Google Dance 2007 T-Shirt

by Dennis December 9, 2012

Back in 2007, at the SES San Jose, I picked up the T-Shirt I was wearing today. I believe it must have been the last Google Dance at a large search marketing conference. The SES in San Jose in 2007 has gone down in history as the point Google brought down the hammer on Paid [...]

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Local SEO Travel Guides or Great UX

by Dennis November 27, 2012

Three weeks ago, I wrote a post of my move to join Airbnb. Then I got a major shout out for a new product of Airbnb launched just a couple of  weeks ago, the local travel guides for Neighborhoods. I wish I could take that much credit, but these Neighborhood guides were already in the [...]

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@Instagram, I Request a New Feature, Will You Listen..?

by Dennis November 11, 2012

Dear Instagram, I really like your product, and Instagram is my preferred way of sharing pictures with people who have chosen to follow me on their mobile smart phone. I love your filters, I love the way I can follow what my friends are up to, leave comments and like their pictures real easily! However, with [...]

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Great New Headshots

by Dennis November 3, 2012

Sometimes you just need new head shots to use on all your social profiles. These two shots were taken during the Raven Poker tournament at Pubcon in Las Vegas. You will see the top picture coming back on all my social profiles. And how lucky are you if your picture was shot by the fantastic [...]

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OMG I Joined AirBnB

by Dennis October 31, 2012

OMG, just like that, I switched jobs! Just after 14 months I’m moving from Geeknet, to AirBnB to head up their Global SEO efforts. New Adventures Begin With my departure from eBay last year, after almost 10 years, I got the chance to see different companies from up close. Geeknet was somewhat familiar territory, as [...]

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How To Become a San Francisco Hipster

by Dennis October 25, 2012

A couple of weeks ago I made some radical changes. I shaved my head with an electric hair clipper and for fun I groomed my unshaved face with a moustache. I could only do this because my family was still spending time back in The Netherlands. The first time my daughter saw me on Skype, she started [...]

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Dreamforce 2012 San Francisco Traffic Nightmare

by Dennis September 17, 2012

Another week, another technology conference. Just short of a week after the announcement of the iPhone 5 by Apple, is now SalesForce taking up the whole of the Moscone Center in San Francisco for their yearly Dreamforce conference. The city of San Francisco is probably very happy right now with SalesForce. Not only do they [...]

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Google Plus Growth through Fembots

by Dennis September 17, 2012

According to this article of TheNextWeb, Google plus shows healthy growth, with more than 400 million activated profiles, and 100 million monthly active users. How the active user is defined, I’m not sure, as Google keeps the definition unclear. I, for one, am usually always logged into my Google account, which would make me an [...]

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Ustream Flashmob at Apple iPhone 5 Launch

by Dennis September 12, 2012

Where can you get free publicity with a Flashmob? Right at an Apple launch event. So with the launch of the iPhone 5 this morning, here in San Francisco, Ustream organized a flashmog. I saw the group early on making preparations, so I kept my camera ready to film. Here are two video’s of the Flashmob, [...]

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Apple iPhone5 Launch Event San Francisco

by Dennis September 12, 2012

Earlier this week, I posted some pictures of a classy Apple logo with a colorful background. It reminded me to the old Apple Logo, which I still love. Don’te get me wrong, I like the white style as well. Here are some more pictures of this morning… Robert Scoble & Joshua Topolsky meet each other and exchange [...]

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