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STAHP! Before you SEO, Read This!

Tuesday, 11 July 2017 by Paul O'Brien

I’m tired. I’m SO tired. Damn if I didn’t have this implication in my name people might stop saying I do SEO. Someone can’t do SEO for you. I don’t do SEO. I know a lot about how search engines work, I’ve been involved in a few search startups, and I’ve helped more companies than I

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The 8 Things Startup Founders Need to Know about SEO (and one more that will surprise)

Thursday, 06 October 2016 by Paul O'Brien

In the spirit of the great Buzzfeed content marketing hacks, here are the 8 things startup founders need to know about SEO! Honestly, what you’re in for is a non-marketing, non-search oriented exploration of why SEO is critical to startups, founders, and your success or failure as a new venture. I had the honor of

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Published in Search, Natural Search / SEO, Startups

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Cospace.co Grows to Serve All Work Spaces – Austin’s Cospace Coworking Closes

Tuesday, 22 January 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Last week, the Cospace brand evolved to focus on serving entrepreneurs and professionals throughout the world as our web service continues to aggregate and promote work spaces; providing economic and real estate intelligence. In July 2012, we launched https://cospace.co to index and promote every work environment; connecting skilled professionals with the right place to work.

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Published in Local, Startups, Vertical Search

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It’s The End Of The Rank As We Know It…

Monday, 17 December 2012 by Paul O'Brien

In honor of the forthcoming end of the world, I wanted to spend a few minutes to share with you some perspective on the state of SEO. Yes, I know, SEO’Brien actually still spends time on search engine optimization. Truth be told, my old library analogy still stands the test of time as one of

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Published in Natural Search / SEO

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SXSW ’11 Panel to Watch: Left Brain Search = Google. Right Brain Search = X

Monday, 28 February 2011 by Paul O'Brien

Ever wonder why Google isn’t very helpful in finding something to do? While search engines are pretty good at finding information, they are terrible user experiences for those hoping to conveniently consume and digest that information (sorry for the food analogy). The solution lies in the sentiment of the audience. Mood based discovery engine Moodfish

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What Google’s Content Farm News Means To You

Friday, 25 February 2011 by Paul O'Brien

For months, years, Google has been lambasted for the decreasing quality of their results. Annoyed by search results page dominated by the likes of Demand Media and other content farms, fed up with comment spam, and frustrated to the lengths everyone will go to own SERPs, the industry and consumers alike have cried from the

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Published in Google, Search

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What Mobile Means to Google Search

Saturday, 29 January 2011 by Paul O'Brien

I can’t imagine this is an entirely original idea, it’s come up a couple times in discussions I’ve had with folks the last few days, but I think it’s both a brilliant conspiracy theory and a trend heavily rooted in reality. Google is Most Threatened by Mobile Think back to your experience on the internet

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Published in Google, Mobile, Search

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