This weeks featured moderator only thread was named Pros & Cons of SES & WMW Conferences. Search Engine Roundtable moderators discussed what they felt were some of the benefits and disadvantages of attending search engine marketing conferences. We were specifically asked to talk about Search Engine Strategies shows by the Search Engine Watch folks and WebmasterWorld PubCons. The WebmasterWorld PubCon is coming up in a week and a half, check it out here. I won't be able to attend, speak or do our coverage for this specific event.
There are just too many pros and cons listed in the thread to summarize here. Visit the Pros & Cons of SES & WMW Conferences thread to read them yourself. Feel free to add your two cents to the thread.
Forum discussion at Search Engine Roundtable Forums.

Comments:
prashant
07/16/2009 02:38 pm
The main disadvantage of listing your business in a search engine is 1) If you are in a particular line of business in a particular area and all the rivalries in that area may also list themselves in the same search engine so whenever person searches for some kind of information about your line of business upon seeing the a lots of list he will either select the name which is attractive or the place which is nearby so the every person searching for a line of business in which you r trading he may not necessarily select you. 2) you may establish your own website instead of paying a huge amount of subscription to the search engines.