Since interesting and actionable takeaways are wha email lists australia t we all want to get out of conferences, let me take you through a rundown of the sessions I attended, as well as some of the things that garnered large, scribbled asterisks or frantic underlines in my notes (yeah, I'm an analog kid, I take notes with a pen and paper, do I lose my membership in the club?). DAY 1 The first day was all about keynote presentations. I have to take a second to call out the production values of this seminar.

The main ballroom where all of the keynotes were held was incredible. to re-broadcast the speakers onto screens, lighted backdrops, the whole nine. I've been to a good handful of conferences from the tiny to the huge, and this was by far the slickest, most smoothly run, and most impressively produced I've ever seen (apparently coordinated by Seattle-area event firm HB Stubbs). All other search industry shows (SEOmoz included) should strive to meet the quality and attention to detail ET puts into Connections.