The Forums Updated: 02/28/2007

The mission of the Search Engine Roundtable is to provide you with a single source to locate the best search engine marketing threads on the Internet. To do that, we have enlisted many forum leaders from around the best SEM forums on the Web. Below is a listing, in alphabetical order, of the SEM forums that are covered on a daily basis at the Search Engine Roundtable.

ABAKUS German Forum:
Alan Webb, a.k.a. Webby, is the sponsor behind the largest German speaking search engine marketing focused forum on the Internet. With almost 7,000 register members, the ABAKUS forum is the place to go to learn about SEM related topics in the German language. They even have their own Adwords Adviser.

Cre8aSite Forum:
This forum is made up of some of the most well respected and skilled search engine marketing professionals. The administrators and moderators are well known in the industry and have years of experience and history in the SEM field. The forum was launched in August 2002 by usability expert Kim Krause.

DigitalPoint Forum:
One of the fastest growing Webmaster related forums on the Internet, DigitalPoint Forum has a focus on the the technical aspects of search engine marketing. DigitalPoint has grown its forum member base quickly due to the extensive set of free and unique tools provided to SEM professionals. With almost 15,000 registered users, search representatives from both Google, Yahoo! and MSN and often having 200+ active users at the forum, it makes for a great forum. I personally love the AdSense and Yahoo! Publisher Network forum threads at DigitalPoint.

HighRankings Forum:
Jill Whalen, one of the most known SEOs today, runs this forum. The forums focus is on how to leverage content and other areas to improve ones rankings in search engines. HighRankings Forum has many well known SEMs participate in the threads, and Jill Whalen often will respond to your questions if you post them here.

IHelpYou Forum:
This forum's focus is on best practices with search engine marketing. Run by Doug Heil, he has signed on forum moderators that are well known for best practices in the SEO field. This forum is known to be the whitest, white-hat SEO forum on the net. A great bunch of people, who are strongly committed to improving the reputation of the SEO industry, hang out in this forum.

Search Engine Forums:
Started by Jim Wilson in 1998, Search Engine Forums continue to offer those new to search a friendly space to learn new skills. As with many of the forums, this forum has some well known SEM professionals as moderators and is the space where many current industry experts got their start. The primary focus for SEF is search marketing – paid and organic.

Search Engine Roundtable Forums:
Just a little forum we set up at this site to fill a need. It is possibly the newest forum, launched December 12, 2005, on SEO topics out there at the time of publishing this page.

Search Engine Watch Forums:
Search Engine Watch Forums is run by the JupiterMedia network, and lead by search engine marketing Guru Danny Sullivan. This is forum was launched June 2, 2004 and has grown very well, with over 7,000 registered members since its launch date. Danny and the administrators at this forum has selected some of the best names in SEM to moderator and administer the forums. We have featured hundreds of threads from this forum and it continues to be a leading SEM forum.

SitePoint Forum:
Frequented by tens of thousands of users, the Forums serve as a central discussion hub for Web Professionals worldwide, with hundreds of new messages being posted on a daily basis.

WebProWorld Forum:
WebProWorld began as an offshoot of WebProNews, iEntry's flagship newsletter. The WebProNews Web site started life as a simple mirror of the newsletter back in March 2000. Today it continues as a thriving business portal with regular updates and commentary. WebProNews site kicked off the iEntry.com Network, now consisting of 65 email newsletters received by 4 million subscribers; iEntry also hosts 70 separate portal sites generating 4 million page views per month.

WebmasterWorld Forum:
WebmasterWorld is the largest SEM forum on the Internet. Its founder, Brett Tabke, has made this forum into a major success. Forums members include representatives from Google, Yahoo and other search engine related areas of the industry. There is not much one can say about this forum, except for the fact that this forum is the mamma of all Webmaster-related forums on the Internet today.