University Library: External Search Engine Marketing Educational Resources
There are a number of helpful online resources where you can learn more about, and keep up-to-date on, the latest trends and changes
in the search engine marketing industry.
About.com's search engine section, devoted to site optimization
and increasing search engine rankings, contains a wealth of pertinent and fairly current information. They also include a forum area where
anyone can join debates about search engine marketing or contribute information and tips.
The Click Z Network is the largest resource of interactive
marketing news, information, commentary, advice, opinion, research, and reference in the world, online or off.
Hispanic Search Marketing is a blog run by Nacho Hernandez which provides search engine marketing information and tips for Hispanic and Latin communities as well as offers the latest U.S. news. His second blog, Search Marketing for Latin America, is also a helpful resource for search marketers.
Hispanic Trending is a Latino marketing and advertising blog developed to give access to research, news, and commentaries related to all things Hispanic.
MarketingSherpa is a media company that publishes useful case studies and best
practices data about marketing, advertising, and media relations. MarketingSherpa publishes the famous Buyer's Guide to Search Engine Optimization
Firms where search engine optimization and marketing firms are profiled.
The Pandia Website is another excellent resource that contains abundant information related to
improving search engine rankings. Pandia has a slightly more European tone than other resources, thanks to its Norwegian creators. This gives an
international perspective on search engine marketing.
SEMPO(Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) is a non-profit professional association
that is working to increase awareness and promote the value of search engine marketing worldwide. Visit the SEMPO Website for the latest news, upcoming SEM
events and educational materials.
Danny Sullivan's and Chris Sherman’s
Search Engine Land, a division of Third Door Media, is a great resource for keeping abreast of the
latest search engine, and search marketing, news and trends, and features regular columns (including
one written to which iProspect authors contribute monthly) on specific niches within the search marketing
industry.
Search Engine Strategies is the premier conference series that keeps you informed about
search engine marketing and optimization issues. Conference sessions teach you the ins-and-outs of search engine marketing from top experts in the field, as
well as representatives from the search engines themselves.
Search Engine Watch, now part of the ClickZ network, is a comprehensive resource
that includes in-depth information about search engine marketing from reports and articles, event news and highlights to tips and tutorials to improve your
website's search engine visibility.
Search Engine Worldwide is a directory of almost 1,500 search engines
from around the world, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, developed by Tokyo-based coal mining engineer Takakuwa Toyo.
iProspect's Search Marketing Advisor e-newsletter delivers practical search engine marketing advice, tactics and strategies to you monthly with our compliments. It explores best practices on topics such as natural search engine optimization, paid inclusion and paid search advertising management, as well as Web analytics and website conversion enhancementsm.
Search Marketing Expo
is Danny Sullivan’s high-end search marketing conference series, organized by Third Door Media, that includes intimate events on niche-specific
topics, as well as large events covering the breadth of search engine marketing topics for marketers of all knowledge levels.
The Webmaster World website offers hundreds of online marketing articles, a comprehensive
glossary of terms, and a number of forums where you can discuss your website's design, coding, maintenance, promotion, marketing, and management.
