joblr TV-studio in place and are starting to produce SEO videos for promotion and training. See the first ones here and let me know what you [...]

Google Street View is illegal in Denmark!

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:57:39 +0000

Google launched Google Street View last week in Denmark. Now it turns out that the service may very well be very illegal. The law they are breaking is §264a that forbids anyone to take pictures of people at private places. When Google launched Street View in Denmark last week they said (on TV) that the [...]

Speaking at RIMC – Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference & Expo

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:53:35 +0000

This year will be going back to Iceland to speak at RIMC – Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference & Expo. Not only is RIMC a great conference to go to – Iceland is also a great place to visit! Last time I was in Iceland was for RIMC in 2006. That was also my first time [...]

Dear Google. Please give us a web search API

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:33:48 +0000

Search engine marketers have always had – and will always have, a need to extract and analyze search result data of various kinds. If there is an API we will use that. If not we will scrape. One way or another we will get that data. It would be better for all if there was [...]

Free online photo editing – and time for Halloween

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:35:15 +0000

I am an old Adobe Photoshop fan. I admit that. I love the software and its just getting better and better. But I also admit that it does have a tough learning curve. With Picnik.com I found a free online photo editing that actually seems to work pretty well! Picnik.com just released a new set [...]

I hate travelling – but I love going places!

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:36:29 +0000

I love to go places, meet new and interesting people; eat exotic and strange foods; experience other cultures first hand; learn new things and see the many wonders of the world. I love the people, the smells, the views and the sounds. But I really hate travelling! There was a time when I enjoyed travelling: [...]

Google is to The Internet What the White Man Was to Africa!

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:05:05 +0000

Google founded their business on “stealing” other people’s copyrighted online material. Then they moved on to printed books, our streets etc. They never asked if we want to be “robbed” – Google stick to the claim that its all for the good and they know better. Just like the white man did in Africa! I [...]

PageRank is a Brand – Not a Technology!

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:56:38 +0000

Google have just removed the PageRank data from Webmaster Tools. It makes sense to do that because the reported PageRank data doesn’t matter anyway. But they keep the public toolbar PageRank despite the fact that many more users see this. Confused? You can see some screen shots on SEO Roundtables post on the findings. I [...]

Bands like Pomplamoose makes me happy

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:54:00 +0000

Just a few days ago I “discovered” this great new band Pomplamoose on YouTube. This is one of the most exciting new acts I have seen for years! It’s fresh, it’s original; they have a drive, a passion and a sense of humour not often seen! Artists like Pomplamoose make me very happy! It fills [...]

5 Reasons Performance Based SEO (CPA SEO) May Not Be Right for You!

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:36:27 +0000

Paying your SEO based on some sort of performance may sound like a dream scenario to you. But are you aware of the negative sides of CPA SEO? If not then read this post! I have done many performance based SEO deals over the years so it’s a field that I have great experience in. [...]

12 Things You Should Know About Denmark – for Business and Pleasure

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:11:56 +0000

There is a big event going on here in Denmark these days – the Olympic Committee is meeting up to decide which city gets the next OL. Copenhagen is filled up with prominent people – presidents and kings. Oprah Winfrey is here – to support Chicago and to shoot a show about “the happiest people [...]

Scary rumour: Windows OS will operate new electric cars!

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:46:35 +0000

In a report from the Frankfurt Auto Show this week I heard that Microsoft will most likely be the OS behind many of the new electric cars. That’s scary! I just hope they do not base it on Vista! Funny enough I just wrote the other day about Microsoft Windows Vista with the headline: “If [...]

Danish newspaper illegally copy a full book

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:01:31 +0000

One of Denmark’s major daily newspapers Politiken have printed an entire book in today’s edition without permission from the author or the publisher! They claim that their “freedom of speech” is more important than the publishers copyright. The same newspaper is strongly against Google News and similar news search services. Apparently, Googles freedom of speech [...]

Windows have big tits – Linux don’t!

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:28:19 +0000

If you want to produce a hit record you can pick a singer with a great voice or a singer with big tits. If you can get both that’s great, but most often you can’t. After 15 years in the music business I know for sure what sells the best … and no, it’s not [...]

No, I do not hate Google – my money making machine

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:16:54 +0000

Many people think I hate Google because I often criticise them. I don’t. In fact I love Google. I love Google for all the good things they’ve done for the web, for their passion and originality and not the least; I love Google for all they money they have made me. When I bought my [...]

SEO Keynote presentation at SEM Konferansen in Norway

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:55:14 +0000

I have been invited to open the second day of the search engine marketing conference: ”SEM Konferensen” in Oslo, Norway (September 23 and 24) with a SEO keynote presentation. It looks like it will be a really good show with many interesting sessions and good speakers. Among the speakers you will find Adam Lasnik from [...]

Paid links should also count in search engines!

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:18:57 +0000

I do accept that the search engines need to classify the links they collect on the web. Not all links are equal but just about every one of them should carry some value. It is outright stupid to totally discount the value of paid links as the engines claim they (at least try to) do. [...]

If Windows Vista was a car would you buy it?

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:48:51 +0000

To be honest I think Microsoft’s Windows Vista is pure and simple fraud! It is probably the worst operating system since Windows ME and an insult to anyone buying it. If Windows Vista was a car, a house, or just about anything but software would you buy it? And if you (by some accident) did [...]

ROI in SEO = Return on Ignorance

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:31:47 +0000

To most people ROI is an acronym for Return on Investment. According to Wikipedia ROI can also mean Region of Interest or Republic of Ireland. But I’d like to introduce a whole new meaning to ROI that I think is more relevant for search engine marketing: Return on Ignorance. Most often marketers measure their marketing [...]

Oh no! Yet another search geek and technology blog …

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:37:36 +0000

I have been asked many times to start blogging in English but not until now have I decided to go ahead and actually do it. But why start now? Isn’t there enough blogs about search engine marketing, technology, creative arts and the like? Yes, certainly there are! But not of them is written by me [...]

What a real boy needs to learn

Mikkel deMib Svendsen — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:43:46 +0000

My son Hampus is already a very adventurous young man. He is only 3 years now but he have already done a lot of the things a boy should do as he grows up. I keep a checklist that you can see below … I am pretty sure he will grow up to be a [...]