You Never Know Who You’ll Run Into At PubCon by, Lane R. Ellis on September 30, 2009

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You never know who, or what, you'll run into while attending PubCon, the search engine and Internet social media marketing conference and expo. Here are some of the more memorable people and events from more than a decade of successful PubCon shows, along with a light-hearted look at PubCon's past. Come to PubCon and join in the excitement yourself. You never know who you'll end up meeting at PubCon…

 

 

Malcolm Gladwell, author of "Tipping Point," "Outliers" and "Blink" at PubCon Boston in 2006.

 

 

It's that "Question Mark Suit Guy," otherwise known as Matthew Lesko, at PubCon Las Vegas 2004.

 

 

Guy Kawasaki mingling with 2009 PubCon South attendees in Austin, Texas.

 

 

"CSI: Miami" star David Caruso and friends at PubCon Las Vegas 2007.

 

 

Craig Newmark of Craigslist speaking at PubCon Las Vegas 2007.

 

 

John Battelle at PubCon New Orleans 2005.

 

 

Robert X. Cringely speaking at PubCon Las Vegas 2005.

 

 

Yahoo's Jeremy Zawodny, Google's Matt Cutts, Robert Scoble and Brett Tabke at PubCon Boston 2006.

 

 

Guy Kawasaki presenting a keynote address at PubCon Las Vegas 2006.

 

 

George Wright of Blendtec at PubCon Las Vegas 2008.

 

 

PubCon Las Vegas 2007 attendees with Blue Man.

 

 

Craig Newmark of Craigslist speaking at PubCon Las Vegas 2007.

 

 

Full-time Tradebit Inc. chief executive and part-time Starfleet Captain Ralf Schwoebel with "CSI: Miami" star David Caruso at PubCon Las Vegas 2007.

 

 

SEOmoz co-founder and chief executive Rand Fishkin at PubCon Las Vegas 2007.

 

 

CNN correspondent and founder and president of Camcorderinfo.com Robin Liss at PubCon Las Vegas 2007.

 

 

New Marketing Labs president Chris Brogan and Guy Kawasaki at PubCon South in Austin, Texas 2009.

 

 

Thumbs up from "Me" at PubCon Las Vegas 2006.

 

 

Storybids chief executive Joseph Morin speaking at PubCon Las Vegas 2005.

 

 

Brett Tabke and Google's Matt Cutts at PubCon Las Vegas 2005.

 

 

The friendly folks from Google setting up before PubCon Las Vegas 2004.

 

 

PubCon Irvine in 2002 was held at the Crazy Horse bar, complete with a circus merry-go-round.

 

 

Opera Software at PubCon Las Vegas 2006.

 

 

A slightly younger Brett Tabke speaks to the crowds at PubCon London in 2002.

 

 

Guy Kawasaki and session panel at PubCon Las Vegas 2007.

 

 

SearchEngineLand editor-in-chief Danny Sullivan and Brett Tabke at PubCon Las Vegas 2006.

 

 

WebmasterWorld forum moderator Ian Turner, former WebmasterWorld administrator Bob Jordan, and the late Martin Schaedel at PubCon London 2002. Schaedel, who used the alias "lazerzubb" on WebmasterWorld, was killed in a tragic plane crash in January 2009.

 

 

Looking at PubCon session phone pictures at PubCon South in Austin, Texas 2009.

 

 

AbeBooks at PubCon New Orleans 2005.

 

 

Dave Carlson, who was with GoToast.com in 2002 when this photo was taken at PubCon London, holding up a fancy mega-toaster that was given away as a prize. This $900 toaster featured a 110-volt electrical connector and, shockingly, was won buy a man from 220-volt Sweden. GoToast.com was later purchased by Atlas One Point, which in turn was acquired by aQuantive.

 

 

Google's Matt Cutts mingling with PubCon 2003 London attendees.

 

 

Informal PubCon attendee and suit-sporting TopRank Online Marketing chief executive Lee Odden at PubCon Las Vegas 2007.

 

 

Google had plenty of new services to recap at PubCon Boston in 2003, including Froogle and Fresh Crawl.

 

 

Ask Jeeves and Google at PubCon New Orleans 2005.

 

 

Chris Brogan, social media strategist Wayne Sutton, Brett Tabke, Lee Odden and Outrider social media strategist Reem Abeidoh at PubCon South at Austin, Texas 2009.

 

 

Brett Tabke and Danny Sullivan sporting smiles and similar shirts at PubCon London 2002.

 

 

Google's Matt Cutts and Yahoo's Tim Mayer bantering at PubCon New Orleans 2005.

 

 

Frazer Lee enjoyed PubCon London 2002 representing Yahoo. He is now an award-winning screenwriter and director at Movie Mogul Films.

 

 

Google's Matt Cutts at PubCon South in Austin, Texas 2009.

 

 

AltaVista, Overture and eSpotting at PubCon London 2003.

 

 

Google's Matt Cutts speaking at PubCon Las Vegas 2005.

 

 

"Blue Widget" table adornments at PubCon London 2002, which became the talk of many conference attendees.

 

 

Tie-dye PubCon London 2003 conference tee shirt.

 

 

Google Webspam team leader Matt Cutts tells it like it is to the Boston PubCon audience in 2003.

 

 

Live music at PubCon New Orleans 2005.

 

 

Another lucky mega-toaster winner at PubCon Boston in 2003.

 

 

Google's Matt Cutts gets cornered at PubCon Boston 2003.

 

 

PubCon Boston 2003 attendees Nick Wilson at Cheers bar excursion.

 

 

A room full of PubCon attendees learning about new Google features at Boston in 2003.

 

 

Cutts was sporting a new Blogger tee shirt as he mixed with PubCon Boston attendees in 2003, seen here with Shakil Khan.

 

 

Danny Sullivan and Brett Tabke at PubCon London 2005.

 

 

Heart-shaped rose-colored glasses all around at PubCon Boston 2003.

 

 

Google's Matt Cutts at PubCon Las Vegas 2007.

 

 

Teoma search engine technique described at PubCon Boston 2003.

 

 

Google's Matt Cutts proudly sporting his tie-dye WebmasterWorld.com tee shirt from a previous conference while at PubCon Orlando in 2004.

 

 

Another mega-toaster prize was awarded at PubCon London 2003.

 

 

Google's Matt Cutts having a laugh with new friends at PubCon Boston 2003.

 

 

Google's Matt Cutts at PubCon Las Vegas 2004.

 

 

Brett Tabke dealing with spam, PubCon London 2005.

 

 

Brett Tabke and Google's Matt Cutts relaxing between sessions at PubCon Las Vegas 2005.

 

 

Tradebit Inc. founder and chief executive Ralf Schwoebel with Google's Matt Cutts at PubCon Las Vegas 2007.

 

Register for an upcoming PubCon today. We look forward to seeing you among the stars at PubCon.

Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon