\n thinking the best place to be right now is on the beach, by a pool or inside somewhere that’s
\n air-conditioned. These are all good choices, but next week there’s somewhere else to be that’s
\n both hot and cool: the
\n Search Engines Strategies conference in San Jose<\/a>.
\n In addition to the many tantalizing conference sessions covering diverse topics related to search,
\n there will be refreshments, food, and of course, air-conditioning.\n<\/p>\n
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\n Additionally, on Tuesday evening at our Mountain View ‘plex we’re hosting the \n If you’re a night owl, you’ll probably also be interested in the unofficial late-night SES \n “Enough about the parties—what about the conference?,” you ask. As you would expect, Google \n We will also have a large presence in the conference expo hall where members of the \n If you’re reading this and thinking, “I should go and grab the last frozen juice bar in the \n Joking aside, we are psyched about the conference and hope to see you there. Save a cold beverage
\n “Google Dance”—where conference attendees can eat, drink, play, dance, and talk about
\n search. During the Google Dance be sure to attend the “Meet the Engineers” event where you’ll be
\n able to meet and have a conversation with 25 or more engineers including
\n Webmaster Central’s<\/a> own
\n Amanda Camp<\/a>.
\n Also, if you get a spare minute from merry-making, head over to the
\n Webmaster Tools<\/a>
\n booth, where you’ll find Maile Ohye offering lots of good advice.\n<\/p>\n
\n after-parties that you only know about if you talk to the right person. To stem the potential
\n barrage of “where’s the party” questions, I’d like to make it clear that I unfortunately am not
\n the right person. But if you happen to be someone who’s organizing a late night party, please
\n consider inviting me. \ud83d\ude09<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\n will be well-represented at the conference. Here is a sampling of the Search-related sessions at
\n which Googlers will be speaking:\n<\/p>\n\n
\n
\n Universal and Blended Search<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
\n Personalization, User Data and Search<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
\n Searcher Behavior Research Update<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n
\n Are Paid Links Evil?<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n
\n Keynote Conversation<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
\n Search APIs<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
\n SEO Through Blogs and Feeds<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
\n Duplicate Content and Multiple Site Issues<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
\n CSS, AJAX, Web 2.0 and Search Engines<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
\n Search Engine Q&A On Links<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n
\n Meet the Crawlers<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n Webmaster Central<\/a> Team like Susan Moskwa and I will be present at the
\n Webmaster Tools<\/a>
\n booth to answer questions, listen to your thoughts and generally be there to chat about all things
\n webmaster related. Bergy and Wysz, two more of us who tackle tough questions in the
\n Webmaster Help Groups<\/a>,
\n will be offering assistance at the Google booth (live and in person, not via discussion thread).\n<\/p>\n
\n freezer,” I suggest that you save that frozen juice bar for when you return from the conference
\n and find that your brain’s overheating from employing all the strategies you’ve learned and
\n networking with all the people you’ve met.\n<\/p>\n
\n for me!\n<\/p>\n
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