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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