{"id":1021,"date":"2009-02-03T15:56:49","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T22:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:21:18","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:21:18","slug":"searchfest-2009-the-best-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/general-interest\/searchfest-2009-the-best-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"SearchFest 2009 &#8211; The Best Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Believe it or not, the board of SEMpdx has been getting a number of emails asking us where to register for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.searchfest.org\" target=\"_blank\">SearchFest 2009<\/a>, coming up in March.<\/p>\n<p>So,  I figured I would take a minute to point out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sempdx.org\/Events\/?launch_pg=EventPage&amp;launch_sel=1000224&amp;launch_pg_sp=true&amp;title=SearchFest+2009\" target=\"_blank\"> SearchFest registration<\/a>,  as well as the entire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sempdx.org\/Events\/SearchFest-09\/searchfest-09-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\">SearchFest 2009 agenda<\/a>, and a link to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sempdx.org\/Events\/SearchFest-09\/searchfest-09-sponsors\/\" target=\"_blank\">sponsors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s event promises to be the best ever, with a lineup of speakers including:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022    Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Land<br \/>\n\u2022    Rand Fishkin, SEOmoz<br \/>\n\u2022    Vanessa Fox, Nine by Blue<br \/>\n\u2022    Marshall Simmonds, New York Times<br \/>\n\u2022    Neil Patel, ACS SEO<br \/>\n\u2022    Riona MacNamara, Google<br \/>\n\u2022    Laura Lippay, Yahoo<br \/>\n\u2022    Matt McGee, Small Business SEM<br \/>\n\u2022    Greg Hartnett, Best of the Web<\/p>\n<p>and many more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I will be moderating two sessions myself, including SEO For WordPress, and SEO for Bloggers and copywriters.<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon on March 10, 2009,  so what are you waiting for?  Go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sempdx.org\/Events\/?launch_pg=EventPage&amp;launch_sel=1000224&amp;launch_pg_sp=true&amp;title=SearchFest+2009\" target=\"_blank\">register now<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Believe it or not, the board of SEMpdx has been getting a number of emails asking us where to register for SearchFest 2009, coming up in March. So, I figured I would take a minute to point out the SearchFest registration, as well as the entire SearchFest 2009 agenda, and a link to our sponsors. 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