Webmaster Forums

Here are some great forums and services for learning more about optimizing your site and getting higher search engine rankings. There are some very clever people who hang out in these forums so you are going to learn a lot about search engines, optimizing your pages to rank well, and many other topics.

SEO Chat - Part of the Developer Shed network and easily one of the most popular forums for webmasters.

Search Engine Watch - Signup for the SearchDay newsletter and receive search engine news daily.

WebmasterWorld - The highest Alexa ranking for an SEO related forum.

HighRankings - Although somewhat less formal than the other forums, you can pick up a lot of "in the trenches" strategic advice for improving your rankings.

Search Engine Roundtable - Excellent SEO advice, and is a “white-hat” SEO – meaning that he is as concerned with the ethics of the SEO tactics he uses.

Threadwatch - SEO to marketing to search engines to technology issues.

Search Engine Watch Blog - Sheer quality of reporting and boasts top SEO people such as Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman.

SEOmoz - Intelligent discussion on SEO without the hype and bias.

Stuntdubl - How search engine optimization actually works – for searchers, for search engines and for webmasters.

Remember, also, participation in professional forums can help drive qualified traffic to your site. Typically, you create a profile that contains a link to your home page in your signature. Some forums allow your home page link in the discussions and many do not, but someone can find you by reading your profile.