Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts I found and read during June. If you’re new to this blog, this is a monthly feature that began way back in 2007. You can find earlier “Best Of”s for each month in the Link Roundups category archive. I never include my own posts in these end-of-month recaps.
Local Search
- Tim Coleman/Convert Offline: Dominating Google Maps- The Most Effective Spam Ever And What You Can Learn From It
- Mary Bowling/SEOverflow: Local Ranking Factors and Core Data Confusion
- David Mihm: 2010 Local Search Ranking Factors
SEO
- Danny Dover/SEOmoz: Introducing the Beginner’s Guide to SEO v2.0
- Lisa Barone/Outspoken Media: 9 SEO Mistakes Businesses Make With Content
- Adam Singer/Future Buzz: Developing Content Isn’t A Choice: It’s Core To Digital Marketing
- Scott Willoughby/SEOmoz: Whiteboard Interview – Google’s Matt Cutts on Redirects, Trust + More
- Laura Lippay/SEOmoz: Customized SEO Strategy & Recommendations: Step 6 of the 8-Step SEO Strategy
PPC
- Giovanna Wall/PPC Blog: Should You Outsource PPC?
- Jen Barrett / PPCHero: Top 10 Tactics To Help When You Are Projected To Be Over Budget
Link Building
- Debra Mastaler/SEL: Four Engines, Four Ways To Generate Links
- Paddy Moogan/SEOmoz: How to Get Links in Tough Industries
Blogging
- Jonathan Morrow/Copyblogger: 20 Warning Signs That Your Content Sucks
Social Media
- Marty Weintraub/aimClear: Facebook SEO Ranking Factors, 2010 Study Results
- Brian Chappell/Ignite Social Media: 2010 Social Network Analysis Report: Geographic, Demographic and Traffic Data Revealed
- Kipp Bodnar/HubSpot: A B2B Guide for Twitter Lead Generation
Analytics
- Patrick Altoft/Blogstorm: How to Measure & Analyse Long Tail Search
Design & Usability
- Linda Bustos/Get Elastic: 17 Ways To Minimize Friction in the Sales Process
- Kim Krause-Berg/Cre8Pc: The You-Don’t-Matter Website (A Look At Ego/Vanity Sites)
July 3, 2010 - 12:49 am
Great list Matt. The article on twitter lead generation is the most useful. I find that some of my business associates think they can have a twitter account and it will instantly bring in business, just by them listing promotions on their account. There is a lot more that needs to go on to drive highly targeted customers to your twitter profile first.
July 4, 2010 - 11:11 am
Hi,
I am a big fan of your best 10 post entry of every month, I go through it every month and somehow your selected entries helps me in my SEO Career, keep it up and finally thanks a lot for the hard work and sharing it….
July 6, 2010 - 2:03 pm
Thanks for the list Matt. Makes researching SEM and PPC 10x easier!