SEO conferences and resources?

[ShopPharmacyCounter.com]

I am web developer with over 10 years of experience in web consulting. Now I am going on my own and building different types of web sites (e-commerce). I am looking for professional SEO conferences and other SEO tools and resources to help me learn about search engine optimization as well as help me to find tools to use. So I guess my question is: what are the best SEO tools and where to find information about SEO conferences and schedule (by Google preferred)? NO ADVERTIZING PLEASE!

[ILuvNY]

Conferences and seminars are meant for people who need an expensive bill to convince them they just learned something they couldn't have found in a book for $20. Believe it or not, the SEO industry is pretty mature -- if you picked up 2-3 books from Amazon that are top-rated, chance are you would learn EVERYTHING offered in a $500 conference or seminar, plus you could do it at your own pace on your own time.

[Ted F]

The traffic secrets answer is great. Has a lot of valuable information (I own it). I also use something called http://www.trafficvault.com. Has how to guides based on various aspects of SEO, PPC, Web 2.0, and affiliate marketing. I know that traffic secrets cost $400 for everything while TraffcVault costs about $100 for the first month and about $150 for subsequent months.

Also with TrafficVault they have a calendar of Internet marketing events (which judging by your questions is what you're looking for).

Hope this helps and good luck!

[Vijay]

Here are the authority site that I prefer

http://www.SEOmoz.org
http://www.Sphinn.com
http://www.searchengineland.com

You'll find all the latest SEO news in the above site.

For tools you can try...

http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/

[Ana]

Visit Black Hat World Conference

Check http://internetmarketingconference.co.uk