The recent life and times of Ben McKay…

Well, I just thought I’d provide an overview of a few things that I’ve been up to lately as I’ve not been writing much to my site…so here goes…

Think Visibility Conference

Firstly (as I really should have written about this sooner) was the Think Visibility conference.  This was about the best sort of SEO conference I could hope for.  I am hoping to be attending more conferences this year, but I would not be surprised if this is the best of 2009.  I loved the set-up; 100 attendees, 15 awesome speakers or so, and a great chance to speak to a whole host of people from the wide world of the web.  Hello to all those that I met!

I hear that this was the first of a string of conference so make sure you head over to the site and register for updates.

Starting Work for Mediaedge:cia

The biggest update for you is my recent move to Mediaedge, part of GroupM / WPP – a cool company with plenty of cool projects to get involved in.

Exposure to the best working practices, technology, analytics, integrated media projects, and of course, people, has made this move a real exciting change over the last couple of months.

I should say (even though I have not been asked) is that all opinions written here are my personal opinions and not those of my employer!  It’s obvious, but just wanted to emphasise that this is a personal space and not an extension of the Mediaedge website or company views.

SEO Scoop Author

Those nice guys at SEO Scoop kindly invited me along to write for their site.  I like SEO Scoop – it’s kinda like a co-op of writers, and when there are so many views and overlapping fields of interest in internet marketing, it’s great to have multiple points of view.  The other great thing is that if you don’t have much time to read about social media, SEO or PPC each day, then this could be a handy one-stop shop for all your needs, so add it to your feedreader today!

My first post for SEO Scoop was on my recent move to corporate SEO from SME SEO – it’s been a cool change and an interesting topic to write about so go and take a read.

My First SEO Tool

I’ve been toying with an idea to develop my first SEO tool to support my freelance SEO services since Christmas (it’s amazing the impact of a holiday on your clarity of thought), and have been researching the technology necessary to get it up and running for a while now.  I think I’ve nailed the technology / coding that is necessary, but like with many things, the more challenges you resolve, the more that rear their not so pretty head…very excited about the prospect of developing it though, just wouldn’t mind a bit more time!!

Summer, at last!

The evenings are getting lighter and the Summer is rolling in at last!  I hope the same is happening for you too…!

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