[2] Search Engine Watch was started by Danny Sullivan in 1996.

In 2005, the website and related Search Engine Strategies conference series were sold to Incisive Media for $43 million.

On November 30, 2006, Danny Sullivan left Search Engine Watch, after his resignation announcement on August 29, 2006.

In 2015, Incisive Media sold SES, Search Engine Watch, and ClickZ to Blenheim Chalcot.

[4] Google's Matt Cutts has called Search Engine Watch "a must read."