Wow, talk about a crazy week! So many fantastic things to read on so many different topics. Below are some of the articles I enjoyed most this week. There are a couple of older posts, but still fantastic and still being tweeted.
SEO
- Custom Reporting using Google Analytics and Google Docs – The Ultimate Analytics Mashup – SEOmoz
- New Look for Places Results On Google.com - Search Engine Land
- The Ultimate Keyword Sorting and Organization Spreadsheet – Search Engine Guide
- Where Did Cached Pages Go On Google? – Search Engine Land
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective SEOs – Neil Patel
- 3 Steps to Social SEO for Your Boring-Ass Clients – Ross Rav, Youmoz
- Yes, EVERY Page Needs to Be Optimized- Nick Stamoulis
- Eyetracking & SEO: Fad, Fact, Or Fiction? – Shari Thurow, SEL
- There’s More To Life Than Links & Sex – Lisa Barone 2009 – Comments still apply today?
- Proof that Google’s Secure Search Now Affects More Users – Seer Interactive
- Advanced Google Analytics – Tips and Tricks – Fabian Alvares, Youmoz
- Yo! @MCHammer – Break Down These SEO Tips to Launch @WireDoo Search Engine – Yo! Yo! SEO
- A Practical Guide to SERP Profiling – Part 1 = Greg Boser
- A New Way of Looking at Ranking Factors – Danny Sullivan on SEOmoz
- Introduction To URL Rewriting – Paul Tero, Smashing Magazine
- SEO WordPress plugin to export commenters and find influencers w/ Domain & Page Authority – Wil Reynolds, SeerInterative
Social Media
- Online Database of Social Media Policies – Social Media Governance
Marketing
- 6 Sure Ways to Commit Blog Suicide Part 2 – SEM-Group.net
- Why Does Great Content Fail? – Dr. Pete, SEOmoz
Mobile
- How Mobile Payments Will Evolve In the Next Several Years -ReadWriteWeb
Design
- A CRAP way to improve usability – UserFocus
- Dark Patterns: Deception vs. Honesty in UI Design – Harry Brignull
News
- How Facebook Ticker exposing your information & behavior without your knowledge – The Hacker News
- Two honest Google employees: our products don’t protect your privacy – Christopher Soghoian
- Google Raises Local Search Stakes With New Places SERP – Greg Sterling, SEL
- Google Places Gets A New SERP And Yelp Continues To Win - Matt Sitala
- Google Officially Rolls Out Ads At The Bottom Of Search Results – Pamela Parker, SEL
- Giving you fresher, more recent search results – Google Blog
- Grow Google Plus Following with Google Search – Travis Campbell
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