Travels

Meeting Israel’s Best SEOs Gilad, Branko & Many Others

I had the opportunity to meet many SEOs while in Israel this trip. I met with RankAbove, I met with 30+ folks at the Jerusalem Web Professionals group and today I met with some of my favorite Israeli SEOs, Gilad Sasson and Branko Rihtman (aka neyne / SEO Scientist). Gilad came all the way from

ReligionTravels

Touring Yad Eliezer – Wonderful Charity in Israel

A month or so ago, we signed a deal (well, there were no signatures), to re-create the image and coding of Yad Eliezer‘s web site. I had the privilege with meeting with the family who runs the American operations and initiatives in my New York office. They described all the things they do for Israel,

Buddies

Beware: I’ve Got a Twitter Impersonator

Guys, a couple of hours ago, some guy or gal registered the the id “rustybrick_” at Twitter. He/She then began going around to those who follow me and following them. In return, this rustybrick_ now has 36 followers, thinking they are following me and they are not. Then this person posts a single twit, about

Travels

Pictures of Google’s Tel Aviv Office

I’ll do a larger write up on the Google Tel Aviv office later, but I wanted to share pictures of the office with everyone. I was actually surprised by how “Googlish” the office was in Tel Aviv. Here is a slideshow:

Travels

It Is a Place to Dispose of Bombs (בור בטחון)

Yesterday, I asked you to guess what this is a picture of and Charlie Kalech got it right. It is what is called a בור בטחון which means a place to dispose of bombs. Here is a picture, again: This one sits about 10 feet from the grave site of Rachel, more on that over

Travels

Guess What This Is…

Here is a picture at one of the holy sites I visited. Now, I had no idea what it was until I was told. Let me give you context. It is positioned indoors, about 10 feet from a holy grave site. Take a guess and comment on what you think it is… I’ll come on

Travels

Meet Me (Non Cartoon Version of Barry) In Jerusalem Israel

I wrote this in my weekly recap, but just in case you missed it… I am in Israel now and I am going to a Jerusalem Web Professionals meetup this Wednesday night at 8pm. If you want to meet up with us, that would be cool. 🙂 I believe you need to register at either

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Daily Search Coverage & Link Finds: January 21, 2009

Daily Search Coverage: Google got hives? Google not paying publishers again. Google Blog search’s issues continue. Get Listed launches. Google Maps has driving direction issues. Google closes down print ads. I give a quick update on the current state of SEO. Search Engine Roundtable Topics: Google’s Hyves PageRank Loophole? Check If Site Has Google Penalty