July ’10: Best Search/Marketing Posts

Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts I found and read during July. 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

• Mike Blumenthal: Google Tags – Do They Help? An Anectdotal Review
• Garrett French/Ontolo: Phone Number Co-Citation Analysis for Local Link Builders
• Andrew Shotland: Dead Fingers Walking?

SEO

• Lee Odden/Online Marketing Blog: 4 Steps to Social SEO Success
• Paul Carpenter: Why SEOs are Hated
• Tony Adam: Site Speed: Reducing Page Load Times and Increasing Pages Crawled
• Wil Reynolds/Seer Interactive: The 17 commandments of setting expectations in SEO (interview)
• Christina Keffer/LunaMetrics: 5 Signs Your Web Designer Knows Nothing About SEO
• Tony Verre/Fire Horse Trail: Google vs. Bing Part II: Link Analysis
• Tom Critchlow/SEOmoz: Using Google’s Webmaster Tools Search Queries Report To Identify Low Hanging Fruit
• Peter DaVanzo/SEObook: The Inside Line On SEO

Link Building

• Nichola Stott/SEW: Are We Over-Engineering the Link Graph?
• Rae Hoffman/Outspoken Media: Link Building with the Experts – 2010 Edition

Blogging

• Stacey Harmon/Agent Applause: Forget Google – Realtor Uses Local Strategies to Win Blog Visibility
• Lisa Barone/Outspoken Media: What Do You Love About Your Favorite Bloggers?
• Chase Sagum: 7 Visual Tips for Creating a Great Blog Post
• Donna Fontenot/Famous Bloggers: 5 Steps To Impressing A Longtime Jaded Blogger With Your Comments

Social Media

• Marty Weintraub/aimClear: 7 Ways To Make More Social Media Friends Who Matter
• Tim Soulo/SEOmoz: Facebook Marketing: Ultimate Guide
• Jennifer Laycock/SEG: How to Know When Your Site Needs Social Media Before SEO

Viral Marketing

• Ken Yeung/Network Solutions: Look At Your Video Campaign. Now Look At Old Spice. Why Has The Old Spice Man Captivated Us?

Copywriting

• Miriam Ellis/SEO Igloo: Copywriting For Causes – Getting People To Care

Design & Usability

• Kristine Schachinger/SEW: Don’t Let Your Web Site Design Become a Nightmare

Online Marketing/General

• Linda Bustos/Get Elastic: 5 Reasons You Should Copy Amazon
• Linda Bustos/Get Elastic: 10 Reasons Not to Copy Amazon
• Janie Coffey/Agent Genius: Cheap & easy way to dominate your farm using video