Search Cowboys

Google Buzz Hijack and SEOMofo Sphinn Problems

Daron Babin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:03:15 +0000

The Media Flow Director and SEO Chicks blogger Nichola Stott joins Bas and Roy to discuss Bing in 2010, How Google Buzz Hijacks Your Google Profile and SEOMofo and his Sphinn Issues with Matt McGee and Danny Sullivan.

State of Search Website Launched

Daron Babin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:50:56 +0000

Roy is joined by guest host by OrangeValley SEO Consultant Eduard Blacquiere, and they discuss the launch of the new State of Search website, plus they question the need for Google Buzz and why people would switch to it over Facebook and Twitter.

Google Going Social and SES London 2010 Preview

Daron Babin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:11:48 +0000

Google Goes Social with Google Buzz as Google announces its newest push into the social media foray. Guest Jim Sterne from the Web Analytics Association and the eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit tells us about his day to day work and previews his upcoming keynote presentation at SES London.

Google War with Apple and Facebook

Daron Babin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:13:56 +0000

Jon Myers, SES Advisory Board and Head of Search/Associate Director for Mediavest previews SES London 2010 and his new appointment to the Advisory Board, plus a discussion on a Robert Scoble post on Googles two-front war with Apple and Facebook; who are the winners and the losers?

Taking Caution With New SEO Clients

Daron Babin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:05:41 +0000

Bas and Roy welcome back SEO and Social Media Expert Lisa Myers to discuss the caution you should have when taking on new SEO clients, plus how to turn a bad client into a good one, and how to avoid getting a bad client in the first place.

Internet Marketing Consultant Dixon Jones

Daron Babin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:27:48 +0000

Bas and Roy interview Dixon Jones, the managing director of the respected UK Internet marketing consultancy Receptional LTD, who heads up the marketing of MajesticSEO. They discuss the new bookmarking application from Joost de Valk called Quix, and more.

Custom Content Creation

Daron Babin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:02:03 +0000

Ralph Tegtmeier aka Fantomaster , who run Fantomaster.com , which offers search engine optimization, cloaking and stealth technology, IP delivery, spider IPs, ip blockers, code protection, anti-spam & admin tools and plenty of tutorials, joins the Search Cowboys to discuss Custom Content Creation.

SEO, PageRank and Local Maps Hijacking

Daron Babin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:47:58 +0000

Bas and Roy are joined by SEO & Social Media Consultant Lisa Myers, CEO at Verve Search. They discuss the name SEO, which is not sufficient anymore, Pagerank and local maps hijacking issues.

Search Predictions for 2010

Daron Babin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:49:51 +0000

Bas and Roy end 2009 debating over Androids versus iPhones, the price of PPC, plus they ask their expert panel of guest bloggers their search predictions for 2010.

Linkbuilding Q and A

Daron Babin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:44:06 +0000

Christoph C. Cemper does some linkbuilding Q and A with the Search Cowboys audience including what value lies in twitter links or even in tiny URLs? Christoph also addresses questions on nofollow links, spam links and comment links.

Google Real Time Search Talk Continues

Daron Babin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:08:23 +0000

Bas and Roy are joined by special guest, Orange Valley SEO Consultant Eduard Blacquiere, and they discusses the latest with Google Real Time Search, and express their fondness for Google Vice President, Search Products and User Experience Marissa Mayer.

SEOcampixx, Realtime Search and Personalized Search

Daron Babin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:47:32 +0000

This episode is a real international one. With Marco Janck, the SEOnaut and Nina Baumann from Linkspiel.de we discuss the new personalized search and how real time this actually is. Furthermore there’s also a interview about the SEOCampixx, a german conference/barcamp which grew amazingly popular in two years.

Let Google Help with Link Building

Daron Babin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:19:31 +0000

Bas and Roy recap their experience at SES Berlin 2009 and highlight some of the panels that stood out for them, plus some Misconceptions Regarding Black Hat SEO and they are joined by guest Arjan Snaterse, an SEO and Front-end manager at Jaludo Group B.V., who discusses how he is using Google to help you with your link building.

LinkedIn follows removed and Google Bombs return

Daron Babin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:06:44 +0000

Bas works with Roy who is working without internet service, to discuss the upcoming SES Berlin 2009 conference, Google bombs are back, plus how LinkedIn removed follows and added Twitter integration.

EU Telecom Rules and Microsoft Worldwide Attention

Daron Babin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:40:47 +0000

Jon Myers joins Bas to discuss Comscore numbers that show us the reason Google is trying to get you to go to different Google sites: Microsoft still holds nearly 15 percent share of all attention worldwide. Plus, New EU Telecom rules might affect search and a preview of SES Berlin with Incisive Media VP and Publisher Matt McGowan.

Google Dashboard and Twitter Lists

Daron Babin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:06:38 +0000

Bas van den Beld and Roy Huiskes discuss the integrated Google Dashboard. Converse about ease of use of Twitter lists.

Google Wave Likes and Dislikes

Daron Babin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:16:31 +0000

The Google Wave team is doing a roundtrip through Europe, and it stirs conversation about what Bas and Roy Like and Dislike about Google Wave. Plus, the new German government issues a document in which it announced a new way to protect online journalism.

Google and Bing Search Deals with Twitter

Daron Babin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:01:57 +0000

Bas and Roy go over the recent Google and Bing search deals each have landed with with Twitter, plus UK-based SEO Will Critchlow talks about the new Google Analytics features.

Google Removes PageRank From Webmaster Tools

Daron Babin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:23:04 +0000

Bas and Roy discuss the headlines including: Google Removes PageRank Data From Webmaster Tools, Facebook is conquering Europe, plus they recap A4u Expo London 2009.

Will Bloggers Pay for YouTube Videos

Daron Babin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:43:59 +0000

Bas and Roy discuss Google keeping unblurred images for a year, Google Wave now on the iPhone, and Will bloggers have to pay for YouTube videos?

Plus we learn about the Block Buma Crawler WordPress plugin, capable of keeping computers outside of your WordPress installation, that are blacklisted via this plugin.

Paid and Organic Search Research Study

Daron Babin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:41:24 +0000

Lisa Ditlefsen-Myers, Bio Director of Verve Search and SEO Chick extraordinaire, and Jon Myers, Head of Search for MediaVest, discuss Google Wave, conference appearances, television being passed by by online advertising.

They also discuss the results of a research study from dutch company First Focus and ValueWait that found out 45 percent of those who use Google cannot see the difference between what is a paid and what is an organic result.

Google Documents Indexed

Daron Babin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:37:45 +0000

Publish your Google doc? Beware of indexing, as Google starts indexing their Google docs. Bas and Roy discuss how that could be useful and how it will work. Will it be a linkbuilding tool or will it be nofollow? Also Bas and Roy discuss what events to go to this fall.

Emerce Eday Conference 2009

Daron Babin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:46:59 +0000

Adobe takes plunge in web analytics with Omniture purchase, plus Bas tells us about attending the Emerce Eday conference in Amsterdam, the largest conference on digital marketing, media and business in The Netherlands.

a4uexpo London 2009 Preview

Daron Babin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:43:24 +0000

A preview of a4uexpo London 2009 with Matthew Wood. He fills us in on the annual event fillled with sessions on SEO, SEM, Paid Search, Social Media, Affiliate Management Strategies, Start up Advice and Conversion Rate Optimisation.

Searching More with Google

Daron Babin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:15:37 +0000

Bas and Roy look into Comscore research on how The world is searching more with Google, plus learn about legal actions Google is facing, Google Wave and how market shares are doing.

Twitter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Daron Babin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:53:38 +0000

Guest David Naylor discusses a recent an article about a serious vulnerability I found in Twitter entitled Massive Twitter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability.

Bring Microsoft Bing to Holland

Daron Babin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:58:27 +0000

Bas and Roy plead with Microsoft to bring Bing to Holland, plus French national library gives in to Google Book Search, plus UK SERPs are going crazy.

Real Time Search Debate

Daron Babin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:02:04 +0000

The Search Cowboys bring you a sneak preview of their radio show on WebmasterRadio.FM, plus they get into a debate of real time search, and which products are offering serious real time search.