SMX West Search Bowl Massacre of 2008

February 26, 2008 by in Random

After the game was over, and the teams left the field, the SEM Allstars (myself and Todd Friesen) could only hang their heads in shame.

This is what I’ll be wearing tomorrow at the conference:

a bag, on my head

Once I heard the first few questions, which were things like “In what year did Sergey Brin stop parting his hair on the left hand side?”, I knew we were doomed.

On the bright side:

  • We ended up with a score higher than zero. For a while we were flirting with a score of -4, but we rallied.
  • The beer was excellent.
  • It was great to meet so many search luminaries.
  • And, in spite of the bloodbath, it was very fun.

So, Danny Sullivan, Rand Fishkin, et al, thanks for having me in the contest.
(But I will have my revenge one of these days. Maybe a Lord of the Rings trivia contest…?)

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2 Responses to “SMX West Search Bowl Massacre of 2008”

  1. Susan - February 27, 2008 at 2:33 pm #

    Way to look at the bright side Ian! I am sure it was a respectable loss. If they do have a LoTR trivia contest, patch me in :) – we will destroy them.

  2. Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing - February 27, 2008 at 6:04 pm #

    SMX West Day Two Coverage

    Day two is pretty much over now, we still have the Google Grove later but the sessions are now complete. Here is coverage of the conference picking up from where we left off last night….