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May 14, 2008
Search Engine Watch Forums Names Chris Boggs Associate Editor
Chris Boggs, manager, Search Engine Optimization for Brulant has joined Search Engine Watch Forums as Associate Editor. Chris is a highly sought after speaker on the circuit. He's presented at Search Engine Strategies (SES), PubCon and SMX among others.
Chris will be teaming up with Search Engine Watch Forums Editor, Frank Watson, founder of Kangamurra Media.
Chris and Frank write the weekly SEM Crossfire column for SEW Experts: debating, arguing, and discussing the hottest search engine marketing and SEO issues in the industry.
So what can you expect from Chris in the Forums? The best example may be found here.
I also asked Chris to warn me about what kind of trouble he plans getting me into:
"I am very excited to become more involved with SEW Forums. I can really say that I learned a lot from the forums when it they first started, and I have continued to benefit from community participation. I have unfortunately had less time to participate at SEW forums as I used to, but I plan on ramping back up during the off-hours. One thing I am tied of seeing at SEW and other forums is so-called experts coming in and making absurd or non-factual statements."
Hey, me too, Chris. But what do you plan to do about it?
"Those types of participants can take my new position announcement as notice that I'm tired of being nice. I and other Moderators plan on urging people to back up their statements with proof, or suffer public ridicule. Those people that are newer to the industry and openly want to learn (and do not claim falsely to be experts) will hopefully be less likely to be derailed by advice based on zero sum experience."
Wow. You heard it here first.
Hello Chris, goodbye B.S.
photo credit: SearchEvangelist on Flickr
Posted by Kevin Heisler on May 14, 2008 8:18 AM
Comments
Carrie Hill May 14, 2008 10:11 AM
Hey Chris, congratulations!
Does the Associate Editor responsibility mean more time on the forums? Maybe SEW has invented some new kind of time folding device to get 36 hours out of a 24 hour day? :) Amazing how you find the time.
Lee Odden May 14, 2008 5:25 PM
Carrie,
If you're interested in the Search Engine Watch time-folding 24-hour-day converter, just let me know. We'd be glad to hook you up. ;-)
I think you may be using it already via Twitter.
Kevin Heisler May 15, 2008 10:22 AM
thanks everyone! yes Lee (not Carrie, Kevin), I do have extra hours during the evening as I have given up almost completely on television (except for Lost, of course, and an occasional Law and Order).
chris boggs May 15, 2008 11:16 AM
@Kevin
I think Lee is interested in the 24-hour SEW time folding day converter thingy - i just skip sleeping -it's overrated.
Again - congrats, Chris!
Carrie Hill May 16, 2008 2:17 PM
Congrats Chris, you're a great asset not only to SEW but to the industry as well. I look forward to seeing you take on the self proclaimed "experts".
David Temple May 18, 2008 10:16 PM
Congratulations Chris!
Hawaii SEO May 19, 2008 2:51 PM
Congratulations Chris!