Search Meetup - Bangalore

Search Meetup with the CEO and Cofounder of SEOMOZ Gillian Muessig at Bangalore on October 30 for search enthusiasts.

SEOmoz is a hub for the search marketing industry, providing an SEO Services Marketplace, a popular SEO Blog, SEO Tools and premium content.Visit www.seomoz.org for more details

For more information, Please log on to :
http://searchmeetupbangalore.eventbrite.com/

Seminars for Success Summit 2009

Four days of industry experts delivering insights and workshops
covering Google Analytics, Adwords, Optimizer, and more...

Join us in Vermont for the 3rd annual OM Boot Camp now combined with Seminars for Success. Learn and network with industry leaders from Google, Gannet, EpikOne and more.

REGISTER BY AUGUST 1 and SAVE 25%. Type "vermont" into discount code when registering.

Reserve your spot today
Request for more info

TEDIndia 2009 -- The Future Beckons

Inspired speakers and game-changing ideas, evocative locations and transporting entertainment: TEDIndia 2009 offers a vision of the future that's rich with invention, entrepreneurship, cross-disciplinary problem-solving, unexpected solutions and sensory delight. Hosted in a country that’s reinventing itself – and reshaping the world

The registration fee for TEDIndia is US$2,000, plus $400 for all housing, meals and airport shuttle.



Location: Mysore, India --November 4-7, 2009
TED India Programs: http://conferences.ted.com/TEDIndia/program/

TED Fellows:TEDIndia welcoming 100 Fellows to TEDIndia free of charge. Applications for the TED Fellows program at TEDIndia will open April 20. Learn more about the TED Fellows program
For more information on TED India, Log on to http://conferences.ted.com/TEDIndia/

DevCamp Bangalore 2

Ready for DevCamp2 ? ThoughtWorks is organizing DevCamp2 on April 11th 2009

DevCamp is an un-conference by the hackers, for the hackers and of the hackers.
It's a species of BarCamp where anything a lover of computers and technology would consider important or entertaining goes!

Registration and Sessions
Register by simply adding your name to the end of the list over at the DevCamp Bangalore 2 Registration page.
Want to do a session at DevCamp? Add your name and sessions over at the DevCamp Bangalore 2 Sessions page.

Date: April 11th 2009
Time: 10:00am to 6:00pm
Venue: ThoughtWorks Bangalore

For more Information http://devcamp.in/

Barcamp Bangalore

BarCamp Bangalore. Yes. It happened on 7-8 March @ Yahoo!
About Barcamp
Barcamp Bangalore 8 – Back with a renewed focus!
Its been over two years now since Bangalore saw its first Barcamp. Over this period, the city’s flagship technology unconference has brought together hundreds of professionals who have participated in dozens of sessions to share their insights on cutting edge technologies.

With the success of the Barcamp format, we have seen the emergence of several other exciting unconferences targeting a range of technology niches. In this changed context, we are seeking to create a uniquely usefull space for geeks to come together while perfectly complementing similar events in the city.
Barcamp Official Website: http://barcampbangalore.org/


Me at Barcamp Bangalore - BarCamp bangalore sponsored by Yahoo!


A presentation by iMorph at Barcamp Yahoo - Job Trends, Programming Language Trends

SearchCamp Chennai - 2009

SearchCamp is a two day event aimed to bring together the best minds from the Search Engine Marketing space to talk about search engine advertising, including optimization and marketing issues & It was succefully endeed with a nice ambiance & exuberance at Tidel Park, Chennai on 28th & 1st 2009.

Sessions

Day 1 - 28th February 2009

• 08:00 am - 09.30 am - Registration
• 09:30 am - 10:00 am - Welcome Address - Kiruba Shankar
• 10:00 am - 10:30 am - Keynote Presentation - Vivek Bhargava
• 10:30 am - 11:15 am - Keyword Research Tools & Techniques - Abdul Khimani
• 11:15 am - 11:45 am - TEA BREAK
• 11:45 pm - 12:30 pm- SEO for E-Commerce - Srikar Nagubandi
• 12:30 pm - 01:00 pm- Web Analytics – What’s next? - Trinadh Rao
• 01:30 pm - 03:00 pm - LUNCH & NETWORKING
• 03:00 pm - 03:30 pm - Usability, Conversions & SEO - Vishal Sampath
• 03:30 pm - 04:00 pm - Using Social Media for Search Engine Optimization - Brain Jam - involving all participants
• 04:00 pm - 05:00 pm - PANEL DISCUSSION - Organic v/s Paid Search - which is more sustainable? - Arun Rajamani/Akbar Lalani/Kapil Nakra
• 
  
• Day 2 - 1st March 2009
• 09:00 am - 09:30 am - SEO Basics - Things You Must Know
• 09:30 am - 10:30 am - Advanced Techniques in SEO - Stephan Spencer
• 10:30 am - 11:00 am - The right kind of Marketing Mix during Recession - Kalaivani Sadagopan
• 11:00 am - 11:30 am - Effective PPC Campaigns & Landing Page s - Palani Balasubramanian
• 11:30 am - 12:00 pm - TEA BREAK
• 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm - Google Search - Q & A Adam Lasnik
• 01:00 pm - 01:30 pm - Search Marketing & SEMPO - Vivek Bhargava
• 01:30 pm - 03:00 pm - LUNCH & NETWORKING
• 03:00 pm - 03:30 pm - Using Analytics to track Paid Search Metrics - Reema Thakur
• 03:30 pm - 04:00 pm - Local Search - Suresh Babu
• 04:00 pm - 04:30 pm - Technical SEO Issues For Developers - Shivanandan Paramasivam
• 04:30 pm - 05:00 pm - Closing Ceremony

Some Nice Moments at SearchCamp Chennai


Me at SearchCamp. With Bijay Bharaswaj. With Adam Lansik (Search Evangelist. Google USA)

Where the layoffs are happening

On Jan. 28, Starbucks said that it planned to slash nearly 7,000 more jobs during a new round of store closures and other cuts as it reported profit drop of 69 percent.

Goodyear, the nation's largest tire maker announced Feb. 18 that it would eliminate an additional 5,000 jobs on top of the 4,000 it cut last year. The news came as the company posted a loss of $330 million and a 21 percent decline in sales.

Hurt by slumping sales of both its digital and film-based photography products, Eastman Kodak said Jan. 29 that it would cut 3,500 to 4,500 jobs.

Motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson said Jan. 23 that it would cut 1,100 jobs over two years and scale back its operations as its fourth-quarter profit slid 58 percent.

United Airlines announced Jan. 21 it will cut 1,000 jobs, bringing the total reduction in its salaried and management staff to approximately 2,500, or nearly 30 percent, since the beginning of 2008.

Audio equipment maker Bose Corp. announced Jan. 20 it will cut 1,000 jobs, about 10 percent of its workforce.

As it prepares for what it expects will be its first annual loss in nine years, Nissan plans to cut 20,000 jobs worldwide. Like other Japanese automakers, Nissan has been battered by the global slump and a strong yen which ate into profits by eroding overseas earnings when converted back to yen.

In an attempt to cut costs, discount retailer Target said Jan. 27 that it would cut 9 percent of its headquarters staff, shut a distribution center in Little Rock, Ark, impose a salary freeze for senior management and reduce planned store openings.

Wal-Mart has performed much better than most other U.S. retailers during the weak economy. But it wasn't enough to prevent layoffs. The company said Feb. 10 that it would shed up to 800 jobs at its headquarters.

Driven by deteriorating global economic conditions, software giant Microsoft, which reported an 11 percent second-quarter profit drop, said Jan. 22 that it would slash 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months.

On the heels of its purchase of National City Corp., Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services Group said Feb. 3 that it will cut 5,800 jobs -- nearly 10 percent of the combined banks' workforce -- by 2011.

In a company-wide email sent Jan. 20, radio and billboard giant Clear Channel Communications announced plans to lay off 1,850 employees as the economic downturn has decimated advertising budgets.

Texas Instruments Inc., which makes chips for cell phones and other gadgets, said Jan. 26 that it will cut 3,400 jobs because demand has slackened amid a slowing economy.

Speaking to investors Feb. 6, the chief executive of industrial conglomerate Emerson Electric Co. says the St. Louis company will cut its workforce to about 120,000 by October, down from a peak of 141,000 in 2008.

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices announced Jan. 16 it will cut 1,100 workers, or roughly 9 percent of its global workforce, as demand for computers weakens.

In an effort to offset a slump in personal computer demand, microprocessor manufacturer Intel Corp. on Jan. 21 said it would cut as many as 6,000 manufacturing jobs, including at factories in Oregon and California.

Google Inc. announced Jan. 15 it would cut 100 recruiting jobs and close three engineering offices.

As it continues to restructure its business, struggling General Motors announces that it will eliminate an additional 10,000 salaried jobs -- 3,400 of which will be cut in the U.S.

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing said Jan. 28 it will cut 10,000 jobs, or about 6 percent of its workforce, as it struggles with the aftermath of a strike and a slowing global economy. This figure includes the 4,500 job cuts it announced Jan. 9.

Just days after annnouncing that it would wipe out 20,000 positions, heavy equipment maker Caterpillar said Jan. 30 that it would shed an additional 2,100 jobs as it scales back production to match falling demand.