Tuesday Session Wrap Up

The way Webmaster World is organized, you can never attend all of the sessions. This means you have to pick and choose your sessions wisely. The podcast discusses what we learned in each session. Here are the sessions Jerry and I attended.

• Local Search: Real World Opportunities (both)
  All about the local search. This is an expanding market with huge potential. Last year there was over 400 million local search queries. By 2010 this number is expected to grow to more than 13 billion. If you're not in the local search market, you should be.
• Affiliate Site Strategies & Optimization (both)
  Want to make money work for you? Sounds like a stock market pitch, but it's not. What we learned at this session will blow your mind! If you ever get a chance to hear Greg Niland of GoodROI speak about affiliate marketing, do it.
• Blogging, Podcasting & RSS Feeds (michael)
  I was a little disappointed with this session. The Vegas session was 100% better and is what inspired me to start a podcast. Daron Babin of WebmasterRadio made this session worth it.
• Organic Search Forum (jerry)
  Jerry will leave notes here...
• Super Session: Blink! Thin Slicing Search (both)
  This was a great session about the user experience while searching. This session was packed with information, so be sure to listen to the podcast to find out more.

Tuesday was a great day, and for the most part, every session was well worth the time. The two notable sessions being Affiliate Site Strategies and the Super Session.

For the cost of Webmaster World, this is by far the best conference for the money. The hotel and taxi ride will cost you more than the conference. And the PubCon on the last day is worth the price alone.