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Moderated by Search Engine Expert: Danny Sullivan

| Agenda |

Click on Tape to Purchase an Audio Cassette of Conference Workshops
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| 7:00am - 8:00am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00am - 9:00am |
Back To Basics - An introduction to search engines and the issues involved in ranking well.
Danny Sullivan- Editor,SearchEngineWatch.com |
| 9:00am - 9:45am |
Designing Search Engine Friendly Sites - Tips for those who build sites, to make them more search engine-friendly and able to tap into traffic naturally.
Shari Thurow - Webmaster/Marketing, GrantasticDesigns.com |
| 9:45am - 10:15am |
Morning Coffee Break |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
Buying Ads and Placement - For those with budgets, banners offer a way to extend your presence on search engines. Plus, a look at purchasing placement at GoTo.com and elsewhere.
Moderator: Danny Sullivan- Editor,SearchEngineWatch.com
Panelists: Darian SR Heyman, Co-founder and Chief Interactive Evangelist, Beyond Interactive
Catherine Seda, Director of Online Promotions, SiteLab
Dana Todd, VP Marketing, SiteLab |
| 11:15am - 12:15pm |
Meta Tags - Different experts explain their strategies to writing meta tags. Learn what they feel is effective and what's not.
Moderator: Danny Sullivan- Editor,SearchEngineWatch.com
Panelists: Shari Thurow - Webmaster/Marketing, GrantasticDesigns.com
Marshall Simmonds, Senior SEO Strategist, Multimedia Marketing Group
Jakob Nielsen, User Advocate/Nielsen Norman Group
D.R. Peck, CEO, Green Flash Systems LLC |
| 12:15pm - 1:30pm |
Networking Lunch Sponsored by:  |
| 1:30pm - 2:30pm |
Doorway Pages - Learn the pros and cons to creating content precisely optimized for search engines, issues about cloaking, doorway page software and companies.
Moderator: Danny Sullivan- Editor,SearchEngineWatch.com
Panelists: John Heard, President, Beyond Engineering & Research Specialist, Search Engine News
Fredrick Marckini, CEO/CTO and Founder, ResponseDirect.com, Inc.
Brad Byrd, Director of Business Development, NewGate |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm |
Proper Submitting - How often should you submit, what are the limits, can software help?
Danny Sullivan- Editor,SearchEngineWatch.com
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| 3:00pm - 3:20pm |
Afternoon Refreshment Break |
| 3:20pm - 4:35pm |
Dealing With Directories - Learn how to find the right categories for your site, write a proper description and most importantly - tips on getting in.
Panelists: Danny Sullivan- Editor,SearchEngineWatch.com
Paul Wood, Sr. - Product Manager, Snap/Search and Directory
Andy Gems - Producer, Yahoo
Chris Tolles, Senior Marketing Manager, Netscape/Open Directory
Looksmart
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| 4:35pm - 4:45pm |
Break |
| 4:45pm - 6:00pm |
Meet The Search Engines - Q&A Session
Moderator: Danny Sullivan- Editor,SearchEngineWatch.com
Panelists: Doug Cutting, Senior Architect, Excite@Home
Jan Pedersen, Director of Search and Spidering, Infoseek Corp.
Larry Page, CEO and Co-Founder, Google
Paul Gauthier,Chief Technology Officer,Inktomi
Andrei Broder, Chief Technology Officer, AltaVista Search
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| 6:00pm - 7:00pm |
Networking Cocktail Reception |
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