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Seattle Tech Startups Meeting - May 13, 2009

I attended the STS meeting at UW tonight.  They had two speakers, both of whom were really excellent.  I happened to have my netbook with me so I recorded these UStream videos (the quality is actually not too bad - I sat close enough that the mic is picking up the speakers pretty well).

  • Vanessa Fox gave an amazing talk on SEO, with especially interesting (and humorous) counter examples of what NOT to do if you care about how users find your site on search.
  • Scott Porad, CTO of ICanHasCheezburger covers the historical evolution of user generated content, crowd sourcing, and crowd recommendations.

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