SMX Seattle 2007

June 7, 2007

We just got back from Seattle after spending a great 3 days there at SMX. All I heard all over the place was what a great conference it was. From the hotel to the conference venue, it was really fantastic.

Danny Sullivan and his amazing team of coordinators really impressed the search world with this advanced conference. I think they also proved that size does matter. With about 500 attendees, it was really a quality group and the networking was a lot easier. Everyone was invited to the search engine parties, so it was really easy to see old friends and make new ones.

Sunday 6/3/07
We arrived at SeaTac to some nice weather and checked into the Fairmont. (I haven’t stayed at a Fairmont since SES San Francisco about 5 years ago.) At any rate, the Fairmont is a fabulous and luxurious hotel that really made us all feel like rockstars. We then headed over to the MSN party where we found out we could check in and get our passes. That was very convenient. The MSN party was a blast.

Monday 6/4/07
We headed over to the conference and sat in on the SEO Meet SEM session. The room was full, so we watched from the back row. The Q & A went on for awhile and it probably could’ve gone longer, but time ran out. The next session we sat in on had to do with personalized search. The banter back and forth on the panel was not only entertaining, but very informative. &psr=0

After dinner we headed over to the Google party. There was some girl there on roller skates, that was kind of weird. Anyway, we got to see Rand dance, so everyone was excited about that. Dax discovered that the beer he was drinking was non-alcoholic. I swear. Check out my flickr pictures below if you don’t believe me. So if you drank Beck’s all night and wondered why you didn’t even feel it, now you know. I didn’t drink the non-alcoholic stuff, as anyone who went out with me and my SEOH afterward can attest to. Enough about that.

Tuesday 6/5/07
My SEOH had his sessions today, so he was off to work while I stayed back and nursed a soar knee and a pounding headache. We later made it over to the SEOMoz party at Garage Billiards. We played pool and hung out. It was pretty mellow, but very fun. Chris Hooley brought a beer bong and while at first nobody would touch it, it didn’t take long. Even Rand gave it a whirl, but the outcome wasn’t pretty. Anyway, thanks Mozzers for the party.

I noticed that there were a lot of wives and girlfriends there. That’s pretty sweet. There’s a few potential SEOWife guest bloggers in the works, so check back for that.

See everyone in August at SES San Jose.

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