Archive for September, 2007

BIGLIST Search Marketing Blogs Update 091407

Friday, September 14th, 2007

Not many additions this week, but we did do a bit of housecleaning. Fifty blogs were removed due to non-activity.
Also, our diligent maintainer of the BIGLIST was kind (too kind in my opinion) to note previously removed blogs which have now started posting regularly again. These are on probation but will be added back in […]

Reader Poll: Can SES, SMX and Pubcon Coexist?

Friday, September 14th, 2007

A lot has changed in the search marketing conference industry in the past year. The biggest news being the addition of Kevin Ryan to oversee Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Strategies along with the departure of Danny Sullivan from SES to start his own venture, Third Door Media and the Search Marketing Expo or […]

Making Sense of Linking and Site Promotion

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

The OG’s of link building like Eric Ward are full of reasons why acquiring inbound links without consideration of direct effect from search engines is a sustainable and worthwhile marketing tactic. The ongoing SEO services many search marketers offer is often short sighted with a narrow emphasis placed on link acquisition and not […]

Windows Live Webmaster Portal Beta

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Earlier this year I participated in an online focus group where questions were asked about various webmaster and SEO tools. The session was run by a third party and I was able to get them to admit it was for Microsoft. Tonight, like many others that showed interest, I received an invite to register from […]

25 Signals of Credibility for Marketing Agencies

Monday, September 10th, 2007

With so much uncertainty due to inflated promises, bad press and a fast changing industry, what “signals” of credibility do companies look for in trusted internet marketing partners and resources? Our gift to you today is an annotated list of 25. In one way or another, TopRank is involved with all of […]

BIGLIST SEM SEO Blogs Update 080707

Friday, September 7th, 2007

This week proved there’s no rest for the weary TopRank SEO blog search team, scouring the web for new blogs to add to the BIGLIST of search marketing blogs.

SEO Snafu -Markus writes a blog about some of his favorite topics including:  SEO, social media, social bookmarking, marketing, Web 2.0, blogging, & of course, making money […]

User Generated Content for SEO

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

At SES San Jose, I spoke on a panel with Matt McGee and Andrew Goodman about user generated content with SEO benefits. During the conference and after, the topic of UGC has continued to stay top of mind and therefore, I have this post to share, which discusses the trends towards information consumption involving user […]

Local SEO with Event Promotion

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Editor’s Note: This week we welcome the first of a series of guest posts from client side marketers about search marketing. Paul O’Brien gets things started with a post focusing on how optimizing for local search engines is about more than directory listings and geographic modifiers. Event based local search marketing provides an additional […]

Evaluating Client Search Marketing Readiness

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Experienced client side and agency search marketers know that today’s web site marketing projects involve much more than single event “SEO triage” and link building. A quick look at the topics on the top search marketing forums, newsletters, conferences, blogs  and even print magazines shows an increasing variety of strategies ranging from marketing with social […]