Upcoming Conference to Feature Search Engine Experts

WebmasterWorld's Search and Internet Marketing Conference entitled PubCon will be held this year from December 4^th – 7^th at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The show will feature an unbelievable array of search engine marketing talent and a speaker list that reads like a who’s who of the search engine universe. There will also be plenty of web hosting and webmaster discussion as well – and expert panels featuring a broad range of topics.

I caught up with the show’s founder and organizer, Mr. Brett Tabke, to get his take on this year’s event. Mr. Tabke directed me to the speaking agenda where I found out that among this year’s speakers are:

The founder of Craig’s List – Craig Newmark
Leader of the Google search engine rankings spam team – Matt Cutts
Venture capitalist and author – Guy Kawasaki

Of course there are the panels of experts on a variety of topics. I will be on a panel that will discuss web hosting and search engine optimization. I’m also on another panel on “tools of the trade” – this will reveal what specific tools I use to help with search engine rankings.

There is also a reprise of the “Google Reception with the Google Engineers”. This was a very popular event last year. Essentially, Google makes their engineers that are experts in various aspects of Google search available to answer questions – while there’s a giant party going on in the background. This is a great opportunity to learn tons about Google – even if you don’t have any specific questions. I learned quite a bit by simply listening in on other people’s questions and answers.

Mr. Tabke mentioned that he expects “a couple thousand attendees and 50-75 exhibitors”. When I pushed Brett to weigh in on what a “must see” item was at this year’s show he said, “Guy Kawasaki is back this year and hosting a panel himself. He is widely regarded as one of the top panel moderators in the business today. He is hosting a session with techs for the big four search engines”.

Be sure to book the date if you need to rub shoulders with the best of the best in the search engine and webmaster community.