Link Building

• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/natural-link-building/12582/
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/link-building-for-small-ecommerce-sites
• http://searchengineland.com/a-case-study-using-contests-to-build-links-23776
• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/keyword-research-synonyms/12540/

Social Media

• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4408-five-easy-ways-to-make-your-business-website-more-social
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/early-detection-how-social-media-may-save-the-world
• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4436-social-media-engagement-good-habits-are-hard-to-start
• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-target-users-within-social-networks/12558/
• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4451-what-can-email-marketing-learn-from-twitter-blogs-and-other-social-media-channels-2
• http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_to_use_facebook_5_tips_for_better_social_networking.php
• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/why-employees-need-social-media-guidelines/12588/

PPC

• http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com/search_marketing_gurus/2009/08/dont-gamble-with-your-ppc-campaigns-save-it-for-the-casinos.html
• http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/increase-google-adwords-quality-scores-by-enhancing-user-experience
• http://www.thinkseer.com/blog/the-dos-donts-of-googlebase-avoid-the-headaches-keep-making-money/2009/08/21/

On Site

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/perfecting-keyword-targeting-on-page-optimization
• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4413-e-commerce-delivery-options-key-tips
• http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/the-importance-of-nofollow-links
• http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/on-site-evaluation-in-action-what-where-and-how.html
• http://searchengineland.com/how-to-handle-an-seo-setback-24052
• http://searchenginewatch.com/3634740

Random

• http://www.getelastic.com/top-ten-2-dot-0/
• http://www.seobook.com/fox-news-blasts-seo
• http://www.seobook.com/google-adds-keyword-predictions
• http://wordpress.tv/2009/05/30/matt-cutts-google-sf09/
• http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/us-websites-break-into-uk-serps-join-the-invasion
• http://www.aimclearblog.com/2009/08/20/how-savvy-advertising-agencies-outsource-search/
• http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors

Tools

• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/firefox-addon-html-validation/12526/

update: edited to fix the broken links – sorry about that.

Affiliate Marketing

• http://www.seobook.com/pros-cons-affiliate-model

Analytics

• http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/08/web-analytics-into-money/
• http://www.getelastic.com/is-analyzing-time-on-site-a-waste-of-time/

Link Building

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/link-building-for-small-ecommerce-sites
• http://www.seobook.com/hanging-out-established-places

Social Media

• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4394-18-observations-on-twitter-and-seo
• http://mashable.com/2009/08/17/enterprise-twitter-tools/
• http://www.thisisherd.com/2009/08/online-arena-and-changing-definition-of.html
• http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/ruud-questions-hugo-guzman.html

On Site

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/perfecting-keyword-targeting-on-page-optimization
• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4393-how-to-impress-the-different-search-engines
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-matt-cutts-on-nofollow
• http://seogadget.co.uk/the-future-of-seo-structured-markup/
• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4434-q-a-paul-cook-on-his-new-tag-optimisation-research

Random

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/4-essential-seo-infographics
• http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/08/optimize-search-engage-community/
• http://www.seobook.com/google-caffeine
• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4400-how-will-your-site-rank-with-google-caffeine
• http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/08/google-caffeine-test-suggests-too-much-emphasis-on-real-time-indexing.html
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-much-do-rankings-matter
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/this-week-in-search-for-81309

update: fixed the broken links – sorry about that.

Ad Copy

• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/optimizing-the-page-search-results-snippet-on-page-tactics/12216/

Analytics

• http://www.aimclearblog.com/2009/08/04/make-videos-pay-youtube-analytics-fundamentals/

Blogging

• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/09/10-harsh-truths-about-corporate-blogging/

Branding

• http://www.seobook.com/myth-organic-marketing

Link Building

• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/link-building-evaluation-guide/12297/
• http://www.johnchow.com/six-solid-steps-to-get-more-links-and-traffic/

Social Media

• http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/08/03/62-ways-to-use-twitter-for-business/
• http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/08/05/to-join-or-not-to-join-that-is-the-question/
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-how-to-get-retweeted
• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4335-what-the-f-k-is-social-media-one-year-on
• http://www.aimclearblog.com/2009/07/13/reputation-management-crises-8-crucial-priorities/
• http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/08/social-media-optimization-redux/

PPC

• http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090804-135250
• http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090806-144107

On Site

• http://www.searchengineguide.com/stoney-degeyter/quick-tip-simple-breadcrumb-usage.php
• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/sitemaps-and-internal-links-the-10000-page-test/12336/
• http://www.getelastic.com/applications-of-keyword-research/
• http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/08/optimize-your-crawling-indexing.html

Random

• http://mashable.com/2009/08/04/free-blog-media/
• http://outspokenmedia.com/seo/reporting-your-seo-competitors/
• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4380-five-must-use-sales-value-propositions
• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4381-etailers-still-need-to-improve-customer-service-survey
• http://searchengineland.com/how-to-excel-at-excel-for-sem-applications-part-6-23642

Update: fixed the broken links – sorry about that.

Link Building

• http://searchenginewatch.com/3634550

Social Media

• http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/29/1-800-flowerscom-sets-up-shop-inside-facebook/
• http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/using-lead-generation-amp-gain-social-branding
• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4327-20-+-mind-blowing-social-media-statistics

On Site

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/top-10-things-the-microsoftyahoo-deal-change-for-seo
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-the-seo-fundamentals-pyramid
• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/12-steps-to-complete-search-engine-domination-from-zero-to-hero-in-just-6-months/6745/
• http://www.searchengineguide.com/stoney-degeyter/the-contruction-of-an-optimized-web-page.php
• http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2009/07/31/increase-page-views/
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteaboard-friday-architecture-for-commerce-with-dr-pete
• http://www.getelastic.com/conversion-metrics/
• http://seogadget.co.uk/googles-vince-update/

Random

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/nudge-lessons-for-seo-and-business
• http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090729-163016
• http://searchengineland.com/21-essential-seo-tips-techniques-11580
• http://www.seobook.com/why-buy-milk-when-you-can-get-cow-free
• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/bing-reshaping-seo/12183/
• http://www.seobook.com/seo-strategy
• http://www.thinkseer.com/blog/reporting-serp-spam-know-how-to-report-reclaim-your-rankings/2009/07/30/

Update: fixed the broken links – sorry about that.

Heavy one this week!

Ad Copy

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/getting-an-seo-copywriting-job
• http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/developing-a-super-powered-content-creation-program.html

Blogging

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/company-blogging-whose-voice-is-it

Branding

• http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2009/07/three-steps-to-building-online-brand.php

Email

• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4289-email-marketing-listen-to-consumers-and-hit-send-at-lunchtime

Link Building

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/10-steps-to-advanced-keyword-research
• http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=66736
• http://www.searchengineguide.com/stoney-degeyter/directory-links-paid-links-or-do-they.php
• http://www.seomoz.org/article/the-professionals-guide-to-advanced-search-operators
• http://www.seobook.com/link-growth-profile

Social Media

• http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/07/21/22-why-reasons-people-go-online-which-is-your-blog-connecting-with/
• http://mashable.com/2009/07/20/facebook-sharing-data/
• http://mashable.com/2009/07/20/twitter-new-users/
• http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/07/21/32-ways-to-use-facebook-for-business/
• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/customer-service-twitter/11950/

On Site

• http://www.building43.com/blogs/2009/07/20/faster-page-load-can-mean-more-profit/
• http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35769
• http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35291
• http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=15261
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/best-practices-for-title-tags
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/canonical-url-tag-the-most-important-advancement-in-seo-practices-since-sitemaps
• http://www.sitevisibility.co.uk/blog/?p=377

Random

• http://blog.compete.com/2009/07/20/home-depot-lowes-customer-service/
• http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2009/07/9-gtd-tips-to-improve-sem-time-management-productivity.html
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-the-future-of-seo
• http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/1199-Measuring-SEO-Success-Challenging-but-Necessary

Tools

• http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html
• http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/seo-blog/index.php/get-your-free-2009-google-seo-basics-ebook-pdf/

Update: fixed the broken links – sorry about that.

Ad Copy

• http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090717-154940

Link Building

• http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2009/07/19/low-cost-seo/

Local Search / SEO

• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/local-seo-using-multiple-urls-for-rankings/11863/

Social Media

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-laymans-personal-branding-platform

Mobile

• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4234-mobile-commerce-best-practice-tips-2

Press Releases

• http://www.nevillehobson.com/2009/07/11/back-to-the-dark-ages-with-pay-per-click-for-prs/

PPC

• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/quality-score-3-unfrequently-asked-questions/11822/
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/finding-and-using-niche-blogs

On Site

• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/url-structure-seo/11801/
• http://www.getelastic.com/addressing-customer-anxiety-when-where/
• http://searchenginewatch.com/3634387

UI

• http://www.getelastic.com/how-to-reduce-customer-review-abandonment/
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/captchas-affect-on-conversion-rates

Random

• http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2009/07/17/become-authoritative-website/
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-market-forces-seo

Update: fixed the broken links – sorry about that.

Ad Copy

• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4175-online-consumers-trust-real-people-not-companies

Analytics

• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4155-pattern-recognition-with-google-analytics

Blogging

• http://www.searchengineguide.com/mack-collier/the-one-thing-you-should-start-doing-tod.php

Link Building

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/using-the-adcenter-excel-plugin-for-keyphrase-research
• http://searchengineland.com/why-you-should-care-about-link-spikes-21852
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-domain-trust-authority

Local Search / SEO

• http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/geo-targeted-seo-the-technical-review.html
• http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/want-to-sell-online-overseas-make-sure-that-you-create-a-checklist-first.html
• http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-business-strategy-that-wins-for-international-seo.html

Social Media

• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/women-social-networking-behavior/11720/
• http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/who_uses_social_networks_and_what_are_they_like_part_1.php
• http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/who_uses_social_networks_and_what_are_they_like_part_2.php
• http://www.shoemoney.com/2009/07/09/run-a-profitable-facebook-campaign-101/
• http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/dear-united-heres-your-chance-for-awesome-reputation-management

On Site

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/link-consolidation-the-new-pagerank-sculpting
• http://www.seobook.com/holistic-business-optimization
• http://econsultancy.com/blog/4165-how-to-deal-with-discount-codes-in-the-checkout-process

Random

• http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/search-engine-promotion-campaign-for-shopping-carts-dynamic-ecommerce-websites
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-visualization

Update: fixed the broken links – sorry about that.

Not so much this week

Ad Copy

• http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/6-lessons-learned-on-facebook-advertising

Blogging

• http://www.seo-scoop.com/2009/07/01/five-ways-to-turn-blog-comments-into-conversations/

Local Search

• http://searchengineland.com/its-all-about-local-organic-domination-21825

Social Media

• http://www.seo-scoop.com/2009/06/30/getting-a-measure-on-social-media-metrics/

PPC

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-disconnect-in-ppc-vs-seo-spending

On Site

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-crawling-indexing

Random

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/a-dozen-donts-for-seos

Update: fixed the broken links – sorry about that.

As part of my new job in the company I am now running a weekly SEO meeting where we get together and talk over SEO and its wider cousin Internet Marketing

Ad Copy

• http://searchenginewatch.com/3634082
• http://searchenginewatch.com/3634162

Blogging

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/21-tactics-to-increase-blog-traffic

Link Building

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/getting-the-anchor-text-you-want
• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/20-essential-blog-directories-to-submit-your-blog-to/5998/
• http://searchengineland.com/a-guide-to-qualifying-link-prospects-for-relevance-value-potentiality-17637
• http://searchengineland.com/the-link-builders-guide-to-analyzing-serp-dominators-for-link-opportunities-21076
• http://searchengineland.com/10-goals-for-link-building-campaigns-moving-beyond-get-more-links-19300
• http://link-building-guide.com/Guide

Social Media

• http://www.seomoz.org/article/social-media-marketing-tactics
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/guide-to-traffic-from-digg-comments
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/anatomy-of-a-super-digg
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/get-er-dugg-a-comprehensive-guide-to-going-viral-on-digg-part-1-1870
• http://mashable.com/2009/06/25/twitter-seo-tips/
• http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-6-spheres-of-social-media-marketing.html

Press Releases

• http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/tips-from-a-recovering-journalist-how-to-write-effective-press-releases-that-help-seo
• http://www.seo-scoop.com/2009/06/25/5-tips-for-better-press-releases/

On Site

• http://seogadget.co.uk/using-if-modified-since-to-avoid-404s/
• http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2009/06/20/spam-comments/
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-how-do-we-plug-the-nofollow-leak
• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/website-high-bounce-rate/11223/
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/seo-best-practices-seomozs-new-policies-based-on-updated-correlation-data (make sure you read the ppt)
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-how-do-we-plug-the-nofollow-leak
• http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf
• http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=841CB8F9F31BF5D5&sort_field=added
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/5-ways-to-improve-your-seo-landing-pages

Random

• http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/analytics-report-august-2007.shtml

Tools

• http://www.searchenginewiki.com/HomePage
• http://www.google.com/insights/search/
• https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Update: fixed the broken links – sorry about that.