Best of Blogs: January 2008 Archives

Google is a more powerful and versatile search tool than most users realize. Lifehacker proves the point with these Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks.

More tips, this time from Hobo on how to spot unethical SEO specialists.

Moving to more technical topics, Jennifer Laycock explains How to Tell if a Link is NoFollowed. This is important if you're interested in finding out whether links to your site are doing you any good in terms SEO.

Even more technical, but equally important, is this analysis from Jeffrey Smith on how to make the most of your internal links.

If you are confused about which of the many online marketing media to employ, read this - Business Blog vs. Email Newsletters: Which Works Better?

Crafting a successful search engine marketing program entails keeping up with technology. This list of the 25 most innovative products of 2008, from PC World, will bring you up to speed.

Time to close the libraries? SearchEngineLand reviews a recent PEW study indicating 76% of Americans have Internet access and 58% go to the Internet for information on health, government, careers, and other vital topics. Among 18-30 year olds, a whopping 91% have Internet access.

Here's a fun list from 10e20, the Top 50 Search and Social Media Happenings for 2007. Way back in 2006, social media might not have been a category!

Privacy of personal information will be a major issue in 2008, and one with vast implications for search engine marketing. This article from Wired, Should Web Giants Let Startups Use the Information They Have About You?, goes in depth on a widespread and controversial data sharing practice - scraping.

If you've started a business blog, congratulations. For ideas on how to build readership, read 16 Effective Strategies to Expand Your Blog's Reach in 2008, from DoshDosh.

And finally, from VisualRevenue, a very useful listing of the 18 most popular Web Analytics blog posts of 2007.