Search Engine Strategies 2007 Toronto Archives

Tomorrow, June 12, is the beginning of the two-day Search Engine Strategies conference in Toronto. Because there are no public parties that Andrew Goodman has heard about, he instead has posted a customized Google SearchCrawl 2007 map in the Search Engine Watch Forums.

I was a bit worried that any impromptu plan might result in (a) people just going to something lame within steps of the conference hotel; (b) everyone trying to descend at once upon a single venue. So, I’m going to suggest this “route” of five places to try, or if you want, a menu of choices. That way you’re sure to bump into other SES folks.

Proposed methodology: start at the first place, and proceed, at the recommended time or a time of your choosing. Or, start at the second or third place. This should introduce enough randomness that no one venue will be overwhelmed with searchies.

The map shows a number of Toronto venues, including the Purple Pepper Cafe, Wayne Gretzky's, Crocodile Rock, and Corned Beef House.

By the way, Barry and I will not be going to SES Toronto, but we may have conference coverage, so stay tuned!

Forum discussion continues at Search Engine Watch Forums.

Next month is a pretty busy month for conferences. Week after week, we have conferences to attend most of the month. The Search Engine Roundtable will have representatives at each conference, covering the sessions live for you.

The first conference is SMX Advanced in Seattle on June 4th & 5th. Both Tamar and I will be attending and covering the conference. I wrote more about this conference at Danny's First Search Marketing Expo Coming!

The second conference is SES Toronto in Canada on June 12th & 13th. This is the first time I am not personally covering SES Toronto in two years. Carolyn Shelby will be covering this conference and we may add more reporters to this event (if you are interested, let me know).

The third conference is SES Latino in Miami on June 18th & 19th. Last year I covered the kick off of Nacho's SES Latino. You can see our 2006 SES Latino coverage to get an idea on the niche this conference fulfills. Carolyn Shelby will be covering this conference and we may add more reporters to this event (if you are interested, let me know).

Carolyn Shelby (aka cshel) will be our "Conference Reporter" for as long as she loves doing it, since she has done such an excellent job at SES NY 07.

FYI - if you are going to SES Toronto from USA, you probably will need a passport. In the past you did not, but I think there is a new rule, so don't forget it.

Also, if you want to see my personal conference checklist for the upcoming events, see my personal blog.

Forum discussion at Search Engine Watch Forums.