User:Silvery

Hi, I'm Chris Silver Smith, a marketer, a writer, an artist and technologist. I also occasionally provide expert witness services in court cases involving internet technology, patents, social media, online marketing, trademark infringement, and defamation.

Welcome to my Wikipedia profile page!

I've contributed to Wikipedia for a number of years now. Some of the articles which I contributed to include:


 * James P. Blaylock - biographical info and particularly the bibliography
 * Cheap Street Press - info about small, expired rare books press (and also the Small press publishers Category)
 * Local Search Optimization - started/authored that article
 * Local search engines
 * Idearc Media - started/authored that article (since subsumed into Thryv, Inc.
 * Edward Gorey- contributions
 * Yellow Pages - contributions

My favorite article I added to Wikipedia is about the Gotham Book Mart - I'm particularly proud of that article due to how much research I put into composing the article from many authoritative references, and because of how notable and influential that independent book store was in Manhattan and worldwide. It was one of my favorite indie bookshops back in the day, and I have a lot of nostalgia around the few times I visited it.

Disclosure: In addition, I sometimes will provide my internet marketing clients with guidance and assistance regarding content affecting them in Wikipedia. In this respect, I'm currently representing:


 * Meredith Corporation

You can find more info about me at my homepage: Chris Silver Smith

I have been a frequent columnist for Search Engine Land and Marketing Land, and I have spoken at many internet marketing and tech conferences.

I also serve professionally as an SEO Expert Witness at times, and I served on some notable past cases including The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (The Academy Awards organization) v. Godaddy.com, Inc., Pension Funds v. Former Executives of R.H. Donnelley Corporation, PODS Enterprises, Inc. v. U-Haul International, Inc., Daniel Hegglin v. Google, Inc., Teamworks vs. Starbucks, Versace vs. Fashion Nova, and Kewazinga Corp. vs. Microsoft Corp..