This powerhouse post from techipedia rounds up a list of the best Web marketing blog posts of the year in an annotated list subdivided into categories:
- Social Media Sites: General
- Digg
- StumbleUpon
- Mixx
- del.icio.us
- Sphinn
- Social Media and Social Media Marketing
- General Internet Marketing
- Viral Strategies
- Link Resources
- Blogging: General
- Blogging: Inspiration
- Blogging: Promotion
- Content Generation
- 11 Unique Content Sources in Saturated Markets (SEOBook): What do you do if you’re in a competitive area and want to write something original? Aaron Wall answers the question.
- 10 Helpful Hints for Creating Strong Web Site Content (10e20): Jake over at 10e20 talks about how you can pump out some great articles if you research, hire experts, do competitive research, and focus on alternate languages, among other excellent tips.
- The 4 Essential Elements of an About Me Page (Quick Sprout): Neil explains that it’s important for your about page to have an image, a statement about yourself, an expressed willingness to help others, and contact information.
- How to Use the Simple Power of Contrast to Become More Persuasive (Copyblogger): Using analogies, Brian Clark examines “contrast” and explains how you can change perceptions to get people to proceed with a purchase.
- Using Google to Target Bloggers & the Mainstream Media with Search Queries (SEOBook): Aaron Wall presents some excellent content-generation ideas.
- 25 Headline Formulas that Have Plagued and Blessed Web 2.0 (Skelliewag): Still need a good headline? Here are some creative angles you can take.
- Reputation Management
- Video Articles
- Business
- Search Engine Optimization
- Search Ranking Factors v2 (SEOmoz): Rand Fishkin asked a bunch of experts about what determines search rankings and published the new findings in April.
- The Bloggers Guide to SEO (SEOBook): Aaron and Giovanna have created a great in-depth guide on how bloggers can ensure that their posts are ranked well within the search engine results. Unlike their eBook (aff) which is worth every penny, the guide is free.
- Example of SEO Strategy Document (Shimon Sandler): What should you present your clients when you’re offering services in SEO? Shimon literally gave away his trade secret with this one.
- The SEO Playbook (Stuntdubl): Todd calls this “the advanced beginner’s guide” and goes through the techniques that get you top rankings. He also includes a whole lot of additional links for reference which makes this blog post extremely comprehensive.
- What Makes SEO and SEM So Damn Hard (SEOmoz): Marketers face a lot of obstacles in the SEO and SEM sphere and it’s a difficult task. What are the challenges? Rand explains all.
- The Lowdown on Press Release Optimization (Top Rank Blog): Lee Odden knows a lot more about press releases than I do, and he talks about what you can to do optimize those PRs.
- Ultimate Local Search Optimization Resources (Web Analytics World): Manoj Jasra aggregates a bunch of websites and provides resources which should help anyone in the area of local optimization.
- WordPress SEO Masterclass for Competitive Niches (Andy Beard): Is your blog niche competitive enough that you feel that you can’t rank for these terms? Take apart your WordPress theme and make it search-friendly. Awesome.
- A Complete Glossary of Essential SEO Jargon (SEOmoz): For newcomers in the SEO sphere, there are a ton of acronyms and terms that you should get acquainted with.
- Keyword Inspiration: Aaron Wall Shares His Secrets (WordTracker Blog): Where does Aaron Wall get his ideas for the ideal keywords? Now you know!
- SEO Expert Quiz (SEOmoz): Are you an SEO expert? Launched earlier this year, the SEOmoz quiz will let you know how literate you are in the world of SEO.
- Search Engine Stuff
- Web Development
- Search Marketing Tools
- Paid Search
- Recommended Books
- Affiliate Sites
- Domaining
- Miscellaneous
- Techipedia’s Best Posts for 2007
I’ve highlighted content generation and SEO but there is a wealth of information behind every one of those headings. Go explore !
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Monday, January 21, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Jake
Hi Libtech,
Very cool blog – thanks for the pickup on my post on 10e20! I’ll be back to read your blog and I’m subscribing. I alway think how closely related Internet search engines and Library Sciences are so closely tied together.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 4:07 pm
mickiegirlca
It’s all about information management and retrieval – with the ever dwindling supply of new domains, finding and making sites usable is key in developing a website that works. SEO is a newer field for me personally and I look forward to reading more of view on the topic at your blog. Thanks for your comments ! :0)
Friday, July 18, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Tamar Weinberg
Hey, I just noticed your link to my site is wrong — it’s http://www.techipedia.com (not technipedia!)
Can you fix? Thanks
Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 12:12 pm
mickiegirlca
Fixed. Thanks for heads up – much appreciated :0)