Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts I found and read during December. 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
- Vedran Tomic/SmallBizTrends: 10 Things You Should Have Done to Make Your Google Business Listing Great
- Ash Nallawalla/NetMagellan: How to SEO for Google PlaceRank
- Tom Critchlow/Distilled: Google Local Research Data Released For Free
SEO
- Mark Thompson/Web Analytics World: 10 SEO Tools I Use That Are Free
- Rand Fishkin/SEOmoz: How Personalized Search Changes SEO (and Doesn’t)
- Michael Gray/Wolf-Howl: Shopping Cart SEO Tips
Link Building
- Wiep Knol: My Link Baiting Idea Generation Process
- Garrett French/SEL: 21 Link Builders Share Advanced Link Building Queries
Social Media
- Lisa Barone/Small Business Trends: 7 Ways to Get More From Social Media in 2010
- Jennifer Laycock/SEG: Four (ok twelve) Reasons to Build a Social Media Strategy for 2010
- Heidi Cohen/ClickZ: Social Media Checklist for Small and Medium Size Businesses
- Mack Collier: Everything you ever wanted to know about creating a social media strategy (but were afraid to ask)
- Rebecca Kelley/10e20: 6 More Social Media New Year’s Resolutions for 2010
- Greg Finn/SEL: 12 Social Media New Year’s Resolutions For 2010
- Jennifer Laycock/SEG: The Super Simple Guide to Setting Up Your First Company Facebook Page Without Blowing a Gasket – Part Three
Blogs & Blogging
- Glen Allsopp/Viperchill: Guest Blogging: The Ultimate Guide
- Michael Martine/Remarkablogger: Real Estate Blogs: Move Beyond Listings, or You’re Dead
- Rebecca Kelley/10e20: Comments or No Comments? That is the Question!
Copywriting
- Renne Leatto/I. Karumbah: Does Your Copy Need a Makeover? 7 Tests That Measure the Verbal Impact of Your Business Message
- Jason Cohen/Copyblogger: 10 Secrets to More Magnetic Copy
Web Design/Usability
- Linda Bustos/Get Elastic: 8 Tips for Account Registration
- Dr. Pete Meyers/SEOmoz: Persuasion 101: Ask Yes/Yes Questions
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This is a post from Matt McGee’s blog, Small Business Search Marketing.
December ‘09: Best Search/Marketing Posts
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December ‘09: Best Search/Marketing Posts
