FYI – SEMpdx decided to give you an extra chance to lock in your SearchFest registration at the super early bird rate. Prices go up $50 on 2/4 – register now and save big! (prices go up another $50 at the end of Feb).

We’d also like to announce that we’ve procured some extra-special panelists for our charity Hot Seat event at SearchFest. Rand Fiskin of SEOmoz, Stoney DeGeyter of Pole Position Marketing and Marty Weintraub of aimClear have all agreed to participate. We’ll probably add one more soon – stay tuned to the SearchFest site (www.searchfest.org) for more updates.

I should also mention that Todd has been doing a bang-up job of interviewing our SearchFest panelists on the SEMpdx blog so you can get to know them and what they’ll be talking about a little better. Check it out at www.semportland.com