Local Search at SMX Advanced London 2011
By martijn on May 9, 2011 in Local Search
This years SMX Advanced London brings you a Local Search session, if you are attending- join! Still in doubt? register now because What’s New In Local & Mobile will be the session you willnot want to miss on day 2 of the conference. David Mihm of getlisted.org (no need for introduction?), Philippe Huysmans (Director, EMEA [...]
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Speaking at Tableau EU Customer Conference Amsterdam
By martijn on May 9, 2011 in Web Analytics
Just wanted to drop a quick note that I will be speaking at the first Tableau European Customer Conference, held in Amsterdam. I will not be talking Local Search during my presentation, instead I will be focussing on how Web Analytics data needs to be made understandable, at Onetomarket, we use Tableau Software to aid [...]
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Introducing Sitestat Countername Detector
By martijn on November 26, 2010 in Top, Web Analytics
As a Web Analytics consultant working for various clients like Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, Dutch Government and others I encounter the use of Web Analytics tool Sitestat (Nedstat, now a comScore company) a lot. Sitestat is a really cool web analytics package which allows you to use un-aggregated data at all times. no need to set [...]
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Conversion Optimization at SMX Stockholm 2010
By martijn on September 21, 2010 in Conversion Optimization, Web Analytics
This year has brought me several occasions where I could speak either about Local Search & Web Analytics, both nationally at the Search Marketing Insights, held in Amsterdam,  as well as the SMX Advanced in London (presentation available here). This september (28th & 29th) the SMX will also be held in Stockholm. This year I will be [...]
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Local Search Ranking Factors 2010
By martijn on June 8, 2010 in Google Maps
For the third year in a row, David Mihm has published the Local Search Ranking Factors. The LSRF 2010 consists of 32 local search enthusiasts their opinion (including me!) on how to rank well in the search engines. It is a definite must read for everyone interested in Local Search. It is also incredible to [...]
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Historypin is some sort of timetravel device. You can now look up historical imagery inside a Google Maps interface using historypin. I think its cool to see how your town looked like in the old days, maybe before you were even born. See those old horse trams riding down the streets before Prius’ were dominating [...]