Friday night link-o-rama

Here’s some holiday weekend reading (holiday in the U.S., at least)….

At SearchRank.com, David Wallace puts together a good list of keyword research tools that’s surely worth a bookmark.

Is a listing in the Yahoo Directory worth the $299 cost? Andy Hagans at Link Building Blog says it most certainly is, but be sure to read into the comments where I confirmed that Andy agrees it’s not a good idea for an established site that ranks well in Yahoo.

An oldie but a goodie… that might be especially helpful for small business owners who are still trying to figure out how it all works: The Google Librarian Newsletter discusses How does Google collect and rank results?