Aug 21 2008
Jeremy Schoemaker

The Last Google Dance

By Jeremy Schoemaker 67 comments

I am always stunned at the amount of food/beer and activities Google puts on for the their employees and attendees of the SES San Jose conference.

I had been hearing rumors that this would be the last Google dance for the last couple months and 3 different Google employees told me they are pretty certain that is the case.  An end At least the Google dance that we have come to love every summer at SES San Jose.

Whether or not this is the case I would just like to say thank you to Google for putting on such an amazing event for the last four years (for me, much longer for veterans).  I truly feel like I am Charlie in the Chocolate Factory whenever I visit Google but during the Google Dance its on a whole different level.

So anyway…. Thanks Google.

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    AffiliateObsession said on August 21st, 2008 at 8:44 pm

    well, that’s a bummer, but at least you have the memories right? The Google Dance goes down in history, just like everything else they do!

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    MarketingWicked said on August 21st, 2008 at 8:52 pm

    Any pictures from the Google dance?

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    Chetan said on August 21st, 2008 at 9:07 pm

    Had seen the pics shown by Matt Cutts. Seemed to be a full time enjoyment there!
    Who knows.. Google might break its rule and rearrange one more dance sooner or later.

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    Bryn Youngblut said on August 21st, 2008 at 9:07 pm

    Do you really think the link to Google is necessary? Lol well whatever not like they need the link juice.

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    zoka said on August 21st, 2008 at 9:49 pm

    Horses die standing… that always makes people sad.

    Every man reacts on word ‘last’ it is trigger in our sub-conscience like first moments of our life to start to drink milk… we are all driven by deep instincts. Unfortunately there is always ‘last dance’ for somebody at least.

    I am sad to see how people are hungry of link juice and greedy… that is braking my heart, some of them rejoice here but Jeremy I understand you what you want to say… in spite of all ironical greedy reflection “I truly feel like I am Charlie in the Chocolate Factory whenever I visit Google” you show them all that money isn’t everything, it comes and goes and what we have created satays behind us…

    Just imagine what would it if that really was “The Last Google Dance” (for you).

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    Melvin said on August 21st, 2008 at 9:59 pm

    hmmm… well but still you guys are gonna miss it right…

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    Dilson Decano said on August 21st, 2008 at 10:04 pm

    nope i will not gonna miss google dance. it great that google dance will last.

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    techdude said on August 21st, 2008 at 10:22 pm

    Food and Beer, what more do people need/want!!! haha

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    Reid said on August 21st, 2008 at 10:58 pm

    You know its kinda hard to imagine the internet without google… wait its hard to imagine the WORLD without google.

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    Hustle Strategy said on August 21st, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    shoe is throwing around the pr juice giving links to google.

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    ajaz said on August 21st, 2008 at 11:18 pm

    It’s nice to see them spreading it around. But, like all good things, sooner or later it comes to an end.

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    Don said on August 21st, 2008 at 11:32 pm

    I’m pretty sure it was a great experience though.

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    Me said on August 21st, 2008 at 11:42 pm

    You are one arrogant son of a bitch.

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    Bulbboy said on August 21st, 2008 at 11:50 pm

    Can Matt Cutts dance?

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    owais said on August 22nd, 2008 at 12:05 am

    What is the reason that google stops this dance.

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    Adil said on August 22nd, 2008 at 12:24 am

    If it stops then what about the index update of the Google search engine

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    Agent Magenta said on August 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 am

    A great event that I’ll never get to attend :( Still, there will be other, better events in the future. Cant stop progress!

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    Amit said on August 22nd, 2008 at 3:14 am

    Did Google pay you for the link…? Just joking though!

    I think they’re stopping this because they are really supposed to take money away from you NOT spend on you! Who knows…

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    web hosting rebates said on August 22nd, 2008 at 3:30 am

    they do know how to throw a party!

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    sergio.dares said on August 22nd, 2008 at 5:04 am

    Party! Party! Party! :)

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    Le Melon said on August 22nd, 2008 at 5:55 am

    With a link from shoemoney, Google will shoot up the SERPS! :P

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    Dick said on August 22nd, 2008 at 6:10 am

    The holiday is wont to end. However, the new holiday is within reach. You need only a short wait.

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    goldbarOne said on August 22nd, 2008 at 6:20 am

    i think it,s really good that google dance season in ending.

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    Online Dividends said on August 22nd, 2008 at 8:15 am

    Are you trying to tell us that the Google party is over? What happens with Adsense if Web 2.0 goes bust?
    I guess back to basics for most people..

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    Al Robesoen said on August 22nd, 2008 at 9:04 am

    I think it would be a big mistake by the Goog if they did it. You cannot put a price on the goodwill they get from the search community by running it @SES

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    San Nayak said on August 22nd, 2008 at 9:19 am

    Lucky guys, at least you were there. Hope google to conduct more and let us guys like me to enjoy in the future.

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    Rajan said on August 22nd, 2008 at 9:48 am

    Why are they ending the part? Just when I am getting started.

    I am always late to the party. anyways, they stopping because they tryna cut down expenses. Good cause last time they missed earnings and it cost me a fortune. damn it.

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    URL Shortner said on August 22nd, 2008 at 10:15 am

    I was hoping to make it to the Google Dance next year! Damn you GOOGLE!

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    Vishnu said on August 22nd, 2008 at 10:22 am

    I dono what z happening over google..Anyways…damn google!!

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    Ultimate Blogging Experiment said on August 22nd, 2008 at 10:28 am

    I have to say I absolutely love this blog design. This is one of the better ones I’ve seen come up in the past month or so. I’m seeing more and more that the headers are shrinking because people realize that they need to get people to their content right away. I mean you really only have four to 10 seconds before a person decides if they’re going to stay in your web site or not.

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    Debo Hobo said on August 22nd, 2008 at 11:52 am

    Darn, I would have loved to have attended just one party.

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    sean said on August 22nd, 2008 at 11:53 am

    I thought you were talking about the periodic shuffling of serps not a party!

    What is your read on WHY they are stopping the parties?

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    cheap used cars said on August 22nd, 2008 at 12:39 pm

    wow now I am really bummed I did not go.

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    AzAkers said on August 22nd, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    I’ve always wondered how that investment was working out for them, and how long they would continue to pour out the cash for bashes like that.

    Schmoozing your clients and rewarding your employees goes a long way, but it’s hard to gauge ROI on something like that - What do they report like $100 dollars in revenue earnings per case of beer..? heh

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    SawanM said on August 22nd, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    It sounded nice from what your blog post said..

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    Patrick said on August 22nd, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    Yeah, no kidding. Google has really rocked.

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    Nicholas Chase said on August 22nd, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    Jeremy, I attended a few celebrations at Google recently, as the Senior Project Manager for their HD-Broadcast and Live Stage and post-production facilities upgrades.

    They will still have TGIF parties (on selected Fridays), and the live concerts continue monthly. Last one I saw in person was Tony Bennett, and yes he did sing ‘I Left my Heart in San Francisco’, it was pretty cool. Google may be changing their outreach to Affiliates and Clients due to revenue drops recently, or just preparing to try something different. (Google Day at Disney Word?) Thanks for the great posts this week, you rock! Respectfully, Nicholas

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    Nicholas Chase said on August 22nd, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    Jeremy, I attended a few celebrations at Google recently, as the Senior Project Manager for their HD-Broadcast and Live Stage and post-production facilities upgrades.

    They will still have TGIF parties (on selected Fridays), and the live concerts continue monthly. Last one I saw in person was Tony Bennett, and yes he did sing ‘I Left my Heart in San Francisco’, it was pretty cool. Google may be changing their outreach to Affiliates and Clients due to revenue drops recently, or just preparing to try something different. (Google Day at Disney World?) Thanks for the great posts this week, you rock! Respectfully, Nicholas

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    Ze said on August 22nd, 2008 at 9:19 pm

    And you say you hate SEO. This post means: get me listed for the last google dance and link to authority site about key phrase. Nice going. But…you hate SEO…

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    IronBlogger said on August 22nd, 2008 at 11:48 pm

    I would kill for a visit to Google. It must be the biggest building ever. I would freak out =p.

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    Shannon @Babiesonline said on August 22nd, 2008 at 11:58 pm

    I attended the Google Dance for the first time this year and was already looking forward to 2009 … I hope this is just linkbait :)

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    meethere said on August 23rd, 2008 at 12:27 am

    yes, plz show some pics and vids :)

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    Jage said on August 23rd, 2008 at 2:06 am

    i still got dance with google

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    Otooo said on August 23rd, 2008 at 2:41 am

    Finally - I’m sick of all the results jumping around :)

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    Goran Website said on August 23rd, 2008 at 4:21 am

    Thats why we are in awe of you Jeremy, you get to go to all the places that we wish we could go.

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    Goran Website said on August 23rd, 2008 at 4:27 am

    PS when I saw the heading, I thought the Google Dance was happening again. Great use of wording as your heading.

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    Le Melon said on August 23rd, 2008 at 5:16 am

    Did someone say “Disney world”?!
    That would be a crazy Google party. Heh

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    JumboCasher.com said on August 23rd, 2008 at 6:34 am

    at the rate google is going… u bet it’s gonna dance for a long many years now…

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    pyrmont said on August 23rd, 2008 at 11:04 am

    Oh well, maybe I shall go the dance next year. So are there any pictures shoe?

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    Webmaster Resources said on August 23rd, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    Life @ google is like living in Heaven! I feel jealous sometimes…I have some pictures of google’s offices!

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    poor jokes said on August 23rd, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    hehehe google dancing

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    Lowongan Kerja said on August 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 pm

    any pictures of google dance would be great.. do you want to share some?

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    Wii Downloads said on August 24th, 2008 at 2:39 pm

    guess i’ll never get to go to the chocolate factory dance aka google

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    Oozzl networking said on August 24th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    They should pick some new locations for the Google Dance if they’ll continue with it. We’re missing out on all the fun in Europe.

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    Eva White said on August 25th, 2008 at 2:59 am

    Seriously Google think global in your parties as well. We want a piece of the action.

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    FJ said on August 25th, 2008 at 5:11 am

    Conspiracy theory: Matt Cutts was taking pictures ( see: http://www.conferencenotebook.com/google-dance-08-meet-the-engineers ) because he actually knew it was the last! :>>

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    muztagh said on August 25th, 2008 at 6:42 am

    I thought this was about the another kind of google dance - the visit of google bot.

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    Justin Cook said on August 25th, 2008 at 7:39 am

    Yeah, I always enjoyed attending the Google advertiser appreciation events in Toronto, they were quite swanky. Not to mention that after a few drinks I got to hear of some upcoming technology, such as when I heard about Android a couple years before it was announced!

    ps - I think it’s hilarious that you linked to google, as though it’s necessary

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    Big Ben Patton said on August 26th, 2008 at 10:51 pm

    One can still hope though that next year something along the same lines will appear, I hope this is not the foreshadowing of the future with the new guy running the ses event a sort of things to come. I like it when the businesses you work with actually take care of you.

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    SEO Tricks said on August 27th, 2008 at 8:39 am

    That last Google Dance threw me from almost all the keywords. Working hard to achieve back the old position.

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    iPod fan said on August 27th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    Sorry I’m new to this. By Google dance you just mean when SERPs change? The talk of food and beer is making me think otherwise…

    confused,
    Cheers

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    Dustin Cucciarre said on September 1st, 2008 at 12:31 am

    Ah that sux!

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    Gossip said on September 1st, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    Hey, but why do you think it is the last GG Dance?

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    Myrtle Beach Rentals said on September 1st, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    I think your talking about the serps? i know I have a couple of good sites that google is kicking my butt on

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    jack said on September 9th, 2008 at 5:37 am

    Google likes these things , it’s like a 13-year-old dressed in a huge corporation clothes ..

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    CultureMob.com said on September 16th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    The best thing I hear about Google is that they let their employees bring their dogs to work! *jealous*

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    Harish said on October 8th, 2008 at 4:27 am

    Ya food and Beer are the best combination of the people

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