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Last week I spoke at Hostingcon in Vegas on "What it takes to rank high in Google". I was pretty happy that I had a 45 minute slot to speak….at most conferences you get between 9 and 12 minutes to give your chat, which isn’t much time to get past your topic overview and 101 info, so I was excited about getting a full 45 minutes here.

I arrived the night before I was speaking, and walked around the strip some….and ya know, Vegas just doesn’t appeal to me….throwing money into machines where you know you’ll loose just doesn’t excite me. In fact….I hate Vegas. I’m actually a hippy nature lover and would rather they held conferences in National Parks as opposed to places like Vegas…but oh well.

I was scheduled for the last spot on the last day and I ended up giving this presentation (here’s a pdf version). When I finished I realized I had gone an hour and apologized and asked if anyone had questions…to my suprise almost everyone raised their hand, so we went another hour and 15 minutes answering questions…so my 45 minute slot turned into 2 hours and 15 minutes.  (luckily this was the last sesson of the day so no one was waiting for the room!)

I thought it was really cool to be solo (esp since I didn’t have to "compete" with other speakers in answering questions). The people were great, the questions were great, and I had a great time.

I actually wasn’t trying to pick up any clients, but it looks like I’ve got 2 new clients from the chat.

So after my chat I rented a mustang convertible and headed to see my aunt in Arizona…now driving in a mustang convertible with the top down accross the desert and exploring places I’ve never seen before is my idea of a good time - and a great time I had.

Here’s some pics if you’re interested.

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Speaking of Conferences….San Jose SES is coming up soon. I won’t be speaking….my usual speaking panel isn’t scheduled for San Jose (SEM Tools Panel). Not sure why…and it’s too bad I’m not speaking, but I guess that just means that all my days are free now.  I’ll be touring during the days and partying….opps, I mean networking, at night. 

I’ll be sure to be at the Google Plex Dance Party, and the Webmasterradio.fm bash….I’m hoping Yahoo will step up and offer a party as well….

Past SES San Jose trips I’ve done these extra curricular driving excursions including:
2 trips to Yosomite National Park, 1 trip to Sequoia National Park, 1 trip to Kings Canyon National Park, 1 trip Lake Tahoe (worked there in 97), 1 real long drive to Death Valley National Park (worked there 95 and 97), and a RT 1 trip down to Big Sur. Last year Todd (stuntdubl), Bill Hartzer and I also did a helecoptor ride over San Fran….oh yea, and 3-4 trips into San Fran.

I love California - this is my favorite trip as California is one of my favorite states and there’s so much to do (if you don’t mind driving). This is the one trip that I actually consider my vacation for the year.

Are you going to San Jose 2006 SES?

Anyone out there interested in a SEO Pow Wow at the Grand Canyon next year?

I’m leaving tomorrow to head to hostingcon 2006 in Las Vegas.

On Wed I’m speaking on "What it takes to Rank High in Google".

I’ve got my powerpoint all set…but I thought I could at least share my "HTML Notes" with everyone here if you want to see some of what I’ll be discussing…though realize that this is just an outline of what I’ll be talking about (and my powerpoint is much prettier).

Brett from Webmasterworld is also at the conference (he just called me..we’ll be hooking up tomorrow) - any readers from Vegas? (email me your cell - I’ll be there tomorrow (tues) afternoon).

I’ll be out the rest of this week, We’ll see ya all on Monday again!

Jimbo

Sorry I missed the SEO Poker Tournament put on by Quadzilla. I had one of the bussiest weeks at work that I’ve ever had, and ended up sleeping for 12.5 hours last night. By the time I got online today I had missed it.

I heard that Dan (Kloakit, I hate Google) won.

I also heard that Abhilash was razzing some "Jim" who was playing (thinking it was me), but it sounds like that Jim got the best of Abhilash in the end. (next time Abhilash, and I’ll be the "Jim" talking smack back )

I’ll make sure next time not to oversleep, and I should be able to donate some content creation (publically being released Very soon (watch threadwatch.org for ads soon)) for the next tournament as well.

Again, sorry I missed this one - next time!

Congrats again Dan!

Read about the game here.

London SES

I had a great time at the London SES conference. I get jealous when I hear of people like Matt taking 6 weeks off…man, as a CEO I don’t get much time “off” at all….I don’t think I’ve taken a week off in several years. Hey, maybe it’s a disadvantage of being a CEO - there’s often not time to take big ole long vacations, and having a 17 month old toddler, and another on the way in 5 months, my wife’s idea of a good time is not traveling at the moment….so to me, a conference is part of my “vacation time”.  

To be honest, nowerdays I tend not to attend many sessons, as I’ve seen most speakers several times, and I can learn more “hands on” than in a “classroom setting”….I’m just too fidgety and distracted sitting in a room listening to a speaker….that’s just me…. I’d rather discuss more in debth dirt later at the bar over a few beers.

So at night I do the “SEO networking”, and during the days, I tend to “vacation” on these conference trips.

SEO People Pictures - London Duck Tour - Stonehenge - Bath - Egyptian Mummies - Tower of London

This is a simple question post.

Where in the world are you from?

Cat Post

So here I am fresh off my Omelet post, and thinking of food.

What’s your favorite recipe?

Here’s mine (for if I have to make something for a gathering)
3 Bean Salad
Mix a few cans of the following: Butter Beans, Baked Beans, Kidney Beans (Drain the juice). Add some ketchup, mustard, Bar-B-Q sauce, and garlic. Still well. Serve cold or hot. Simple and Easy and Taisty.

I just got an email with some “Joke” pictures….made me laugh, and I thought “Hey, I think others might get a laugh from these comics, I’ll blog these”…..but then I thought….”I don’t have copyright, so I can’t publish them”.

Is that right….unless you have the copyright to a picture, you can’t publish it?