Melbourne SEO Beers - November 2026

Melbourne SEO Beers is getting together again this November, bringing Melbourne’s SEO community to The Precinct Hotel for a few drinks and plenty of search chat.

There are no speakers, presentations or carefully prepared panels.

Instead, it’s a chance to catch up with other people working in SEO, swap ideas, argue about what Google is doing, compare notes on AI search and generally talk shop without having to sit through a deck first.

Started by Jason Mun and Leigh Hanney back in 2018, Melbourne SEO Beers returned in 2026 after a fairly lengthy pandemic-induced break. This will be the second Melbourne SEO Beers event since 2019.

Whether you work agency-side, in-house, independently or you're relatively new to SEO, everyone’s welcome.

What to expect

No speakers
No slide decks
No sales pitches
SEOs from across Melbourne
Plenty of discussion about SEO, AI and whatever Google has changed that week
A few beers, if that’s your thing

It’s deliberately simple.

Turn up, grab a drink and find the table where someone is inevitably arguing about whether AI has killed the ten blue links.

Event details

Date: Thursday 12 November 2026
Time: From 6:00pm AEDT
Venue: The Precinct Hotel
Address: 60 Swan Street, Cremorne VIC 3121
Cost: Free to attend, just buy your own drinks

Melbourne SEO Beers is organised by Jason Mun and Leigh Hanney, with the November event sponsored by DataCraft Digital.

If you work in search and fancy catching up with some other Melbourne SEO nerds, come along.

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