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Last week’s Search Engine Strategies conference was jam packed with information, networking, some fun and a little business too. What I like about conferences in Chicago is that it’s only an hour flight from Minneapolis, so I can leave on the last day of the conference and get home at a decent time. These days with a growing family and the biz, I need all the productive time I can get.

Last year I started a new feature for this blog called “Spotlight on Search” and have been able to do quite a few interviews that were pretty interesting. I have my favorites, but after looking at the site visitor statistics and RSS feed stats, here are the top five “Spotlight on Search” interviews according to readers of Online Marketing Blog for blog posts and RSS feeds:

Popular Blog Posts

• Matt Cutts on Toolbar Data
• Interview with Eric Ward of URLwire
• Interview with Todd Malicoat aka Stuntdubl
• Brett Tabke Interview on Pubcon WebmasterWorld

Chris Pirillo and Jake hit up Search Engine Strategies New York and did a number of interviews which you can hear at his SES 2006 Archive page. Interviewees include:

• Copernic on Desktop Search
• David Sifry on Technorati and Entreprenuership
• Lee Odden on Blogs and Search Marketing (More “umms” and “ahhs” than you’ve ever heard in one conversation!”
• Jay Budzik of Intellext on Watson Contextual Search
• Jim Lanzone of Ask.com on Search
• Joshua Stylman and Peter Hershberg of Reprise Media on Contextual Advertising
• Danny Sullivan on SES, Tags and Googlefasting