Hey everybody the Search Engine Strategies conference in New York was great.  Unfortunately, it was overflowing with so much great stuff so I did not have time for the GoodKarma show.  I promise to make up for that by sharing the great information that I picked up at the conference.  Here are some quick highlights.

Top Surprise - Google’s Vanessa Fox is even more impressive in person.  I saw her in the hotel lobby and we had an excellent chat.  I’d encourage anyone to attend a search conference so they can have an opportunity to talk with people like Vanessa. 

Top Dissappointment - Tim Mayer could not attend SES NY.  Tim is a great guy and it would have been fun to see him again.  Despite missing Tim, Yahoo still had some really interesting engineers and scientists at the show.   I was able to peek at some of the cool things Yahoo has in their pipeline.

Most Entertaining Moment - Attending Spamalot with the SES/WebmasterRadio.fm crew and seeing Dax brought on stage. 

Least Entertaining Moment - Visiting the MSN Adcenter booth and asking if they were handing out vouchers like Google Adwords does, then being handed a page with signup information that costs $5 to activate.  Ummmm, not exactly what I had in mind.  I think I need to explain myself better next time.

What was your most memorable experience of SES NY 2006?

What would be your words of wisdom for people attending next year?