I should ask (and probably answer) that question more often, if not for the readers of this blog, then at least just to make sure my Mom is up to speed. So come and find me in this December version of “Where’s Waldo?” – I would love to meet up for a nerdy chat about Analytics or Media.

It seems fair to debate whether or not search engines and other content aggregators extract too much the webs value, leaving less for the content creators (originators) – if this is true, one should introduce tactics such as Search Engine de-Optimization to destress the dependency!

If you’re are in town for Search Engines Strategies New York 2009, do come by the Yahoo! booth and say hi!

- I’ll be around most of Tuesday and Wednesday.. And I am of course super eager to talk about anything to do with Analytics and online marketing… :-)

I am pleased to announce that the WAA Membership has elected Dennis R. Mortensen, Director of Data Insights at Yahoo!, to the Board of Directors. Dennis will serve through May, 2010. On behalf of the WAA Board, thank you. We look forward to serving you. Sincerely, Jim Sterne Chairman of the Board.

Low priority post! It’s Christmas and I have been at world’s end another 3 times – attending ad:tech New York, IMC Stockholm and SES Chicago – and in two days, I will be back in Budapest for Holidays (more or less + – 10 working days)… No rest for the wicked heh? ;-) But first, [...]

I of course met up with Eric Enge in San Jose at the latest Search Engine Strategies – where he presented the final research report of his 2007 Web Analytics Shootout. The report is, according to Eric, an evaluation of the performance, accuracy, and capabilities of 7 different analytics packages as implemented across 4 different [...]

Thinking about Web Analytics or Increasing Publisher revenue, SES San Jose is by far the best Search Engine Strategies show out there – period! The commercial part is working and there is a clear monetary return from the event, but the real life networking (in contrast to online social networking) is simply phenomenal. You end [...]

Just finishing up and closing down after four great days at Search Engine Strategies – New York … Waiting to go to the Airport in Newark (how did I end up there?). I think my one (actually two) takeaways from this show would be that: Use of Analytics to perform in a very competitive Affiliate [...]

I just returned from SES in Munich; and from an Exhibitor point of view – it was not that bad! :-) I was sitting in on Rand Fishkin’s presentation yesterday and beyond the usual fantastic show, he gave one memorable quote about how you could “easily” manage your online reputation – agreeing that SERP results [...]

If you are thinking of attending SES NY in April, I am happy to say that you can get a 20% discount on the full conference or 1-day pass. Thanks to JoAnn and Elaine at IncisiveMedia… And do let me know if you are going. Cheers.. Take a look at the coupon (click for a [...]