The thoughts of a bald SEO guy

Early flight to Philly

Early flight to Philly, originally uploaded by BrentDPayne.

I am headed out to Philly today to talk with our broadcast station out
there. I’ll discuss basic SEO best practices, discuss writing
headlines for the web, which fields in our content management system
are most effective for SEO and explain the importance of working as a
collective group of Tribune sites [...]

Beautiful Day in Downtown Chicago

Beautiful Day in Downtown Chicago, originally uploaded by BrentDPayne.

Brent D. Payne
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Rope to Heaven

Rope to Heaven, originally uploaded by BrentDPayne.

Brent D. Payne
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Google Trends Related Search Versus Google Search Options Related Search

Hmmm. Shouldn’t these be the same? But they aren’t . . . probably because one is fresher than the other.
Google Search Options Related Searches:

Google Trends Related Searches:

Google still needs to get the different departments working together better.
Class dismissed . . .

Tribune Tower Symbolism

Tribune Tower Symbolism, originally uploaded by BrentDPayne.

Does anyone know what this symbolizes? Its name? Its origin?
It’s on Tribune Tower elevator doors.

Burgerville USA

Burgerville USA, originally uploaded by BrentDPayne.
This should create a blog post and then send out an automated tweet.
If it does, then cool.
Brent D. Payne
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Google News, Stop Making It Advantageous to Change URLs

I about blew my lid this afternoon when I read the following from a Wall Street Journal blog about Marissa Mayer, Google’s VP of Search and User Experience, offering advice to the newspapers at an upcoming Senate hearing:
She also plans to offer some advice. The first involves the notion of a “living story.” Google believes, [...]

The Transition to ME Media: How Can Media Companies Make It Work?

First off, I have a confession to make . . . I’m not a news junkie. Yes, I work for one of the largest news organizations in the United States but . . . news isn’t my passion (though clearly search engine optimization is my passion). The challenge of figuring out how to optimize hundreds [...]

Why CNN May Prefer swine flu to H1N1 virus

One dark night, when you were all in bed, I had a very enlightening conversation with a small group of people in a bar. What was said there will be alluded to here in this blog but the names and details of what is discussed in a bar, remains in a bar.
Wednesday night, President [...]

The Night Alyssa Milano Tweeted Me

It’s pretty amazing how many celebrities have jumped on to Twitter this month. Frankly, it’s a bit frustrating to see most of them barely interact and most only tweet once in a while or obviously not be the real celeb behind the scenes.
Tonight though, I ran across @Alyssa_Milano’s profile on Twitter and after reading 40 [...]