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

Hump Day Hoppin' Links 5-30-07

It's the last Hump Day in May. And really, it might not totally feel like Hump Day here in the states b/c of Memorial Day this past Monday. Nevertheless, time has come for linking and here we go:

SEO, PPC, and SMO

SEOish asked and the experts answered. How would you market your site if you only had 100 buckaroos?

Scott Wenty thinks you might not know your audience as well as you'd like to think.

Aaron Wall breaks from pontificating long enough to offer up some site productivity tips.

SEO Buzz Box kept up with the latest trends.

Does your site seem a little, um, irrelevant? Jeremiah Owyang tells you how to pull a 180.

In-house SEOers should check out Marios Alexandrou's team structure advice.

Lyndoman admits he goes commando.

Want lots of blog subscribers? Copyblogger tells you how to get them.

Daily Blog Tips introduces us to Feed2Podcast, which uses text-to-speech technology.

ProBlogger reminds us that blogs are about relationship-building. And like any (good) relationship, you shouldn't come on too strong.

FUN and GEEKY

Are you neglecting important relationships for the sake of your internet activities?

Even more proof that cats and soda are a match made in heaven.

After a good party, it's time to crash.

Cute Overload had some TINY PUPPIES this week. Click here, here and here.

Microsoft launched Surface.

Phillips released a video player.

Geek Sugar showed us a crazy awesome desk and a crazy awesome wall-mountable printer.

That's a wrap. Until next Hump Day....


Technorati: seo, online marketing, search engine optimization, internet marketing, ppc, social media

Hump Day Hot Stuff 5-16-07

Today is LIVESTRONG day. This is an annual day of cancer awareness and advocacy by the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Take part by wearing those yellow bracelets, educating yourself and your family about cancer, donating to research, and emailing your Congresspeople.

Now, onto the usual business. Here are the links since last week, with your usual round of fun to get you over the hump.

SEM/SMO

Andy Hagans quits his clients and talks domaining.

Search Marketing Standard offers tips on how to optimize your online video.

Li Evans writes about reinclusion requests.

David Wilson explains that B2B is slow to embrace SMO. Their loss!

SEOptimise has the goods on Digg alternatives. Hint: Better traffic, good links!

Daily Blog Tips listed the Top 10 Underrated Wordpress Plugins.

FUN Stuff

MapsKrieg is a mashup of Google Maps and Craig's List.

Sugarrae went to Scotland and I'm jealous!

Turtles really do have ninja skills.

Replace those boring old circular condensation rings with cherry blossom ones.

Before your next bike ride, be sure to check your helmet for bird poop.

Don't just settle for any old hot water bottle. Get one with the Hoff on it.

This sea lion has dreams of touring with Riverdance.

Rebellious cats everywhere are taking over fruit hammocks.

Harry Potter. No wait, Star Wars. No wait, Harry Potter.

Now even your gluteus maximus can enjoy the sounds of the movies when you place this subwoofer under your couch cushion.

Who said gutters have to be boring?

Need to get around your office in a jiffy? Try carpet skates.

Following me around like a duck is the new following me around like a puppy dog.

Kitty cage match wrestling!!!!!!!!

Always meet with your surgeon before they put you under.

Friday Free for All 5-4-07

There was aLOT of funny stuff on the interweb this week. I'm half-tempted to just skip the SEM links for the week. But that's not what they pay me the small bucks to do. So, without further ado, I present the Friday Free -for-All for Cuatro de Mayo, 2007.

SEO

Rebecca Kelley checks out Wordze.

Neil Patel teaches us how to build links - NOT!

Matt McGee is one of many to discuss the new nocontent attribute introduced by Yahoo!.

SearchGrit told us that Marketwatch told him that Microsoft is dating Yahoo! again.

Bruce Clay introduces a new SEO Contest.

Paid Search

Like a good emom, Wendy Piersall (her blog rocks) tells you what to do when you've been banned from Adsense.

Andy Hagans says CPA is hot hot hot!

SMO

Darren Rowse tells us to let others republish our content - offline, that is.

Got icons? Lifehacker does.

Chris Garrett teaches us to monetize our blogs.

Then Daniel warns us not to go overboard by including in-text ads.

Copyblogger peppers the blogosphere with a series on blogging with metaphors.

Rand Fishkin says del.icio.us is a better search engine than Google.

Fun Stuff

This referee loves his job

What would happen if the Muppets remade Pulp Fiction?

This dog wears sunglasses a little differently

A cat gets her happy hour on.

Forget the Kentucky Derby, chihuahua racing is where it's at!

Granny shows us how it's done.

Maybe every child should be left behind at Lexington Middle School.

There's been a prison break. Has anyone seen this guy?

I hope the marketers over at Nintendo know their target audience.

If you can't telecommute from the beach, bring the beach to your desk.

Women are better than men at grammar.

Now you can go trick or treating with your car.

Hey Diggers - now you can wear that HD-DVD code.

Yo momma might be more tech savvy than you thought.

To be a successful Sumo wrestler, begin training at an early age.

Cool Stuff

Scan documents with a pen.

In Japan without a cell phone? No problem.

Is that an mp3, dvr, camera, camera, radio and webcam in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

In clock fashions, words are the new numbers.

Move over, Shuffle. The new $40 Creative Zen is rolling into town.

Friday Free for All 4-20-07

What a crappy week it's been. Of course, the tragedy at Virginia Tech has been the main contributing factor. But it's come the same week as commemorating such horrific events as the Oklahoma City bombing and Columbine. Additionally, in April of 1993 a guy from my high school (I was a freshman at the time) was shot and killed in an after-school fight at the park next to campus. Sadly you can't find anything about it on the internet. How quickly we forget.

And sometimes, it's ok to forget. Especially in the wake of tragedy. It's ok to take a breather from mourning and reflecting. To give your heart and mind recess from the burden. And that's what we'll attempt to do here. Let's take a look back at some of the more lighthearted things that occurred in the world of Search and Social Marketing as well as some fun stuff.

Search

Pronet informed us that we might be misinformed about traffic numbers.

Brandon Hopkins is bringing sexy meta tags back (to Wordpress).

On Wednesday, Rand Fishkin talks about a common problem: bloating.

Search Engine Land lets us know of Google's content removal tools 2.0

Actually, Google was quite busy this week. They changed Froogle to Google Product Search, mashed up a StumbleUpon-like service with personalized search applications for a new button on the toolbar, announced a Powerpoint-ish presentation that's coming to Google Docs, bought Marratech, and chatted with Clear Channel.

And if that wasn't enough, GeekSugar informs us that Trekkies (i'm talking to you, Rosario Dawson) can conduct Google searches in Klingon

Social

NorthxEast had tremendous success recently with a newly launched blog. And they're sharing the wealth. Of knowledge, that is. Check out How We Took a Blog From 0 to 2000 Subscribers in just 12 Days, and since I'm new to them, I totally missed March 29th's 9 essential posts every blogger should know

Social Media Marketing examines NBC's internet presence.

Brian @ Copyblogger gives constructive criticism on headline mistakes

Lisa Barone tells us to chill out on all the keywords stuffed in blogs

David Wilson shares Bloomingdale's social shopping search plans

Daniel from Daily Blog Tips offers 6 ways to speed up your site

Darren Rowse tells you how to list your blog on MySpace

(Does your name need to begin with D in order to be a successful social blogger?)

Fun

At Stuff on My Cat, we see that spring fever has definitely set in. Jeannette takes on a grey bath towel, Cody the Cat got tricked by her humans to pose for this photo, and Bruce is a magnet for remotes.

Meanwhile over at Stuff on My Mutt, Cassie has a superhero complex, Karma was using a stuffed aligator for a pillow, and Lucy celebrated her 1st birthday.

If you've ever wanted to spend a romantic evening in a crane, now's your chance. Nerd Approved has the details.

Sick of the music loop when you're playing Mario Brothers on DS? Then you need this DS radio.

And if you're a fan of 24, then you'll love this cartoon recap of Monday's eppy. (which thankfully was more entertaining than the actual episode).

Have a good weekend. Don't take yourself (or me) too personally. And eat alot of cupcakes. They're oh-so-yummy.

Answering Alister Cameron

Today Alister Cameron was the guest blogger on Problogger. He dug into Google's patent for Blogsearch which is borderline Big Brother. At the end, he posed questions for readers which I will attempt to answer here.

1. Does it make sense to have Blogsearch separate from the main Google search engine? That's a tough question to answer. On the one hand, a niche search engine for blogs is highly useful. Where I get concerned is how Google handles blogs in its "regular" engine.

2. As Google Blogsearch gains in popularity, will new (or adjusted) SEO strategies emerge along with it? In Alister's post, he talks about how tagging, inclusion in Blogrolls, and even links in emails and IM are factors in Blogsearch. So I think the strategy should be a fusion of SEO/SMO.

3. How many people actually use Google Blogsearch (http://blogsearch.google.com)? I tried to find this information out by plugging it into Compete. It defaulted to Google.com. So then I plugged in the url for the Blogger based Blogsearch (search.blogger.com), but there wasn't enough data from Compete's users to offer traffic estimations.

4. Do you use it? I do use it! I have a personal movie-related blog and I use Blogsearch to get links for roundups. I've also found my posts listed in the first page of results for Blogsearch but nowhere to be found in Google. My blog is new, so it might still be stuck in the sandbox. Could it be that there's no sandbox for Blogsearch?

5. How do you find Google Blogsearch compares with Technorati? I've found far better results on Blogsearch. Having said that, Technorati is probably searched more, so it might make more sense to optimize for that.


Speaking of which: seo, smo, social media optimization, blogsearch