The SMX West 2009 conference is just around the corner, starting on February 10th. We will be providing a different style of live blogging then you are use to from us. How will it differ?
First of all, only I, Barry Schwartz, the editor of the Search Engine Roundtable and Keri Morget of Morgret Designs with be providing live coverage.
Second, we are using a live blogging tool to provide the real time coverage. The tool is by Cover It Live and it allows us to provide streaming chat-like transcripts, plus the ability to have Keri and I cover the same session at the same time. For most of the sessions, both Keri and I will be providing dual coverage. Keri might be doing the transcribing (to the best of her ability), while I might add commentary and take pictures in real time. In addition, you can interact with us and while we are live blogging, so feel free to ask us questions as we live blog.
Here is our schedule of coverage, all times are in PST:
Tuesday: February 10, 2009 9:00am-9:45am: Keynote with Danny Sullivan (Dual Coverage) 10:45am-Noon: Up Close With Google Maps & Local (Barry Coverage) Technical SEO Issues For Developers (Keri Coverage) 1:15pm-2:30pm: Marketer to Developer Translation (Dual Coverage) 3:00pm-4:15pm: Diagnosing Web Site Architecture Issues (Dual Coverage) 4:30pm-5:30pm: Up Close With YouTube (Barry Coverage) Expert Technical Review of Your Website (Keri Coverage)
Wednesday: February 11, 2009 9:00am-9:45am: Keynote Conversation: Vint Cerf, Google, Inc. (Dual Coverage) 10:30am-11:45am: Google’s SearchWiki, Customized & Personalized Results (Dual Coverage) 1:15pm-2:30pm: SEO Status Report Metrics (Dual Coverage) 3:00pm-4:15pm: Tapping Into Image Search (Dual Coverage) 4:30pm-5:45pm: 301 Redirect, How Do I Love You? Let Me Count The Ways (Keri Coverage) Search & The US Presidential Campaign (Barry Coverage)
Thursday: February 12, 2009 9:00am-9:45am: Keynote: John Battelle (Dual Coverage) 10:00am-11:15am: Ask The Link Builders (Dual Coverage) 11:30am-12:30pm: Ask The SEOs (Dual Coverage) 1:30pm-2:30pm: Ask The Search Engines (Dual Coverage) 2:45pm-3:45pm: Productivity Tips For The Busy Search Marketer (Dual Coverage)
Why the change of our typical style of coverage? Well, we typically get criticized by some people (most of you love it), so let's see if this works better.
