A call for group hugs Steve Kaufman, svp of media for Digitas "It’s less about what’s your search strategy … What’s your Google strategy?" Resolution Media's Matt Spiegel: "Just because Google's doing it, doesn't mean we have to....

Discovery was one of the emerging themes yesterday. Here are a few photos from the first days. See if you're in any. More to come. ...

We rounded out the day's sessions with a review of live sites. I teamed up with Patrick Garrett from Outrider and we tackled 4 sites volunteered by the audience. It was interesting to see how this has evolved over the number of years I've done this. ...

Just getting ready for Day 2 here in Bonita Springs... I see Laurie Peterson from MediaPost did a nice job covering Esther ...

Poring back over my notes from today's sessions, it's actually pretty hard to pick just one quote of the day. In fact, I probably have enough material here to dedicate an entire column to top quotes from the summit -- which I may just end up doing ne...

It's been a hectic day...and I'm just trying to get a quick post in before dinner and after the Everglades Tour..which was very cool! Some of the things that stood out today: Started the day with the introduction of some new intelligence tools ...

Gord Hotchkiss didn't waste anytime in putting his mark on my Buzz-o-meter. In his opening remarks, Gord planted some seeds for what he hoped would be recurring themes throughout the summit. Gord pointed to the concepts of Community and ...

Don't you just hate it when you are moderating a panel and there's a panel happening at the same time that you'd like to attend? Well. that happened to me this AM. Here I was, moderating the click fraud panel, while the video seo panel was going on...

Top Rank's Lee Odden is also blogging the conference this week. Here are some excerpts of his interview with Search Engine Summit emcee Gord Hotchkiss. What’s different about Search Insider Summit compared to other conferences? Besid...

It may not have been evident to everyone in the room, but David Vise's very smart, funny and inspired keynote conversation with EDVentures Holdings chairman Esther Dyson, in which he adopted different persona, was a total surprise to Esther. With...