There are a handful of good conferences on SEO through out the year. They not only provide an opportunity to meet  other industry experts face to face, but also to gain insight into future trends. SEOs discuss their problems about search engine optimization and the business side of it. These discussions raise a lot of good questions and diverse set of solutions from other SEOs. I will be representing Think Mantra at both the upcoming major conferences – SES San Jose (Aug11 – 13) and PubCon Vegas (Nov 10 – 13).

Search Engine Strategies San Jose has a great line up of sessions in its 11th year of existence. I will be live blogging for SEO Roundtable for some of the sessions spread out across all 3 days. I am looking forward to sessions on Creating a Web Analytics Culture, Meaningful SEO Metrics: Going Beyond the Numbers and a few others in particular. The speakers for the sessions are experienced professionals.

PubCon Las Vegas is another great conference not just because it is in Vegas, but due to the diversity of the attendees. If you are planning to attend it, note that the pricing on the conference increases as it gets closer. The “official” hotel is Treasure Island and JetBlue is giving out 5% discount to the attendees. However, I found out that Virgin America is the best and cheapest airline to fly to the conferece from San Francisco.

If you are planning to be at either of these events (even for exhibit hall) leave a comment here and we can schedule for a short meet to connect and know more about each other.

Happy Optimizing the web!