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Internet consultant Scott Hendison writes about technology, primarily search related.
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The Last SearchFest?
Okay, catchy headline, I’m guilty. It won’t be the last, but may very well be the best you’ll ever see, if you look at it logically… Regional conferences are showing up all over, dividing the time talent and energy of the conf...
Elite Retreat 2009 is History
This year’s Elite Retreat was every bit as good as last years, and again, i’m really glad I chose to attend. It was great to see some friends from last year, and I also met some really amazing new attendees. Once again, I feel like I le...
What would You Ask at Elite Retreat 2009?
I’m leaving this moring for Elite Retreat, and I’m writing this in the airport because my flight is delayed. It occurs to me that I may not be able to productively fill all of my “one on one” time. Have you looked at who’...
SearchFest 2009 - The Best Ever
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 Sea...
Elite Retreat 2009 - Only 1 Spot Left?
This year’s lineup at Elite Retreat promises to be another winner, and after Jeremy took my request to heart and invited Stephen Spencer to be a panelist, I couldn’t resist, and just signed up to attend again. Stephan (among other things...
Elite Retreat 2008 - Day 2
I showed up late for breakfast, at about 7:40, which was only 20 minutes before the day was supposed to begin. The buffet (again spectactular) was set up in the hall, so with my backpack over my shoulder, I made my plate, and went inside to try and ...
Elite Retreat 2008 - Day 1
The morning started out great with a buffet breakfast of rosemary potatoes, scrambled eggs, chicken apple sausage, thick sliced bacon, and an assortment of bagels and breakfast breads. I’m typically not a breakfast eater but I’ll never tu...
Wordpress Founder to Speak at Elite Retreat
As if I needed another reason to be glad I’m attending Elite Retreat this year, Shoemoney has announced that WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg is going to be speaking. I feel that I owe a lot of my personal and client success to my use of the be...
Pubcon 2008 - Back to November
I’ll be filling out my speaker proposal soon for Webmaster World Pubcon 2008, because the date has just been announced, and it’s being moved back to November. Maybe if I submit early I can get a topic more exciting than web hosting and SE...
Save $190 on Oregons Largest Search Marketing Event
There are approximately 72 hours remaining for you to obtain a ticket to SearchFest ‘08 at more than half off of the non-member door price. Here are the steps… Join SEMpdx Register for the early discount ticket BEFORE March 1st, 2008 B...
Elite Retreat Should Stomp Anything Else
In January of 2007 I joined StomperNet under the belief that I would get the personal attention of their world-class faculty. I assumed that for the nearly $10,000 I was going to pay for the year, I would not only learn everything I wanted to know, b...
Searchfest 2008 - Signup is Live
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 ...
Pubcon 2007 Nuggets
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 Blackbe...
SES This Week, Pubcon Next Week - The Plan
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. It only took me a minute at the SES website, b...
Party Like A Rockstar Winner… Everyone?
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,...
A Great Event for a Great Cause
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 becaus...
SES San Jose 2007 Nuggets of Knowledge
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...
Matt Cutts Attacks Graywolf After SES Session
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...
