October ‘09: Best Search/Marketing Posts
By Matt McGee on Nov 1, 2009 in Link Roundups
Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts I found and read during September and October. (I’m combining the two months because I spent much of September traveling.) 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.
Local Search
- Gregg Stewart/SEW: Consumers Head Online for Local Business Information
- Mike Blumenthal: Google Maps: Six reasons why your listing might “go South” & some tips to cope
- Chris Silver Smith/SEL: Google Custom Maps: A Goldmine For Local Businesses
- David Mihm/SEL: Be Wary Of Call Tracking Numbers In Local Search
- Mike Blumenthal: Google Answers Some Local Listing Ad Questions
SEO
- Victor Murygun/10e20: 10 Simple (but Important) Things to Check Before Optimizing an Existing Site
- Lee Odden/Online Marketing Blog: The Truth About SEO
- Karon Thackston/Marketing Words: SEO Copywriting Strategies for Graphic-Oriented Sites
- Stoney deGeyter/SEG: 7 Worst Things (Bad) SEO Clients Do
- Stoney deGeyter/SEG: 7 Worst Things (Bad) SEO’s Do
- Adam Audette/SEL: 9 Tasty Tips For Ecommerce SEOs
- Pete Meyers/SEOmoz: SEO Cheat Sheet: Anatomy of A URL
- Stephan Spencer/SEL: How To Choose Content Management Systems For SEO
PPC
- Brad Geddes/bgTheory: You are Not Your Target Market
Link Building
- David Wallace/SearchRank: 10 Factors That Determine the Value of Inbound Links
Social Media
- Jennifer Laycock/SEG: The Super Simple Guide to Setting Up Your First Company Facebook Page Without Blowing a Gasket – Part 2
- Jennifer Laycock/SEG: The Super Simple Guide to Setting Up Your First Company Facebook Page Without Blowing a Gasket – Part One
- Greg Finn/SEL: 8 Tips For Getting Your Fan Page Found In Facebook Search
- Lisa Barone/Small Biz Trends: 6 Ways To Integrate Twitter Into Your Site
Blogs & Blogging
- Lisa Barone/Small Biz Trends: 10 Things to Do Before Launching Your Blog
- Michael Gray/Wolf-Howl: Wordpress SEO: How to Choose a Permalink Structure
- Jim Cronin/Real Estate Tomato: How To Choose A Domain Name For Your Real Estate Blogsite
Analytics
- Andre Scholten/Yoast: Track SEO rankings and Sitelinks with Google Analytics II
Copywriting
- Angie Haggstrom/Search Engine People: 5 Elements of Great Website Copy
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3 Comment(s)
By Tim Conley on Nov 1, 2009 | Reply
Matt, I’m amazed you got a chance to read all these. Thanks for the post cuz I missed quite a few of them. I caught Lisa Barone’s 10 things to do before launching your blog. There were a couple good articles on pay per call tracking that didn’t make your list. Unfortunately, they’re cleared out of my google reader or I would post the URLs. I believe they were on Search Engine Land.
By Joel McLaughlin on Nov 2, 2009 | Reply
Awesome collection, I am an avid Stoney, Blumenthal & Laycock fan, and I am purging through these other websites right now. It looks like some great material
By Harmony Thiessen on Nov 10, 2009 | Reply
WOW. i am really grateful to you for doing this. Great resource. Now to someone who is laboring to learn the ropes…where do I find the time to read it all?
Got any time mutiplyer article summaries to post? Again thanks. I am now following you on Twitter too…so behave!