June ’08: Best Search/Marketing Posts

Wow. Great month of marketing content recapped here — almost 40 links below, including several from blogs/authors I’ve never referenced before. I’m sure you’ll find at least a couple new authors in this month’s recap — please give them a try! Okay, on with the show…

Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts during June. If you’re new to SBS, this is a monthly feature. You can find earlier “Best Of”s for each month in the archives. Only rule is that my own posts are not eligible.

Local Search

• David Mihm: The “BCS” for Local Search Engine Optimization
• David Mihm: Local Search Ranking Factors
• Stephen Espinosa: Web References/Citations – Local Search Tactics

SEO

• Vanessa Fox/SEL: Google Now Crawling and Indexing Flash Content
• Google Webmaster Central: Improved Flash indexing
• Ann Smarty/SEJ: Google XML Sitemaps : Essential FAQ
• Mike Volpe/Hubspot: 7 Reasons Why Marketing Can’t Trust the Webmaster with SEO
• Rishi Lakhani/SEOmoz: Building Bricks: Keyword Discovery Process for Small Businesses
• Joost de Valk: WordPress SEO
• Karon Thackston: Should You Change Your Copy When Rankings Fall?
• John Carcutt/SEJ: Are SEO Forums Still Needed?

PPC

• Richard Ball/Apogee Weblog: 4 Steps to Avoid the Google AdWords Ignorance Tax
• Brian Carter/Fuel Interactive: AdWords 911: The 4 Step Emergency Fix for Dying AdWords Accounts
• Jennifer Osborne/Search Engine People: Small Business PPC – 26 Mistakes That Cost You Money

Blogging

• Steve Snell/Traffikd: A Small Blogger’s Guide to Social Media Marketing

Link Building

• Deb Mastaler/Linkspiel: Is That Directory Worth Submitting To?
• Rishi Lakhani/SEOmoz: Small Business Link Building: Part A – Analysing Opportunities
• Justilien Gaspard/SEW: Link Building Ideas for Local Auto Dealers
• Patrick Winfield/10e20: Researching for Linkbait Pieces
• Ann Smarty/SEJ: How to Explore Backlinks Anchor Text

Social Media

• Mark Eckenrode/HomeStomper: The James Bond Guide To Twitter and Real Estate Marketing
• Stephan Spencer/Netconcepts: Social Media “Hacks” (at SES Toronto)
• Chris Winfield/10e20: Twitter: Ultimate Time Waster or Great Tool?
• Glenn Allsop/Viperchill: Definitive Guide to Fark and Getting Mass Traffic
• Brian Clark/Copyblogger: The Five Essential Elements of Effective Social Media Marketing

Online Marketing/General

• Dean Rieck/Copyblogger: How to Collect Tons of Testimonials with the Secret “SPURF” System
• Mason Hipp/Small Fuel: 3 Questions Your Customers Are Dying For You To Ask
• Rich Brooks/flyte blog: Why RFPs Are Bad for Your Business
• Joel Burslem/Future of Real Estate Marketing: Using Video in Your Real Estate Marketing
• Tim Ash/SEW: Uncovering Site Problems for Landing Page Optimization, Part 1
• Linda Bustos/Get Elastic: Improving Product Descriptions Using Competitor Customer Reviews
• Andrea Harris/SEL: Getting The Most Out Of A Search Marketing Conference

Search Tech

• Rand/SEOmoz: White Hat Cloaking: It Exists. It’s Permitted. It’s Useful.
• Stoney deGeyter/SEG: How to Move to a New Domain With Minimal Ranking Loss and Downtime
• Vanessa Fox/Jane and Robot: Managing Robot’s Access To Your Website

Google

• Bill Slawski/SEO by the Sea: How Google Universal Search and Blended Results May Work

Rants

• Graywolf: Google’s Two Tiered Internet World Sinks to a New Low
• Graywolf: Hey Matt Cutts Be Fair if You Are Going After Paid Links

LOL Funny!

• David Dugdale/RentVine: Yahoo is Now Our Bitch [Video]