John Beagle » Sullivan http://www.johnbeagle.com People, Places and Things Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:54:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Cutts takes control at Smackdown http://www.johnbeagle.com/posts/2009/11/18/cutts-takes-control-at-smackdown/ http://www.johnbeagle.com/posts/2009/11/18/cutts-takes-control-at-smackdown/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:37:00 +0000 John Beagle http://johnbeagle.com/?p=116


Cutts takes control at Smackdown, originally uploaded by John Beagle.
Dateline Las Vegas, Pubcon 2009 – Matt Cutts, Google Software Engineer speaks while Sean Suchter, GM of Bing, looks on during the Search Engine Smackdown!

Matt was explaining the universality of Google. This was in response to a point raised by Sean.

Formerly VP of Yahoo Search Technology, Sean was interviewed by Microsoft President Steve Ballmer. “I wasn’t sure if Microsoft was going to put the proper resources toward Bing. So I asked Steve, just how dedicated to search is Microsoft? What is your goal. Ballmer replied, 51%.”

We were stunned. For a brief moment you could hear a pin drop in the crowded auditorium. Could Bing gain a competitive advantage over Google? All eyes were on Matt Cutts. Well Matt?

At first Cutts appeared a bit reflective, he started out slowly explaining advancements in search technology, spam busting and overall user search experience. He got to his feet, walked over to the podium and spoke of Google as the greatest search engine of today and tomorrow. Alleluia!

Right now, I have to agree with Matt. But what if?

John Beagle, Xponex Web and Media Services
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SMX Seattle John and Dave Dugdale, originally uploaded by John Beagle.

Dave Dugdale helps people find homes for rent at his very popular website, RentVine. So naturally, I would want to hear about his rental SEO efforts and he would want to hear about my efforts to rent technology to businesses with my website, Rentacomputer.com.

Dave also goes by the name, “Solar Dave” making him one of my ‘greenest’ friends.

Three years ago, Danny Sullivan started SMX and this was the third year we both attended SMX Advanced in Seattle. Who want’s to miss anything Danny has to say about Advanced SEO? Not me.

John Beagle, Xponex Web and Media Services
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