I’m currently on vacation, which is a bad time to announce some of my plans for 2007. But I reached an agreement with Incisive on Search Engine Strategies literally minutes before leaving, which I can now talk about. In short, I’ll be chairing the SES NY 2007 show, co-chairing the SES SJ 2007 event and […]

In case you missed it, Incisive Media — which owns Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Strategies — is going private. Now folks are speculating in terms of what that means with me. First some background, then a very short update that really mainly to say, I’m still talking with them. Search Engine Watch reported […]

It’s been a week since I announced my departure from Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Strategies. A number of people have asked me for a “what’s next” type of update. The answer is, I still don’t know. I will try to give some broad strokes as to where I’m at. I’ve had a variety […]

I hadn’t planned to post again so soon about my decision to leave Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Strategies, but the response from friends and readers has been so overwhelming. I deeply appreciate all the comments of well wishes people have left on my original post, and the reaction from around the search engine […]

After ten years, I’m leaving Search Engine Watch and almost certainly leaving the Search Engine Strategies conference series as well. My contracts with their owners Incisive Media are expiring, and we’ve not been able to agree on new ones. I’ll explain more about the situation below. However, let me stress that the purpose of this […]