The new year has just started and the search marketing conferences are ready to roll. The first one out of the gate is Search Marketing Expo, SMX West, to be held in Santa Clara, California February 26-28, 2008. Others SMX events to follow include; Munich, Sydney, Madrid and New York with special events in Seattle, Denver and Los Angeles and maybe some cities that aren’t listed yet.

This conference, which launched only in June of 2007, is growing quickly. They’ve already had conferences outside the US in Stockholm, London, Buenos Aires and Santiago, Chile.

SMX West has sessions designed just for you, whether you’re just starting in search marketing or you’re a seasoned expert. Your All Access registration pass gets you in to the more than 50 search marketing sessions on the agenda.

New to search? Participate in the SMX Boot Camp which covers all the bases of search marketing success: copywriting, link building, paid search fundamentals and search engine friendly web design. After the Boot Camp, you’ll have two full days to dive deep on your areas of interest before SMX West unwinds.

Got some experience? Learn the latest techniques for achieving superior results in both paid and organic search marketing. There are more than 20 sessions designed just for your skill level.

An expert? Heard of Search 3.0? Search 4.0? SMX West has entire days dedicated to keeping you ahead of the curve with the inside scoop on future developments that only the editors of Search Engine Land can deliver, topics like the personalized search revolution, the social graph, and searcher behavior.