One of the best ways to keep up with what’s happening in the SEO industry is via various conferences.
| Dates | 2021 SEO Conferences | Venue | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2021 | Women in Tech SEO Festival | The Barbican Centre, London, UK | £100 |
| 25 & 26 March 2021 | BrightonSEO | Brighton, UK | Free – £380 |
| 18-19 May 2021 | SMX London | Bishopsgate, London, UK | Usually £895 |
| 11 June 2021 | Outreach Conference | The Congress Centre, London, UK | £359 |
| 9 – 10 September 2021 | BrightonSEO | Brighton, UK | Free – £380 |
| September 2021 | Benchmark | Hilton Manchester Deansgate, UK | TBC |
| Cancelled | Learn Inbound | Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland | TBC |
| September 2021 | SearchLove London | The Brewery, Moorgate, London, UK | £970 |
| September 2021 | Digital Elite Day | The British Museum, London, UK | £295 |
| November 2021 | UnGagged | Venues County Hall, London, UK | TBC |
SEO Conferences for 2021 – Additional Details
BrightonSEO is one of the world’s biggest search marketing conferences in Brighton. The conference happens twice yearly. They also host paid training events.
Benchmark is an SEO & PPC Search Marketing Conference in Manchester, UK. It is a one-day event bringing together the very best in PPC, SEO, content marketing and social media.
Learn Inbound is a Digital Marketing Conference in Dublin, Ireland. It is a two-day event bringing together the very best industry leaders in paid advertising, SEO, content marketing, product marketing and social analytics. Learn Inbound founder Mark Scully confirmed no future conferences are planned.
Or Learn Inbound. No future conferences are planned.
— Mark Scully (@ScullyMark) November 15, 2020
UnGagged is a Digital Marketing & SEO Conference that happens in London and the UK. It is a two-day event bringing together top decision-makers and influencers from the leading brands and agencies in the SEO & Digital Marketing industry covering intermediate to advanced SEO tactics, strategies and insights on a range of topics including SEO, content marketing and link building, social, CRO and more.
SearchLove London, organised by Distilled is an online marketing conference in London, UK. It is a two-day event bringing together the most advanced thinkers in online marketing covering search, content, paid promotions, data, PR, tools and techniques.
Outreach, organised by Verve Search is a link building, digital and online PR Conference in London, UK is a one-day event focused 100% on outreach strategy and creative content to build the best links and gain coverage from the highly authoritative sites and well-known publications.
SMX London is a Search Marketing Expo & Conference in London, UK. It is a two-day event covering SEO, paid search, SEM, social, analytics and more.
Women in Tech SEO Festival happens in London. It is a one-day technical SEO conference event bringing together the most experienced women-only speaker line-up and attendees across the industry.
Digital Elite Day takes place in London. It is a two-day event with two interchangeable tracks to scale up your skills in SEO as well as CRO. Search Elite track is meant for SEOs and Conversion Elite track is meant for CROs.
One other conference I recommend you attending is the next Google Webmaster virtual conference in February 2021.
SEO Groups & Meetups List in UK
| Conference | Venue |
|---|---|
| ReadingSEO | A Reading-based SEO meetup for SEO professionals organised by the team from Blue Array. |
| SearchMK Meetup | A Milton Keynes-based meetup for SEO’s, PPC Specialists, Digital Marketers and business owners organised by joint owners Maret and Daniel B. |
| Optimisey Meetup | A Cambridge-based SEO meetup for SEO professionals organised by Andrew. |
| SearchNorwich Meetup | A Norwich-based search marketing meetup organised by Mark Williams-Cook. |
| CardiffSEOMeet | A Cardiff-based (South Wales) SEO meetup for SEO professionals organised by Steve Morgan. |
| BristolSEOMeet | A Bristol-based SEO meetup for SEO professionals organised by Faye Watt. |
| NCLSearch Meetup | A New Castle based meetup for digital marketing professionals and search industry heavyweights. |
| Bath Digital Festival | A Bath-based meetup for digital marketing and tech professionals. |
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