Search conferences (and conferences that have search marketing tracks) tend to happen during spring and fall…although you can usually find one any time of year. The main ones are:

The Direct Marketing Association (DMA)
http://www.the-dma.org

The DMA holds a number of conferences, with the largest ones being the annual conferences, and ACCM (targeted towards catalog marketers.)

Search Engine Strategies (SES)
http://www.searchenginestrategies.com

This is *the* search conference, originally started by Danny Sullivan. The big conferences happen in the US three times a year, usually in NYC, San Jose and Chicago. There are also international conferences.

Search Marketing Expo (SMX)
http://www.searchmarketingexpo.com

After Danny Sullivan left SES, he started his own conference series with Chris Sherman. SMX holds a number of US and international conferences.

There are usually smaller search marketing conferences going on all the time…Plus, you can often find specialized workshops that are usually held about once a quarter. I know that SuccessWorks will be running one in late January/early February 2009…

Thanks for your note!

Is there a list or some kind of a service listing all the conferences? I’m on my way to the South, Houston would be the largest city that I’ll visit.