times two!
The final SEMMY results have been posted, and SEO Fast Start has won not one, but two… thanks to those readers who voted, and I’m sorry that I didn’t let you know about the voting until the last day. The winning posts, including mine:
Why Google Can’t Just "Dump" PageRank – Dan Thies, SEO Fast Start
Rants
Web 2.0 & SEO: Must We Piss In Every Public Fountain? – Dan Thies, SEO Fast Start
Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Ranking Factors Version 2 – Rand Fishkin, SEOmoz
Search Tech
Which Is Better For SEO: Shared or Dedicated IPs – Lisa Barone, Bruce Clay Blog
Pay-Per-Click
Optimizing Paid Search & Landing Pages for TV, Radio and Print Advertising – Greg Meyers, SEM Geek
Link Building
Help! I’m New, I Need Links, What Can I Do? – Debra Mastaler, The Link Spiel
Viral Marketing
Top 6 Ideas for Incredible Viral Content – Tamar Weinberg, Techipedia
Local Search
Anatomy & Optimization Of A Local Business Profile – Chris Silver Smith, Search Engine Land
Blogs & Blogging
The Blogger’s Guide to SEO – Aaron & Giovanna Wall, SEO Book
Reputation Management
Buzz Monitoring: 26 Free Tools You Must Have – Andy Beal, Marketing Pilgrim
Small Business
Branding For Small Business And Bloggers – Steven Bradley, TheVanBlog
Social Media
The Social Media Manual: Read Before You Play – Muhammad Saleem, Search Engine Land
Web Analytics
Web Analytics Demystified – Avinash Kaushik, Occam’s Razor
Online Marketing / General
How A Pretty Face Can Push Visitors Away – Bryan Eisenberg, GrokDotCom
(A must read, BTW – both this post and the GrokDotCom blog)
LOL Funny
9 Ways To Bore The Audience at SES New York – Lisa Barone, Bruce Clay Blog
(I voted for Ask’s "Google Pen" post, but Lisa’s post is very funny – frankly, it should have been the winner in the Rants category too.)
There’s gold in these posts!
If you want to learn a lot in a short time, and get some great ideas, you could do worse than to read every post that was nominated, especially the finalists. If you don’t discover several blogs that deserve a spot in your RSS feed reader, then you’ve either subscribed already or you’re smarter than I am.
wow,
I was hoping you get one, but two…thats great. I’m drinking a glass of my best burbon on this one. Cheers, you deserve it.
with best regards,
Ales Medvesek
Dan,
Congratulations! I would buy you a latte, but I don’t see a link for that (:
Anyone that applies what is offered on the SEO Fast Start, will see an improvement in the SERP’s. I never think twice about sending someone to SEOFS. (-:
Great Job!
Jeff Knize
http://www.treadmill-world.com
Congratulation Dan!
You deserved that! Thanks
I especially like your PR article, and no doubt this was more than deserved. Congratulations!