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Search Engine Marketing Resources

Looking for a statistic to round out a presentation about the power of search, or a tool to help improve your company's search ranking? Reprise Media has compiled a list of some of our favorite resources.

• Industry Publications & News
• Recommended Blogs
• Discussion Boards
• Industry Research and Statistics
• Tools

Industry Publications & News

• AdAge : Leading print and online publication covering the interactive industry
  
  
• AdWeek : Weekly trade magazine about the advertising industry. AdWeek's Q Interactive section features daily coverage on the Interactive industry
  
  
• Ars Technica : Detailed coverage of the best multi-OS, PC hardware, and tech news
  
  
• Business 2.0 : The playbook for a new generation of leaders

• BusinessWeek : Weekly business-focused print magazine, w/ online component
  
  
• CNet News : Technology news and business reports
  
  
• DMNews : The online newspaper of record for Direct Marketers
  
  
• MediaPost : Print and online publication focused on the interactive industry
  
  
• Marketing Vox : The Voice of Online Marketing
  
  
• MarketWatch : Leading provider of business news, financial information and analytical tools
  
  
• PaidContent.org : Independent information on the digital sectors where media and entertainment companies operate
  
  
• The Register : Biting the hand that feeds IT
  
  
• Reuters Internet News : Global news site providing indispensable information tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets
  
  
• San Jose Mercury News : San Jose-based daily newspaper, with excellent interactive coverage
  
  
• WebProNews : Source for investigative ebusiness reporting and search engine related news
  
  
• ZDNet : Network of blogs on the intersection of technology and business

Recommended Blogs

Official Search Engine Blogs

• Ask.com Blog : Official Ask Jeeves blog
  
  
• Google Blog : Insight into the news, technology, and culture of Google
  
  
• Live Search’s Weblog : Official blog of the MSN Search team
  
  
• Yahoo Search Blog : A look inside the world of search from the people of Yahoo! 

Industry News Blogs

• ClickZ News Blog : Coverage of interactive marketing and advertising issues from the editors of ClickZ
  
  
• Google Blogoscoped : Google, the World, and the World Wide Web, Weblogged
  
  
• John Battelle's SearchBlog : Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology and more
  
  
• Online Marketing Blog : A marketing blog about the intersection of social media, search marketing and online public relations
  
  
• Read/Write Web : Popular tech weblog by Richard MacManus, focused on Next Generation Web Technology
  
  
• Search Engine Journal : Fair and balanced search engine news
  
  
• Search Engine Land : Blog of search engine industry thought leaders Danny Sullivan and Barry Schwartz
  
  
• Search Engine Lowdown : Search industry coverage of new media, sponsored by Ask.com
  
  
• Search Engine Roundtable : The pulse of the search marketing community
  
  
• Search Engine Watch : News from the Search engine industry and beyond
  
  
• SeekingAlpha : Leading provider of stock market opinion and analysis from blogs, money managers and investment newsletters
  
  
• TechCrunch : Weblog dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies
  
  
• VentureBeat

Discussion Boards

• Cre8aSite Forum : Building better websites together
  
  
• Digital Point : Discussion board dealing with all aspects of Search Engine Marketing
  
  
• Search Engine Watch : Discussion board for readers of the Search Engine Watch blog & newsletters
  
  
• SitePoint Forums : Community site that deals with all aspects of building and managing a website
  
  
• Slashdot : News for nerds, stuff that matters
  
  
• ThreadWatch : Community website focused on Internet marketing and related technologies
  
  
• Webmaster World : News & discussion for the independent web professional

Industry Research & Statistics

• eMarketer : Market Research on E-Business and Online Marketing
  
  
• Forrester : An independent technology and market research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice about technology's impact on business and consumers
  
  
• Hitwise : Leading online competitive intelligence service  
  
  
• Interactive Advertising Bureau : Association dedicated to helping online, interactive broadcasting, email, wireless and Interactive television media companies increase their revenues
  
  
• Jupiter Research : Unbiased research, analysis and proprietary data, on the impact of emerging consumer technologies
  
  
• The PEW Research Center : Independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues
  
  
• TNS Media Intelligence : Leading provider of strategic advertising intelligence to advertising agencies, advertisers and media properties

Tools

SEO Tools

• SEO Book Tools
• SEOmoz Tools
• Market Leap
• SEO Chat Tools
• Google Co-Op
• Trellian Keyword Discovery
• Webconfs.com Tools
• WordTracker