Hump Day Hip Links 6-6-07

Ah, another hump day. Another blog post. Another roundup of links. Both educational and entertaining. I don't have much of an intro today. After all, it's just hump day.

The Search and Social Media Industries

The first SMX debuted this week in Seattle. I didn't go. I've never been to one of these conference shindigs. I can't afford it. But I do like to read the notes. And you can find the best notes at Bruce Clay, SE Roundtable and Small Business SEM.

Andy Beard offers trackback tips for those of us suckers using Blogger.

Ian Lurie doesn't feel the need to bring sexy back. And why should he? He's too busy growing email lists.

Lyndoman can't stress enough the importance of writing GREAT headlines.

Kim Krouse Berg celebrates her nerdhood. I still have alot of work to do. My nerdiness factor is low:



Everyone is writing about the changes to the Google Webmaster Guidelines. I just feel like linking to Search Engine Guide today.

SE Roundtable has alot to say about Adsense and Adwords: the integration with Google Maps, the possibilities for Adwords and it's new illegitimate brother Feedburner, and how Adsense allows 3 links per page.

The Gurus show how social media can prevent you from being screwed over by CompUSA.

Marios Alexandrou encourages the use of the aLinks plugin for Wordpress bloggers fed up with the supplemental index.

Lisa Ditlefsen took SMX by storm and turned Rand Fishkin into a Chick.

David Wilson is testing which Social Media sites actually send traffic.

FUN and AWESOME STUFF

Guys, are you trying to figure out a way to con your wife into letting you get an iPhone? Random Good Stuff shows you how.

Looking for an untapped niche? Try personal finance for lolcats.

GeekSugar shows us what to do with all of those useless floppy disks of yore. And they show us an mp3 player that also gives facials. Huh?

Thinking of getting a pet and learning to speak Russian? Kill two birds with one stone and get an owl. (pun completely intended)

Are you always losing pencils? Check with Bruno, the amazing pencil-balancer.

And last but not least, Techorati tags:

seo, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, internet marketing, online marketing, social media, social media marketing