After an amazing trip in Dublin I got to London late last night. I keep forgetting how long that taxi line at Paddington can get; it must have been 200 deep. Every time I come to London I have a great time, but with the current strength of the US dollar it’s very challenging. My office is down in the Richmond so my morning commute is pretty thick from Oxford Circus. Getting a lot done work wise, but looking forward to going out and having a few drinks with some old friends and colleagues this week. Trip is slightly changing I will be in Paris Thursday afternoon, through Saturday.
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- Name: Aaron Shear
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
I have been in the search industry since the late 90’s, no not 10-20 years. My career started early in the search Day’s at Inktomi, where I supported large search portals. For example, MSN, AOL, iWon, Hotbot, CNet too name a few.
After Inktomi I became a freelance consultant. I consulted for a few of the Top SEO’s around 2002 time frame; obviously the market has changed since then. After consulting I joined a small SEO firm called SEO Inc as the CTO. At SEO Inc. I successfully optimized some of the largest clients including IGN, Sony, VEGAS.com, Beaches and Sandals Resorts to name a few.
Even though SEO Inc was a ton of fun, I still wanted the ultimate SEO challenge. I moved on as the global head of SEO for Shopping.com an eBay company. This challenge was an interesting one, how do I optimize a site with 50 million products? Every month I helped the business grow by leaps and bounds.
I am now consulting for mostly enterprise e-commerce clients.
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3 Comments:
Wow they have you ALL over the place, hope you get to see some of the sites. If you're looking for something different try The London Dungeon for 2000 years of gruesome history... not cheap but worth the entertainment!
The London Eye offers a great view and I always like Covent Garden though it may be busier and more lively on weekends. I've never been during the week. London's Chinatown is ok though it pales into insignifance against San Francisco's bigger version.
Daz
Daz,
Wow The London Dungeon now that sounds interesting. I will see if I can check that out. I had a bad Chinese Food experience the last time I was here in China Town. Cute area, but the staff of the place I went to where horrified when I tried to order based on SF verbiage. Apparently SF Chinese is different that London Chinese. ??
Covent Garden is great; I have been there many times. I actually love the British Museum; admittedly I am an art lover and can stare at paintings and figures for hours.
Aaron, yeah strongly recommend the London Dungeon... go early as the line can get very long... never had a bad Chinese experience in London or San Francisco.. if you tried ordering in SF verbiage it might help to try ordering in London with a Cockney accent (think of Dick Van Dyke's famous attempt in Mary Poppins!) ;)
The Science Museum is cool and so is the natural History Museum, not been to the British Museum just yet...
Hope you're having a great time over here though!
Daz
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