By Bill Slawski, on August 18, 2005
SEO by the SEA is purposefully an informal event, after experiencing the benefits of informal meetings after the large industry conferences like Search Engine Strategies.
We have three main items on the agenda presently, with a chance for people to explore town, or talk and dine with other people that they meet.
On Friday night, we will be at MacGregor’s Pub in Havre de Grace.
On Saturday, we will be meeting at the Marina near Tydings Park to board the Skipjack Martha Lewis. The Ship leaves at 5:00, but the Captain is supposedly very punctual, and it was heartlily recommended that people show up by 4:45 pm.
On Sunday morning, we are meeting for brunch at the Crazy Swede on Union Street in Havre de Grace.
If you can meet us for any or all of these, please let me know.
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By Bill Slawski, on June 29, 2005
Inviting people to a town on the Chesapeake to hang out, and share some laughs, some good food, and some thoughts on internet marketing wouldn’t have been complete without providing a chance for those folks to sail around on the waterways.
I chartered a tour today for SEO on the SEA for a cruise on one of the last of the Chesapeake oyster ships to have been built, the Skipjack Martha Lewis. It seems kind of ugly to refer to the skipjack as an “oyster dredger” because that seems to imply something slow, and unslightly. Loren Baker, who knows much more of the history of Maryland watermen than I do, tells me that skipjacks were built to be swift on the waterways. They had to be. The first ones to the oyster beds were usually the ones who ended up with the best hauls.
And, relations between competitors weren’t always friendly. Border skirmishes happened, and the open waters were often laid claim to by strength of arms. There were even times when the government took action against those who harvested the riches of the sea. The oyster wars often saw watermen and government forces clashing.
Image from the Library of Congress, reference number LC-USZ62-76142, originally published in Harper’s Weekly, Mar. 1, 1884.
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By Bill Slawski, on June 22, 2005
If you would like to join us for SEO by the SEA, on the weekend of August 19, 20, and 21st, there are plenty of nice places to stay in, and around, Havre de Grace, Maryland.
Antiques Row is the nickname for the street in Havre de Grace named after George Washington, and it runs through a historic section of town. Washington Street even has a plaque which notes that Washington did travel down the street back in the times of the founding fathers.
But, you won’t find any “Washington slept here signs,” which is a good thing, because they would likely be a lie (well maybe you will, but I did warn you). When the British invaded Havre de Grace, during the war of 1812, they only left two houses and a church standing, after burning down the rest of the buildings.
There are places in town where Washington would have been happy to have stayed, though I’m not sure if he would have appreciated the high speed internet access some of them now proudly tout. Many don’t have high speed internet, but I’ve noted the ones that do.
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By Bill Slawski, on June 22, 2005
Hello everyone.
If you’ve found this blog, you’ve probably seen an announcement about SEO by the SEA.
The people behind this event are Bill Slawski and Loren Baker of Search Engine Journal. Loren suggested around a month or so ago that we try to put together some type of summer time get-together for people who work on the web, and pay a lot of attention to search engines.
The phrase “SEO by the SEA” jumped into my mind, and I suggested that we try to find a nice spot somewhere near the ocean for people to gather and meet, share some good food and drink, and engage in some conversation. I also volunteered to put up a web site to give people more information about the event. Here’s the web site, and we’ve agreed upon a place:
Location : Havre de Grace, MD (39 miles northeast of Baltimore and 45 miles south of Philadelphia; easily accessible from I-95 or Route 40)
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