Belated Thursday Roundup for the Week of 5/31/09

Jun 5, 2009 by

Posted by rebecca

Stories, news, and other notable items from the past 3 weeks:

• Enquisite launches Enquisite Campaign for general users, enabling folks to improve their organic search rankings by capturing real-time search data and providing ROI tracking. It’d be cool to hear feedback from any of you monkeys if you’ve tried out the service.
• Andrew Goodman follows up Part I of his "Is Guy Kawasaki Singlehandedly Ruining Twitter?" post with Part II. Tune in for Part III: Is Guy Kawasaki Rendering Women Infertile Because of His Tweets?
• Lyndoman tells us to do "smash a brick into the face" link building. It’s a great pairing with "kick you in the balls" viral marketing and "spit in your mouth" analytics.
• Rand is interviewed by Wildfire Marketing Group. My boss gets interviewed so often that I wonder what’s left to talk about. Tune in for next week, where I ask Rand burning questions about his feet size, what side of the bed he sleeps on, and whether he’s an innie or an outie.
• In case you haven’t noticed, Digg is replacing their shouts feature with the options to share via email/Facebook/Twitter. What the hell is the point in having a friends list on Digg then? Make up your mind, you stupidly addictive site.
• DuckDuckGo, a new search engine, shares its most common queries. Unsurprisingly, sex, porn and boobs are common staples.
• Cesar Serna releases his first iPhone app, a PPC calculator, thus making paid search nerdiness available on the go.
• Via MyWifeQuitHerJob.com, here are things about their business that didn’t go according to plan. I’m assuming "Pantsless Fridays" fizzled pretty quickly.
• Cre8asite teaches us how to avoid WordPress duplicate content problems with Google.
• Andrew Girdwood says we should be thanking Matt Cutts, not criticizing him. Okay, thank you, Matt!

• SEO Optimise provides 41 ultimate tips from SMX London 2009, thus saving you the cost of attending. Thanks for that!
• You don’t know jack about online PR…well, according to datadial, that is.
• Cre8asite gives the middle finger to the Arial font and makes out with Verdana. Arial gets all emo and starts posting angsty videos to YouTube.
• According to Wired, search sucks but Microsoft is here to help. Indeed, Bing launched recently and has already proved to be very useful.
• Andy Beal blogs about how 74% of employees agree their social media shenanigans can ruin their company’s reputation. Also, regarding Sex Panther cologne, 60% of the time it works every time.
• Gather ’round the campfire, kids! It’s time for a brief history of social media!
• Via Search Engine Land, here are 7 reasons to keep bidding on your brand terms.

• Your "awwww" clip of the day: a banker catches ducklings hopping off the roof of the bank and guides them to safety.
• DirJournal provides us with 6 classic articles every SEO should read. Just missing the list is Rand’s post about why the meta keywords tag is a top ranking factor and should be used by everyone :P.
• WellWrittenWords has the ultimate list of web tracking applications. Now you can track evathang!

YOUmoz entries:

• Looking for Feedback from the SEM Community on Our Business Model. Kenja asks the YOUmoz community for their input on his website that offsets carbon footprints for businesses and their shipments.
• Does Google Care About Legitimacy Anymore? DustinMa wonders if Google cares about damaging and unfounded reputation management results like Rip Off Report.
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Company Blogging. Chris Lister ties seven common blogging pitfalls into the 7 deadly sins.
• Piggybacking Off Of Survivor. Imarker talks about how he leveraged interest for Coach Wade of Survivor to bring traffic to his soccer website.
• GFGI. Yoshimi says enough is enough and that lazy SEO noobs should stop bugging people for answers to easy, basic questions and to just go f*cking Google it.
• URL Rewriting: Increase Organic Traffic By Using Dynamic URLs That Look Static. Adwb gives a lesson on URL rewriting and provides some nice examples of bad URLs that need fixing.
• Quantifying Social Media: Cost Per Conversion. Mitch Turck talks about the cost per conversion and cost per acquisition for social media marketing and campaigns.
• Social Media Sites the Future of SEO/RM or Just a Fad? DustinMa wonders about the longevity of social media marketing.
• Do Twitter Accounts Need Scale? The Lost Agency analyzes Twitter and wonders if it can begin to replace other paid campaigns.
• How to Utilize Twitter Trends for Amazing Blog Traffic. Kandice Day shares how she uses Twitter Trends to bring traffic to her blog.
• utilizing twitter in a link building campaign
• Companies Playing on the Social Media Playground. IGoMogul wonders if social media renders corporate websites irrelevant/obsolete.
• Can Rand Do No Wrong? RoryCarlyle ponders why almost nobody thumbs Rand down on our site.
• Getting Value from Search Conferences. StatMatt shares ways to get the most out of attending costly search conferences.
• Was the Google IO Android Phone Giveaway a Paid Links Violation? MM Agency wonders if Google’s recent Android phone giveaway was technically a paid link scheme to bribe recipients to blog about the phone and link to it.
• Hiding From Your Competitors. Teifion shares a tactic from Mikkel deMib about how to hide your site from your competitors.
• The Cookie Conundrum. DanaDV wonders about the proper way to handle a cookie issue with his geographic websites.
• Five Web Writing Tips That Pay My Bills. Webwordslinger shares 5 tips that will improve your writing on the web.

Best of YOUmoz:

• Weapons-Grade SEO Part 1: Laying the Foundation. Colewhitelaw shares valuable strategies on how to evolve your site into a "living ecosystem of link strength" to help grow your business.
• Utilizing Twitter in a Link Building Campaign. Nicchenet shares a cool strategy on how to use Twitter to build relevant contacts and obtain links.
• 7 Reasons Why You Might Not Be Making Money As An SEO. JoelJonathan lays down some tough love and shares reasons why you’re not bringing in the big bucks as an Internet marketer.

New additions to the SEOmoz Marketplace:

Featured job postings:

• SEO manager for BlueGlue in West London, UK
• Contracted penalty remediation for a webmaster in NY
• Director of online marketing for ROBLOX in Redwood City, CA
• Senior SEO consultant/head of search for Blueclaw Media in Leeds, UK
• Organic SEO specialist for Bloosky in San Clemente, CA
• B2B SEO consultant/client services account manager for Search Engine Partner in West Palm Beach, FL
• Inside sales position for Imagine Consultation in Atlanta, GA
• UK-based freelance SEO copywriter/article writer
• Web designer and programmer for Medex Arabia in Damascus, Syria
• Online SEO & PPC marketer for shiply.com in London, UK
• SEO specialist for MSH.net in Cologne, Germany
• SEO director for ClickFuel in Boston, MA
• Senior SEO manager for ABCNews.com in New York, NY
• Account representative for Marcel Media in Chicago, IL
• PPC campaign manager for Astonish Results in Warwick, RI

Featured companies:

United States:

• Efelle Media in Seattle, WA
• The Sayre group in the US
• RescuedSites.com in Lockport, NY
• Cartisien Interactive in Seattle, WA 
• Raisor Marketing in CA
• CB Web Innovations in Burlington, NC
• Acsys Interactive in Farmington, CT
• Tampa SEO Training Academy in Tampa, FL
• Coalmarch Productions in NC
• Search Engine Partner in West Palm Beach, FL
• SEO Treo in Santa Monica, CA
• Frankel Coaching Group in Coral Springs, FL
• Segnant Technologies in Irving, TX
• Webhead Interactive in Tampa, FL
• Remote Backup Systems in the US
• Mankato Web Design in Minneapolis, MN
• Polar Design in Boston, MA
• Justmake Media in Columbia, SC
• Pacific Tech SEO in CA
• WhatsTheBigIdea.com in Saugerties, NY
• Ethos Digital in Falls Church, VA
• Piepho Media in Edina, MN
• Siatomic in Greenwich, CT
• HEROweb Marketing and Design in Springfield, OR
• SEO conductor in Austin, TX
• Astonish Results in Warwick, RI
• Hidden Millionaire in Madison, MS
• IS Support in Houston, TX

UK / Europe:

• BlueGlue in Reading, UK
• Creare Group in Leicestershire, UK
• Exponetial in France, UK and the US
• OxfordSEO.com in Oxford, UK
• Network Marketing in Leeds, UK
• WAM-Referencement in Lyon, France
• WebDistortion in Belfast, Ireland
• Weborganique Referencement in France
• Lavora Marketing in Cheshire, UK
• Periscopix in London, UK

Asia:

• Asia Affiliate in Singapore
• WebReinvent in India
• Activa Group in Damascus, Syria
• Intellact in Mumbai, India
• 123-SEO in Kalyani, India
• DesignersX in Chandiagrh, India
• Indian SEO in Bangalore, India

Australia/New Zealand:

• Optimum Results in Wellington, New Zealand

Miscellaneous:

• VisitorCamp located frickin’ everywhere

Featured resumes:

Currently looking:

• Donny Gamble is looking for clients who are in need of SEO and SEM work.
• Julian Duc is an Internet marketing specialist who is seeking a challenging SEO/Internet marketing position anywhere in the world.
• Brian DeLoach is a web developer and designer with a focus on SEO and information architecture.  

Happily employed:

• Vikram is an SEO for Gold Crest Software who is looking for SEO or SEM positions.
• Muhammad Al-Sharifi works for Activa Syria.
• Juan Jose Calvo Ramos is an SEO professional with seven years of experience in SEO, SEM and Internet marketing.

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