More sessions followed before a attendees enjoyed an unusually tasty lunch while listening to a presentation by sponsor, Overland Agency. One of the most popular sessions was a post-lunch PPC Panel featuring representatives from Google, MSN and Yahoo! I hosted an SEM Trends Panel at the end of the day, featuring many of our high-profile guest presenters, including Dan Sundgren from eFrontier. We discussed the future of search, including mobile, local and international search. The SEM-savvy audience nearly stumped the panel with questions about net neutrality, Second Life and IPTV.
The day-long conference ended with a networking reception, where LookSmart gave away a new InFocus IN72 LCD projector. Unfortunately, I wasn’t the lucky winner, but I did walk away with a fancy leather desk organizer from our friends at OregonLive. I want to thank Danny Sullivan for NOT choosing Portland as a stop on his SES Roadshow tour last year…it left the door wide open to create the NW’s most successful SEM conference. Perhaps we’ll see him at SearchFest 08… ![[]](http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/wp-content/themes/sms/images/entry-end.gif)
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SearchFest 07 was indeed a fantastic event. The response has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic. Even though I was very busy all day helping to make the event run smoothly, I did catch pieces of just about every session. Highlights for me were the Web 2.0 / RSS session and the Advanced SEO session.
After this I can’t wait to see how we @ SEMpdx step it up with SearchFest 08!
I agree. Kudos again Kent on a great event.
I am very proud to be part of the Portland search community and SEMpdx.
-T