This month we are combining with the Web 2.0 Meetup Group for:

Search Engine Optimatization (SEO) meets Social Media Optimizatio (SMO)... a mashup of meetups & conversations.

This is a special event, as we bring different meetup groups together to discuss SEO as it relates to social & web 2.0 aspects... or is it that we'll discuss how social & web 2.0 can benefit from knowing SEO?

Also joining us is the Washington DC SEO meetup group, for sharing ideas & experiences.

After the most recent log jam at Open City we are going to move the venue to James Hoban's. The back "Hoban's" room makes for a nice setting to meet and discuss. There is a full (and delicious) menu available.

Starter ideas and questions for the night's conversation:

* Are you more familiar with SEO, SMO, or neither? Or both?
* Is it better to focus on SEO to get traffic, or focus on SMO? What is the difference?
* Is traffic all that you want, or do you want a benefit that traffic will bring to you/your site? Examples of benefits include branding, signups/registrations/orders, advertiser ROI (including text ads), and
* How do links from comments (in blogs, on YouTube, etc.) help in SEO?
* Does having a blog risk a "duplicate page" penalty from search engines? Blogs can display the same page with different url's, such as site.com/?p=1 , www.site.com/?p=1 , site.com/post_name , and www.site.com/post_name . Is this seen as content spam, or is it ignored by search engines?