Welcome to the first post in the official Best of 2008 series, which will summarize and link to some of the best blog posts and online articles about SEO, social media, online marketing strategy and more. Among his conclusions: social media marketing is a valid link-building activity, widgetbait is helpful for SEO, anchor text should be natural (i.e., Matt Cutts Translated: 8 SEO Tips I Heard Him Tell Eric Enge by SEOmoz SEO expert Brent D. Payne summarizes nuggets of SEO knowledge gleaned from an interview Eric Enge did with Matt Cutts. MORE >>

Top 21 Signs You Need a Break From SEO (2008 version) by Small Business Search Marketing The prolific Matt McGee offers his annual list of signs you may be spending too much time in the SEO world, such as "While telling your son about your favorite childhood books, you wax poetic about the 'Wikipedia Brown' series. This site is a collection of real help desk tickets compiled over time by a technician who had the misfortune to work with an IT minion identified here only as "George." Signs that you need a break from SEO. Poking fun at Web 2.0 naming conventions. Catch the bus back?" MORE >>

As a result, from 2008 to 2010, blogging actually rose 3 percent as an Internet activity among all adults. Here are five organizational methods that help B2B companies achieve success with their blogging strategies. Defining objectives helps the organization create a focused content strategy, including topics that will be developed, tone, and helping with the identification of the appropriate writing personnel. This individual can funnel comments to appropriate writers and help advocate for the blog internally and to externally. Objectives differ. MORE >>

5% of Americans had heard of Twitter in 2008; that figure rose to 87% last year. B2B Marketing: Red-Headed Step-Child of SEM World? However, only about one out of five marketers in a recent MarketingSherpa survey said that PPC was helpful in generating offline sales, and even fewer believe it improves product reputation. 53% are using blogging to help achieve SEO goals. The most popular SEO activities however were using Google Webmaster Tools to identify SEO issues and performing keyword research. How do the audiences differ across various social networks? MORE >>

If you are interested in my offer; please contact me via ——— help page. Buzz Marketing highlights from this week … and Buzz Marketing highlights from this week … says: February 27, 2008 at 10:50 pm [.] Ruby Web says: September 9, 2008 at 2:53 am Great article. Online Marketing Blog TopRank’s internet marketing blog on the intersection of digital PR, social and search engine marketing. Pitching bloggers and print journalists are somewhat similar, but in the end, they can be very different things. Please don’t. Just like tip #1. MORE >>