November ’07: Best Search/Marketing Posts

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

Small Business

• Chris Brogan: Small Businesses And Social Media
• Michael/Planet Chiropractic: 23 Surefire Small-Business Marketing Tips for 2008

Local Search

• Mike/Understanding Google Maps: How many Google Coupons are there?

SEO

• Lee/Top Rank: Press Release SEO Tips
• Andy Beard: SEO Linking Gotchas Even The Pros Make
• Michael/SoloSeo: 7 Steps to Get Your New Site Indexed in 24 hours
• SEOBook: The Blogger’s Guide to SEO
• Ross/Stepforth: How Glossaries and FAQs Can Improve Search Engine Rankings
• Andrew/Local Search Guide: Yelp SEO Analysis: Part One

Social Media

• Muhammad/SEL: It’s The (Other) Algorithm, Stupid! Understanding DiggRank
• Muhammad/Search Engine Land: The Social Media Manual: Read Before You Play
• Jennifer/Search Engine Guide: How Do You Value Social Media?
• Todd/Stone Interactive: 9 Simple Ways for Small Businesses to Leverage Social Media
• Pat/Lonely Marketer: 7 Ideas For Social Media And Business
• David/Search Engine Guide: 5 Ways Small Business Can Benefit From Social Media/Networking Sites
• Josh/hyku: Starting Small with Social Media: Georgia Aquarium Flickr Photogroup

Link Building/Viral Marketing

• Aaron/SEObook: Publicize Your Publicity to Create Successful Viral Marketing Campaigns

Google

• Bill/SEO by the Sea: Google Patent on Web Spam, Doorway Pages, and Manipulative Articles
• Dan/SEO FastStart: Why Google Can’t Just "Dump" PageRank
• John Andrews: The SEO, the Press, and Pandering
• Robert/Search Engine Guide: Composing the Perfect Letter of Surrender

Blogs / Blogging

• Avinash/Occam’s Razor: Ten More Blogging Tips From A Novice Blogger
• Andy Beard: Optimizing HTML Links In The Aftermath Of A Blog Storm
• Loren / Search Engine Journal: 20 Essential Blog Directories to Submit Your Blog To

PPC

• Amber/PPC Hero: Use These 5 Holiday Tips To Help Increase Your PPC Revenue
• Ryan/rkgblog: Starting from Scratch: A Paid Search Primer
• Marty/aimClear: Challenges of Scaling Big PPC Management for Small SEM Shops
• Amber/PPC Hero: 5 More Common PPC Mistakes…
• Jennifer/Search Engine Guide: Five Common Paid Search Mistakes That Can Sink Your Campaign

Analytics

• Avinash / Occam’s Razor: Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success
• Alex/Search Marketing Gurus: Compete Search Analytics – My Review

Rants

• Michael/Graywolf: Christina Warren of Download Squad is a Clueless Idiot
• Lisa/Bruce Clay blog: Are You a Social Media Idiot?
• Amber/PPC Hero: Stop Complaining, Start Educating!
• John Andrews: Google vs. Innovation

LOL Funny!

• Philipp/Google Blogoscoped: What If Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft?
• Jeff/Search Engine People: The First (un)Official Sphinn Awards – Day 1
• Michael/Solo SEO: What the Customer Actually Wanted