Why Jason Calacanis For a Third Time at SES?

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Went Hot: Jan 24, 2008 - 05:12 pm
Posted By: DazzlinDonna 747 Days ago
Source: http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com
Category: SEM

From the post: Keynotes should be from people who should be respected - how does calling SEO Bullshit, dropping the F bomb numerous times, claiming that he’s the greatest SEO there is - garner you respect?

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from jasoncalacanis 746 Days ago #

Votes: -8

Someone has got to stop Calacanis.... I mean, really.

from graywolf 746 Days ago #

Votes: 0

he got you to post publicizing him didn’t he ... I’m sure there’s a lesson in there somewhere ;-)

from TheRealTerry 746 Days ago #

Votes: 1

Hmm... yeah, but Chris Crocker, Britany Spears and Rosie ODonnell all get a lot of attention too. Doesn’t mean we could/should derive any kind of positive lesson from them.

from Jill 746 Days ago #

Votes: -1

As my currently moderated comment on the original post said, Matt Bailey has it right in his comment.

from cre8pc 746 Days ago #

Votes: 8

I don’t know anything about the guy other than being in the audience when he gave his first keynote where he spoke against SEO to the industry. Maybe he has a different attitude, maybe not but I wouldn’t shell out $3000 plus travel expenses to be put down or scolded by a keynote speaker. Admittedly, my expectations for keynote speakers may be different but I’d gladly pay for inspiration rather than a shakeup.

from randfish 746 Days ago #

Votes: -1

This is certainly a dissapointing decision. The only rationale I can conceive is that SES isn’t particularly interested in attracting the more hardcore and plugged-in SEO crowd, instead focusing on those who get their tech news from the NYTimes. It’s not neccessarily a dumb move, though, just one that saddens me as SES used to be something very different.

from nickycakes 746 Days ago #

Votes: 0

It will certainly be amusing, if nothing else.

from seosuresh 746 Days ago #

Votes: 0

I think as SEO’s we can learn a lot from Jason Calacanis. He is a smart guy and we can learn a lot from his Prespective. Even thou, Jason has argued so much about SEO. He knows the value of search. I might not say that Mahola is an invention but Mahola became popular in a very short period of time. He sure has some good ideas and knows how to implement thoseJust my 2 cents :)

from johnandrews 746 Days ago #

Votes: 4

Maybe Jason simply comes really cheap? He’s also keynoting at Affiliate Summit next month. Those guys are all about making money, so actually, maybe Jason pays to appear?

from lafmm 743 Days ago #

Votes: 0

I know Jason is getting all the attention right now - that said, don’t forget the other Keynotes: Nick Carr, Gordon McLeod (who will be speaking about how Search changed everything for the Wall St Journal) and Andrew Tomkins (Yahoo!’s Chief Scientist)... this is going to be a good event, one you will not want to miss. Look for other major names TBA soon...

from dannysullivan 743 Days ago #

Votes: 0

Matt, is John Battelle the other major name not posted? I saw you blogged he’d be at NY, but I didn’t see any further keynote slots TBA or that he was posted on the agenda.