SMX Social: Just What Did Calacanis Say About SEO & More Recaps

At our SMX Social Media
Marketing conference this week, we had a great panel on the future of human
powered search. Jason Calacanis of Mahalo,
Jimmy Wales of Wikia Search,
and Steven Marder of Eurekster all took
part. Jason had some remarks on SEO that set off the
usual wave of upset.
But as I commented to those who weren’t at the panel, by the end of Q&A, Jason
— along with Jimmy Wales and Seven Marder — were agreeing about the usefulness
of SEO. It’s all down to the definitions.

Below you can hear Jason’s presentation yourself, then you can hear the Q&A
portion that covered search marketing and human powered search. Note that the
video production could be better. Hey,
I just got a Macbook — it’s
my first time playing with what it can supposedly do. Do don’t hassle me over
the titles that could be better. Also, I will get the entire session up with the
presentations from Jimmy and Steven, along with the further Q&A. But first,
Jason:

The Q&A:

And here’s some of the reaction to

initial reports of his comments, before anyone not at the show could
hear what he said in full:

• My Plea to SE Conferences:
  Turn Calacanis Away, Eric Lander
• My Plea to SE Conferences: Turn
  Calacanis Away, Sphinn discussion on post above
• 
  Why Calacanis Should Not Be Allowed to Speak at Conferences, Slightly
  Shady SEO
• Why Calacanis Should Not Be
  Allowed to Speak at Conferences, Sphinn discussion on post above
• 
  Jason Calacanis has pissed off SEO’s… again. Seriously., Sphinn
• 
  Srsly are SEOs Really That Easy To Manipulate?, ShoeMoney

And here’s further coverage of the show (for initial coverage from the first
day, see SMX Social: Mahalo To Do Microformats, Search Wikia Adds Alpha 0.2 Features & More):

• 
  20 Take-Aways from SMX Social Media – Scott Clark, Scott Clark
• 
  Evangelist – The Marketer’s Role in SMM, BruceClay.com
• 
  Micro Communities, BruceClay.com
• 
  Wikipedia, Yahoo Answers & Answer Sharing, BruceClay.com
• 
  Social Media Expo (SMX) Report from Long Beach, California, Wpromoter
• 
  SMX Social Media Conference in Long Beach, MindCradle
• 
  Rand Fishkin | Jason Calacanis | SMX Social, Gary Pool
• 
  SMX Social Media Coverage Round Up, BruceClay.com
• SMX
  Social Media Pics, Scott Clark @ Flickr