SEMpxd SearchFest ’08 | What I learned, Heard, and Won

Posted • March 20, 2008 • 2 Comments

SEMpxd SearchFest ’08

• What I learned
• What I Heard
• What was Won

SEOmoz meets SEOPDX

Rebecca Kelley- Rand Fishkin – Gary Pool – Shirley de Rose

WOW! another SearchFest has come and gone.

And for you my faithful readers who have been trying to make sense out of my notes, have I got a deal for you! Even when I was in college I couldn’t make much sense out of my notes then either. Now you can download the actual PowerPoint presentations converted to PDF on the SEMpdx site.

This years was just fantastic Rand Fishkin was the Keynote Speaker. (Rand didn’t bring his famous yellow shoes. I really wanted a picture. He did say he would have them at SMX Social though.) I can’t wait until next year’s SEMpdx SearchFest ’09.

What I learned:

• The Six degrees of Kevin Bacon.
• 80% of the searches occur outside of the US.
• 20% of online users purchases were driven by offline channels.
• Japanese and German are time-tested pilot languages.
• The Benefits of Healthy and Vigorous Master Baiting.
• Google SERPs actually do have a page load time element
• Matt McGee’s wife got a client from posting a bunch of VHS videos on Freecycle.

What I Heard:

• Comments on how good the food was.
• How great the breakfast was especially at a GEEK event.
• Scott Hendison complaining about not wanting to stick a pin in his shirt.(Scott did commit his support for next year – as the lanyard / name tag sponsor
• Scott Hendison complaining about having to wait while they drew his beer from a tap.

What was Won:

• Rob Hegemann of Hydrabrush.com won the Search Engine Academy Pass.
• Denise Hampton of Charlton Engle Marketing won the Innotech Pass.
• Ken Whiteman of Hitchsource won the Internet Strategy Forum Summit Pass.
• Tim Williams of Vivace Interactive won 2 passes to the CCI Enterprises Poker Tourney.
• Debra Paynter of Infocus won a pass to Inverge.
• David Mihm won the SEMpdx hat…
• Gary Pool, Yes Me! I won the pass to SMX Social Media, April 22 & 23, Long Beach, CA – $1195 value! This two-day event will get me up to speed on social media and how to engage communities at social media sites.

Thanks SEMpdx SearchFest ’08,
gary pool

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