Tag Archives: News

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Moving on from Linkdex

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Life is basically a set of choices. These choices determine what happens. Make no choice and you have no life.

Today marks a day in which I have personally made another choice. Well, the choice was made over a month ago, but today the choice becomes reality.

As of today I am moving on from Linkdex. After a year at the business I made the choice to pursue directions that are close to my heart.

I have always been a teacher, trying to help people get insights and learnings and make them better. I think I’ve also done that at Linkdex in the past year. Now it is time for the next step in that.

Linkdex has been a very intense ride. Lots of travel, lots of insights, debates and lots of exciting times. I’ve seen things from a different perspective. I’ve hopefully also been able to get some of my vision on marketing inside the heads of people at Linkdex. There are great people working at Linkdex, I hope they can make their dreams come true!

In my next steps I’d like to get a bit closer to how I believe marketing should be done. I am looking forward to steering this again at State of Digital together with Sam. I am also looking forward to helping a more diverse set of clients get a better grip on their marketing efforts. The lessons I learned at Linkdex will definitely come in handy there.

I’ll still be flying the world!

So in the near future, there will be more speaking, training and consulting for me in the next year. Starting next week in Las Vegas! If you want to be part of that, just drop me an e-mail!


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News and Search panel at SES Amsterdam

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Next week SES returns to Amsterdam. After a very succesful first episode last year the conference returns to the Dutch capital with an impressive line up. Next to several great Dutch speakers we also welcome more international speakers like Bill Hunt and Dixon Jones.

I myself will be leading the panel “News and Search”, which features Brent Payne and Julian Sambles (of the Daily Telegraph). The session will have a Q&A in it in which we will discuss the combination of news and search. I’m very much looking forward to this session because we can really dive into the subject. A subject which is very near to me.

I’m preparing the session now, so if you have any input, please let me know: what are your issues / questions when it comes to news and search? What would you like to hear from these two big names in the industry? Let me know!


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My fifteen minutes of fame and a link from the BBC

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BBC NewsEverybody gets their "fifteen minutes of fame". That one moment in time you are famous. And then you get back to your normal routine. It could very well be that my fifteen minutes of fame were this week.

I’m in Paris at the moment, visiting Le Web. I’m writing here for Searchcowboys about search-related topics like Michael Arrington’s talk with Marissa Mayer and the real time search panel. That last topic, real time search, I ow my fifteen minutes of fame to.

Last monday Google announced a couple of new features, one of them being real time search integration into their regular search results. I wrote about this on Searchcowboys. The next morning when I open up my e-mail I get a couple of alerts on my name. That happens almost daily and usually its nothing important, some copies of sites, some Searchcowboys and some Twitter. But now there was one which caught my eye: one from the BBC…?

I was a bit surprised to be honest. When I clicked on the link I found this article on the BBC website about real time search. In the article I was quoted next to Danny Sullivan from Searchengineland and Ryan Singel from Wired.com. A quote (with a link!!) from the BBC doesn’t happen every day. My fifteen minutes of fame therefore? 😉
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Top five May 2008: A lot of search and online identity

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Top vijf mei 2008The top five seemed to have died a silent death. Each week a post about my favorites ultimately proved not feasible. Not because there was nothing to write about, but because there are too many other subjects to write about. To get the top five breathing again I now give a monthly overview of five articles that struck me. Same principle, but only once a month.

In this first ‘new’ version much attention for search topics. We get a look behind the scenes at Google, learn how we should deal with large search projects and what search 4.0 is all about. Also we take a look at your online identity, but the number 1 is an overview like this, but a very special one.

1. Go Get This
Website: Marjolijn.net
You have many lists on the web. Lists such as the one you’re reading right now. But the ‘list’ on the website of Cowgirl Marjolijn I feel is very special. She wanted her own "favorites" for the month to be much more visual. And she succeeded in a very special way. I think definitely worth a number 1 spot. Go have a look!

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Top five March 31 to April 6: The Next Web 2008

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Top vijf: The Next Web[lang_nl]De top vijf deze week staat, hoe kan het ook anders, volledig in het teken van The Next Web 2008. Alle vijf de items zijn afkomstig van The Next Web. Het is mijn persoonlijke top vijf voor de ‘Next-Web-dagen’. Daarbij uiteraard de prijs voor Dutch Cowboys, het interview van Mark de Kock met Scoble en enkele presentaties. En vanwege het verbazingwekkende publiek: Diggnation.

1. Dutch Cowboys wint beste Weblog Award Next Web (4 april)
Website: Dutch Cowboys
Het moment voor mij was het moment dat Dutch Cowboys de prijs voor beste weblog ontving. Zoals ik ook al in mijn post over de Next Web aangeef vanwege het unieke moment dat we ‘op volle oorlogssterkte’ aanwezig waren en echt iets moois hebben neergezet. Daarom op nummer 1 deze week![/lang_nl] [lang_en]The top five this week, how could it be otherwise, is completely dedicated to The Next Web 2008. All five items are submitted during The Next Web. It is my personal top five for the ‘Next-Web days." This of course includes the price for Dutch Cowboys, the interview of Mark de Kock with Scoble and some presentations. And because of the amazing audience: Diggnation.

1. Dutch Cowboys wins best Weblog Award Next Web (April 4) (Dutch)
Website: Dutch Cowboys
The ultimate moment for me was when Dutch Cowboys received prize for best weblog. As I pointed out in my post on the Next Web because of the unique moment that we were all present and really made a group effort. So at number 1 this week! [/lang_en]

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