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		<title>Search Engine Strategies &#8211; SES 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Search Engine Strategies - SES
San Francisco, CA
August 16-20, 2010
San Francisco Moscone Center

One of the original Search Engine Conferences.   This year, SES is moving to San Francisco. Learn the ins and outs of search engine marketing, including website optimization, link building tactics, pay-per-click advertising and landing page testing.
Keynotes by: Jeffrey Hayzlett &#124; BJ Fogg &#124; Tim Ash
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		<title>Search Marketing Expo &#8211; SMX West 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Lee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Search Marketing Expo (SMX)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SMX West, Santa Clara, CA March 2-4, 2010 Santa Clara Convention Center http://searchmarketingexpo.com/west/ Search Marketing Expo is one of the premiere Search Engine Conferences to attend.   Concepts learned in these workshops help increase your search engine marketing knowledge for SEM, SEO, PPC, Analytics, and Social Media / Networking.  With an exclusive: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mega Site SEO &#8211; PubCon 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Lee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a large site with more than a million pages? If so, you should definitely attend this session. This panel will look at the special issues and challenges surrounding giant sites and discuss some of the greatest practices used by large companies to handle their mega site optimization.


<hr />
<h2>Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell</h2>
Link building, content, on-site, technical
<h3>Understand Your Site Strategy</h3>
<ul>
	<li>What are your goals?</li>
	<li>Keyword research - specificity wins</li>
	<li>Create a spreadsheet
<ul>
	<li>Keywords</li>
	<li>Destination URL</li>
	<li>Avoid page competition</li>
</ul>
</li>
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		<title>SEO Design &amp; Organic Site Structure &#8211; PubCon 2009</title>
		<link>http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/11/18/seo-design-organic-site-structure-pubcon-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PubCon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pubcon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seo design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This presentation is of a more technical nature looking at site architecture challenges of today's websites. Discussing what works, what doesn't and how websites can be geared towards attracting a greater audience, and consequently, greater leads.

<hr />
<h2>Ted Ulle @TedUlle</h2>
Don't Build a Franken-Site!
<h3>Top Priority:</h3>
<h4>Your Marketing Goals!  (even before keyword research)</h4>
<ul>
	<li>Optimize your keyword selection process</li>
	<li>Menu Labels &#38; Navigation</li>
	<li>Content and Sales Copy</li>
	<li>Conversions</li>
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		<title>The Best Tactics in Landing Page Optimization &#8211; PubCon 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PubCon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conversion enhancements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landing page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pubcon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Writing a good advertisement is only half of the battle. Once someone is on your site the conversion process must begin immediately. This session will discuss the process of cleaning up your landing pages to make them produce as much as possible.

<hr />
<h2>Kate Morris @katemorris</h2>
<h3>The Parts of a Landing Page</h3>
<ul>
	<li> Visual Interest</li>
	<li>Relevant Content</li>
	<li> Call to Action</li>
	<li> Navigation</li>
</ul>
<strong>Example:</strong> Bose.com]]></description>
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