CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
See below for explanation of 4 STAR RATED!, NEW! & other notations |
Monday, August 7, 2006 |
8:00am - 9:00am |
Morning Coffee |
Time |
Fundamentals Track |
Stats & Research Track |
Social Search Track |
Advanced Advertising Track |
ClickZ Track |
9:00am - 10:15am |
Introduction To Search Engine Marketing
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Basic |
Searcher Behavior Research Update
4 STAR RATED!
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Advanced |
Social Search Overview
NEW!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Advanced |
Compare & Contrast: Ad Program Strategies
NEW!
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Advanced |
Online Video Advertising
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10:15am - 10:45am |
Morning Break |
10:45am - 12:00pm |
Search Term Research & Targeting
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Basic |
The Search Landscape
4 STAR RATED!
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Advanced |
Social Search: Up Close With Yahoo
NEW!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Advanced |
Does Demographic Targeting Matter?
NEW!
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Advanced |
Leveraging Social Media
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12:00pm - 1:30pm |
Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall \
Lunch With The Google Sitemaps Team
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1:30pm - 3:00pm |
Search Engine Friendly Design
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Basic |
Searchonomics: Serious & Fun Stats
4 STAR RATED!
NEW FOR SAN JOSE!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Social Search: Up Close With Google
NEW!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Advanced |
Branding & Search
NEW FOR SAN JOSE!
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Advanced |
Communicating With Customers
|
3:00pm - 3:30pm |
Afternoon Break |
3:30pm - 5:00pm |
Search Advertising 101
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Basic |
The Search Laboratories
NEW!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
SEM Via Communities, Wikipedia & Tagging
NEW FOR SAN JOSE!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Any |
Domaining & Address Bar-Driven Traffic
NEW!
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Advanced |
Multichannel Metrics
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 |
8:00am - 9:00am |
Morning Coffee |
Time |
Fundamentals Track |
Advertising Track |
Issues Track |
Public Relations Track |
Advanced Organic Track |
9:00am - 10:15am |
Fun With Dynamic Web Sites
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Any |
Creating Compelling Ads
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Any |
Auditing Paid Listings & Click Fraud Issues
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Advanced |
Reputation Monitoring & Management
4 STAR RATED!
NEW FOR SAN JOSE!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Can You Please Them All?
NEW!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Advanced |
10:15am - 11:15am |
Morning Break in the Exhibit Hall |
11:15am - 12:30pm |
Writing For Search Engines
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Basic |
Landing Page Testing & Tuning
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Any |
Search Arbitrage Issues
NEW!
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Advanced |
Blog & Feed Search SEO
4 STAR RATED!
NEW FOR SAN JOSE!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Any |
Duplicate Content & Multiple Site Issue
4 STAR RATED!
NEW FOR SAN JOSE!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Advanced |
11:45am - 1:15pm |
Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall |
12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunchtime Discussion: Yahoo's New Ad Platform |
1:15pm - 2:45pm |
Link Building Basics
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Any |
Search Ad Buyers Forum
4 STAR RATED!
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Advanced |
Search & Regulated Industries
NEW!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Advanced |
News Search SEO
4 STAR RATED!
NEW FOR SAN JOSE!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Any |
The Bot Obedience Course
NEW!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Advanced |
2:45pm - 3:30pm |
Afternoon Break in the Exhibit Hall |
3:30pm - 5:00pm |
Successful Site Architecture
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Any |
Meet The Search Ad Networks
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Advanced |
Search Engines: Friend Or Foe?
NEW!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Meet The Blog & Feed Search Engines
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Any |
Search Algorithm Research
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Advanced |
5:00pm - 6:00pm |
Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall |
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Wednesday, August 9, 2006 |
9:00am - 10:00am |
Morning Coffee in the Exhibit Hall |
10:00am - 10:45am |
A Conversation With Google CEO Eric Schmidt |
10:45am - 11:00am |
Session Interval |
Time |
Linking Track |
Retailer Track |
Small Is Beautiful Track |
In House Track |
Variety Pack Track |
11:00am - 12:15pm |
Linking Strategies
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Advanced |
Shopping Search Tactics
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Big Ideas For Small Sites & Small Budgets
NEW!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Big Site/ Big Brand SEM
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Speaking Unofficially: Search Engine Bloggers
NEW!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
12:15pm - 1:30pm |
Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall |
1:30pm - 2:45pm |
Buying & Selling Links
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Advanced |
Retailer SEM Tactics
NEW FOR SAN JOSE!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
SEM For Non-Profits & Charities
NEW!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
I'm My Worst Competition!
NEW!
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Any |
When Search Engines Do Search Marketing
NEW!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
2:45pm - 3:15pm |
Afternoon Break in the Exhibit Hall |
3:15pm - 4:30pm |
Link Baiting & Viral Search Success
NEW!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Advanced |
Retailer Forum
4 STAR RATED!
NEW FOR SAN JOSE!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Pricing & Contracts For The Small SEM Shop
NEW!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
In House Forum
4 STAR RATED!
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Usability & SEO: Two Wins For The Price Of One
NEW!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Any |
4:30pm - 4:45pm |
Session Interval |
4:45pm - 6:00pm |
NO SESSION |
Converting Visitors Into Buyers
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
NO SESSION |
The Vice Presidents Of Search Marketing
NEW!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Pimp My Site!
4 STAR RATED!
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Any |
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Thursday, August 10, 2006 |
8:00am - 9:00am |
Morning Coffee |
Time |
Organic Track |
Measuring Track |
Local & B2B Track |
Variety Pack Track |
Clinics Track |
9:00am - 10:15am |
Meet The Crawlers
4 STAR RATED!
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Any |
Web Analytics & Measuring Success
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Local Search Marketing Tactics
4 STAR RATED!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Search APIs
NEW!
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Advanced |
Site Clinic
4 STAR RATED!
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Any |
10:15am - 10:45am |
Morning Break |
10:45am - 12:00pm |
Search Engine Q&A; On Links
4 STAR RATED!
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Any |
Vendor Chat On Measuring Success
NEW!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
B2B Tactics
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Retaining Traffic After Moving Or Redesign
NEW!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Advanced |
Ad Copy & Landing Page Clinic
4 STAR RATED!
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Ads
SKILL: Any |
12:00pm - 12:30pm |
Snack Break |
12:30pm - 1:45pm |
Organic Listings Forum
4 STAR RATED!
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Advanced |
Search & Phone Calls
4 STAR RATED!
NEW FOR SAN JOSE!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
B2B Case Studies
NEW!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Balancing Organic & Paid Listings
NEW!
FOCUS: Both
SKILL: Any |
Site Clinic
4 STAR RATED!
FRESH CONTENT!
FOCUS: Organic
SKILL: Any |
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4 STAR RATED sessions are those that were evaluated as good or excellent by attendees at previous conferences.
NEW! are sessions not previously held at Search Engine Strategies or ones featuring substantially new content or changes from previous shows.
FRESH CONTENT! are sessions held at previous SES events but ones where the content constantly changes, covering new and different aspects of the session topic. If you've been to one of these sessions before, a second time won't be the same thing!
FOCUS: Search engines have both "organic listings" that are generally free in nature and "paid listings." Sessions with an ORGANIC focus are designed for those who wish to do better in "natural" or "organic" listings. Sessions with a AD focus deal especially with paid ad listings.
SKILL: BASIC sessions are especially suitable for those new to search engine marketing, though even advanced people might find them helpful. ADVANCED sessions are for those who already have some experience with search engine marketing. They are not designed for beginners. ANY sessions are those suitable for any skill level. They generally feature some introductory presentations, with more advanced topics covered during Q&A.;