June ’11: Best Search/Marketing Posts

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

• Linda Buquet/Catalyst Marketing: Tale of 2 Google Places Algorithms – Organic vs Places Ranking Factors Revealed
• Mike Blumenthal: Google Places Basics: Listing a New Business – A Timeline for Launch
• Scott Dodge/Internet Exposure: HOW TO: Get a Google Places Label
• Chris “Silver” Smith/NodalBits: Google Maps Hates Small Businesses By Launching Local Folksonomy Descriptive Terms
• Rocky Agrawal/TechCrunch: Groupon Was “The Single Worst Decision I Have Ever Made As A Business Owner”
• David Mihm/Mihmorandum: Local Search Ranking Factors, Vol. 4

SEO

• Lisa Barone/Outspoken Media: SEO Best Practices For Restaurants & Eateries
• Rand Fishkin/SEOmoz: New Edition of the Ranking Factors for 2011 is Now Live!
• Danny Sullivan/SEL: Introducing: The Periodic Table Of SEO Ranking Factors
• Greg Boser/Blueglass: A Practical Guide to SERP Profiling – Part 2

Link Building

• Debra Mastaler/SEL: 3 Common Link Building Questions Answered By 4 Experts
• Richard Baxter: Categorising Your Links with Excel and Open Site Explorer

PPC

• Alan Mitchell/Calculate Marketing: 5 Common PPC Optimisation Mistakes
• Alex Cohen/SEW: 43 Paid Search Signals You Need To Understand

Blogging

• Pamela Seiple/Hubspot: 5 Reasons Why Deleting Your Blog Posts Is Stupid
• Rich Brooks/Social Media Examiner: Ultimate Blogger’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization
• Michael Stelzner/Copyblogger: 4 Ways to Grow Your Blog with the Power of Experts

Social Media

• Tony Thor/AllFacebok: Should You Buy Facebook Fans? Maybe Not…
• Corina Mackay/SME: 5 Tools That Help Measure Your Social Media Influence
• Lee Odden: 35 Smart Social Media Business & Consumer Insights from @BrianSolis
• Kerry Jones/Blueglass: The Photo Strip: Facebook’s Most Underused Free Ad
• Andrea Vahl/Copyblogger: The Ultimate Guide to Facebook Marketing
• Sean Jackson/Copyblogger: 16 Smarter Ways to Use LinkedIn to Build Your Business

Online Marketing/General

• Bryan Eisenberg: The Conversion Trinity: The 3 Step Magic Formula to Increase Click Throughs & Conversions
• Ryan Sammy/Blueglass: 7 Alternatives to Top 10 Lists