This was my first trip to Pubcon and was very excited after hearing many industry people say this is the conference to go to. Only to be let down by Las Vegas PubCon 2011. I think out of the entire time there I got a couple good tools and a few tips surely not worth the money I paid to travel and attend. The expo hall or lack there of was dismal and very uninteresting. I think if it wasn’t for Matt Cutts Speaking it would have been a complete waste. I am not sure what happened or if maybe there was a big issue with PubCon this year but the floor plan showed over 100 vendor booths of which I think there were 30 exhibitors.
I was always told that PubCon was a very advanced conference and if it is I guess that makes me a genius in SEO/SEM. It honestly felt like the conferences were geared toward someone who setup there website a few days ago. Or maybe you need to be stuck on an island for about a year and this would help you catch up on what is going on in the industry. I am confused and annoyed that I wasted my time. I guess having the conference in Las Vegas helps ease the annoyance cause if this conference was in Iowa I think i would be rioting or starting OccupyPubCon.
Hopefully this was just one bad year and it was my luck I picked this year to go but I can’t say I would waste my money going to PubCon again.