The social side of search came out in some of the blog posts about Chicago SES today. Search Pulse 11, broadcast live last night during cocktail hour was filled with major search issues and special on air guests. Loren at Search Engine journal writes of Jim Hedger’s press conference last night, which uncovered a connection between Adsense and terrorist groups. Rand Fishkin interviewed Vanessa Fox of Google for WebProNews.

The session coverage for day 3 (and a little of day 2) for SES Chicago 2006:

Bruceclay.com (Lisa Barrone)

• Keynote: Search In 2006
• Blog & Feeds Search SEO
• SMO: Social Media Optimization
• Images and Search Engines

Online Marketing Blog (Lee Odden and Thomas McMahon)

• Link Baiting & Viral Search Success
• Analytics

Search Engine Roundtable (Barry Schwartz, Kim Krause Berg, Chris Boggs, Rob Kerry, and Amy Edelstein)

• Usability & SEO: Two Wins For The Price Of One
• Search & Regulated Industries
• Link Baiting & Viral Search Success
• Converting Visitors Into Buyers
• CSS, AJAX, Web 2.0 & Search Engines
• Buying & Selling Links
• Linking Strategies
• Dealing With Affiliates (Pepperjam & Performics)
• Search Arbitrage Issues
• Images & Search Engines
• Social Search Overview (Google Custom Search Engine, Yahoo Answers & MyWeb, Flickr, & Ask.com)

Small Business SEM (Matt McGee)

• Flash and Search Engines
• Images and Search Engines
• Local Search Marketing Strategies
• Bulk Submit 2.0

Opinions expressed in the article are those of the guest author and not necessarily Search Engine Land.

Related Topics: SEM Industry: Conferences

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