Ever wonder how Portent came to be? Want to know the secret to our success is? How does Portent feel about hookers? What do Cybermen think about Portent? You’re in luck, because we created an infographic that will answer these questions and more. Click image for full size.

Around 4PM on a Friday afternoon, Tracy called a meeting in his office to discuss the Portent rebrand. I had been given the privilege of creating art for the category pages of our new site, but no one had mentioned what the art should be, except for Elizabeth who wanted PPC to be represented by [...]

There are some films you can go your entire life without seeing. These are not those films. If you don’t know your A,B,S from your A,B,Cs, I am here to help. Many of these movies are available on the Netflix Instant Watch, so you can pump this steaming hot knowledge directly into your nucleus accumbens. [...]

It’s well known that attractive people are thought to be smarter and nicer, but it doesn’t stop there. Today the Portent Interactive SEO team discovered a new search engine ranking factor: site owner attractiveness. “We’ve been noticing some strange movements in the rankings recently.”  Said Portent SEO Specialist Matthew Gratt, “We couldn’t figure out what [...]

Topeka, formerly Google, added 100 new ranking factors today increasing the known total to 300. Google, I mean Topeka, has always been secretive about their organic search ranking algorithm, but during various outings to Google’s, uh Topeka’s, Mountain View headquarters we managed to cobble together a short list of new ranking factors by reading the [...]

A Horror Story by Evan Fishkin Recently, I’ve been asked a lot of questions about PubCon, (which is one fantastic search marketing conference!), but just one keeps repeating: “Why Evan, would you let Matt Cutts shave your ‘Curls of Righteousness’?” (witness the horror) For the hungry masses, yearning for answers to questions so long contemplated, [...]

Check out Portent Interactive’s own Evan Fishkin at PubCon 2009 in Las Vegas, NV. Evan’s head was shaved by Google’s Matt Cutts due to a lost bet. Evan bet Matt that no one would submit a spam site to Google’s interactive site review. Clearly, someone did. “You can take my hair, but you can never [...]

Today’s the day! Yes, you will jump off the high platform into the deep blue Internet below. All you know for sure is: the water is cold, and you can only hold your breath for 11 seconds. Don’t worry, it’s not as bad as the time we made you waltz on a floor of glass [...]

We came to work this morning, and the other half of the stairway was built! Race you to the top?

We’re sorry. The Jenga escalator is broken. You’ll have to take the stairs. Watch your step! Stay tuned for the next Jenga creation!