Want to get this video up of the New York Tech Meetup I attended tonight at the IAC Building

My thoughts about SMX East starts 6 minutes into the online video, above.  For one thing, the advertisers were much the same as what I’ve seen at all the other search shows I’ve attended, so I can’t really get excited over the floor, because there wasn’t much to note.   On the other hand, the session I went to on Search and The US Presidential Election at SMX East that Sara Holoubek put together was absolutely fantastic and probably never would have happened at a SES Show.

On the other hand, doing a panel about a topical subject, such as the US Presidential Election, and the interest in the election, is hard to do on a regular basis, from show to show.  Still, I think, in  a lot of cases, content could be better than it has been.

Overall, I’d give SMX East more points than Search Engine Strategies in terms of quality of panels, it truly is a better experience.

And the Tech Meetup was great – plus I got to see the US Presidential Debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, on a gigantic screen – who can ask for more than that?