As part of my job as SEO Manager at Sitening, I get to contribute to the Raven blog (Raven is the most powerful suite of Internet Marketing tools available online). The Raven blog is read by Search industry professionals from across the country. This means that articles on the Raven blog need to be well written, of high-quality, provide useful information and be thought provoking. As a contributor, my posts not only represent my professional thoughts, they also represent Raven and Sitening.

So it’s a huge honour personally and professionally to have one of the articles I authored, 7 Social Media Websites and Their Impact on SEO, listed as one of the best internet marketing posts of 2008 (scroll down to Social Media: Strategy for Social Sites – mine is the third one down). I’m particularly honored  because the winners were chosen by Tamar Weinberg, Managing Editor at Search Engine Roundtable and owner of Techipedia.

Purr rocks if you like cats, but what if you think cats are sinister, viscious beings who set foot on earth preparing for world domination? Well my friends, I have good news. You can take any picture in your library and add it to Purr. Take my Boscos beer mug for example – I am now the proud owner of a purring cup of ale, all thanks to Purr.

I doubt that it will be as cool as this though:

I’ve worked at Kinko’s, Ingram, a school photography studio, and dabbling in freelance web-design and search engine optimization on the side to help make ends meet. It took me almost three years to get my green card so I take my work very seriously. I want to be the best in everything I do. There is an opportunity to succeed in this country for every person who desires to do so.

My current job as an SEO specialist at Sitening enables me to work with some truly talented robots borg offspring people. My old portfolio site really was somewhere to display my work and offer my services. However, that is no longer the case – I am now unable to take on any extra work unless for family, friends or personal projects that have been in the pipeline for several months.

At one point I had this website (in it’s old form) number one in Google for the search term nashville seo. I didn’t get many jobs from that organic traffic, but it gave me a sense of pride. Now, honestly, I just don’t care where this blog ranks and how many people read it, I’m more focused on helping Sitening get to where it deserves to be – nationally and internationally recognised in the SEO industry as a leader in all things Search. Others can have the local rankings for nashville seo, it’s time to reach for the sky.

So, if you’ve read this blog in the past, I appreciate it. I think it was just you and my Mom who kept my feedburner stats above zero (just barely). It’s ok, don’t feel bad, go check out the Raven and Sitening blogs and all is forgiven.