September ’10: Best Search/Marketing Posts

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

• Andrew Shotland/SEL: 13 Questions To Ask Before You Hire A Local SEO Consultant

Small Business

• Miriam Ellis/SEO Igloo: When The Karate Kid Gets Mad – Teaching User Review Crane Technique To Small Business Owners
• Luther Lowe/Yelp: The Positive Side of Negative Reviews

SEO

• Jill Whalen/High Rankings: Dear Google…Stop Making Me Look Like a Fool!
• Jessica Bowman/SEM In-House: Google Instant: One Week Later, Thinking About Keyword Research
• Jonathan Allen/SEW: 7 Reasons Why Google Instant Makes SEO Dead-on Relevant

PPC

• Erin Sellnow/PPC Hero: Identifying & Improving Poor Landing Pages

Blogs & Blogging

• Adam Singer/Future Buzz: The Ongoing Myth That Web Content Must Always Be Short
• Carol Tice/Copyblogger: 50 Can’t-Fail Techniques for Finding Great Blog Topics
• Stacey Harmon/Agent Applause: Forget Google – Realtor Uses Local Strategies to Win Blog Visibility

Social Media

• Amber Naslund/Brass Tack Thinking: 9 Ways To Build A Twitter Community With Substance
• Jeremy Blanton/Tech Savvy Agent: 7 Ways to Be Hated On Twitter
• Brian Massey/SEL: How To Coax Social Media Insights From Google Analytics
• Tim Ware/Social Media Examiner: How to Create Fan-only Facebook Content
• Suzanne Roy/Tech Savvy Agent: 5 Hot Real Estate Marketing Tips for Facebook

Copywriting

• Lisa Barone/Small Biz Trends: 12 Tips for Writing Better Content

Usability

• Kim Krause-Berg/SEP: Do It Today: 10 Minute Usability Touch-up
• Dr. Pete Meyers/SEOmoz: Priceless CRO Advice for $224

Online Marketing/General

• Andy Sernovitz/Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That: How to become an email marketing genius: The Simmer
• Linda Bustos/GetElastic: The Promo Code Tactic That Cut Coupon Poaching By 90%
• Linda Bustos/GetElastic: 6 Ways to Tackle the Promo Code Problem