{"id":2222,"date":"2009-01-20T08:50:41","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T12:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2009-01-20T09:11:53","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T13:11:53","slug":"the-semmy-nominations-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/20\/the-semmy-nominations-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"The Semmy Nominations Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/about\/\">Semmy Awards<\/a>, founded by Matt McGee to honor search marketing content online, has announced the 2008 nominees in the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under SEO\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/seo\/\">SEO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under PPC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/ppc\/\">PPC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Small Business\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/small-business\/\">Small Business<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Local Search\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/local-search\/\">Local Search<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Google\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/google\/\">Google<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Blogs &amp; Blogging\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/blogs-blogging\/\">Blogs &amp; Blogging<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Link Building\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/link-building\/\">Link Building<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Social Media\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/social-media\/\">Social Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Analytics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/analytics\/\">Analytics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Search Tech\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/search-tech\/\">Search Tech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Rants\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/rants\/\">Rants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under LOL Funny!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/lol-funny\/\">LOL Funny!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Online Marketing \/ General\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/online-marketing-general\/\">Online Marketing \/ General<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Reputation Management\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/reputation-management\/\">Reputation Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Viral Marketing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/viral-marketing\/\">Viral Marketing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under News &amp; Announcements\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/offseason\/\">News &amp; Announcements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Design &amp; Usability\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/design-usability\/\">Design &amp; Usability<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View all posts filed under Industry\" href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/search-industry\/\">Industry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three articles that I wrote this past year:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/16\/in-the-trenches-the-reality-of-smb-marketing-bruces-sew-handy-interview\/\">In the Trenches: the reality of SMB Marketing- Bruce\u2019s Sew Handy Interview<\/a>\u00a0in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/small-business\/\">Small Business Category<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/04\/ranking-factors-in-google-maps-cracking-the-code-smx-local\/\">Ranking Factors in Google Maps &#8211; Cracking the Code SMX Local<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/30\/microsofts-listing-in-google-maps-hijacked-oops-by-me\/\">Microsoft\u2019s listing in Google Maps Hijacked (oops by me)<\/a>\u00a0were nominated in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.semmys.org\/category\/local-search\/\">Local Search Category<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for the recognition and my hat \u00a0is off to the many other nominees. I must note that I was slightly disappointed that I didn&#8217;t receive any nominations in the Rant category. I guess I need to further refine the curmudgeon parts of me going forward. I am sure the Merchant Circle and Google would both appreciate seeing more of that side of me. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Semmy Awards, founded by Matt McGee to honor search marketing content online, has announced the 2008 nominees in the following categories: SEO PPC Small Business Local Search Google Blogs &amp; Blogging Link Building Social Media Analytics Search Tech Rants LOL Funny! 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