Searchfest 2008, Oregon’s annual search marketing conference will be held on Monday, March 10, 2008, at the Oregon Zoo’s Cascade Crest Banquet Center.
We’ve now got the prices posted, the sign-up form live, and I’m sorry, but it’s already too late for you to be the first person to sign up…
I skipped a lot of Pubcon sessions this year, either because I was working on my presentation, or because there just wasn’t anything appealing to me at the moment. I did take notes during many of the sessions, but since I always keep my Blackberry on my hip, I also try to write down and remember the really good things I overhear in passing.
I was packing this afternoon for my trip to Los Angeles for the local search engine strategies conference, and it occurred to me that I hadn’t even planned out my session attendance for either one.
How lame is it that Microsoft chose “Party like a rock star” as the theme of their Webmaster World party this year?
Shoemoney (Jeremy Shoemaker) ran a contest he called, “Party like a rock star” paying the airfare, hotel bill, conference admission, and %400 cash for one lucky winner, and he got quite a few entries, quite a bit of blog buzz, and created a pretty good thing, in my opinion. (Yesterday he announced his winner, which was Laura Martin)
Unfortunately, I won’t be attending the SMX social media event in new York city next week, and now I’m even more disappointed.
I don’t think I’ve ever regretted not going to a specific event so much before, and not just because I’m missing great content, but because this is a great way to spend an evening in support of a good cause.
I’ve now gone through my Search Engine Strategies conference book, and pulled out the most relevant points that I had written down, with the thought of making a quick blog post called “SES Nuggets of Knowledge”.
I always like to do this because it gives me a quick refresher on the overwhelming amount of information I get after attending any conference, as I begin to apply what I’ve learned to my own website and to those of my clients.
After what many are calling the best SES session, Matt Cutts was caught on camera physically expressing his feelings about the way he was treated, as he attempted to strangle Graywolf!
During his portion of the session, Michael Gray attacked Google pretty viciously, but did so in a methodical and logical way that was nearly impossible to disagree with.
I arrived in San Jose too early to check into my room, so I dropped my stuff at my hotel and walked over to the Marriott. As I walked in, I saw a familiar face walking out.
