February ‘10: Best Search/Marketing Posts

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

• Mike Ramsey/SEJ: An Extremely Nifty Guide to Reviews and Local Search
• Scott Clark/BuzzMaven: Online Reputation Management Strategies – The “Rate Us” Page and Local Reviews

SEO

• Armando Roggio/GetElastic: <a href="http://www.getelastic.com/SEO-for-flash/”>Best Practices for Search-Optimized Flash Development
• Stoney deGeyter/SEG: <a href="http://www.searchengineguide.com/stoney-degeyter/SEO-101-part-9-everything-you-need-to-kn.php”>SEO 101 – Part 9: Everything You Need To Know About Keyword Core Terms
• Adam Audette/SEL: <a href="http://searchengineland.com/worthy-alternatives-to-the-useless-SEO-data-provided-by-search-engines-36424″>Worthy Alternatives To The Useless SEO Data Provided By Search Engines
• Stephanie Woods/SEO Scoop: <a href="http://www.SEO-scoop.com/2010/02/10/what-SEOs-ought-to-know-about-html-5/”> What SEOs Ought to Know About HTML 5
• Stoney deGeyter/SEG: <a href="http://www.searchengineguide.com/stoney-degeyter/SEO-101-part-7-everything-you-need-to-kn.php”>SEO 101 – Part 7: Everything You Need to Know About Site Architecture and Internal Linking
• Wordstream: The Ultimate Guide to Keyword Competition: Tips from 35 Experts on Analyzing Competitive Keywords

Link Building

• Glen Allsopp/ViperChill: How to Really Build Backlinks and Dominate Google

PPC

• Mona Elesseily/SEL: Not Done Yet: Four Ways To Squeeze Performance Out Of ‘Mature’ Paid Search Accounts

Social Media

• Mark Hayward/Problogger: Top Ten Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Small Business Blog Using Twitter

Blogs & Blogging

• Charlie Gilkey/Problogger: 8 Reasons You Might Not Be Getting Many Comments
• Tamar Weinberg/Techipedia: 11 Characteristics of Highly Influential Blog(ger)s
• Glen Allsopp/ViperChill: Bloggers: This Is How Long Your Posts Should Be
• Lee Odden/Online Marketing Blog: Ten Must Read Tips to Start a Small Business Blog

Reputation Management

• David Wallace/SearchRank: Getting Proactive With Online Reputation Management

Analytics

• Adam Singer/Online Marketing Blog: Small Business Tips For Reporting Web Metrics

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This is a post from Matt McGee’s blog, Small Business Search Marketing.

February ‘10: Best Search/Marketing Posts

Related posts:

1. February ‘09: Best Search/Marketing Posts
2. February ‘07: Best Search/Marketing Posts
3. August ‘08: Best Search/Marketing Posts