Yesterday I spoke with Brett Tabke, owner of WebmasterWorld and host of PubCon in Vegas this November 10-13 and I’m a confirmed speaker on Affiliate Marketing. My first session will be on Tuesday afternoon and I may have one or two other sessions including doing some moderator duties.

If you haven’t scheduled to go yet, I would highly recommend it. PubCon is one the only conferences I attend every year without fail. It is both affordable and worthwhile. In fact, my first PubCon was back in the summer of ‘05 in New Orleans, just before Katrina hit. It was a definite turning point in my career and things I learned from the sessions, hallway discussions and from talking with the Google engineers I literally put into play each evening and I saw results.

And if you don’t go for any other reason than to come and hear me speak, that would be killer. I’m planning on putting on a small workshop the day/night before PubCon, so if you’re interested, let me know and I’ll get a room booked. I’ll do the same setup as the session I did last month, charge just enough to cover the cost of the room and I’ll stay as long as there are questions to answer. Last month I was there for four hours.

Here are some of my favorite moments from the past PubCons (all pictures taken by me).

Here is Jeremy Zawodny of Yahoo! sporting a “Supermanish” t-shirt underneath his regular shirt.

Interviewing Jake Baillie of True Local

Jake Baillie is one of my favorite presenters at PubCon due to his no-nonsense approach and wealth of knowledge which can actually be implemented in your business. Much of what I know about competitive intelligence can be attributed to Jake.

His motto is simple: “Use the Damn Internet!” … as too many people are lazy to figure things out themselves by tapping into this killer resource at the tips of your fingers. If Jake is presenting, make sure you catch him.

I’m almost always on the front row as I’m less likely to be distracted and conversations between the presenters are often audible.

From the Boston PubCon in '06 - First time in Fenway

I try to relax at night during PubCon and this time I went a Red Sox game.

I am often asked how do you value a domain? How much is it worth? This is both on the selling side and the buying side.

There is so much that goes into this “formula” due to what exactly are you buying … are you buying just the domain? The design? The traffic? The customer list? Those are all key factors in determining the actual worth of the domain and they can get pretty complex.

However, there are two sites I use in order to get a good “measure” of the domain.

Buying a Domain?: Use DNScoop.com. They tend to “under value” domains and use a formula based on traffic, PageRank and links to determine value. For example, they value my SEORevolution site as worth just under $6,000. Not much.

Selling a Domain?: Use BizInformation.org. They tend to “over value” domains and use a system similar to DNScoop. How much do they value my SEORevolution site? $1.5 million.

As you can see, there is a big difference between the two and whether you are buying or selling, you can use each service to leverage your negotiation.