Local SEO Events in Albuquerque

• SEO Meetups are set up monthly across Albuquerque with free advice and open discussions, you only have to create an account with meetup.com to get notifications of meetings and to RSVP for events
• NM American Marketing Association: Internet Marketing: New FTC Rules of the Road; August 19, 2010
• SEO LiftOff Basic SEO Training – HardRock Casino Resort Sept. 24th, 9am – 4pm

Top National SEO / SEM Conferences

• The three most popular SEO conferences are Search Marketing Expo, Search Engine Strategies, and Brett Tabke’s Webmasterworld Pubcon.
• Danny Sullivan was originally behind the SES series, but recently announced he was leaving and opened up his Search Marketing Expo (SMX).
• The most popular Search Engine Strategies conferences occur during fall in San Jose and at the end of winter in NYC. There are also MANY other local and international Search Engine Strategies conferences throughout the year. You can learn more about SES by reading the conference blog.
• Pubcon holds a conference around the beginning of winter in Las Vegas. Brett also sometimes holds a pub only conference in Texas and the UK. You can learn more about Pubcon by reading the conference blog.

Industry Related SEO / SEM Events

• Ad Tech – corporate(ish) focused on advertising and marketing
• Affiliate Summit – Hosted by Shawn Collins. Highly focused on affiliate related issues.
• Gnomedex – Chris Pirillo’s technology conference.
• Search Bash – informal Jamaica gathering by WebmasterRadio.fm.
• SEO Roadshow – free, but invite only. Many search market old-timers go to this pub only event.
• SXSW Interactive – focused primarily on design, new media, and blogging. Less crass commercialism than at the other conferences.
• Web 2.0 Conference – focused on new web technologies and upstart companies. Hosted by John Battelle.