Redding, CT - January 30, 2008 — Search Marketing Expo - SMX West today announced its current list of conference sponsors, exhibitors and partners. More than 60 businesses, media outlets and organizations representing a wide range of specialties within the search industry will be represented at the conference, to be held February 26-28 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

The conference is programmed by renowned search experts Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, who programmed the industry’s first conference ten years ago.  The full list of sponsors, partners and exhibitors is available online. Additionally, information on remaining sponsorship opportunities is available on the SMX West web site, or by contacting VP of Sales Sean Moriarty at sean (at) thirddoormedia.com or 203-536-4004.

Industry Leaders Sponsoring SMX West

SMX West sponsors include Premier Plus sponsor iProspect; Platinum sponsors DoubleClick, Google and Microsoft Ad Center & Live Search; and Gold sponsors Advertising.com, Bruce Clay, Inc., and ClickPath.

“iProspect is really looking forward to our participation as the Premier Plus sponsor of SMX West,” said Bill Muller, iProspect’s vice president of marketing. “We’re excited about the exposure to key search marketing influencers and decision-makers that the event will provide, and are also thrilled to be able to contribute to the educational value of the event by sponsoring Thursday morning’s session on ‘The Ten Truths Every CMO Must Know About Search Marketing’ moderated by Chris Sherman.  SMX West is the first major search marketing event of 2008, and we’re proud to associate the iProspect brand with its inaugural edition.”

SMX West Exhibitors

Conference exhibitors include 24/7 Real Media, Inc., 7Search, ABC Search, Acquisio, Aquent, Dozier Internet Law, P.C., Efficient Frontier, eZanga, HackerSafe, iClimber, iCrossing, Ingenio, IZEA, Local.com, LookSmart, Lyris HQ, Marin Software, MatchCraft, Matchpoint, Media Boost, Medio Systems, Moniker, Nemedia S.A., Net Concepts, Onward Search, Orange Soda, Position2, Search Force, Sendori, SEOmoz, SLI Systems, Smart Search Marketing, Soothware, Sure Hits, Web Certain, Widemile, and ZoomInfo.

SMX West Media and Association Partners

Conference media partners include eM+C, Jobs In Search, PRWeb, Revenue Magazine, Website Magazine, Search Marketing Now, Search Marketing Standard, Target Marketing Magazine, Top Rank, Visibility Magazine, and Webmaster Radio. 

Association partners include ICMA, Marketing Executive Networking Group (MENG), Northwest Internet Advertising Group (NWIAG), San Francisco Bay Area Interactive Group, Search Engine Marketing Professionals of Portland, SEMPO, Social Media Club, SVAMA, SVPMA - Silicon Valley Product Management Association, The Mobile Marketing Association, Web Analytics Association, WOMMA and Yellow Pages Association.

Registration Information

Registration from until February 25th will be $1395. On-site registration will be $1595. Visit http://www.smxwest.com/register to register.

About Search Marketing Expo - SMX West and Third Door Media

Search Marketing Expo — SMX West is produced by Third Door Media, Inc. Third Door Media’s mission is to empower internet and search marketing professionals by providing trusted content and community services they need to be successful. Other Search Marketing Expo events include SMX Advanced, SMX Local & Mobile, SMX Social Media, SMX Travel @ PhoCusWright, SMX London and SMX East. See the full list here.

Third Door Media also publishes the fast-growing search marketing news and analysis site Search Engine Land. The company also produces Search Marketing Now, a lead-generation marketing solution for suppliers of SEM-related products and services, and Sphinn.com, the place for web, online, search, interactive and internet marketers to share news stories, talk within subject-specific discussion forums, build a network and stay connected to hot topics in internet marketing.

For additional information on Search Marketing Expo - SMX West, or to schedule interviews with Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, contact Amy Hooker, 910-362-8004 or amy (at) mavencom.com.

For Third Door Media, contact Claire Schoen, 203-664-1350 or claire (at) thirddoormedia.com.

Conference and Expo events scheduled for Xiamen and Shanghai in 2008

Redding, CT USA and Xiamen, CHINA - January 16, 2008 - Search Marketing Expo (SMX) events will be produced in Xiamen and Shanghai as the result of an agreement between SMX parent Third Door Media, Inc. and China’s leading producer of events for internet and search marketing professionals, Timev Media.

“Regardless of the source, the consensus is that internet and search marketing is growing and will continue to grow very rapidly in China,” said Chris Elwell, Third Door Media President. “We’re privileged to be associated with Inway Ni and the experienced team at Timev Media, which has produced search marketing events in China since 2004,” Elwell added.

“With 162 million internet users and 32% annual growth, China represents great opportunity for the global internet and search marketing community,” said Timev Media Vice President Inway Ni. “We’re very excited to working with the experienced Third Door Media team, including search marketing experts Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, to bring the renowned Search Marketing Expo - SMX event brand to China. Together, we are confident we will provide valuable search marketing content in Chinese and other languages and markets,” Inway added.

Two 2008 Search Marketing Expo events in China are scheduled. The first will be held April 18-19 in Xiamen, to be followed in October with an event in Shanghai.

About Search Marketing Expo and Third Door Media

Search Marketing Expo - SMX events are produced by Third Door Media, Inc. Third Door Media’s mission is to empower internet and search marketing professionals by providing trusted content and community services they need to be successful. Search Marketing Expo events include:

• SMX West - February 26-28, Santa Clara, CA
• SMX Munich - April 8-9, Germany
• SMX Sydney - April 10-11, Australia
• SMX Xiamen - April 18-19, China
• SMX Social Media - April 22-23, Long Beach, CA
• SMX Madrid - May 20-21, Spain
• SMX Advanced - June 3-4, Seattle, WA
• SMX East - October 6-8, New York, NY

Third Door Media also publishes Search Engine Land, an award winning news site for search marketers. The company also produces Search Marketing Now, a lead-generation marketing solution for suppliers of SEM-related products and services, and Sphinn.com, a social media and social network site where online, search, and internet marketers share news stories, participate in subject-specific discussion forums, build networks and stay connected to hot topics in internet marketing.

About Timev Media

Timev Media’s experienced event team has produced internet and search marketing conferences and expositions since 2004. Timev Media’s events cover most cities in Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, and Tokyo. The company also publishes the Timev Internet Marketing portal (www.timev.com), with update news and information for internet marketers in China, in addition to internet marketing research reports.

Contacts:

For Third Door Media
Claire Schoen
claire@thirddoormedia.com
+01 (203) 664-1350

For Timev Media
Jon Qiu
Jon@timev.com
(592) 576-9935

Search Marketing Expo - SMX West today announced that Jim Lanzone, Brad Goldberg and Peter Norvig will join moderators Chris Sherman and Gord Hotchkiss for the ‘Generation Next’ keynote discussion.  Panel participants will discuss recent and current initiatives that are changing the search marketing landscape, as well as predict upcoming search trends.  The keynote discussion will take place on Thursday, February 28 at 9AM.

Redding, CT (PRWEB) January 7, 2008 — Search Marketing Expo - http://www.smxwest.com today announced that Jim Lanzone, Brad Goldberg and Peter Norvig will join moderators Chris Sherman and Gord Hotchkiss for the ‘Generation Next’ keynote discussion.  Panel participants will discuss recent and current initiatives that are changing the search marketing landscape, as well as predict upcoming search trends.  The keynote discussion will take place on Thursday, February 28 at 9AM.

SMX West takes place February 26-28, 2008 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in the heart of Silicon Valley, California. SMX West is programmed for search marketers of all skill levels; the event features more than 50 sessions conducted by search marketing community’s most well known experts and practitioners.

“To have visionaries from three of the world’s major search engines–Ask, Google and Microsoft–discussing the current state of search and looking into the future will be a great experience for our attendees,” said conference co-chair and keynote moderator Chris Sherman.  “It will be a fascinating experience for those who’ve been involved in search for years, as well as those who are brand new to search marketing.”

About the Panelists

Jim Lanzone, CEO of Ask.com
As CEO of Ask.com, Jim Lanzone is responsible for overseeing world-wide business operations. Ask.com is one of the world’s leading search engines, with more than 20 million users per month, offering unique tools and technologies that make search better. Previous to his role as CEO, Lanzone served as senior vice president and general manager of Ask.com US, leading product management, marketing and engineering for the Company. Lanzone joined Ask.com as vice president of product management in 2001.

Brad Goldberg, General Manager, Search Business Group, Microsoft Corporation
As General Manager of the Search Business Group, Brad Goldberg is responsible for product management, product planning, and marketing for Search. This includes current and future versions, and spans all search verticals like Local and Image Search, as well as customer segments including consumer and enterprise. Prior to this role, Brad was the General Manager of the Windows Client Product Management Group where he led product management, launch and planning for the Windows Vista as well as Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, and Windows Update Services.

Peter Norvig, Director of Research, Google Inc.
Peter Norvig is Director of Research at Google Inc. He is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence and the Association for Computing Machinery, and co-author of ‘Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach’, the leading textbook in the field. Previously he was head of Computational Sciences at NASA.  He also served as an assistant professor at the University of Southern California and a research faculty member at the University of California at Berkeley Computer Science Department, from which he received a Ph.D. in 1986 and the distinguished alumni award in 2006.

Registration Information

Registration from now through January 11th will be $1195 and then until February 25th will be $1395. On-site registration will be $1595. Visit http://www.smxwest.com/register to register.

About Search Marketing Expo - SMX West and Third Door Media

Search Marketing Expo — SMX West is produced by http://thirddoormedia.com/. Third Door Media’s mission is to empower interactive and search marketing professionals by providing trusted content and community services they need to be successful. Other Search Marketing Expo events include SMX Advanced, SMX Local & Mobile, SMX Social Media, SMX Travel @ PhoCusWright, SMX London and SMX East.

Third Door Media also publishes the fast-growing search marketing news and analysis site http://searchengineland.com/ . The company also produces http://searchmarketingnow.com/ , a lead-generation marketing solution for suppliers of SEM-related products and services, and Sphinn.com, the place for web, online, search, interactive and internet marketers to share news stories, talk within subject-specific discussion forums, build a network and stay connected to hot topics in internet marketing.

For additional information Search Marketing Expo - SMX West, or to schedule interviews with Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, contact Amy Hooker, 910-362-8004 or amy at mavencom.com.

For Third Door Media, contact Claire Schoen, 203-664-1350 or claire at thirddoormedia.com

Search marketers interested in registering for the industry’s “must attend” search marketing conference, Search Marketing Expo - SMX West, should plan on doing so by January 11, 2008 in order to receive special early bird conference registration pricing. All-access registration pricing of $1195 ends at 11:59 EST on January 11; at midnight on January 12, all-access pricing will increase to $1395.

Redding, CT - January 3, 2008 - January 3, 2007 - Search marketers interested in registering for the industry’s “must attend” search marketing conference, Search Marketing Expo - SMX West, should plan on doing so by January 11, 2008 in order to receive special early bird conference registration pricing. All-access registration pricing of $1195 ends at 11:59 EST on January 11; at midnight on January 12, all-access pricing will increase to $1395.

Produced by Third Door Media, Inc., SMX West will take place in Santa Clara, CA from February 26-28, 2008. The agenda for the three-day multiple track event contains more than 50 sessions focusing on all aspects of search marketing. SMX West is being programmed by renowned search experts Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, who programmed the industry’s first conference ten years ago. The full SMX West agenda is available online.

Search marketers of all skill and experience levels, from novice to expert will benefit from attending SMX West. “For those new to search, we have the search marketing Boot Camp track,” explained conference programmer Danny Sullivan. “For those who are search marketing experts, we have a series of cutting-edge sessions on topics everything from decrypting your ad’s quality scores to understanding how to take advantage of Search 4.0. No matter what you search marketing background, you’ll leave SMX West with information you can immediately put into action.”

Registration Information

Registration from now through January 11th will be $1195 and then until February 25th will be $1395. On-site registration will be $1595. One day access passes and networking-only passes are also available; visit SMXWest.com for details.

About Search Marketing Expo - SMX West and Third Door Media

Search Marketing Expo — SMX West is produced by Third Door Media, Inc. Third Door Media’s mission is to empower interactive and search marketing professionals by providing trusted content and community services they need to be successful. Other Search Marketing Expo events include SMX Advanced, SMX Local & Mobile, SMX Social Media, SMX Travel @ PhoCusWright, SMX London and SMX East.

Third Door Media also publishes the fast-growing search marketing news and analysis site Search Engine Land, which launched in December 2006 and attracted 350,000 unique users in October 2007. The company also produces Search Marketing Now, a lead-generation marketing solution for suppliers of SEM-related products and services, and Sphinn.com, the place for web, online, search, interactive and internet marketers to share news stories, talk within subject-specific discussion forums, build a network and stay connected to hot topics in internet marketing.

For additional information on Search Marketing Expo - SMX West, or to schedule interviews with Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, contact Amy Hooker, 910-362-8004 or amy at mavencom.com.

For Third Door Media, contact Claire Schoen, 203-664-1350 or claire at thirddoormedia.com.