SphinnCon Israel: February 5, 2008

The first ever SphinnCon is now complete and turned out to be a huge success. We have links to complete coverage at Search Engine Land. You can see live blog coverage in both Hebrew and English, as well as videos and images from the Jerusalem, Israel event. In addition, you can download the three presentations via these links:

• PPC Panel: Branko Rihtman, SEO Specialist at Tens Technology
• SEO Panel: Avi Wilensky, CEO of Promedia Corp
• Social Media Panel: Eli Feldblum, CEO of RankAbove

Date: February 5, 2008

Time: Noon to 6pm

Location
Jerusalem College of Technology
(21 HaVaad Haleumi St, Givat Mordechai, Jerusalem -- see map)

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Cost: US $50

Max Attendance: 150

Language: English

Agenda

• Noon-12:30pm
  Refreshments & Snacks


• 12:30pm-12:45pm
  Welcome
  Barry Schwartz, Executive Editor Of Search Engine Roundtable & SphinnCon Israel chair


• 12:45pm-1:45pm
  SEO Panel: Paid Links & Penalties
  Local experts on SEO will do short presentations and take questions.
  
  Moderator: Barry Schwartz, SphinnCon Israel Chair
  Presenters:
  Branko Rihtman, SEO Specialist at Tens Technology - Download the presentation
  Ophir Cohen, CEO of Compucall
  Sam Michelson, CEO of Five Blocks
  Gilad Sasson, Search Marketing Analyst at Nekuda.co.il


• 1:45pm-2pm
  Networking Break


• 2pm-3pm
  PPC Panel: Will the PPC Model Hold Up as Click Prices Rise?
  Local experts on paid search will do short presentations and take questions.
  
  Moderator: Barry Schwartz, SphinnCon Israel Chair
  Presenters:
  Itai Levitan, Managing Partner at EasyNet
  Avi Wilensky, CEO of Promedia Corp - Download the presentation
  Alon Sheafer, Founder of Kenshoo
  Tal Cohen, Finance and Technology Industry Manager at Google Israel
  Michael G. Samet, Ph.D., CEO, Referral Technology, Inc.


• 3pm-3:30pm
  Networking Break


• 3:30pm-4:30pm
  Social Panel: Should You Social?
  
  Moderator: Barry Schwartz, SphinnCon Israel Chair
  Presenters:
  Eli Feldblum, CEO of RankAbove - Download the presentation
  Tzvika Avnery, Partner at Tagadam
  Roi Carthy, TechCrunch
  Lior Hener, Yedda


• 4:30pm-6pm
  Networking Cocktail
  Location: Outside Lobby at LCT
• 8:00pm - Late
  SphinnCon Party : eToro and K
  Free entrance; Free drinks; Paid traffic.
  "Hatachana" ("The station") Bar, Yehuda Halevi 43, Tel Aviv.
  http://tinyurl.com/268k52

Registration
Use this form to register. You can also let others know you'll be there via this Facebook group or the SphinnCon Israel event page on Sphinn.

Official Sponsors

• Compucall
• K.co.il
• Play65
• eToro

SphinnCon Israel Contributors
RustyBrick
RankAbove
Tens Technology
SearchMarketing.co.il