This year’s San Jose trip was truly remarkable. The conference featured several new sessions including one on analyzing search algorithms and another where panelists shared some of their most valuable search engine related tools.
The expo hall was a real treat as well. It featured many more vendors than the previous Chicago conference. Needless to say that I flew home with mountains of information and ideas to test and plan for future projects... which is what usually happens after attending these types of shows. Enjoy my pictures.

Search Engine Strategies 2005, San Jose, CA.

Dana Todd, President of SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Orginization), speaks at a meeting.

Dan Boberg, Senior Director, Strategic Alliances Yahoo! Search Marketing, shares his insights on SEMPO.

A few of SEMPO's Board Members

Michael Roebuck and I loungin' around

A quick glance into the Search Engine Strategies Expo Hall.

A shot of the Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Search Marketing booth.

Kelly Wilson, one of All Web's very talented Yahoo! Store Website Designers, and I posing at the Yahoo! Booth.

I dropped by the Enhance booth to meet up with a couple of our Account Reps and to of course play with their romote control Humer.

I also dropped in on the Miva (formerly FindWhat) to visit with our account reps. Check out that contortionist!

Yahoo! Search declared that Monday night would be "Search Night Off" and hosted a big bash at Six Flags Great America.

A shot of the Yahoo! "Search Night Off" party at Six Flags.

A shot of the Yahoo! "Search Night Off" party at Six Flags.

A shot of the Yahoo! "Search Night Off" party at Six Flags.

A shot of the Yahoo! "Search Night Off" party at Six Flags.

A shot of the Yahoo! "Search Night Off" party at Six Flags.

Google employees at their annual Google Dance.

Google employees handing out the official Google Dance T-Shirts - Not to be confused with the ones that Michael and I were trying to sell at the front gate.

A shot of the Google Plex.

Michael Roebuck of All Web Promotion and fellow Yahoo! Store designer David Burke of Visual Future

Rob Snell, of Snell Brothers, chatting away with an Adwords rep. Even at the Google Dance we find Rob working away as usual.

Michael Roebuck chatting away with a Froogle rep.

Meet the Google Engineers.

Michael Roebuck and Dave Dalton, our Google Adwords Account Manager. Basically the go-to guy when stuff breaks.

The universal symbol for a good time.