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brightonSEO San Diego 2026

brightonSEO San Diego 2026 is the world’s biggest search marketing conference, bringing together search marketers, industry experts, and professionals for two days of expert-led training, fresh insights, and networking opportunities. The event emphasizes community, curiosity, and actionable learning, helping attendees stay ahead in the fast-moving SEO landsc…

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43Speakers
77Sponsors
15On the bill · sessions
103Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at brightonSEO, in alphabetical order.
Aashna Makin
Founder · SuperAds
AJ Wilcox
Host of the LinkedIn Ads Show, Founder B2Linked · B2Linked.com
Akvile DeFazio
President · AKvertise
Al Sefati
CEO & Chief Client Strategist · Clarity Digital Agency
Amanda Farley (Friedt)
CMO · Aimclear
Amanda Kopen
Senior Manager of Emerging Channels and AEO · HubSpot
Amanda Walls
Director · Cedarwood Digital
Andrew Gottlieb
CEO · No Typical Moments
Andy Crestodina
CMO · Orbit Media Studios
Anthony McDaniel
Sr. Paid Media Specialist · Divergent Digital
April Zhong
Global SEO Manager · Specialized Bicycle Components
Ayat Shukairy
Co-founder · www.invespcro.com
Benu Aggarwal
President and Founder · Milestone, Inc
Bianca Bergshoeff
Co-founder · The Paid Social Club
Brad Wetherall
Former Google Director of Operations & CEO of The GBP Experts · The GBP Experts
Brandon Leibowitz
Founder & SEO Strategist · SEO Optimizers
Breanne Bartlett
Associate Director of Paid Search · Go Fish Digital
Brett Fish
Founder · TagHero
Brie E Anderson
Owner · BEAST Analytics
Brie Moreau
CEO · WLDM
Brittany Sager
Associate Director of Paid Media · Seer Interactive
Brooke Osmundson
Director of Growth Marketing · Smith Micro Software
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AccuRankerExhibitor
AdLiftExhibitor
AhrefsHeadline
AirOpsExhibitor
BASE Search MarketingExhibitor
Bottled ImaginationSponsor
Bruce Clay
Cedarwood DigitalSponsor
citation labsExhibitor
Click IntelligenceExhibitor
CollaboratorExhibitor
ConductorExhibitor
CroudSponsor
Daily CarnageCommunity Partner
DemandSphereExhibitor
DiginiusExhibitor
Digital Web SolutionsExhibitor
Dragon MetricsExhibitor
Ethical SEOExhibitor
EvertuneExhibitor
EzoicExhibitor
Fat JoeExhibitor
GatherUpExhibitor
GetfluenceExhibitor
Globex OutreachExhibitor
Grow ResolveExhibitor
InlinksExhibitor
Intero DigitalExhibitor
Jet octopusExhibitor
journey furtherSponsor
KanbarExhibitor
Lastmile RetailExhibitor
Link Building HQExhibitor
LinkologySponsor
MajesticExhibitor
Map RanksExhibitor
MarketEngineExhibitor
MilestoneExhibitor
NozzleExhibitor
OtterlyAIHeadline Sponsor
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Agenda

Selected from 15 sessions on the bill.
  • TBA

    4 hours to 30 minutes: Automating high-impact SEO audits with claude code

  • TBA

    5 category PR strategies to make you money in search and LLMs

  • TBA

    Actionable tips that will drive SEO results today

  • TBA

    AI ate my traffic (should I care?)

  • TBA

    AI Automation for AEO/SEO Workflow

  • TBA

    AI max after 365 days: What actually works (and what quietly bleeds budget)

  • TBA

    AI visibility at scale: What NP digital learned from 35+ enterprise brands

  • TBA

    A practical guide to javascript SEO

  • TBA

    Before SEO: The layer that's killing your visibility

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 103 companies show up — and 4 bet on three roles at once?

103 companies. four are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
4All threespeak · spons · exh
73Sponsoringsponsor only
26Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Cedarwood Digital·Lastmile Retail·Milestone Inc.·The GBP Experts

Speakers by seniority

44% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite614%
  • Founder / Owner819%
  • Director / Head of512%
  • Manager / Lead512%
  • Engineer · IC37%
  • Marketing / Brand25%
  • Other roles1433%

Of 43 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Cedarwood DigitalSp·S1V
  2. 02Lastmile RetailSp·E1V
  3. 03Milestone Inc.Sp·E1V
  4. 04The GBP ExpertsSp·E1V
  5. 05AccuRankerSp·E
  6. 06AdLiftSp·E
  7. 07AhrefsSp·H
  8. 08AirOpsSp·E
  9. 09BASE Search MarketingSp·E
  10. 10Bottled ImaginationSp·S
  11. 11Bruce ClaySp
  12. 12citation labsSp·E
  13. 13Click IntelligenceSp·E
  14. 14CollaboratorSp·E
Sponsors by tier
community partner2
3% of 77
exhibitor58
75% of 77
headline1
1% of 77
headline sponsor1
1% of 77
premium sponsor3
4% of 77
sponsor11
14% of 77
unspecified1
1% of 77
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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