The SEO Vanity Contest - Win 2 free passes to PubCon!
I’m not sure how it is in other states, but in California vanity license plates are huge. Just spend one afternoon driving through SoCal and you’ll know what I mean. You almost always end up spending the time you are stuck in traffic trying to decipher the clever custom license plate on the car in front of you.
Both Barbara and I have vanity plates on our cars, and both are Internet related. But I’ve never really like Barbara’s. At first glance it’s kinda cute, but it’s also very dorky. So, last Friday, I decided I was going to buy her a new one.
One of the cool features of the California DMV’s website is the fact that you can type in what you want and it will not only tell you whether or not the plate is available, it will also generate an example of what the actual plate will look like. I’m not sure why I was so fascinated with the tool, but I ended up spending the rest of the afternoon trying to come up with an unregistered plate for all of my friends. (And even some other people I can’t stand).
After the master list was created, I realized I had wasted a shitload of time on it, so I thought that the best thing to do would be to turn it into a contest. After all, I just moved my blog from a 10 year old domain to a brand new domain so I need some new links.
The goal of the contest is to identify as many of the potential plate owners as possible. Each correct answer is worth 1 point, and the bonus plate at the end is worth 5.
The lucky winner (which we’ll announce on September 28th) will win two free PubCon passes, plus an all expense paid night out on the strip with yours truly. (we’re going to party Rockstar style)
Click Here to view the plates and submit your answers
SES San Jose 2007
This was my second time at SES San Jose and I have to say, I really enjoyed myself more this year than I did last year. Maybe it was because I knew more people, but really I think it was because we spent most of our time at the Fairmont bar instead of the Hilton Bar which is where we spent the majority of our time last year. Come to think of it, last year was the first time I met R Kelley. At the Hilton bar! Awe! I still like the Fairmont better, except for that. Oh and the fact that there was no BoDog party this year. I missed that too.
Here’s what we did…
SMX Seattle 2007
We just got back from Seattle after spending a great 3 days there at SMX. All I heard all over the place was what a great conference it was. From the hotel to the conference venue, it was really fantastic.
Danny Sullivan and his amazing team of coordinators really impressed the search world with this advanced conference. I think they also proved that size does matter. With about 500 attendees, it was really a quality group and the networking was a lot easier. Everyone was invited to the search engine parties, so it was really easy to see old friends and make new ones.
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Sleepless in Seattle
We are gearing up to head north for SMX this weekend. We are all looking forward to seeing everyone and experiencing this new show. It sounds like it will be amazing, as is anything Danny Sullivan is a part of.
The party schedule looks super sweet. I like the fact that ‘all’ conference attendees are invited to the ones on Sunday and Monday. I think that’s a great benefit to some of the newcomers that want a chance to mingle with some SEO rockstars.
Sunday night we’ll be going to the Microsoft SMA Bash, then on Monday night we are looking forward to being wined and dined by Yahoo and Google.
I’ll have my camera and am hoping to find one or two celebrity look-a-likes.
SES NY by J Shoemaker
Through the eyes of another SEOWife, here is a recap of her experience at SES New York. I always say that behind every successfull man there is a good woman. 
Thanks J for being my first guest blogger.
As the wife of the illustrious, ShoeMoney (aka Jeremy Shoemaker) I get to attend SES once or twice a year. I always like SES NY as my best friend lives there and plus, you can’t beat NY for fun.
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