Damien Bianchi

Damien Bianchi is a Regional Director of Client Strategy at GSI. Damien started his career in web design and development more than a decade ago working with large interactive agencies in Portland, OR. This included working as a Flash Developer and managing a large Flash Development team which specialized in developing Interactive experiences for Fortune 500 clients on a global scale, including Microsoft, Harley Davidson, Nike, and Avon, adidas, and Intel. This experience propelled him into becoming a team leader that specialized in building and managing interactive teams as an Interactive Director. Damien’s biggest asset is his knowledge of what is possible and what it takes to get there, combined with the ability to translate that into business terminology. In his current consulting role, he helps Enterprise clients understand how Search fits into the marketing mix. He is leading the Search strategy and the development of Search programs in over 25 countries for Cisco and continues to consult on Flash best practices with clients and agencies.

Rich Internet Applications (Flash, AJAX, etc.) and Search is an ever-evolving topic. If this is something that interests you, GSI can offer guidance on this topic in the following areas:

• Consulting and Training with Content and Technical teams on best practices
• Site Audits
• Search Strategy and Methodologies

To see more about GSI’s services, start here

See some of Damien’s recent articles for Adobe:

Search Optimization for Rich Internet Applications:
This article is intended for anyone involved in the strategy and creation of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). Ensuring that an RIA can be recognized and indexed by the Search Engines is a critical step that is often forgotten. We’ll help you integrate Search into the planning stages and production cycle and provide techniques you can use today to make sure your RIA is “search friendly”. Read Article

Search Optimization Checklist for RIAs:
Use this quick reference guide to help you integrate Search into the planning stages and production cycles you will encounter when developing RIAs. Read Article

Flash Version Checking Protocol:
Putting road blocks on your site that block Search Engines from crawling your SWF Content is a surprisingly common practice. It’s important to ensure that all of the detection scripts you are using to check browser compatibility and the Adobe Flash Player Version are following best practices. Use these techniques to ensure that Search Engines can walk in your web site’s front door. Read Article

If you are attending the SXSW Interactive Festival, please join Damien and GSI at a Flash & SEO Tweetup - http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2125744

You can follow Damien on Twitter - http://twitter.com/DamoB

GSI also collaborates with the Flash/SEO community at - http://twitter.com/FlashSEO