WebmasterWorld's PubCon to Feature Yahoo!, Craig Newmark of craigslist

Austin, Texas - (The Hosting News) - April 19, 2007 - WebmasterWorld's PubCon Search Engine and Internet Marketing event, scheduled for December 4-7, 2007 in Las Vegas, will feature a keynote address from Craig Newmark of craigslist. The event is supported by the industry's leading businesses, speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors, including Yahoo!, PubCon's multi-year sponsor.

Mr. Newmark is a senior web-oriented software engineer, with around twenty-five years of experience (including 18 years at IBM), and has become a leader in online community by virtue of running www.craigslist.org for over nine years. He's compiled extensive experience evangelizing, leading and building, including work at Bank of America and Charles Schwab.

WebmasterWorld's PubCon (aka: Publishers Conference) is an educational conference and industry trade show programmed specifically for web professionals and website site owners, featuring sessions and tracks designed for the search engine industry, the online advertising industry, affiliates, webmasters, web site marketing, corporate IT development and technology business management, and consultants involved in any business with an Internet presence.

Brett Tabke, CEO of WebmasterWorld's, and PubCon organizer commented, ''I'm delighted to announce that Craig Newmark will give a keynote address at our 2007 event in Las Vegas, which again will be sponsored by Yahoo!, as part of our multi-year sponsorship deal."

Yahoo! Publisher Network is a premier sponsor of WebmasterWorld's PubCon Search Engine and Internet Marketing conferences.

John Battelle, author of The Search, editor of the Searchblog, and Chairman of the Web 2.0 Conference added, ''I've been to hundreds of conferences over the years. The ones that are still around today are those that can provide long-term value to sponsors and attendees. Multi-year sponsorship contracts prove that conferences have lasting and durable value for all concerned.''

Guy Kawasaki, the author of ''The Art of the Start and managing director of Garage Technology Ventures,'' offered ''There are milestones in every business. Acquiring long-term major sponsors is a clear sign that a conference has stepped to the next level.''

Mr. Tabke continued, ''Las Vegas PubCon 2006 was our biggest and best conference, breaking our records for attendees and sessions, and attracting top speakers from leading businesses around the globe, including Guy Kawasaki as our opening Keynote. Our aim, for Las Vegas PubCon 2007, is to deliver to our attendees, once again, the same extensive program of educational, topical and cutting-edge know-how, along with many networking opportunities.''

WebmasterWorld's PubCon events are for thought leaders in search engine and Internet marketing professionals to gather to share best practices in the design, development, promotion and marketing of their businesses and brands.

For more information about the conference, contact Brett Tabke at 512-231-8107. In the UK, contact Neil Marshall Tel: (+44) 118 988 0288 or engine at webmasterworld.com. For more details about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities contact Strategic Marketing Director Joseph Morin at 512-497-6856 or joe at webmasterworld.com.

WebmasterWorld's Search Engine and Internet Marketing Conference, PubCon 2006 was supported by the Internet industry's leading businesses, including: AdBrite, Arquan, Ask.com, Best of the Web, Bitscape IT Solutions, Blogsvertise, Captures, Card Service Loud, Casino City, ClickTracks, Did-it Search Marketing, Efficient Frontier, ForgeBusiness, Fortune Interactive, Google, ISEDN.org, JoeBucks, LivePerson, Market Leverage, Moniker, Mountain Media, Opera Software, Page Zero Media, PayPerPost, PositionTech, PRWeb, Revenue Magazine, SearchEngineWorld, Search Marketing Standard Magazine, TechPad Agency, Text Link Ads, Topix, Trellian Software, TrueLocal, Visicom Media, WebmasterRadio, Website Magazine, Wordtracker, WebmasterWorld, Yahoo! Publisher Network.

TechPad Agency, LLC is a full resource advertising and marketing agency, specializing in products and services for the web hosting industry. TechPad Agency was founded by individuals with many years of experience in the hosting industry. Since 1996, the owners have run and operated companies that deal with hosting, design and Internet marketing. TechPad Agency recently sold its Cheap Hosting Directory and Website Host Directory leading online resource directories for consumers and small businesses seeking to research and select web hosting services. The sites have been incorporated into iNET Interactive's comprehensive network of web sites serving the web hosting and web development sectors, including Hosting Catalog, and Host Voice.

WebmasterWorld is the leading source for Search Engine and Internet marketing news, best practices and educational events. Founded by Brett Tabke, an early '80s innovator in running BBS (Bulletin Board Systems), the WebmasterWorld Forum began in 1996 and is now the largest community of online marketing professionals with more than 2 million posts and more than 100 discussion topics. WebmasterWorld Conference and PubCon events are for thought leaders in search engine and Internet marketing professionals to gather to share best practices in the, design, development, promotion and marketing of businesses and brands.

To learn more about session information, please visit: www.pubcon.com/sessions.htm.

For more information about registration, please visit: www.pubcon.com.

To learn more about craigslist, please visit: www.craigslist.org.

For more information about WebmasterWorld, please visit: www.webmasterworld.com.