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SEMMYS: where was Europe?
SEM News Source: http://www.searchcowboys.com
Published: Feb 10, 2009 - 02:04 am
Story Found By: JonMyers 1203 Days ago
Category: SEM
Last week the Semmys were awarded. In no less than 18 categories winners were picked who wrote this year’s best posts in search engine marketing. But only two of the 18 winners were Europeans?
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from tomcritchlow 1202 Days ago #
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I don’t have stats but I know that lots of european folks were nominated. Distilled alone had 3 or 4 nominations across multiple categories.

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from rishilakhani 1202 Days ago #
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I guess the question also needs to be asked - how many Europeans took active part in the voting?

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from evilgreenmonkey 1202 Days ago #
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Maybe they’re too busy making money doing real SEO ;o)

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from JonMyers 1202 Days ago #
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Thanks Guys all great comments and well done to Distilled on all the nominations there were some great European posts! @ Rishil - there were also some great judges that reviewed the posts that can be seen on the Semmys website http://www.semmys.org/category/offseason/, some of the best out there.

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from BasvdBeld 1202 Days ago #
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Hi all, thanks for the Sphinns and the comments! Yes, there were some European nominees Tom, quite some good ones actually. Though there were over a hundred nominees in total :).Point is I think Europeans could be visible more than now is the case. In general Europeans seem to be less prominent. Not all of them, but in general. I think they should step forward more.I think Rishil makes a good point. Part of the voting was public. How many Europeans actually voted? So not the judges, but the public.Jon, thanks for the sphinning :)

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from ChelseaBlacker 1202 Days ago #
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nice find Sir Myers!

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from DaveDavis 1202 Days ago #
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Nominated but didn’t even vote for myself. Think I’ll agree with Rob here. :)

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from JoshuaSciarrino 1202 Days ago #
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Do I sense the Search Cowboys are going to have a European "Semmy-like" awards? :D<div></div><div></div><div>Maybe call it the ’wild west SEO showdown’ or something. :) Makes good for link bait, builds on the niche of your domain (uk SEO’s...).</div><div></div><div></div><div>Just a thought. :)</div>

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from janecopland 1202 Days ago #
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What Rob said.

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from johnandrews 1202 Days ago #
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Only 2 of 18 awards? Geesh.. and you have thousands of years more experience than we do here in the states (we only started this country in 1776).You Europeans need to work harder. Maybe take fewer mid-day naps? Watch less soccer? 

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from Sebastian 1200 Days ago #
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Make that 3: http://www.semmys.org/2009/search-tech-2009-winner/ 

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from johnandrews 1199 Days ago #
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Congrats Sebastian... you had my vote(s). Oh, and my comment above was sarcastic...even the use of the word "soccer" instead of football/futbol. 

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from Sebastian 1199 Days ago #
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Thanks John, I understood and voted it up.

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