Upcoming search engine conferences and workshops

(December 1 2002, update December 8) Nothing compares to direct communication face to face, even in this digital age. That is why we at Pandia are happy to offer an overview of upcoming search engine conferences and workshops once in a while.

Here are some conferences taking place in the next fiew months:

Search Engine Mastery Workshops

Robin Nobles and John Alexander have now made their search engine optimization workshops part of a six month mentoring program.

Participants first go to a four day workshop, and then begin a six month mentoring program at home. During these months they may study SEO strategies in depth and get their questions answered.

Here are the dates for two of the upcoming workshops:

January 13-16, 2003: Santa Barbara, California
February 18-21, 2003: Orlando, Florida

The number of participants is limited.

Go to the Search Engine Workshops home page for more information.

Internet Librerian International 2003

Visit the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, UK, March 25-27 for the Internet Librerian International 2003. As the name suggests, this this is an international conference for librerians and information professionals. Learn about the latest strategies, products and technology for finding, organizing, and maintaining information resources.

Each day at the conference features a keynote speaker and goes on to offer seminars on subjects such as practical web searching, intranets & portals, web design & development, and survival skills for Internet librerians.

The keynote speakers are:

• John M. Lervik, CEO and co-founder of Fast Search and Transfer who will be predicting the future of search technology,
• Richard Boulderstone, director of e-strategy at the British Library who will discuss the British Library’s digital future,
• Martin Dodge of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analyses at University College who will tell us if Internet librarians need maps of Cyberspace.

There will also be a day of preconference workshops on March 24. Spend the day at the WebSearch Academy with teachers such as Gary Price and Chris Sherman or learn about managing Web development projects, competitive intelligence & the Internet and much more. Visit Internet Librarian International 2003 for registration or more information.

Search Engine Strategies Conference

Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Watch invites you to a new conference in his Search Engine Strategies series in Dallas, Texas on December 11 and 12 2002.

There will be speakers from Ask Jeeves/Teoma, About.com, Google, Inktomi, Overture, LookSmart, Yahoo! and experienced search engine marketers.

Among the topics covered are search engine advertizing update, search term research, designing search engine friendly Web sites, buying paid listings, search and much more.

Search Engine Strategies Dallas home page.

The next conference in this series will be in Boston, Massachusets, March 4-6.

SEO-Conferences

Visit New York City on December 11 2002 for SEO-Conferences. Speakers include Rupert Ravens, CEO, Nices.Com who will be giving the opening remarks, Heidi Hendricks, SEO, SEOAnalysis.Com on how to read, interpret and understand your data, and Marion Reinson and Caryl Felicetta, Principals at i-position.com on i-deas in Search Engine Marketing.

The topics of the conference include winning the search engine strategy, using effective credible content, and hidden messages in your log file.

Visit SEO-Conferences for more info.

InfoToday 2003

In New York City you can visit InfoToday 2003 on May 6-8. This is a global conference and exhibition on electronic information, digital resources, and knowledge management. InfoToday 2003 is comprised of three conferences: National Online 2003, KnowledgeNets 2003, and E-Libraries 2003, and offers dozens of sessions and workshops for information professionals, librarians, researchers, and knowledge management practitioners.

The themes will include practical searching: skills, resources, and tools, Electronic Publishing: creation, distribution, economics, licensing, access, and E-Libraries: systems, software, support, implementation, digital Libraries.

InfoToday homepage.

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