Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts I found and read during November. 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 archives: 2008 Best Posts and 2007 Best Posts. I never include my own posts in these end-of-month recaps.

Small Business

• Lisa Barone/SmallBizTrends: 11 Competitive Intelligence Tools for SMBs

Local Search

• Tom Crandall/SEM Report Card: 30+ Online Business Directories To Ramp Up Your Local Search Marketing Campaign
• Gib Olander/SEL: Business Owners: Are You Sabotaging Your Own Local Listings?
• David Mihm/SEL: Blocking And Tackling: 10 Fundamentals Of Local SEO

SEO

• Ann Smarty/SEJ: Breadcrumbs: Everything About Breadcrumbs & SEO
• Jolina Pettice/Online Marketing Blog: PRSA09: Top 10 SEO Tips for Public Relations
• Kevin Gibbons/SEOptimise: 21 On-Site SEO Tips You Can Give to Your Online Copywriter

Link Building

• Debra Mastaler/SEL: 11 Effective, Efficient Ways To Use Limited Time To Build Links
• Garrett French/SEP: The Holiday Link Building Blitz: A Plan for eCommerce Sites

PPC

• Virginia Nussey/Bruce Clay Inc.: The PPC Hierarchy of Needs

Social Media

• Sonia Simone/Copyblogger: The 7 Harsh Realities of
  Social Media Marketing

• Greg Finn/SEL: How To Quickly Customize Your Facebook Page To Attract More Fans

Blogging

• Glen Allsopp/ViperChill: 24 Things I Do When Launching a New Blog
• Glen Allsopp/ViperChill: The Most Important Blogging Analysis Ever
• Joost de Valk/Yoast.com: Practical Guide to 404 Error Pages: What WordPress is Missing

Copywriting

• Dan Zarrella/Copyblogger: Here’s Hard Data for Headlines that Spread on Twitter
• Justin Goff/Shoemoney : How Being A Good Copywriter Can Make You More Money As A Blogger

Design & Usability

• Chris Spooner/Line25: 10 Usability Crimes You Really Shouldn’t Commit

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