Jim Boykin

My Presentation and Conference Talks

I attended my first industry conference in 2002 and I began speaking at them in 2005. From 2005 through 2025, I spoke at roughly 150 conferences across the USA and in 15 countries.

This page is where I've gathered all the information that I can find (so far) about where, and when, what I spoke on, and sometimes feedback on my talks.

This page covers 93 conferences and 143 presentations… not all of them, but a good amount of them.

2005

Pubcon (WebmasterWorld) — New Orleans

June 2005

Link Building Campaigns panel — Linking Neighborhoods

My first year speaking at Pubcon

Archived Copies

SES — San Jose

August 2005

My SEM Toolbox — SEO Tools

Archived Copies

Pubcon — Las Vegas

November 15-17, 2005

Panel: Link Building Campaigns

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

SES — Chicago

December 5-8, 2005

Panels: SEM Via Communities, Wikipedia & Tagging · My SEM Toolbox · Buying and Selling Links

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

2006

SES — New York

February 2006

5 Killer Tools in My SEM ToolBox (My SEM Toolbox v2.1)

My first year speaking at SES

From My Blog

Pubcon — Boston

April 18-20, 2006

Panel: Link Building

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

SES — London

May 31 - June 2, 2006

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

HostingCon — Las Vegas

July 17-19, 2006

From My Blog

SES — San Jose

August 7-10, 2006

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

Pubcon — Las Vegas

November 2006

Presentation Missing

2007

SES — New York

April 2007

Linking Strategies, with XXXX XXXXX and Greg Boser

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

Write-ups

SMX Advanced — Seattle

June 2007

Panel: Better Ways

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

HostingCon — Chicago

2007

Presentation Missing

Conference Feedback

“your seminar in Chicago (Hostingcon 2007) ... it was worth the entire trip!”
Scott R.

Domain Roundtable — Seattle

August 12-15, 2007

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

SES — San Jose

August 2007

In the crowd for the Are Paid Links Evil session

Presentation Missing

Write-ups

SMX East — New York

October 16-17, 2007

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

2008

SES — San Jose

August 2008

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

SMX East — New York

October 2008

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

Pubcon — Las Vegas

November 2008

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

2009

DM Days — New York

2009

Presentation Missing

Write-ups

Pubcon — Las Vegas

November 2009

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

Conference Feedback

“This was seriously one of my favorite sessions.”
SEOmoz

“Jim's presentation was, by far, my favorite because he was very up front and told it how it is”
SEO Disco

“The presentation by Jim Boykin was head and shoulders above the rest”
Peter T. Davis

“Jim's presentation was jam packed with actionable do it now data which I thought was just great”
Mike Grehan

2010

SES — London

February 2010

From My Blog

Conference Feedback

“Excellent session. A lot of practical information. By far the best session that I have attended”
SES official session survey

“One of the best sessions this year.”
SES official session survey

“Best session of SES.”
SES official session survey

“I love these 'grey-hat' sessions!!!”
SES official session survey

“I think @avinashkaushik and Jim Boykin @webuildpages stole the show at #ses”
@philipmorgan

“@webuildpages Best presentation of ses2010 so far! #seskey”
@RedwebSearch

“#SESKEY I think we all could had done with another hour with jim from @webuildpages.”
@evolutionuk

“Jim, I absolutely LOVED your session at SES London. Your enthusiasm was as infectious as your advice”
Dave, eRocket

“Your talk was indeed one of the SES London highlights. In all honesty the fact that it was only you for 1 hour was the main reason I attended over the Real Time SEO talk... and you certainly delivered.”
Malcolm Slade

Write-ups

SES — New York

March 2010

From My Blog

Conference Feedback

“Wow. And this was an ADVERTISEMENT? Best session so far!”
SES official session survey

“WOW, he has some kind of mojo. Would love to hear more from him and Chuck.”
SES official session survey

“Jim is a great guy and does not hold back. His sessions are always refreshing.”
SES official session survey

“Very informational. Learned some things I had not thought of.”
SES official session survey

Search Exchange — Charlotte, NC

July 2010

Link Building Methods and Risks

SES — San Francisco

August 16-20, 2010

How to Become a Link Magnet, with Rand Fishkin and Aaron Kahlow

Link Building in August of 2010

Three talks on August 18

From My Blog

Write-ups

SEO Oktoberfest / ThinkTank — Munich

September 2010

One of 16 speakers

Presentation Missing

From My Blog

Performance Marketing Expo — Miami

September 2010

Link Building Methods and Risks

SEMcon — Philippines

October 2010

With Aaron Wall, Todd Malicoat, Charlie Ellis, Dean Chew and Mike Borras

Presentation Missing

SES — Chicago

October 2010

Link building

Conference Feedback

“I just wanted to say that I, and one of my colleagues, thought your talk yesterday was the best thing we encountered at SES. No one was as authoritative and insightful about the subject they covered. You were brilliant — I mean that.”
David Gannon

Pubcon — Las Vegas

November 2010

Link building (We Build Pages was a sponsor)

2011

SES — London

February 2011

SEO tools and link building

Conference Feedback

“Listening to jim boykin...talks seo tools like a ninja - surreal and eye opening #sesuk”
@StevieCC

“@jimboykin - what a star! So much great advice, so little time! Kudos for continuing into the break; the man loves his subject! #sesuk”
@erocketseo

“Listening to @jimboykin talking about some fantastic free Seo tools. The audience is amazed #sesuk #seo”
@nickeluli

“@jimboykin, just showed me a heck load of tools I never knew about... Cheers Jim! #sesuk”
@bandertron

“@jimboykin @ #sesuk jim’s presentation at ses is a true value for time. Lots of seo tools. Way to go Jim.”
@DDekel

“Great list of killer seo tools from @jimboykin - lots to check out post-event #seslondon”
@Hannechr

“Jim Boykin thanks for the freebie info that was awesome so now we know who uses which tools for what - #sesuk”
@globalfundi

“@JimBoykin thanks for a really interesting session at #sesuk - If you’re still in London tomorrow, I’ll buy you a beer even if google wont!”
@benbale

“Superb, highly useful, actionable content - this is the stuff SES should be made of!”
SES session survey

“Great session. Great info provided which is immediately useful, and the Q&A was very in depth.”
SES session survey

SES — New York

March 2011

Conference Feedback

“Whew!! Holy freaking tools, that was a great presentation - now @jimboykin is going to start talking link building!”
Jennifer Sable Lopez

“I’d like to spend the rest of the day following around @jimboykin and just tweeting what he says :)”
Jennifer Sable Lopez

“Jim, your session had the most valuable immediate, actionable info for me. Excellent stuff!”
Christopher M

“This was a fantastic presentation and one of the most practical I’ve seen. Thanks again.”
Brian H

ExpOn — São Paulo, Brazil

July 21-22, 2011

Presentation Missing

SES — San Francisco

August 15-19, 2011

SEMCon — Philippines

September 2011

Presentation Missing

Optimization Conference — Kharkov, Ukraine

October 2011

Write-ups

Pubcon — Las Vegas

November 2011

Write-ups

From My Blog

SMX Melbourne — Melbourne, Australia

November 16-17, 2011

Presentation Missing

2012

Conference not identified yet

2012

Pubcon Hawaii — Kona, Hawaii

February 2012

Conference Feedback

“@RavenJon @jimboykin awesome panel and discussion on search marketing tools. Great Q&A as well”
@brian_mcdowell

“Finally became a fan of Blekko thanks to @jimboykin ... didn't know about the /seo search. Bad ass! #pubcon”
@RavenJon

“Up with @RavenJon and @jimboykin for SEO Tools #pubcon ... solid know-how and always good to listen between the lines with these two!”
@trabit

“@GrayWolf and @JimBoykin ace it again with their session together today #pubcon. Glad I was there.”
@LindaSherman

“Awesome stuff @jimboykin, one of the BEST presentations on link building, period.”
@MediaWyse

“Props to @jimboykin for actually SHOWING how to conduct link research with a real-time example. This has been in SHORT supply at #pubcon”
@MediaWyse

“Great debates in the link building session with @jimboykin and @GrayWolf #pubcon”
@mark_barrera

“@jimboykin is funnier than ever ... bashing infographics #pubcon”
@trabit

“@jimboykin says take a trusted link with 200 outbound links over a non-trusted, high-PR site with 5 outbound links any day. We concur, sir.”
@TastyPlacement

“Nice @jimboykin link building takeaway: build-in links to existing links to your site, i.e. .edu domains, to make them stronger.”
@MediaWyse

“All star lineup with @graywolf and @jimboykin in Salon C #Pubcon ... Advanced Link Building in 2012”
@brian_mcdowell

Search Exchange — Charlotte, NC

July 23-25, 2012

Conference Feedback

“Another epic #SearchEx keynote from @jimboykin. Great info on penguin / panda updates. #seo”
@RoyMorejon

“@jimboykin is breaking down panda and penguin in a very different way than most others I've seen”
@wilreynolds

“I always learn the most from @jimboykin at these things. #searchex”
@rcurrington

“AuthorRank ... one of the overlooked areas of SEO via @jimboykin #searchex”
@mosquitohawk

“Summary of talk by @jimboykin at #searchex on Recovering from Panda or Penguin”
@marktraphagen

“exact anchor text still works! #searchex @jimboykin”
@SEOrisk

“don't forget to consider your link neighborhood #searchex @jimboykin”
@SEOrisk

SES — San Francisco

August 2012

Pubcon — Las Vegas

October 2012

Conference Feedback

“If you're an SEO and you're not at the Jim Boykin session, you're missing out! @ninjasmarketing #pubcon”
@landon_myers

“Lots of really useful information from @jimboykin so far. Dude deserves his reputation. #Pubcon”
@AdamVonWillis

“Straight to the point... no bullshit. #pubcon”
Anonymous, on the session feedback form

Write-ups

2013

SMX Israel — Tel Aviv

January 2013

Write-ups

Pubcon Regional — Austin

February 2013

Conference Feedback

“@jimboykin That was the best session I've been to in years! #pubcon”
@landon_myers

“Favorite #Pubcon presentation so far? @jimboykin on Penguin and backlinks!”
@John_Dietrich1

“@jimboykin You are a Marketing Ninja. Great prezo. #Pubcon”
@smittypot

“If @jimboykin gave this presentation BEFORE penguin people wouldn't have LOST their minds”
@LaurenGPO

“@jimboykin always great to learn from one of the best in search. #pubcon”
@GabrielReynaga

“Content + web citations + social citations = author(s) trust. @jimboykin #Pubcon”
@hannahhill_sc

Write-ups

SES — New York

March 2013

Conference Feedback

“@jimboykin By far my favorite speaker thus far at @SESConf #sesny”
@Jgrammer

“Best #sesny session so far ... multi-topic hour with @JimBoykin”
@mbrusyo

“#SESNY great talk from @jimboykin. 65% of people hurt by Penguin. Links are still the key”
@SEOJoBlogs

““The net effect of Panda and Penguin is that it's turning people into real marketers.” Poignancy by @jimboykin at #SESNY.”
@jcness

“Second session, I Am Ninja, @jimboykin ... awesome and informative presentation”
@baird_aNY

“I love @jimboykin's passion. He just pulled a Howard Dean when talking about being authentic online”
@JLBraaten

“@mediadonis & @jimboykin rocking #sesny #bestsession”
@andrealpar

Pubcon — New Orleans

April 2013

Write-ups

SMX London — London

May 2013

Conference Feedback

“The Triple OG SEO himself @jimboykin talking content”
@nawlready

SES — Toronto

June 2013

Conference Feedback

“thanks @jimboykin for the presentation #links #sesto”
@MEDIAinTORONTO

Search Exchange — Charlotte, NC

July 2013

Conference not identified yet

August 2013

A 79 slide talk... the title slide just says my name and the month

SES — San Francisco

September 2013

SEOktoberfest — Munich

September 2013

ad:tech — New York

2013

Pubcon — Las Vegas

October 2013

Write-ups

Archived Copies

Conference not identified yet

2013

Internet Marketing Ninjas

September 2013

2014

SES — New York

April 2014

Conference not identified yet

2014

Archived Copies

Internet Marketing Ninjas — SEO Class

around 2014 — year is my best guess

Short training modules I put together for our SEO class.

ClickZ Live — San Francisco

August 2014

Conference Feedback

“Great @clickzlive!!! @erinever and @jimboykin ... 2 favorite sessions!!!”
@VadZak

Write-ups

Affiliate Summit East — New York

August 2014

Conference Feedback

“Thanks for the best, most amazing, mind-blowing session of #ASE14, @jimboykin!”
@notasupermom

“Funny, super relevant, excellent examples”
Affiliate Summit session survey

“Very informative & value based material. I LOVE that he has the presentation online”
Affiliate Summit session survey

Pubcon — Las Vegas

October 2014

Write-ups

2015

SES — London

February 2015

ClickZ Live — New York

March 2015

Write-ups

Internet Marketing Ninjas — Clifton Park, NY

March 2015

ClickZ Live — San Francisco

August 2015

Affiliate Summit East — New York

August 2015

Streamline Summit

September 2015

Pubcon — Las Vegas

October 2015

Conference Feedback

“Had a great time @Pubcon and was excited to meet and chat with a few of the greats @jimboykin and @bill_slawski”
@AaronAlexander_

“Who's jealous of @jimboykin's ultra viral infographics? #pubcon”
@seosavvy

2016

ClickZ Live — New York

April 2016

Digital Summit — Atlanta

May 2016

Digital Summit — Charlotte

May 2016

Digital Summit — Denver

June 2016

Digital Summit — Minneapolis

July 2016

Digital Summit — Philadelphia

2016

Digital Summit — Portland

2016

Affiliate Summit East — New York

2016

UnGagged — London

2016

ClickZ Live — San Francisco

August 2016

Conference Feedback

“.@jimboykin just skyrocketed to my favorite speaker at #CZLSF.”
@CRLYFRRY

SEO MasterClass, ClickZ Live — San Francisco

August 2016

Digital Summit — Dallas

2016

All About Links... how to get them, measure them, and not get penalized

Digital Summit — Washington DC

2016

All About Links... how to get them, measure them, and not get penalized

A second talk on Google updates

Digital Summit — Phoenix

2016

All About Links... how to get them, measure them, and not get penalized

Pubcon — Las Vegas

October 2016

Penguin — Master Level Discussion

  • Penguin · PDF, 113 slides, 3.8 MB

Write-ups

UnGagged — Las Vegas

2016

Conference Feedback

“Thank you for your presentations Jim. I listened to 4 of your presentations and enjoyed them.”
Justin

“Thank you for a great presentation and for sharing great insights and tips.”
Ronis

“Your presentations are most inspiring! Thanks for sharing this stuff.”
Piticas

A session with Barry Schwartz

I think this was around 2016... I have the deck but I have not pinned down the event yet

2017

Pubcon SFIMA Summit — Fort Lauderdale

February 2017

Write-ups

Search Marketing Summit — Sydney, Australia

2017

Advanced SEO Workshop

All About Links... how to measure and get them without being penalized

UnGagged — London

2017

Write-ups

2018

Internet Marketing Ninjas — Clifton Park, NY

2018

Pubcon — Las Vegas

2018

Featured Snippets

Link Building AMA with Loren Baker

2018

Online

Write-ups

2019

Pubcon — Las Vegas

October 2019

Write-ups

UnGagged — Los Angeles

2019

Link Measurements and SERP Marketing

NinjaCon — Clifton Park, NY

2019

My own conference. The full-day SEO Master Class.

2020

SMX West — San Jose

February 2020

A second session that year: Featured Snippet Optimization and Backlink Analysis

Internet Marketing Ninjas — a message to the team

2020

Not a conference talk — what I told the Ninjas about working from home.

SMX Next — online

November 2020

How Link Building Has Changed... what you need to do now

Write-ups

Digital Marketers Organization — Virtual Summit Series

2020

2021

Digital Marketing League — online

2021

Link building news

Write-ups

2022

NinjaCon II — Clifton Park, NY

October 2022

2024

Pubcon — Las Vegas

October 2024

Undated

Digital Summit — Tampa

date unknown

Presentation Missing

Write-ups

Conference not identified yet

date unknown

More about the conferences

My year-by-year conference history, with links to what other people wrote about the sessions, is on the Conference Talks page. What people said about the talks is on the Industry Reviews page, and the conference pictures are on Jim's Pics.

More Resources About Conferences I Attended

So that was all my records I could find about when, and where, and what I spoke about from 2005-2025. What people said about the talks is on the Industry Reviews page, and the conference pictures are on Jim’s Pics.

More about my speaking