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[Debra]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
P.R. Contact: Jeff Nelson
Media Relations Chair, SMA-NA
info@sma-na.org

Search Engine Marketing Association of North America launches new website and logo.

WILLIAMSBURG, VA [April 18, 2006] – The Search Engine Marketing Association – North America (SMA-NA) is proud to announce the launch of its new website and logo at www.sma-na.org.

The site has been completely redesigned and allows search engine marketing professionals the opportunity to stay connected by providing industry news, conference information, articles and a searchable member’s directory. The new corporate logo reflects the commitment the SMA-NA has to the development of a professional member organization for people involved in search engine marketing.

“The launch of our new website is the result of a four month effort by Ben Pfeiffer, Internet Services Chairman and his service committee” said Ian McAnerin, President of the SMA-NA. “The new SMA-NA website has been designed as a portal to resources, news and information; it reflects our commitment and support of individuals working in the field of search engine marketing. We look forward to its continued development.”

Lucid Crew, a media design firm based in Austin, Texas was responsible for the website and logo design.

About the SMA-NA
The SMA-NA is an association for people and companies involved in the study, promotion and practice of Search Engine Marketing. Our principal roles are:

• To provide members with leading Search Engine Marketing information and resources.
• To provide educational opportunities.
• To work toward making Search Engine Marketing a respected medium by establishing standards and guidelines.

For additional information please review our website located at: www.sma-na.org. For specific questions or media relations, please contact Jeff Nelson by calling (403) 410-3803 or by emailing him at info@sma-na.org.

[projectphp]

Looks awesome as well!

[Debra]

Thank you Michael. It was a HUGE labor of love but we're very happy with the way it came out. Couple things still need tweaking but overall, it's up and running!

We're using TextPattern as our CMS, it's pretty cool and easy to use, heck even I can do it!

[qwerty]

Debra, I sent you and Ian a PM about a few things on the site that I thought needed tweaking, but it looks like neither of you has read it yet. I bet both of your mailboxes are full

[Phoenix]

qwerty,

You can also PM me about the suggestions. I am in charge of website development for SMA-NA and will see to the changes.

Ben P.

[qwerty]

Cool. It'll be in your box in a minute.

[mcanerin]

Hmm, I guess I should have read this thread before replying to the PM and forwarding the info... LOL

But feedback is good. I've never worked on any site that didn't need a tweak here and there, but we'd like to minimize them asap.

Ian

[Deeves]

Looks great!

But.

lol..

The site is barely optimized.

[SearchRank]

From what I understand, they already have a short list of candidates (who are members) that will contribute an optimization effort to the site. So it is forthcoming, not forgotten.

[mcanerin]

>Barely optimized

This is true - we haven't even begun optimization yet. What you see is an out-of the-box search friendly CMS, and that's pretty much it.

We are planning on "walking the walk" and setting out "best practice" techniques, then, once we have agreed on them, implement them

The first and last quarter of the year is very busy for most SEO's, including us, but now that summer is here you should see a lot more changes and updates.

One thing I will guarantee - I'll be showing this thread to the rest of the exec at our meeting later

Ian