December ’11: Best Search/Marketing Posts

Why I’m Not Sure Google Will “Nail” the Places-Plus Integration

David Mihm wrote an epic post earlier this week about the eventual merge/integration of Google Places and Google Plus. (It would help if you read that post before continuing on here.)

SBSM Flashback: May 2011

For those of you who are new SBSM readers & subscribers, here’s a list of noteworthy posts you probably missed from one year ago. I try to put together a post like this each month to introduce new readers to old content that might be worth reading.

Google’s Freshness Algorithm in Action

Real quick post here (I hope) about fresh content in Google’s search results. Background Google has been emphasizing fresh content in its search results for some time now. That link goes back to November 2011, and when I write on Search Engine Land about Google’s monthly search quality ...

The Fallacy of Timing Blog Posts & Social Media Updates

Studies that claim to tell you when the best time to publish a blog post or share content socially are, in my opinion, mostly a load of crap.

One Month Away: Local University – Advanced! – in Seattle

We’re exactly a month away from what should be a terrific day of local search marketing information!

 

How and Why I Use LinkedIn Groups to Build My Business

As I’ve written here in the past, I think there are solid business reasons for participating in most social networks these days, but if your business sells primarily to other businesses, you must get more active on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is not the biggest or most talked about network these day, bu...

Is Seek or Shout the Holy Grail for PR, Bloggers and the Disconnected Media?

This is a guest post from Yvette Pistorio of Cision. Two shifts have dramatically changed the way media and public relations professionals interact over the past few years: the move away from email in favor of online social channels, and the emergence of versatile, freelance content creators who ar...

Content marketing is important but not free!

One of the things that irks me is when I hear a marketing “expert” extoll the virtues of content (or social or digital) marketing and to close the sale — they remind their audience — “and best of all, it’s free.”

A Very Short Message to the Shitdiots at @Klout

A Very Short Message to the Shitdiots at @Klout originally appeared on Danny Brown - under a Creative Commons license.

State of Independence

Years ago I worked in retail on both sides. I started out working for an electrical goods chain store, then moved onto a smaller local one.

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