Good morning, Marketers, Monday night I went to the Google NYC office for an SEO meetup.

This was my first time doing an in-person SEO meetup and visiting Google’s office in more than two years. It was a small event, attended by about 50 SEOs, mostly from the New York area. 

Google’s Daniel Waisberg hosted the event and Danny Sullivan spoke about why Google does algorithm updates. Glenn Gabe discussed some of the new Google search user interface experiments and why they are important to stay on top of. Finally, I was honored to interview SEOs Lily Ray and Romain Damery about hiring, talent, and some SEO topics. There was plenty of networking time and one-on-one time with some Googlers.

I know some of you missed it, so I put together a fun video of the experience, but I was not allowed to record the talks. Just keep in mind that I’m not trained in video editing.

Barry Schwartz,
SEO video producer

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