I come across a lot of good articles each week that I never get to mention, so I thought I’d join some of the other bloggers in the seo community and offer a few links. I’ve hesitated to do this in the past, because I imagine you’ll already have seen some of these, but I decided to give it a shot and see how it goes.
I’ve tried to post links around a few topics that were making the rounds this week instead of just a random list of links. If you like the concept let me know and if you have any suggestions on ways to organize a list of seo and webmaster related links I’ll be happy to listen.
Local Search
Local search still hasn’t quite become mainstream, but it is gaining ground. Recently Google expanded its ‘Onebox’ results to include a map and local results for general searches that include a location.
Graywolf posted the list of interviews he’s been doing with SEOs about local search as well as other local search resources. He also has some tips for promoting your business locally on a low or even no budget. Michael’s even created a custom search engine where you can get results from a variety of articles on local search.
Matt McGhee (with some help from Bill Slawski) has some theories on what it takes to rank well in Google Local. Matt’s probably spent as much time with local search as anyone.
* 13 Ways to Promote Your Local Business for Free
* Local Custom Search Engine
* deciding whether to offer full of partial rss feeds.
* 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Get RSS Readers Visiting Your Blog
* Guide to Link Buying : Directories, Ads and Reviews
* New Directory, URL, & Keyword Phrase Based Google Filters & Penalties
* How To Generate Targeted Site Traffic Without Search EnginesBrand and Reputation
Rand had some interesting thoughts on branding, including the use of your brand in page titles. (and who’s handsome icon is that I see commenting?) Jill Whalen’s post on title tags also considers brand in page titles. Bill Slawski looks at a Google patent for ranking content creators and assigning them a reputation score and Jennifer Laycock offers her thoughts as a follow up to Bill’s article.
* All About Title Tags
* What if Your Reputation Determined Your Rankings?Search Engine News
When isn’t there news from the search engines? This Week Google announced they will be adding quality score information within AdWords accounts and also mentioned they will be making significant changes to the quality score algorithm. Google Reader will begin offering subscriber numbers and is providing tips for rss publishers to get the most from Reader.
Yahoo launched their new ’suggestion boards’ with a Digg style voting system. Naturally some Diggers showed their immaturity in responding that Yahoo was ripping off Digg. Fortunately Muhammed Saleem reminds us that not all Diggers share the mob mentality. Bringing this roundup of the week full circle, Patricia Hursh has a two part article on advertising locally through Yahoo’s new ‘Panama’ search marketing platform.
* Google Reader Reporting Subscriber Numbers, Offers New Publishers Guide
*Yahoo Launches Suggestion Boards - Digg Community Upset
* Yahoo Shamelessly Rips Off Digg and Brags About It
* Yahoo Local Advertising Options, Post-Panama
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About the AuthorSteven Bradley is a search engine optimization specialist. Known to many in the webmaster/seo community by the username vangogh, he is the author of
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