My Favorite Search Engine Marketing Blogs, Forums and Info Sites

The amazing thing about the search engine marketing trade is that you can learn everything you need to know about it through the web, if you know where to look. These are some great places to start.

Search Engine Watch Forums
A forum mostly dedicated to search engines and search engine marketing - topics split up by search engine. The Search Engine Marketing 101 and Linking Building 101 articles by Nacho are a great place to start if you're a beginner or even an old hat.

Search Engine Radio
Each week, host Brad Fallon talks with guests from the search engine industry about the latest news, optimization strategies, software tools, and more.

WebMasterWorld
A forum with a variety of topics from design and development to marketing and search engines.

HighRankings Forum
James Brown is the Godfather of Soul and Jill Whalen is the Godmother of Ethical SEO. Jill's philosophy is great content spawns high rankings and she has knack for writing in plain English about some pretty complicated subjects.

Mike Grehan's E-Marketing-News
The site features Grehan's E-Marketing Newsletter, Filthy Linking Rich Whitepaper and his book, The Essential Best Practices Guide featuring interviews with search engine experts from Google, Yahoo and Ask Jeeves.

WebProWorld
A variety of forum topics. This site is related to Web Pro News, which sends out a daily email about topics most hotly debated on the Web Pro World forum.

Search Engine Roundtable
A well-rounded view on search engines and search engine marketing by senior members of the major SEO/SEM forums on the Internet.

SEO Chat
SEO Chat contains SEO Tutorials, SEO Articles, SEO Tips, and SEO Tricks.

SubmitExpress Forum
Good easy to use forum from the SEO company who can claim a top Google position for "search engine optimization"

Search Engine Journal
Search engine news and critique on search engine marketing, optimization, technology and browsers.

Search Engine Lowdown
Andy Beal keeps you up to date with the latest search engine news and announcements.

Seth Godin's Blog
Seth Godin is a bestselling author, entrepreneur and agent of change. He has been dubbed the Prime Minister of permission marketing.

SEO Book
Blog offers free SEO tips, daily search engine news, and a current SEO ebook for sale.

InstantPosition.com
Chris Boggs Search Engine Expert at InstantPosition provides some good advice to would be search engine marketers in his article The ABC's of Outsourcing SEO

Search Engine Marketing Organizations & Associations

SEMPO
Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization SEMPO exists to fill the gaps in awareness and understanding of SEM, including educating marketing managers worldwide about what SEM is and how properly implemented SEM programs can provide some of the highest returns on investment possible in the marketing world today.

Search Engine Watch
Search Engine Watch provides tips and information about searching the web, analysis of the search engine industry and help to site owners trying to improve their ability to be found in search engines. The site was created by an Internet consultant and journalist Danny Sullivan.

Marketing Sherpa
Marketing, advertising and PR advice - free articles are available during the first 10 days after publish date. A partial free archive of the best marketing articles is also available.