SiteMost’s Weekly Blog Recap 9/11/07

It’s Friday and as is the custom on SEOmoz, they have a Whiteboard video-session covering some of the weekly happenings. This week Dave Naylor made a guest appearance and it was very good – Whiteboard Friday – “Pardon The Fookin’ Interruption” (The Complete Trilogy)

Whilst we’re on the topic of video posts, SEObook do one about On Page SEO Tips for Google as well as another good post (this one isn’t a video) on Selling Commodity Services: Controlling Cost vs Adding Value

Michael Gray from Graywolf talks about something that I’ve been playing a lot with lately – StumbleUpon and how it’s beating Google, Yahoo, and MSN in social search. DoshDosh then goes on to explain The Importance of Social Media Marketing: Why You Should Learn and Master it

Meg from Blogpond talks about how the new Geographic Target feature in Google Webmaster Tools and how it can help us Aussies – Attention Aussie Bloggers

Search Engine Roundtable gives us:

• Are 404 Errors Bad for SEO?
• Theory: How Does Google Determine Which Sites Sell Links?
• Matt Cutts Confirms that Paid Links Killed Your PageRank
• Webmasters Report November 2007 Google SERP Changes
• Got Several Domains? 301 Redirect them to Your Main Domain

To follow-on from the last bullet-point on 301’s, Dr Pete wrote a good post at SEOmoz – Hey Google, I’m Over Here! (a 301 Experiment)

Tamar Weinberg tells us the Top 6 Ideas for Incredible Viral Content

I completely understand where Debra from The Link Spiel is coming from when she says – Hi I’m Debra And I’m A Directory Addict. So how can you tell if a directory is good or not? Shimon Sandler expalains how by discussing some Factors of a Quality Web Directory

If you’re looking for some tips on blogging, you’ll probably find these posts handy:

• Online Copywriting 101: The Ultimate Cheat Sheet
• Grip Your Readers With These 7 Knock-out Opening Sentences
• 11 Tips for Getting Your Comments Noticed on a Popular Blog

Search Engine Land write a really good article on Understanding Search Usability. They also talk about a few Ways Link Builders Hurt Themselves

Cornwall SEO ask – How Are You Going To Get A Link If They Don’t Know You Exist?

And to finish on what I thought was a pretty funny article (and something I never expected to read) – Facebook: More Popular Than Porn