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Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone and Google VP of Search Products & User Experience Marissa Mayer will be the featured keynote speakers at next week's SES San Jose conference. As some of the WebProNews crew prepares for the always-delightful cross-country flight to San Jose to cover the Search Engine Strategies conference, we wanted to give our readers a reminder that the show starts after the weekend.

The search engines have been relatively quiet the past couple of weeks. Previous SES San Jose shows usually give the search and marketing industry some new products and services to try, and opinions to discuss.

We expect the same this year, having already heard from one major search provider that is eager to clarify the implications of another industry firm's announcement scheduled during SES San Jose.

Keynotes for this year's edition of SES San Jose should be entertaining. Mayer's talk should expand on Google's idea of universal search.

Lanzone's talk may be similar, as he plans to discuss Ask3D, Ask's approach to universal search, as part of a Q&A session with conference organizer Chris Sherman.

"I may breakdance, if asked," Lanzone quipped in an email to WebProNews about his keynote.

We'll have a camera on him if he chooses to break out and do 'Electric Boogaloo 3: AIIGH! Call An Ambulance' at the show. Spin on your head, Jim.