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FEBRUARY 27, 2008

A number of new social networking, social search, social bookmarking, and other Web 2.0-related related websites and tools either got their start or got traction in 2007. Like KickApps, Ning is a social networking platform. It's also one of the most effective sites for driving marketing-related blog traffic.

Web 2.0 20

Web 2.0 Ning Wiki Enterprise Management 20

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Here are some of the best articles and blog posts from 2007 on optimizing the use of web analytics. One of the most appealing aspects of online marketing is the ability to test and measure virtually anything, in detail and with great precision. But which metrics are really important?

Analytics 20

Analytics Best Practices Blogger Banner Ads 20

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 3, 2008

Here's a list of interesting and useful tools to help you convert files, find content, promote your blog, and add content to your website, among other activities. File conversion tools Still running Office 2003, but need to convert the new XML-based formats from Office 2007 so you can read and work with them?

Tools 20

Tools Best Practices Web 2.0 Digg 20

WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 28, 2008

Judging by the number of high-quality articles and blog posts still devoted to the topic (so many I had to split this category into two posts), SEO remains a critical component of online marketing success. SEO is dead? Balderdash! ”) and questionable ( Stop using keywords in your URLs. What a great place to get pilloried by your audience."

SEO 20

SEO Wiki Best Practices Allocation 20

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 5, 2008

From advertising to white paper syndication to voicemail, here are a few of the best marketing-related newsletter articles and blog posts from 2007 that simply didn't fit into any other category. Check out these stories from the penultimate entry in WebMarketCentral's Best of 2007 series.

Best Practices 20

Best Practices Web 2.0 Paper SEM 20

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FEBRUARY 4, 2008

With that in mind, here are some of the best articles and blog posts from 2007 on website design considerations and action items. Intuitive navigation, relevant visitor-focused content, and SEO all need to be built-in to your site from the outset.

Design 20

Design Marketing Websites SEM Best Practices 20

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 16, 2008

Here are a few highlights from his presentation at the recent Blogging for Business conference. Blogging is (officially) no longer new. 90% of Internet users in the 25-34 year-old group are familiar with blogs. 60% of those under the age of 21 belong to a (online) social network.

Social Media 20

Social Media Media Web 2.0 Blogger 20

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 25, 2008

It's been three years since the launch of this blog, and it still gets less traffic than the Huffington Compost (sigh). Anyway, taking a look back at the first three years of the WMC blog, here are the ten most popular posts as chosen by you, my elite (in the good sense!) tags: best blog posts on social media marketing, Web 2.0,

Web 2.0 20

Web 2.0 Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Adwords 20

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

On the occasion of the 300th post on the WebMarketCentral blog, and to see how things have changed since the first 100 posts , here are the 10 most popular posts of all time so far. #10: Also, I think, the first time on this blog I made the case that SEO is far from dead. #8:

Web 2.0 20

Web 2.0 SEM CTR Adwords 20

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

They're all here in the final best of funny, creative and just plain strange blog posts from the past year. I hate to kick that dead dog again, but it sucked in 2007, it sucked in 2008, and it'll continue to suck wind in 2009." Ads that never should have seen the light of an LCD screen. What do all of these things have in common?

Creativity 20

Creativity Paid Search Agency Best Practices Adwords 20

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Read on for all of this and much else in some (more) of the best articles and blog posts written about SEO to date this year. Introduction to Google Search Quality by The Official Google Blog Since Google is the most important search engine for SEOs, it's helpful to understand how its engineers view search.

SEO 20

SEO Best Practices Enterprise Management PageRank 20

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JULY 28, 2008

There have been so many excellent blog posts and articles written already in 2008 that it's just not practical to wait until January of next year to recognize them. This was actually from December 2007, but I overlooked it last January. These biases include factors like “spamminess,” authority, blog buzz and links.

SEO 20

SEO Best Practices Search Engine Marketing Tagging 20

WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Does advertising on social media sites really work? Get the answers to these questions and more from this collection of some of the best articles and blog posts from 2007 on marketing research. The writers of the MediaPost blogs also frequently do a great job of covering online research findings.

Research 20

Research Planning Best Practices Buying Cycle 20

WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

With that in mind, here are a few of the best articles and blog posts from 2007 on optimizing website copy for SEO.

Copywriting 20

Copywriting SEO Best Practices SEM 20

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

As I recently passed 400 posts on this blog, here is a look back at the 10 most popular items here of all time. 10: Best of 2007: Website Design , February 4, 2008 Reviews of articles and tools on website design, including a couple of pieces from the brilliant and frequently cited Stoney deGeyter.

Banner Ads 20

Banner Ads Web 2.0 Eloqua CTR 20

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 11, 2008

It's the final—and best—installment of WebMarketCentral's Best of 2007 series. Here are some of the most humorous, creative, and just plain odd, yet strangely relevant to interactive marketing, blog posts and articles from 2007. A rap about link building. What's going on here? Does Sex Sell?

Creativity 20

Creativity Marketing Analytics Tools Adwords Best Practices 20

WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 22, 2008

In addition to best practices in search engine marketing , the following articles and blog posts were among the best of 2007 at providing helpful guidance for creating and managing effective search marketing programs. As with any other type of advertising, however, a poorly-designed campaign will be a disappointing waste of money.

SEM 20

SEM Paid Content Paid Search Agency Adsense 20