In: Industry News & Happenings|Local Search|Search Engine Optimization - SEO
20 Dec 2019Are you looking to level-up on your Local Search Engine Optimization game? Do you feel like you may be missing some of the vital components necessary to get your business ranking higher in Google’s local search results and Google Maps’? If so, you will want to take advantage of this opportunity! Argent Media founder, Chris […]
In: Industry News & Happenings|Online Reputation Management - ORM
5 Oct 2019Argent Media CEO Chris Silver Smith has been asked to provide the keynote at the International Search Summit in Barcelona this November. Chris has long provided online reputation management services to individuals, companies and organizations, and he plans to provide a number of anecdotes from the reputation trade, in addition to providing a number of actionable […]
In: Google|Industry News & Happenings|Online Reputation Management - ORM
15 Nov 2018We recently took the unusual step of advocating for an admitted forger by way of submitting an amicus curiae brief to the court prior to the sentencing phase. If you closely followed the news around online reputation management issues, you may have heard of the jewelry company CEO who was caught forging court orders in […]
In: Industry News & Happenings|Online Reputation Management - ORM
9 Jan 2017At the end of December, I reported at Search Engine Land on what what seems to have been a major change in Google’s internal policy. (See: Paradigm shift: Has Google suspended defamation removals?) Google has effectively begun to decline requests to remove defamation from its web search results, although it has been honoring those takedown […]
In: Branding & Trademarks|Industry News & Happenings|Legal Expert Witness
5 Jan 2017Issues involving the application of trademark laws relative to online media content have been present since the beginning of the internet. However, the legal ramifications of how trademark infringement may be evaluated and litigated have evolved over time, and company executives and internet marketers may be unaware of the options and risks involved with their […]
In: Industry News & Happenings|Local Search|Online Reputation Management - ORM
19 May 2015As part of the SMX Advanced Conference in Seattle, Chris Silver Smith, Argent Media CEO, will be speaking at the Local Search Advantage Workshop on June 4, 2015. The Local Search Advantage Workshop provides a deep dive into many of the primary aspects of local marketing, covering all of the topics necessary for local […]
In: Industry News & Happenings|Online Reputation Management - ORM
17 Apr 2015I’ve been very excited that Search Engine Land‘s editors have recently allowed me to start a new column series dedicated to Online Relationship Management, which will be published on their sister site, Marketing Land! My first article for it, “9 Key Points for Cleaning Up Your Online Reputation Nightmare Via SEO“, appeared a few weeks […]
In: Bing|Google|Industry News & Happenings|Search Engine Optimization - SEO
4 Jun 2014Argent Media founder, Chris Silver Smith, will be speaking next week at the SMX Advanced Conference in Seattle on the panel, “Keywords on ‘Roids: Advanced Workarounds For Vanishing Keyword Data“, along with industry veterans Christine Churchill (KeyRelevance) and Rae Hoffman (PushFire). As all search engine marketers are aware, Google has steadily reduced the keyword referral […]
Argent Media president and founder, Chris Silver Smith, will be featured this Wednesday afternoon at 1:00pm CST on the Video Marketing Madness radio show with Ray Lane and Steve Sleeper. Chris will likely be discussing the use of videos and video sharing services such as YouTube for the purposes of optimizing businesses for local search […]
[Ag] is the symbol for the element Silver and is 47th in the periodic table of elements, an abbreviation for the Latin word for Silver, "Argentum". The [Ag] Search Blog is provided by Argent Media™.
Sharing research, thoughts, commentary about Internet Marketing, SEO, Social Media, Online Reputation Management, and our SEO Expert Witness services.