March ’09: Best Search/Marketing Posts
Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts I found and read during March. 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
- Mike Blumenthal: Google Maps now showing Local 10 Pack on Broad Non Geo Phrase Searches
- Steven Brier/SEJ: Leveraging Small Business Customer Reviews and Testimonials Online
- Chris Smith/SEL: Harness The Power Of Twitter For Local Marketing
SEO
- Rand Fishkin/SEOmoz: Rewriting the Beginner’s Guide Part IX: Myths, Penalties and Spam
- Glenn Gabe/SEJ: Flash & Search Engines: Indexed in a Flash
- Conrad Saam/Avvo: “Reciprocal Link Cloaking”, SEO “Experts” and why you need to be very careful
PPC
- Brad Geddes/bgTheory: There is Not a Magic Number for How Many Keywords Should be in an Ad Group
- Brad Geddes/SEL: Everything You Need To Know About AdWords Display URLs
Link Building
- Carrie Hill/Rank and ROI: Small Business Owner’s Guide to Google Backlinks
Social Media
- Amanda Stillwagon/SMBCEO: 27 Twitter Applications Your Small Business Can Use Today
- Greg Finn/SEL: How To Use Images Successfully On Social Media Sites
Blogs & Blogging
- Lee Odden/TopRank: 37 Tips for Optimizing Blogs and Feeds – SES New York
Online Marketing/General
- Sonia Simone/Copyblogger: Take 15 Minutes to Find Your Winning Difference
- Maki/DoshDosh: 6 Fool-Proof Steps to Make More Money With Your Website
- Barry Welford/Viral Conversations: How to Integrate Web Videos into your Marketing Plan
Analytics
- Eric Lander: An Introduction to Log File Analysis for SEOs & Webmasters
- Avinash Kaushik/Occam’s Razor: Dear Avinash: Top Web Analytics Questions, Twitter Edition
- Joanna Butler/SEJ: 7 Simple Steps for Decoding Website Analytics
- Tad Chef/SEOptimise: 30+ Google Analytics Tools, Goals, Segments, Filters, Hacks & Resources
