Bas van den Beld is a Web/search strategist, international search specialist, trainer, and well-respected blogger. Bas is well informed about what's going on in the world of Internet and search marketing worldwide and especially Europe.
Bas is the owner of Stateofsearch.com. He is also the owner of NetTraject, a Dutch company that advises on international search matters and provides training in search engine marketing and project management. He is also founder of Searchcowboys.com.
Bas is also a regular speaker on different marketing and search events. He's also host of several podcasts, including a weekly show on WebmasterRadio.FM. Bas also publishes on his personal blog, www.basvandenbeld.com.
In a perfect world, the debate about privacy matters should be just what social media claims to be: a conversation. What do we want to see and what do we want to give away to Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple? It’s time to openly talk a…
Don't treat social media marketing as if it's a completely new ballgame. While there are new elements to social, you'll find many "old" marketing techniques still apply.
You won't find these search engines in the search market share lists alongside Google, Bing, and Yahoo, but they see lots of traffic and offer opportunities for all search marketers.
Senior VP Shashi Seth claims Yahoo will always be a search engine, even though CEO Carol Bartz told us that Yahoo has never been a search company. Can we help Yahoo find a cure for their identity crisis?
Search engines are more than just machines that index the web. They index the world, which will make the job of a search marketer much more than optimizing a website.
Holland's political candidates have embraced YouTube this election, but are they using it well to have real discussions with voters, or are they treating it like old media?
Do Dutch politicians understand Twitter, and are they using it to interact and connect with voters? Part one of a series observing how the Dutch are using search and social media in the election campaign.
When you go to YouTube today, you will notice that Google's video service has changed.
No, it's not an April Fools joke. It's an actual change to the design of the biggest video search engine in the world.
YouTube has been working on its...
A new study shows that the real time results in Google are overlooked by most users. Will Bing rule as a real time search engine, or does Google have another trick up their sleeve?