There’s always a number of “compilation” and “best of” posts that come out towards the end of the year in the SEO and Internet marketing world. I’ve read through most of them, and picked out my favorites. Here is a short but sweet collection of my favorite posts over the last year or so:
Blogging
21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic
An incredible resource, written in January 2012 by Rand Fishkin of SEOMoz, this post gives you with a number of very useful tactics to increase blog traffic.
12 Things That Will Kill Your Blog Post Every Time
Written in March 2012 by Neil Patel, this is a great summary of many of the pitfalls that you can run into when blogging.
This checklist includes the 33 things you should ask yourself before hitting “Publish”. Written by the BlueGlass team.
A great post by Adam Audette on why not just content, but identity and relationships are important as ranking signals for Google.
Step by Step Content Marketing KissMetrics
An awesome SlideShare by the KissMetrics team on content marketing.
WordPress
Are You Setting Up WordPress for Success?
A good checklist for setting up WordPress in the most SEO friendly way possible, by Dan Shure.
Link Building
A huge resource for building links, by SEO Takeaways
Link Building Strategies – The Complete List
The best link building guide I have ever seen, by Jon Cooper.
A slideshare on how SEO Gadget builds links, from Search Love London.
50+ Things Every Link Builder Needs To Know
50 things every link builder should know, by Julie Joyce at Search Engine Land.
SEO Strategies
A great SlideShare by Wil Reynolds at SEER Interactive
How to Perform the World’s Greatest SEO Audit
Another great checklist for any SEO Audit, written by Steve Webb in June 2012.
How Google Makes Liars Out Of The Good Guys
Another classic by Wil Reynolds.
Negative SEO - Myths, Realities, and Precautions
A great Whiteboard Friday by Rand Fishkin on negative SEO.
Adam Audette wrote this post on what it really means to do SEO.
Social Media
How to Optimize Your Google+ Local Business Page
A good resource on optimizing your Google+ local business page
The Distilled Guide to Video Marketing
Distilled put together this fantastic guide on video marketing.
The Marketer’s Guide to Pinterest
An updated guide on Pinterest optimization.
AJ Kohn’s great piece on SEO for G+.
Landing Pages
The Ultimate Guide to Landing Page Optimization
A great guide for landing page optimization by Unbounce.
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Hello Tommy, this was a great post. I didn’t manage to check out all of these posts, but the “Content is Not King” post was really good. I’ve noted the other URLs and have bookmarked them, and I’m looking forward to reading each one. Thanks!
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Hi Tommy – thanks for this. Plenty to read there so have bookmarked for lunch time tomorrow.
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I’d say this is an awesome resource in its own right! I’ve read quite a bit of these articles, but this collection definitely has some gems. Thanks for the post!
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Very comprehensive list you got there. I leafed through the “33 things to ask before hitting publish” and it contains a lot of brilliant ideas. Those who just started building content are up for a challenge. This can help them have that structure in writing and in position the website for a good SEO strategy.
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Tommy, this is a great resource for afree guide on SEO..
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Thanks a lot Tommy for sharing this list. Just bookmarked it. Good that many post are new to me. Just read couple of post including Neil Patel’s.
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-Koj
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