May 2006
Building One Dream at a Time!
No, that’s not our tag line (although it could describe our work of building custom Web sites). It’s the tag line of Pageantry Communities of Washington, one of our Web development clients. Pageantry develops residential communities and came to us for a re-design of their site and development of data based features to support search and display of their growing list of communities, homes and floor plans.
We created a new design to replace their aging site and integrated the entire site with the Adhost Content Management System. This system provides Pageantry control of their information and room to grow. Initial response has been so enthusiastic that Pageantry is considering migrating their other regions into the new site. Check it out at http://pageantrynw.com/.
We have a new system for tracking Support phone calls. When you call Adhost Support at 206-404-9500 with a support issue, you will be given a ticket number for that issue to use for future reference. In addition, you will receive an email confirming the ticket was opened by one of our staff. You may respond to this ticket via email if you have any further questions or additional information to provide regarding the issue.
Search Engine Watch Live! On Friday, May 19th, from 12:30pm - 5pm, a special Search Engine Watch Live! event will be hosted at the Hotel Monaco in Seattle. This informal, half-day event offers attendees the opportunity to meet Search Engine Watch editorial staff, Search Engine Strategies speakers, and members of the Search Engine Watch community in person, network with local peers, discuss the hottest topics and latest news in the search industry. This event features a special appearance by Search Engine Watch's own Founder and Editor, Danny Sullivan.
SEW LIVE! is a terrific networking opportunity for SEO consultants and SEM firms, interactive agencies and in-house search marketing managers in the Seattle area. For more information and to register, visit http://www.jupiterevents.com/sewlive/may06/registration.html
Microsoft adCenter On May 4 Microsoft launched the Microsoft adCenter in the U.S. The adCenter allows advertisers to bid on key words on the MSN search engine. For the past few months the adCenter has been in beta testing with a limited number of advertisers. Now anyone can register for an adCenter account. This also means that Microsoft will no longer be displaying sponsored ads from Yahoo’s pay-per-click service. For more information, visit http://advertising.msn.com/microsoft-adcenter.
Silicon Mechanics in Seattle has been our
preferred local hardware vendor for five years. We love their service
plus the fact that they stand behind their equipment. Now we have
another reason to admire them. They recently donated $3,000 to cover
the living expenses of a local kidney donor after they read a story in
the Seattle Times about the donor trying to raise the money on eBay.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002941364_transplant20m.htm
