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Chris Silver Smith, President of Argent Media, will be speaking and moderating at the upcoming SMX Milan conference in Milan, Italy, at the Milano Congressi from November 7-8, 2013 in the following sessions: How To Build Links & Win Authority Through Public Relations Maps, Metros & Mobile: Surviving And Thriving In Local Search In the “How […]

Chris Silver Smith, President of Argent Media, will be speaking at the upcoming SMX East conference in New York from October 1-3, 2013 in the following sessions: Must Have Local Search Tactics Structured Data Superstars A Photo Is Worth A Thousand Links In the “Photo” session, Chris will present a number of strategic methods for […]

Chris Silver Smith is speaking on semantic markup for local search optimization tonight at the Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association meeting in Richardson. He’ll be speaking along with Greg Gifford, the Director of Search and Social for AutoRevo. Chris recently wrote a few articles on semantic markup, such as 13 Semantic Markup Tips for […]

Argent Media’s President, Chris Silver Smith, will be speaking in Charlotte, NC, on the topic of Local SEO at the annual SearchExchange Internet Marketing Conference, on July 24 2012. Smith will cover some of Google’s “Prominence” ranking factors, and some techniques for how local businesses may optimize for advantage through them. “Prominence” is something of […]

The 2012 edition of David Mihm’s annual Local Search Ranking Factors survey has been released this week, and the general summary concludes that most of the influential ranking signals continue to be beneficial. From a glance at the report, relatively few signals shifted significantly from last year’s report. As the summary states, the main changes […]

Chris Silver Smith, president of Argent Media, will speak at next week’s DFW SEM meeting on Local Search Optimization, along with Brian Combs, founder and CEO of ionadas local. At the meeting, Chris will be presenting some techniques for Advanced Local Citation Development.

Argent Media’s Chris Silver Smith will be appearing and speaking at the Search Starts Here conference in Boca Raton, Florida, on April 23rd and 24th. He will be speaking on topics involving the future of local search, strategic tactics for companies interested in competing in the local search space, and on aspects around locational technologies. […]

Argent Media recognizes Renee Hall, as Dallas’s first African-American Woman Police Chief!

Announcing the launch of the newest search marketing agency in Dallas — Argent Media! Press release: Local SEO Industry Expert Founds Search Marketing Agency in Dallas

Chris Silver Smith, President of Argent Media, has just been interviewed by Ash Nallawalla at Train SEM this past weekend. Check out the transcript at: Interview: Chris Silver Smith. Silver describes how he got his start in SEO and Local SEO, some of his early mentors, advice about getting started in the industry, and more. Check […]

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