Going To SEO Roadshow In London Sept 18?

[rcjordan]

MODERATOR NOTE: This thread was split from List Groups Holding SEO Conferences & Tradeshows Here (http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?t=1238).

>I attended BarCon 1 in Irvine ...does that count?

Sure. If you've managed to survive that long, you deserve a beer at the Citte of Yorke.


> three professionals from this field sitting in a Denny's off of Route 66 constitutes a "conference"

That's been my experience. Some of the best let-me-talk-this-idea-through sessions are that way. The SEO events themselves are primarily for motivation and networking. I find that I don't get the time to go in-depth on the subjects I'm interested in while at the event, but I do pick up clues as to who might be in the know in that field and set up contact opportunities for use later.


re seoroadshow: We've been getting quite a few queries as to whether this is strictly a blackhat event --let's just say that we don't discriminate. We're as interested in the success of using a script to post blue pill links in blogs as we are the latest legitimate on-page seo. Either way, there's something to be learned.

[dannysullivan]

re seoroadshow: We've been getting quite a few queries as to whether this is strictly a blackhat event
No doubt because the event web site says in order to attend, "If you think you should have received an invite contact any well-known *****hat and have them speak to the management."

Seriously -- what's the deal on the show. Can anyone simply turn up or do you really need to have an invite?

[NFFC]

>If you think you should have received an invite contact any well-known *****hat

Same number of ***** for White or Black :)

>Seriously -- what's the deal on the show. Can anyone simply turn up or do you really need to have an invite?

Its an invite only event but in an inclusive way. The core invites were made initially from the organisers, initially to people they know and trust on a personal level. Those invitees can then invite others, which is what will be happening this week. Think Gmail as a model.

That way everybody who is there will have a "friend", nobody should feel left out and ultimately everybody "knows" everybody else, in a Kevin bacon kind of way.

>Can anyone simply turn up

Sure, as long as they know somebody who is there. Thats the other side of the invite coin, in some ways the inviter acts as the sponsor of their attendees and takes a certain level of responsilbilty for ensuring that everybody gets the best from the event.

Its not a conference as such, more a meeting of "friends", and in a link driven search landscape you need as many friends as you can get.

[rustybrick]

I wish seoroadshow was on a different day. :(

Looks like it will be loads of fun.

Nothing like hanging out with SEOs. This way we can have real life like boxing matches, instead of this virtual stuff. :D

[WilliamC]

I wish seoroadshow was on a different day. :(

Looks like it will be loads of fun.

Nothing like hanging out with SEOs. This way we can have real life like boxing matches, instead of this virtual stuff. :D

Too true :)

[Elisabeth]

Nothing like hanging out with SEOs. This way we can have real life like boxing matches, instead of this virtual stuff. :D

yes, but in real life, those very same SEOs/webmasters with differences of opinion debate them in a professional way, rather than dipping below the belt. :D

[Jill Whalen]

Will this be coming to other cities in the future? And if so, who would I have to sleep with to get my invite? :eek:

[Joseph Morin]

That would be me...

wait what was this about again?

[Jill Whalen]

Oh please, Joe. For you, I'd have to get in line. Don't think I don't notice all the babes hangin' with you at every conference! :o

[Joseph Morin]

ROFLMAO

Thats just my 'network'

[rustybrick]

yes, but in real life, those very same SEOs/webmasters with differences of opinion debate them in a professional way, rather than dipping below the belt. :D

Even when drunk? :confused:

[Elisabeth]

Even when drunk? :confused:

Ok, ok... so there was that one fistfight recently....

But, it WAS the first one one I've seen or heard of at a seo/webmaster conference.

[seobook]

Ok, ok... so there was that one fistfight recently....

But, it WAS the first one one I've seen or heard of at a seo/webmaster conference.

I try to keep a can of mace on me just in case

[Dodger]

I try to keep a can of mace on me just in case

I hope you don't hit below the belt with that stuff! :eek:

SEOroadshow.com - be there, or be square...

Does your tagline constitute an invite Aaron?

If so, don't tell anyone ... I got some sleeping around to do first! :D

[seobook]

Does your tagline constitute an invite Aaron?
actually it is more of an indication that I am square (http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/assets/product/0618083782.gif)

[WilliamC]

yes, but in real life, those very same SEOs/webmasters with differences of opinion debate them in a professional way, rather than dipping below the belt. :D

That is because most of them are only he-men on the boards. Personally I think it would be fun to setup some sanctioned boxing matches between some SEO's :)

[seobook]

That is because most of them are only he-men on the boards.
Personally I think it would be fun to setup some sanctioned boxing matches between some SEO's :)
we all have our own strengths :)

[Jill Whalen]

Ok, ok... so there was that one fistfight recently....


Really? I didn't hear about that!

Were they fighting over you (http://www.highrankings.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=9&pos=15)?

[Affiliate Program Manager]

Are we talking about a fight during a radio interview?

[rcjordan]

No doubt because the event web site says in order to attend, "If you think you should have received an invite contact any well-known *****hat and have them speak to the management."

Seriously -- what's the deal on the show. Can anyone simply turn up or do you really need to have an invite?

>Same number of ***** for White or Black

Oh Danny, now you've gone and hurt my feelings by making the assumption that ***** = black. I may never get over being publicly maligned in the industry's top forum, you know how sensitive I am, hhh!

Well, I guess you could turn up on the doorstep (hey, Salisbury isn't all that far away) and count on getting in on your rep, but let me be be gracious and formally invite you to join us.

[Affiliate Program Manager]

Just tell them at the door that your looking to buy some home improvement items.

[dannysullivan]

Oh Danny, now you've gone and hurt my feelings by making the assumption that ***** = black. I may never get over being publicly maligned in the industry's top forum, you know how sensitive I am, hhh!
I did feel bad after NFFC pointed out it could go either way!
let me be be gracious and formally invite you to join us.
I'll buy you a drink to make up for having done serious damage to your reputation. 90 percent sure I can make it, but got to check with my better half about skipping out on a Saturday :)

[rcjordan]

Bring her.

[dannysullivan]

She comes, then so do our 3 and 5 year olds. They're not quite ready to get into all this SEO stuff...thought I'd give them until they were 8 or so.

[rcjordan]

Ditch the kids. Come on Friday. Trust me on this.

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No sponsors, no booths, no expo ....so we're not going to worry SES conference planners any time soon, hhh.

[Marcia]

>>Don't think I don't notice all the babes hangin' with you at every conference!
>>Thats just my 'network'

Something like the Godfather and his Ho Train?

[Joseph Morin]

Hey hey, we're talking about SEO women here...

[Marcia]

>>SEO

And I'm talking WWF. I've noticed some striking similarities between the two industries. :D

[Joseph Morin]

Hmmm...I'll have to give you that one.

[Nick W]

>No sponsors, no booths, no expo

RC, who is paying for the beer?

[rcjordan]

>who is paying

Same poor seors that covered the (Dominiques?) tab in Boston. Smoke-filled rooms just seem to be the environment we like best for seo/aff discussions.

[Nick W]

>>smoke filled room

ahhhhh.....

You'll have to have one for me RC, im stuck in denmark :(

Conferences have never done it for me, i've worked in a few different areas and its always the same: The real business gets done at the bar. Or at the least the real fun is had at the bar ;-)

Nick

[rcjordan]

>stuck in denmark

So I heard, but your excuse was (marginally) acceptable. Sorry you can't make it ...CMS, as it has been for the last 2 years, is going to be a hot topic.

[Nick W]

>>marginally

hehee, personally i think having a baby due in Dec is a p*** poor excuse for not attending the permire networking event in seo ;)

the two pubcons I went too were fantastic (boston less than the previous london one), i wont miss the next one even if it's held in paraguay!

Nick

[I, Brian]

Send me an invite and I might buy in a round. :)

(Or have I already been invited and simply become confused?)

:)

[Jill Whalen]

Brian, first you have to sleep with Joe...

And Danny, I can understand why you don't want the kids to get into SEO quite yet, but shouldn't you at least be getting them into drinking shape? ;)

[I, Brian]

Brian, first you have to sleep with Joe...


I'm not allowed to buy anyone a drink unless I sleep with them first? Isn't that sort of the reverse of normal procedure? ;)

[massa]

I'm not sure I'm following this thread closely enough to understand the invite procedure, but with no exhibitors I would love to attend if invited and I can work out the travel details in time. As long as I don't have to admit to being a spammer to get a free beer or something.

[NFFC]

Mr Massa needs no invite but take this as a formal one.

RC was supposed to invite you, I will call a board meeting and have him carpeted. ;)

[4eyes]

I am certainly going to be there - wouldn't miss it for anything.

Trying to arrive early on the 17th (maybe even late on the 16th)

There is a lot to discuss at the bar, and 2 days just isn't long enough to do it in. The savvy guys arrive early and leave late ;)

[Andy]

I will be there.

[rcjordan]

BTW, NFFC & I have a little wager as to the attendance; £1 a person, nearest guess takes the pot. I estimate 70, he says 125.

[littleman]

I will be there -- nothing like the real thing!

Someone is actually putting the pub back into pubconferencing. :)

[NFFC]

Its a brave man who bets with the guy who holds the attendees list.

I think I will buy a new shirt with the winnings.

[rustybrick]

I hear rumors that your selling the attendee list to the local pubs in the area. Is that true? :D

[rcjordan]

>rumors that your selling the attendee list to the local pubs in the area

Have someone tell you the story about the Islington ringing up their bar sales. Anyone who's familiar with this non-venue venue knows that the real seo/aff action takes place at the hotel. (Note 4eyes saying that he's checking in 2 days early.)

BTW, Louise & I will be there on Thursday.

[mivox]

putting the pub back in pubconferencing

No kidding! SEOroadshow is now the ONLY competitor in the "PowerPoint-Free Networking Conference" arena (and that is the only kind of conference I've ever been able to stand). ;)

I'll be there a couple of days early as well. It's well worth it.

[Mike Grehan]

I'll buy you a drink to make up for having done serious damage to your reputation. 90 percent sure I can make it, but got to check with my better half about skipping out on a Saturday :)

Yes, I did get the secret handshake by email some little while ago... so I'll be there too! Madame Kalashnikov (my wife) may even venture there with me!

I think the invitation for Danny and I to stand on the bar and do our duet of Tom Jones' classic "You can keep your hat on" is well worth a trip from the States for anyone thinking aout it! :cool:

[Adrian]

As per RC's caveats, I'm posting that I'll be there :P Though I'll be catching the train across saturday morning and then playing rapid catch up with the drinking? :D

Can someone please inform the relevant establishments they will likely need extra Jack Daniels ;)

[sugarkane]

Original-style Pubcon here I come. Arriving Friday lunchtime-ish

[NFFC]

>Can someone please inform the relevant establishments they will likely need extra Jack Daniels

Done :)

[Torben]

I'll be there and represent the Vikings (and semi-vikings like Nick_w ;-) ).

I wouldn't miss the real pubconference for anything.

[MrMackin]

>story about the Islington ringing up their bar sales

Those 2 bartenders almost had a heart attack!!!

>putting the pub back in pubconferencing

IT WAS NEVER GONE

"someone" just tried to replace pub with "publisher"
Yanks are soooo politically correct....

************************************************** ***
This is a gathering that encourages free flow networking.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner meetings precede & follow.

************************************************** ****
I'm flying in via Ireland to have a beer in London.
Want to meet up?

[mivox]

>putting the pub back in pubconferencing

IT WAS NEVER GONE

Good thing SEOroadshow came along to pick up the banner though, or it would have gone the way of the dinosaurs. ;)

[littleman]

"someone" just tried to replace pub with "publisher"
Great line, made me laugh.

[rcjordan]

Welcome home, MISTER Mackin.

http://www.pandia.com/sw-2001/42-pubconference.html

[pmac]

Really in the dumper about not being able to make it. :(

[searchengineblog.com]

Yes, if I can shift my travel plans forward a few weeks. Trying....really....trying....

[ukgimp]

Me too, you cant pass these things up

[Felix]

I think this is going to be the SEO event of the year, wonderful to see pubcon going back to its roots. Arrive early stay late!

[MakeMeTop]

Well, looks like quite a party - see you there in the hotel on the Friday (can't make Thursday).

Mr. Mackin - in Ireland? Where and when?

[massa]

Which hotel?

Please anywhere but Novotel.

Far too many drunken women exposing their breasts at that bar.

[MrMackin]

RAMADA Hyde Park (http://www.ramadajarvis.co.uk/hoverview.asp?id=476&hotelID=6)

[SEGuru]

Wish I could make it guys...but Brandy and I are going on Holiday! I haven't had a break in 5 years now, so its time. BVI's anyone?

Hope you guys have a great time. Hope to be at SES in Stockholm.

[mivox]

Brandy and I are going on Holiday!

Fine excuse... a PubCon is a holiday! ;)

[DrCool]

Bottom line: This will be THE event of the year. If you don't go you are a loser.

Unfortunatly I will have to classify myself as a loser on this one. Way too much on the plate right now. I tried clearing my schedule but it just couldn't happen. I will probably just spend that weekend holed up in a closet crying and feeling sorry for myself that I couldn't make it. It doesn't get any better than sitting in a bar with Mackin, RC, and NFFC (and some of the rest of you as well).

[Nick W]

Maybe we should set up an irc channel for us poor b'stards that cant make it eh DrCool? ;)

We can all cry into our pints together.... hehe

Nick

[mivox]

I've already volunteered to drink a few pints for those unfortunates who can't make it. I'll go the distance and cry in them for you as well. No need to leave a job half done. ;)

(With friends like me, who needs a hangover?)

[Nick W]

ahhhhh....

thx mivox, you're a sweetie!

Nick

[mivox]

I do try. :)

[I, Brian]

The savvy guys arrive early and leave late ;)
No, that's just the drunks. :)

[4eyes]

No, that's just the drunks.

Not me mate - can't get drunk - diabetic

I get there early to make sure I can be present when those that ARE drunk spill the beans ;)

[NFFC]

Well, we sold the hotel out http://www.ramadajarvis.co.uk/hoverview.asp?id=476&hotelID=6 although some of the late booking sites may hold a few rooms.

The area has a lot of hotels though, all very close together. A search for "hotels W2" may yield some good alternatives.

[sugarrae]

I couldn't clear the schedule enough to go - gonna miss hanging out with you guys - and mivox - I'm asking to make sure you were carried to your room to be sure you were drinking for me ;). Yep, Dr. Cool, I'll be home banging my head into a wall as well. ;)

[I, Brian]

Hotel was showing as booked last time I looked - so it looks like I'll have to book a same-day place on the 06:19 train to London, and hope I can find the darn pub before everyone leaves. :)

[NFFC]

Still some rooms here http://www.comfortinn-hydepark.co.uk/homecft.htm a few roadshowers staying there already, less than 500 yards away from the Ramada.

[rcjordan]

YEOW! Two hotels?

OK, a couple of things:

#1 - We've been getting requests to sponsor. (It should be noted that David Cecil of searchenginecommando.com was, as with the original pubconference, one of the first to show an interest in commercial support.) While we're not doing the business booth rentals, this IS a networking conference and commercial tools/scripts are more than welcome to come self-promote. However, the 'rules of engagement' are a bit different:
- Any way you can promote while "standing on the floor" is fair game. Use logo shirts, wear sandwich boards, hand out swag, etc. FINE BY US.
- Merchants/vendors should be prepared to network, NO BOOTHS, NO TABLES, you are limited to what you can carry on your person. This is hand-to-hand combat, of sorts. No advantage of upper ground.
- Merchants/vendors do NOT have to pay any fees, they DO have to add value to the SEOroadshow.

#2 - We need MORE programmers. So consider this an open call to freelance codeheads.

[mivox]

Another hotel (http://www.stayaway.com/cgi/info.cgi?chain=LM&pid=4008&start_count=1&guid=1093555569.2854.466594.745711522&proximity=0.2&location=W2%204RT) in the area. Good prices for that weekend.

[MrMackin]

What is the name of that STUFF David brings with him? ;)

[mivox]

You mean the Makers Mark? ;)

[rcjordan]

Maker's Mark. Last year, I added 'Sheep Dip' (brought it straight from Edinburough by special courier) to the mix as well.

[MrMackin]

Let's not go there :D

[searchengineblog.com]

I'll be there. Will be damn thirsty after a 26 hour flight.

Now, where did I put that hat...

[I, Brian]

I woke up this morning and thought: "Shall I wear a suit?". Dear God, no...



...a suit and hat. :)

[fantomaster]

Glad to announce that we've finally sorted it out - so Dirk and I
will be coming and we're sure looking forward to meeting you all!

[ Just hoping they've got real English ale there, too, not just that
awful dishwater lager stuff ... :) ]

Ralph

[seobook]

I am just starting to realize how huge & fun this is going to be :)

[I, Brian]

I hate to disappoint, but if you wanted real beer you should've picked somewhere further north. ;)

[fantomaster]

Well, the joint does bear "York" in its name, doesn't it? :)

[4eyes]

The beer served in the Cittie of York is Samual Smiths - brewed in Tadcaster, Yorkshire.

So that is a :) ,then

[fantomaster]

The beer served in the Cittie of York is Samual Smiths - brewed in Tadcaster, Yorkshire.

So that is a :) ,then
Thanks a heap - made my day! :)

[mivox]

As I recall, they have the Old Brewery Bitter on hand pump, and many other ales to choose from in bottles.

[Jon12345]

Can someone give me an invite please? I live in Brighton so its just up the road from me.

I've been to 2 previous PubConf's.

Jon

[rcjordan]

You're invited. From the looks of it, we may have to do shifts to get in the pub. But everyone who's been to one of these knows that's just the wrap-up anyway. The action is in/around the hotel.

[Andre]

Hey folks,

Can I just pitch up - or does "someone" need to invite this stranger?

Warmly,
Andre

[jen]

I will also be in Brighton this weekend rather than isolated up in North Yorkshire... would I be welcome to call in for a while also?

[mat]

Having just discovered y'all a few days ago I don't have time to try and gatecrash this one, which is a shame, by the looks of it. A lot closer than Vegas. Ah well, make sure it's such a success that you'll be doing it again in short order, OK?

[NFFC]

Your invited Andre, you too jen.

You in the UK mat?

[mat]

Hello NFFC. Nope - a Brit in Italy. We 'spoke' a couple of times at your old local - I was sent this way by another expat who also found out too late. As I said, a shame, as this appeals. Next time, for sure. Thanks.

[Nick W]

You good at css mat? think we know eachother dont we?

:::added
no, im mistaken, im thinking of 'mike' in spain ;)

Nick

[NFFC]

>your old local

LOL.

>I was sent this way by another expat who also found out too late

As soon as we find out which two clowns "organised" this I think we will be seeing some resignation letters ;)

[Rumbas]

Ding ding, of course I'll be there and of course I'll have a pint with you Mr. M! Sort of a religion now, isen't it? ;)

>makers mark /sec

Aahhaaa, brings really really good memories to mind (..and serious hang overs). I still have a bottle from David stashed away for when the good ole boys comes to visit :)

See ya'll there!

[Limey]

Hi

Im new to this forum, but have been doing SEO for a number of years, also working in house with companies. I am an active member of most of the other SEO forums on the web

I have been looking for an SEO related conference in london for quite some time

I was wondering if there is anyone that could find it in their heart to invite me to this event.

Cheers

Limey

[Shak]

Maker's Mark. Last year, I added 'Sheep Dip' (brought it straight from Edinburough by special courier) to the mix as well.

for some strange reason, the above ended up in my hotel room last year, I think Caine, drunk and 5am had something to do with it...

not that Caine was in my room at 5am

Shak

[bethabernathy]

Will you have a WebCam?

Sempo-Tahoe Wants to Go (http://sempo-tahoe.eznetideas.com) :D

I hope to see some pictures!!

[creativecraig]

Does an invite from someone who had an invite from someone who had an invite count?

[grnidone]

AAACK..wrong post..