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Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Beyond Basic SEO: When Hiring a Consultant Makes Sense
Google's perpetual goal is to rid its results pages of spam. While the Penguin update took major steps in the right direction, this series of changes revealed a few new loopholes that allowed webmasters with low-quality pages to sneak into the natural search results. Expect further refinements of the Penguin update or an entirely new algorithm change, as Google continues its battle against spam.
• Link building continues to become more difficult. As Google's algorithm updates invalidate popular linking schemes, the process of finding and securing backlinks for search engine optimization grows more challenging. As a result, it would be more appropriate to call the techniques that will work best in 2013 "link earning," rather than "link building."
• Mobile internet usage grows, changing the scope of required SEO activities. With predictions that mobile internet usage will account for as much as half of all web traffic by 2014, it's imperative that companies implement mobile SEO best practices for their websites.
The Players
Although Google's changes are made behind closed doors, there are a few SEO industry insiders to follow for the early word on important new updates:
• Matt Cutts: You'll want to give any updates that come from the head of Google's Webspam team and the company's unofficial spokesperson extra consideration. Subscribe to his personal blog and pay special attention to his Twitter feed, for what Cutts calls "weather updates" -- messages that indicate new algorithm changes and that data refreshes are being released.
• Danny Sullivan: The editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land is one of the rare people in the SEO industry who is often able to get clarifying responses from official Google spokespeople. I recommend following his updates on the Search Engine Land website and his Twitter account.
• Rand Fishkin: The founder and CEO of Seattle-based SEO and social monitoring service SEOMoz is recognized as a member of the SEO world's "in crowd." To stay up-to-date on changes in the industry, follow the general posts on the SEOMoz blog, along with Fishkin's personal blog and Twitter account, which offer additional insights into the latest SEO news.
Related: Beyond Basic SEO: When Hiring a Consultant Makes Sense
Predictions
Despite Google's secrecy, I'm comfortable making a few predictions about the relative importance of certain elements in the field of digital marketing. Specifically, I believe:
• 'Structured data' will play an increasingly important role in SEO. Structured data, or "microdata," is a special mark up language that websites can use to provide additional information about their content to the search engines. Given that Google has relatively few indicators to objectively assess quality and given how much it has been pushing the adoption of this system, I believe schema.org microdata and other forms of structured mark up will become even more important to website performance in the natural search results.
• Good content marketing will become a more accessible path to website success. To be clear, "good" content marketing doesn't involve spamming sites with fake guest posts or distributing infographics simply because they're popular. Instead, valuable content on topics readers care about is what will help websites increase their inbound backlinks, brand reputation and referral traffic naturally. This will lead to success in the search engine results with much less effort than traditional SEO techniques.
• Data-driven marketing techniques will drive out intuitive promotions. "Big data" was one of the hottest digital marketing buzzwords in 2012. Because the amount of information marketers have access to is only going to increase, it's wise to assume that data-driven decisions will become even more important to marketers this year.
• Link building continues to become more difficult. As Google's algorithm updates invalidate popular linking schemes, the process of finding and securing backlinks for search engine optimization grows more challenging. As a result, it would be more appropriate to call the techniques that will work best in 2013 "link earning," rather than "link building."
• Mobile internet usage grows, changing the scope of required SEO activities. With predictions that mobile internet usage will account for as much as half of all web traffic by 2014, it's imperative that companies implement mobile SEO best practices for their websites.
The Players
Although Google's changes are made behind closed doors, there are a few SEO industry insiders to follow for the early word on important new updates:
• Matt Cutts: You'll want to give any updates that come from the head of Google's Webspam team and the company's unofficial spokesperson extra consideration. Subscribe to his personal blog and pay special attention to his Twitter feed, for what Cutts calls "weather updates" -- messages that indicate new algorithm changes and that data refreshes are being released.
• Danny Sullivan: The editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land is one of the rare people in the SEO industry who is often able to get clarifying responses from official Google spokespeople. I recommend following his updates on the Search Engine Land website and his Twitter account.
• Rand Fishkin: The founder and CEO of Seattle-based SEO and social monitoring service SEOMoz is recognized as a member of the SEO world's "in crowd." To stay up-to-date on changes in the industry, follow the general posts on the SEOMoz blog, along with Fishkin's personal blog and Twitter account, which offer additional insights into the latest SEO news.
Related: Beyond Basic SEO: When Hiring a Consultant Makes Sense
Predictions
Despite Google's secrecy, I'm comfortable making a few predictions about the relative importance of certain elements in the field of digital marketing. Specifically, I believe:
• 'Structured data' will play an increasingly important role in SEO. Structured data, or "microdata," is a special mark up language that websites can use to provide additional information about their content to the search engines. Given that Google has relatively few indicators to objectively assess quality and given how much it has been pushing the adoption of this system, I believe schema.org microdata and other forms of structured mark up will become even more important to website performance in the natural search results.
• Good content marketing will become a more accessible path to website success. To be clear, "good" content marketing doesn't involve spamming sites with fake guest posts or distributing infographics simply because they're popular. Instead, valuable content on topics readers care about is what will help websites increase their inbound backlinks, brand reputation and referral traffic naturally. This will lead to success in the search engine results with much less effort than traditional SEO techniques.
• Data-driven marketing techniques will drive out intuitive promotions. "Big data" was one of the hottest digital marketing buzzwords in 2012. Because the amount of information marketers have access to is only going to increase, it's wise to assume that data-driven decisions will become even more important to marketers this year.
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
dlk technologies vadapalani - DLK Hospital Management ERP
DLK Hospital Management ERP
Today healthcare industry in India is rapidly growing with various Private sector and public sector participating and investing on a large scale.
To increase the efficiency and better healthcare services to patients, hospitals are taking help of it revolution with centralizing their processes with hospital management system and Hospital ERP.
Ran berry with its tie-up with well-known CRM and ERP companies are providing customized ERP solutions for healthcare industry in India.
We can provide hospital ERP systems in India from small hospitals to multi specialty hospitals in India.
Our solution is a complete set of software applications that automates patient management, eliminating redundant steps and manual error-prone interaction. The application is built on an object oriented multi tiered architecture.
Hospital ERP Features
Web-enabled applications
Compatible with HL7 international standards
HIPAA compliant
EDI for insurance claims management.
ICD & CPT codes
PDA interface
Graphics enabled
Interface with host of systems including
Critical care devices
Multilingual
Multi currency
Multi Clinic / Hospital
Hospital ERP Advantages
Robust security on international ERP standards.
IDMsys is built on internationally popular Sage ACCPAC ERP SDK.
Significant savings through better inventory & pharmacy management with robust integration with Finance using multiple account sets.
Segment based GL setup allows T B & P L for each department and/or at provider level.
Very High Speed Transactions necessary for processing large IP Bills.
Comprehensive OP & EMR for various specialties.
Customization directories to suite the Hospitals.
Quick customizable Search engine.
Very useful built-in back-up utility tools available such as database DUMP & Load.
Configurable Comprehensive Insurance and Claims Management.
Features of ERP Solution
Inpatient management allows you to admit patients and with a click on a graphical interface one can assign beds and manage bed-maintenance activities such as transfer patients between beds, control the status of beds for house-keeping or disinfections.
Our ERP Solution is equipped with comprehensive billing and insurance claims management module which captures changes in real time, increases efficiency and reduces revenue losses for the client’s organization.
EMR (Electronic Medical Record)
The heart of the EMR module is the provider desktop manager. For IP, the Nurse desktop module performs the function. It helps physicians in handling all their day-to-day activities like viewing the list of appointments, on line ordering of investigation, procedures, drugs and consumables along with capturing of diagnosis of patients.
It is setup in a manner that would be familiar to the provider while offering myriad of time saving features. The module also helps the physician in retrieving patient medical records and in decision making like drug allergy indication and problems.
The features of the EMR are as listed below
Provider Desktop Manager
Physician notes
A standard set of chief complaints and history of present illness are recorded through five levels of pre-set templates, provision for direct typing, clinical referrals which allows the provider/physician to refer the patient to another provider/specialist or clinic
Records patient assessment and treatment plan
Diagnosis codes: Records International Code for Disease (ICD) codes
Records Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes
The provider desktop manager allows the provider to perform a number of administrative function and task such as
Ordering and order status
Medical images
Immunization chart
Clinical care file
Laboratory Module
The laboratory module is tightly integrated with other modules of erp and can receive requests for lab tests from other modules like Provider Desktop manager, Nursing station and Operation Room (OR).
This module integrates with medical equipments and supports bi-directional interfaces for the equipments. It covers processes like order collection, patient check-in, sample collection, test processing, report preparation and report dispatch.
Further, the features of the Laboratory Module are listed below.
Supports setup of profiles with facility to include a profile within another profile.
Single window result entry facility provided for all the orders of a patient.
Online Ordering System to receive orders requested by physicians, nursing stations and departments.
Ability to define main laboratory categories and assign all laboratory tests to their category (such as Bio chemistry, hematology etc)
The specimen is tracked through each step from collection to receipt in the laboratory, processing, test completion and result reporting.
Patient, collection, test, and specimen labels can be printed that includes container type and volume requirements
Bar code format set up
The order priority can be set to Normal, Urgent or Emergency while ordering.
Investigation turnaround times can be reported as the time is captured at each stage – order receipt, sample collection and result entry.
The hospital can select and configure its services to international code of its choice. (ICD 10 PCS, ICD 10 CM).
Reagents, chemicals and consumables can be indented electronically.
Sample can be rejected and collected again with a fresh number if the samples is spoiled or damaged.
Radiology module
The Radiology module of ERP offers a comprehensive system to cater to all the requirements of the Radiology Department. It provides for scheduling of appointment for examinations, examination processing, post examination results reporting and film tracking.
Appointments can be scheduled to various clinics for examinations to be conducted. Timetables can be set up for different clinics with details of the days and times on which the clinic operates, so that the time slots can be allotted to specific patients.
Appointment cards are generated and handed over to patients along with the instructions to be followed before coming for attending the examination. Appointments can be cancelled if required. Groups of days can be blocked/unblocked for various reasons by the department.
The System has the capability to approve correctness of radiology orders. Such a feature is assigned only to authorized laboratory users. Radiology test turnaround times can be reported as the time is captured at each stage – order receipt, test performance and result entry.
The Radiology module of ERP offers a comprehensive system to cater to all the requirements of the Radiology Department. It provides for scheduling of appointment for examinations, examination processing, post examination results reporting and film tracking.
Appointments can be scheduled to the various clinics for examinations to be conducted. Timetables can be set up for different clinics with details of the days and times on which the clinic operates, so that the time slots can be allotted to specific patients. Appointment cards are generated and handed over to patients along with the instructions to be followed before coming for attending the examination. Appointments can be cancelled if required. Groups of days can be blocked/unblocked for various reasons by the department.
The System has the capability to approve correctness of radiology orders. Such a feature is assigned only to authorized laboratory users.
Admission – Transfer – Discharge (ADT) Module
The ADT module of the IDMSys tracks all the Admissions, Discharges and Transfers in a hospital. It handles the creation of temporary beds and allotting them to patients and deleting these beds etc. It also supports facilities like admitting baby to mother’s bed and linking mother and baby in patient numbers etc. The bed type, location and tariff are mapped to each bed.
The features of the ADT module are listed below.
The system has the ability to do pre-admission activities like block bed, book medical equipment, book operation room, collect advance against the expected admission. A user friendly graphical interface displays the bed availability status.
The system comes with a complete pre discharge process.
The system has the capability to record all medical staff involved in the patient’s care process.
The system captures all payment details like insurance coverage or employer details in case of corporate clients.
Against each admission, the system records and displays all the details including orders, results, surgeries, procedures, medications and all patient encounter information.
The system has the ability to print personalized discharge instructions that indicates all departments involved. Prescription, and follow up appointments of the patient can be prepared at the time of discharge.
The system can also generate a discharge summary based on the details available in the System.
The system automatically releases the bed when a patient is discharged or transferred out to be handed over to the housekeeping department for cleaning and disinfections.
Nursing Station Module
The Nursing Station module of ERP caters to the requirement of the Nursing department in a hospital. It has features like duty roster for the nurses, their day-to-day activities like patient monitoring, ordering investigations, drugs, procedures and capturing vital signs. It also gives provisions to capture the drugs administered and progress notes of the patient.
The detailed features of the Nursing Station module are listed below.
Ability to order: Ward Stock medications, sterile items, general items, laboratory tests, radiology examinations, procedures, maintenance work orders, and dietary requests etc.
Previous illness can be viewed while ordering
Orders can be assigned a priority flag – normal, urgent or emergency.
Each order is assigned a unique order identifiers.
Lab investigations can be ordered.
Radiology Tests can be ordered.
The order status is available in this module.
The lab and radiology results can be viewed by the nursing staff
Surgical recommendation of the providers can be recorded
Facility to send a Discharge request/intimation to the Admission-Transfer-Discharge (ADT) module with the expected time of the discharge
Patient discharge summary can be generated and additional data such as home medication, post discharge instructions to patient can be recorded
Facility to fix and follow-up appointments for discharged cases
Fully integrated with other system modules like medical records, billing, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, Admission-Transfer-Discharge (ADT) and Operation Room
The patient’s vital signs like temperature, blood pressure and pulse Rate can be recorded and graphical charts can be generated
The patient’s initial and final diagnosis can be recorded using the ICD9 or 10
Nurses can check the patients who are scheduled for surgical operations by the doctors.
Nurses can prepare the case for the operation and transfer the patient to the operation theater on the scheduled date/time. All required information can be recorded by the nursing staff on the patient attached electronic nursing forms that can be viewed/checked by doctors.
All medical information should be archived in the computerized patient record.
Ability to view all the radiology examination reports within the nurse window.
Drug request orders are classified as dispensed rejected, pending etc.
Pharmacy Management Module
The Pharmacy Management module of ERP caters for maintenance of comprehensive drug database, dispensing and stock control functions of the pharmacy department.
The highlighted features of the Pharmacy Management module are as follows.
The system maintains a centralized drug information system, covering complete drug formulary with information on the generic name and the trade name. It supports standard dosages, contra indications, interactions, physical and chemical characteristics, different drug classifications and indexes.
The system offers a comprehensive application for managing the inventory of the hospital's drugs and other medical, surgical and laboratory items. It is linked with purchasing system for replenishment of all pharmacy items.
The system takes into account the billing and cost aspects along with tracking of multiple batches with expiry dates in both the billing module and the pharmacy Point of Sale (POS). The system also supports multiple stores and multiple pharmacies.
The system allows dispensing of drugs against the drug medication orders and prescriptions for both outpatients as well as inpatients. The medications can be for one time use or could be repeated for a period as specified by the doctor. Labels can be generated with flexible format and include dosage and other instructions for the patient.
Hospital Inventory Module
The Hospital Inventory Module of ERP manages the hospital inventory of medical supplies, surgical supplies and lab and radiology items stocked by the hospital stores. The inventory module is integrated with all financial modules such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger as well as relevant Hospital Information System (HIS) modules such as Nursing stations, Medical Departments, OR and pharmacy.
Our ERP inventory has a well-defined workflow for inventory procurement and material issue. Multiple stores can be defined and facility to attach sub stores to nursing stations, OR and departments.
The features of the Hospital Inventory module are listed below.
Tracks the movements of individual items in the hospital
Store wise document numbering can be generated for all transactions
Batch and expiry date wise stock can be maintained
Supports multiple segments
Map to Medical Inventory codes.
Cost of goods sold tracked for every issue
Supports multiple stores
Supports multiple price list
Supports vendor wise item setup
Combination of one to many material requisitions to one to many PO
Supports store wise item setup and stock
Integration with Financials
ERP is tightly integrated with Sage ACCPAC ERP General Ledger (GL), Accounts Receivables (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP). Transactions generated in Out Patient(OP), In-patient(IP) and Daycare bills are posted to Accounts Receivables (AR) module. The Corporate, Credit and Insurance transactions have two components, Patient Responsibility and Company Responsibility.
Patient responsibility amount collected through cash or credit card is posted to Account Receivables (AR) Receipts where as for Company Responsibility amount an invoice is generated and posted to Account Receivables (AR) Invoice. Inventory and Pharmacy items posted in these bills get the effect for Sales and Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) in General Ledger.
Today healthcare industry in India is rapidly growing with various Private sector and public sector participating and investing on a large scale.
To increase the efficiency and better healthcare services to patients, hospitals are taking help of it revolution with centralizing their processes with hospital management system and Hospital ERP.
Ran berry with its tie-up with well-known CRM and ERP companies are providing customized ERP solutions for healthcare industry in India.
We can provide hospital ERP systems in India from small hospitals to multi specialty hospitals in India.
Our solution is a complete set of software applications that automates patient management, eliminating redundant steps and manual error-prone interaction. The application is built on an object oriented multi tiered architecture.
Hospital ERP Features
Web-enabled applications
Compatible with HL7 international standards
HIPAA compliant
EDI for insurance claims management.
ICD & CPT codes
PDA interface
Graphics enabled
Interface with host of systems including
Critical care devices
Multilingual
Multi currency
Multi Clinic / Hospital
Hospital ERP Advantages
Robust security on international ERP standards.
IDMsys is built on internationally popular Sage ACCPAC ERP SDK.
Significant savings through better inventory & pharmacy management with robust integration with Finance using multiple account sets.
Segment based GL setup allows T B & P L for each department and/or at provider level.
Very High Speed Transactions necessary for processing large IP Bills.
Comprehensive OP & EMR for various specialties.
Customization directories to suite the Hospitals.
Quick customizable Search engine.
Very useful built-in back-up utility tools available such as database DUMP & Load.
Configurable Comprehensive Insurance and Claims Management.
Features of ERP Solution
Inpatient management allows you to admit patients and with a click on a graphical interface one can assign beds and manage bed-maintenance activities such as transfer patients between beds, control the status of beds for house-keeping or disinfections.
Our ERP Solution is equipped with comprehensive billing and insurance claims management module which captures changes in real time, increases efficiency and reduces revenue losses for the client’s organization.
EMR (Electronic Medical Record)
The heart of the EMR module is the provider desktop manager. For IP, the Nurse desktop module performs the function. It helps physicians in handling all their day-to-day activities like viewing the list of appointments, on line ordering of investigation, procedures, drugs and consumables along with capturing of diagnosis of patients.
It is setup in a manner that would be familiar to the provider while offering myriad of time saving features. The module also helps the physician in retrieving patient medical records and in decision making like drug allergy indication and problems.
The features of the EMR are as listed below
Provider Desktop Manager
Physician notes
A standard set of chief complaints and history of present illness are recorded through five levels of pre-set templates, provision for direct typing, clinical referrals which allows the provider/physician to refer the patient to another provider/specialist or clinic
Records patient assessment and treatment plan
Diagnosis codes: Records International Code for Disease (ICD) codes
Records Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes
The provider desktop manager allows the provider to perform a number of administrative function and task such as
Ordering and order status
Medical images
Immunization chart
Clinical care file
Laboratory Module
The laboratory module is tightly integrated with other modules of erp and can receive requests for lab tests from other modules like Provider Desktop manager, Nursing station and Operation Room (OR).
This module integrates with medical equipments and supports bi-directional interfaces for the equipments. It covers processes like order collection, patient check-in, sample collection, test processing, report preparation and report dispatch.
Further, the features of the Laboratory Module are listed below.
Supports setup of profiles with facility to include a profile within another profile.
Single window result entry facility provided for all the orders of a patient.
Online Ordering System to receive orders requested by physicians, nursing stations and departments.
Ability to define main laboratory categories and assign all laboratory tests to their category (such as Bio chemistry, hematology etc)
The specimen is tracked through each step from collection to receipt in the laboratory, processing, test completion and result reporting.
Patient, collection, test, and specimen labels can be printed that includes container type and volume requirements
Bar code format set up
The order priority can be set to Normal, Urgent or Emergency while ordering.
Investigation turnaround times can be reported as the time is captured at each stage – order receipt, sample collection and result entry.
The hospital can select and configure its services to international code of its choice. (ICD 10 PCS, ICD 10 CM).
Reagents, chemicals and consumables can be indented electronically.
Sample can be rejected and collected again with a fresh number if the samples is spoiled or damaged.
Radiology module
The Radiology module of ERP offers a comprehensive system to cater to all the requirements of the Radiology Department. It provides for scheduling of appointment for examinations, examination processing, post examination results reporting and film tracking.
Appointments can be scheduled to various clinics for examinations to be conducted. Timetables can be set up for different clinics with details of the days and times on which the clinic operates, so that the time slots can be allotted to specific patients.
Appointment cards are generated and handed over to patients along with the instructions to be followed before coming for attending the examination. Appointments can be cancelled if required. Groups of days can be blocked/unblocked for various reasons by the department.
The System has the capability to approve correctness of radiology orders. Such a feature is assigned only to authorized laboratory users. Radiology test turnaround times can be reported as the time is captured at each stage – order receipt, test performance and result entry.
The Radiology module of ERP offers a comprehensive system to cater to all the requirements of the Radiology Department. It provides for scheduling of appointment for examinations, examination processing, post examination results reporting and film tracking.
Appointments can be scheduled to the various clinics for examinations to be conducted. Timetables can be set up for different clinics with details of the days and times on which the clinic operates, so that the time slots can be allotted to specific patients. Appointment cards are generated and handed over to patients along with the instructions to be followed before coming for attending the examination. Appointments can be cancelled if required. Groups of days can be blocked/unblocked for various reasons by the department.
The System has the capability to approve correctness of radiology orders. Such a feature is assigned only to authorized laboratory users.
Admission – Transfer – Discharge (ADT) Module
The ADT module of the IDMSys tracks all the Admissions, Discharges and Transfers in a hospital. It handles the creation of temporary beds and allotting them to patients and deleting these beds etc. It also supports facilities like admitting baby to mother’s bed and linking mother and baby in patient numbers etc. The bed type, location and tariff are mapped to each bed.
The features of the ADT module are listed below.
The system has the ability to do pre-admission activities like block bed, book medical equipment, book operation room, collect advance against the expected admission. A user friendly graphical interface displays the bed availability status.
The system comes with a complete pre discharge process.
The system has the capability to record all medical staff involved in the patient’s care process.
The system captures all payment details like insurance coverage or employer details in case of corporate clients.
Against each admission, the system records and displays all the details including orders, results, surgeries, procedures, medications and all patient encounter information.
The system has the ability to print personalized discharge instructions that indicates all departments involved. Prescription, and follow up appointments of the patient can be prepared at the time of discharge.
The system can also generate a discharge summary based on the details available in the System.
The system automatically releases the bed when a patient is discharged or transferred out to be handed over to the housekeeping department for cleaning and disinfections.
Nursing Station Module
The Nursing Station module of ERP caters to the requirement of the Nursing department in a hospital. It has features like duty roster for the nurses, their day-to-day activities like patient monitoring, ordering investigations, drugs, procedures and capturing vital signs. It also gives provisions to capture the drugs administered and progress notes of the patient.
The detailed features of the Nursing Station module are listed below.
Ability to order: Ward Stock medications, sterile items, general items, laboratory tests, radiology examinations, procedures, maintenance work orders, and dietary requests etc.
Previous illness can be viewed while ordering
Orders can be assigned a priority flag – normal, urgent or emergency.
Each order is assigned a unique order identifiers.
Lab investigations can be ordered.
Radiology Tests can be ordered.
The order status is available in this module.
The lab and radiology results can be viewed by the nursing staff
Surgical recommendation of the providers can be recorded
Facility to send a Discharge request/intimation to the Admission-Transfer-Discharge (ADT) module with the expected time of the discharge
Patient discharge summary can be generated and additional data such as home medication, post discharge instructions to patient can be recorded
Facility to fix and follow-up appointments for discharged cases
Fully integrated with other system modules like medical records, billing, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, Admission-Transfer-Discharge (ADT) and Operation Room
The patient’s vital signs like temperature, blood pressure and pulse Rate can be recorded and graphical charts can be generated
The patient’s initial and final diagnosis can be recorded using the ICD9 or 10
Nurses can check the patients who are scheduled for surgical operations by the doctors.
Nurses can prepare the case for the operation and transfer the patient to the operation theater on the scheduled date/time. All required information can be recorded by the nursing staff on the patient attached electronic nursing forms that can be viewed/checked by doctors.
All medical information should be archived in the computerized patient record.
Ability to view all the radiology examination reports within the nurse window.
Drug request orders are classified as dispensed rejected, pending etc.
Pharmacy Management Module
The Pharmacy Management module of ERP caters for maintenance of comprehensive drug database, dispensing and stock control functions of the pharmacy department.
The highlighted features of the Pharmacy Management module are as follows.
The system maintains a centralized drug information system, covering complete drug formulary with information on the generic name and the trade name. It supports standard dosages, contra indications, interactions, physical and chemical characteristics, different drug classifications and indexes.
The system offers a comprehensive application for managing the inventory of the hospital's drugs and other medical, surgical and laboratory items. It is linked with purchasing system for replenishment of all pharmacy items.
The system takes into account the billing and cost aspects along with tracking of multiple batches with expiry dates in both the billing module and the pharmacy Point of Sale (POS). The system also supports multiple stores and multiple pharmacies.
The system allows dispensing of drugs against the drug medication orders and prescriptions for both outpatients as well as inpatients. The medications can be for one time use or could be repeated for a period as specified by the doctor. Labels can be generated with flexible format and include dosage and other instructions for the patient.
Hospital Inventory Module
The Hospital Inventory Module of ERP manages the hospital inventory of medical supplies, surgical supplies and lab and radiology items stocked by the hospital stores. The inventory module is integrated with all financial modules such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger as well as relevant Hospital Information System (HIS) modules such as Nursing stations, Medical Departments, OR and pharmacy.
Our ERP inventory has a well-defined workflow for inventory procurement and material issue. Multiple stores can be defined and facility to attach sub stores to nursing stations, OR and departments.
The features of the Hospital Inventory module are listed below.
Tracks the movements of individual items in the hospital
Store wise document numbering can be generated for all transactions
Batch and expiry date wise stock can be maintained
Supports multiple segments
Map to Medical Inventory codes.
Cost of goods sold tracked for every issue
Supports multiple stores
Supports multiple price list
Supports vendor wise item setup
Combination of one to many material requisitions to one to many PO
Supports store wise item setup and stock
Integration with Financials
ERP is tightly integrated with Sage ACCPAC ERP General Ledger (GL), Accounts Receivables (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP). Transactions generated in Out Patient(OP), In-patient(IP) and Daycare bills are posted to Accounts Receivables (AR) module. The Corporate, Credit and Insurance transactions have two components, Patient Responsibility and Company Responsibility.
Patient responsibility amount collected through cash or credit card is posted to Account Receivables (AR) Receipts where as for Company Responsibility amount an invoice is generated and posted to Account Receivables (AR) Invoice. Inventory and Pharmacy items posted in these bills get the effect for Sales and Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) in General Ledger.
DLK Technolgoies vadapalani - DLK Hotel Management ERP
DLK Hotel Management ERP
An easy to operate user Friendly, economically priced software that committed to meet all the requirements to manage small , medium and big scale hotels. Hotel Management system is one of the leading software for complete management of your hotel; it can manage the reception, inventory and account excellently. The hotel management software provides all kinds of keeping feature required in a hotel like day books, daily business book, preparation of OFI and many more automatically.
Key features:
Multi branch /Multi location access by single window.
Complete and automatic operating of reception.
Store management.
Restaurant management.
Preparing KOT’s reports.
Complete history of visitors at your hotel.
Preparation of visitor’s bill.
Up to date account manager with all accounting needs.
Maintaining the inventory section of your hotel.
Built in backup and restore facilities
LAN capability.
Compatible with any windows -9x higher
Hotel master
The hotel management software provides you all kinds of master that are in customizing mode so that you can add the things as per requirement like-
You can decide master for your hotel. The software gives masters for details of types of rooms, types of your hotel.
The software holds the details of your hotel employees.
The soft ware draws occupancy chart automatically for your hotel.
Multi level control Multi level / branch control
You can see all branch report in single window
You can add new branch, user full control panel
Security Detail:
Password facility to ensure validity of user
Intelligent validation for each entry.
User defined data access.
Data secrecy.
Reception:
Amore advance reception for all required operation to be done automatically.
Preparing OFI
Check IN OUT for the visitors.
Cash receipt management.
Credit card management.
Preparing the laundry bill
Making the room folio
Setting the automatic alarm of particular room
Complete and errorless reservation system
Reservation
Online mode
Web Application covers
Customer request.
Customer information
Products offered by hotel Crystal residency
Payment thro payment gateway
Conformation of Reservation thro Email & SMS
Reservation created as sales order with Customer info, No of Days ,Various products
Reservation will be created invoice when payment, done in online
E-voucher will be sent along with conformation mail
Offer packages &Schemes on reservation
Offline mode
Reservation onscreen as sales order with check in & check out date
Products offered by hotel Crystal Residency
Customer information
Sales order _sales invoice based on no of days
Payment mode as credit/debit card /cash/cheque/transfer
Capturing Broker /Agent information for calculating ,commission charges
Offer packages & schemes on reservation
Administrative Activities:
The hotel management Software can handle administrative activities like
Advance and settlement
Room status
Credit return
Taxes
Log detail.
Restaurant:
Eases restaurant management and attracts customers
Colorful Menu card displayed with attracting pictures of the dishes
Enables to streamline service to customer
First Ordered-First Served
Reduces lead time, dependence on manpower, operational cost, Human error
Android Tablet PC on tables for customers to select dishes and order
Flexible integration with any ERP – Viz. SAP Business Suite, Microsoft, Oracle, & Other Applications
Capturing of customer Suggestions & Complaints
Prepare the Complete KOT Report and NCKOT Report
Hotel Reports:
All kinds of hotel reports can be generated in seconds and you can view and print them easily.
Day books
Daily business report.
Occupancy at given time.
Local call report.
STD calls report.
Laundry report.
Cash report.
OFI report.
Food cost report.
Guest history.
Staying guest credit report.
Credit card report.
Report:
The reports can be printed on any printer like Dot matrix, inkjet And Laser etc.
Account Master Head:
The hotel management software includes all principal heads of commercial field we can also Customize the heads per requirement.
Ledgers:
Unlimited accounts may be though various heads.
All necessary information of particular account is also kept.
Accounting Reports
The hotel management software provide facility to view and print
Ledger list.
Ledger books with daily /summary options.
Trial balance with closing balance and detailed option.
Balance sheets, quick view of current assets and liblities.
Reports of every head can also be generate on the closing and detailed based
Direct posting to tally
Collection report Expert excel, Word option
Expert excel, Word option
Sales report
Turn over expert
Inventory Master
Hotel management software also provide facility to maintain complete inventory like
Sale/purchase data entry
Sale / purchase return
Inventory:
Purchasing
Purchase order with Various defined Approval Process & Alerts
Receipt of items –to any warehouse-Alerts
Purchase Return
Inventory Transfers
Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)- based on fore casting
Minimum stock alert for items
Email integration
Good receipt note,
Sales,
Sales return
Stock
stock maintains
All kinds of inventory reports can be generated within seconds and printed by our software.
Bonus tools:
Hotel management software provides useful tools like Appointments list to inform you about your appointments.
Address dairy that holds the address and additional information of a particular person. Dairy notes which records any note for particular day. memoranda, keeps personal information.
An easy to operate user Friendly, economically priced software that committed to meet all the requirements to manage small , medium and big scale hotels. Hotel Management system is one of the leading software for complete management of your hotel; it can manage the reception, inventory and account excellently. The hotel management software provides all kinds of keeping feature required in a hotel like day books, daily business book, preparation of OFI and many more automatically.
Key features:
Multi branch /Multi location access by single window.
Complete and automatic operating of reception.
Store management.
Restaurant management.
Preparing KOT’s reports.
Complete history of visitors at your hotel.
Preparation of visitor’s bill.
Up to date account manager with all accounting needs.
Maintaining the inventory section of your hotel.
Built in backup and restore facilities
LAN capability.
Compatible with any windows -9x higher
Hotel master
The hotel management software provides you all kinds of master that are in customizing mode so that you can add the things as per requirement like-
You can decide master for your hotel. The software gives masters for details of types of rooms, types of your hotel.
The software holds the details of your hotel employees.
The soft ware draws occupancy chart automatically for your hotel.
Multi level control Multi level / branch control
You can see all branch report in single window
You can add new branch, user full control panel
Security Detail:
Password facility to ensure validity of user
Intelligent validation for each entry.
User defined data access.
Data secrecy.
Reception:
Amore advance reception for all required operation to be done automatically.
Preparing OFI
Check IN OUT for the visitors.
Cash receipt management.
Credit card management.
Preparing the laundry bill
Making the room folio
Setting the automatic alarm of particular room
Complete and errorless reservation system
Reservation
Online mode
Web Application covers
Customer request.
Customer information
Products offered by hotel Crystal residency
Payment thro payment gateway
Conformation of Reservation thro Email & SMS
Reservation created as sales order with Customer info, No of Days ,Various products
Reservation will be created invoice when payment, done in online
E-voucher will be sent along with conformation mail
Offer packages &Schemes on reservation
Offline mode
Reservation onscreen as sales order with check in & check out date
Products offered by hotel Crystal Residency
Customer information
Sales order _sales invoice based on no of days
Payment mode as credit/debit card /cash/cheque/transfer
Capturing Broker /Agent information for calculating ,commission charges
Offer packages & schemes on reservation
Administrative Activities:
The hotel management Software can handle administrative activities like
Advance and settlement
Room status
Credit return
Taxes
Log detail.
Restaurant:
Eases restaurant management and attracts customers
Colorful Menu card displayed with attracting pictures of the dishes
Enables to streamline service to customer
First Ordered-First Served
Reduces lead time, dependence on manpower, operational cost, Human error
Android Tablet PC on tables for customers to select dishes and order
Flexible integration with any ERP – Viz. SAP Business Suite, Microsoft, Oracle, & Other Applications
Capturing of customer Suggestions & Complaints
Prepare the Complete KOT Report and NCKOT Report
Hotel Reports:
All kinds of hotel reports can be generated in seconds and you can view and print them easily.
Day books
Daily business report.
Occupancy at given time.
Local call report.
STD calls report.
Laundry report.
Cash report.
OFI report.
Food cost report.
Guest history.
Staying guest credit report.
Credit card report.
Report:
The reports can be printed on any printer like Dot matrix, inkjet And Laser etc.
Account Master Head:
The hotel management software includes all principal heads of commercial field we can also Customize the heads per requirement.
Ledgers:
Unlimited accounts may be though various heads.
All necessary information of particular account is also kept.
Accounting Reports
The hotel management software provide facility to view and print
Ledger list.
Ledger books with daily /summary options.
Trial balance with closing balance and detailed option.
Balance sheets, quick view of current assets and liblities.
Reports of every head can also be generate on the closing and detailed based
Direct posting to tally
Collection report Expert excel, Word option
Expert excel, Word option
Sales report
Turn over expert
Inventory Master
Hotel management software also provide facility to maintain complete inventory like
Sale/purchase data entry
Sale / purchase return
Inventory:
Purchasing
Purchase order with Various defined Approval Process & Alerts
Receipt of items –to any warehouse-Alerts
Purchase Return
Inventory Transfers
Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)- based on fore casting
Minimum stock alert for items
Email integration
Good receipt note,
Sales,
Sales return
Stock
stock maintains
All kinds of inventory reports can be generated within seconds and printed by our software.
Bonus tools:
Hotel management software provides useful tools like Appointments list to inform you about your appointments.
Address dairy that holds the address and additional information of a particular person. Dairy notes which records any note for particular day. memoranda, keeps personal information.
Saturday, 9 February 2013
7 Key Ways to Optimize Facebook Fan Page SEO
There are a lot of rumors going around about the proper ways to optimize your Facebook fan page SEO. Some people suggest using keywords in the filenames of your uploads, and others say you need to have every URL you own linked to your fan page. If you're anything like me, you don't particularly have time to sit around and search for a tip here and a tip there, only to find out weeks later that it did you no good.
This post provides a few more tips on optimizing your Facebook page for SEO right now, and answers your Q&A questions from my Mozinar with Rand. Enjoy!
7 Ways to optimize your Facebook fan page SEO right now
1. Choose the best name for your Facebook fan page
This may sound like a no-brainer. However, it's the most basic step when it comes to optimizing your brand on Facebook, and is also the most important.
There is always the temptation to stuff your fan page name with tons of keywords, like "Bob's Bakery - Muffins, Bagels, Cookies, Breads - Catering & Events." In actuality, having a name like this can hurt your viral growth rate inside Facebook. If you appear too spammy, your fans will be less likely to engage with your page, let alone share posts and updates with their friends. In fact, people can even hide your updates from their news feed - imagine the horror!
Don't be too generic either, though. Facebook's intent behind fan pages is that they represent real businesses, brands, personalities, etc. By choosing something too generic, like Travel, Sports, Fishing, etc., you run the risk of Facebook shutting down your ability to post updates and reach out to new fans.
Quick Tip: The first word in your fan page title is given the most weight (importance) by Google.
2. Create a custom fan page vanity URL
After your fan page has 25 Likes, Facebook gives your you the ability to create a unique URL (or usernames as Facebook calls them) for the page. Because URLs are heavily weighted by search engines, it is vital that your fan page URL reflects an aspect of your business.
If, by some misalignment in the stars, you find that another fan page has claimed your business' name already, make sure to include what your business is about in the URL.
You can check out some different username options Facebook offers before selecting your one for your fan page.
3. Use keywords in strategic locations on your fan page
Just like traditional websites, keyword optimization is the most fundamental form of on-site SEO. The most important pieces to pay attention to are the About section, Mission, and Company Description, since these areas are actually pulled from your fan page as SEO elements.
Here is an example of how a search engine would index your page:
SEO Title = Your fan page name
Meta Description = Fan page name + the About section of your page
H1 = Your fan page name
To optimize your page for local searches, it is very important to include your Address, City, State, and Zip. For product-related searches, the Company Overview, Mission, and Products fields should be filled in with your appropriate information.
Quick Tip: Just like your website's meta data, you may want to consider using a brief, 140- character description for your fan page so your whole message displays in the search engine's snippet.
4. Include your phone number and address
As surprising as it sounds, there are a good amount of businesses out there that don't include this type of info on their fan page. As a majority of your sales may be from online traffic, it can appear to be not quite so important for you to include. But remember, indexing your brand for local search results is crucial to growing your Facebook fan page.
In addition, Google places higher importance on pages with specific information like your business's phone number and address. So, pages that include this type of data can effectively increase your brand's overall SEO.
5. Backlink to your fan page on existing channels
The more inbound links to your page, the more authoritative your page is according to Google, and you will be ranked higher. That is why it is very important to bloggers when they have their content linked to from other websites, blogs, etc.
This same principle applies to your Facebook fan page. So, where it is appropriate, include a link to your fan page from your other digital channels, like your website, blog, and Twitter profile.
6. Optimize Facebook fan page status updates
When posting updates to your Facebook wall, remember that the first 18 characters of a Facebook post serve as the meta description. So, take advantage of the option when Facebook prompts you to "Write something..." since that text will be considered the SEO title for that update. Including direct links to your small business website in your updates is also a good practice to follow.
Quick Tip: Just like your fan page's name, Google places a higher importance on the first word of your update, so you may want to consider making that a keyword.
7. SEO for Facebook Notes
Facebook Notes is something that is very under-utilized. When used appropriately, Facebook Notes can provide your fan page with an effective way at increasing your overall SEO. The SEO elements pulled in from Facebook Notes are:
SEO Title = the title of your note
Meta data = Your fan page name wrote a note titled, your note's title
Facebook Notes gives your page the ability to create multiple "pages" underneath the main fan page. Notes are also a good way to expand on special offers or events that your business is hosting and have them indexed in search engines.
This post provides a few more tips on optimizing your Facebook page for SEO right now, and answers your Q&A questions from my Mozinar with Rand. Enjoy!
7 Ways to optimize your Facebook fan page SEO right now
1. Choose the best name for your Facebook fan page
This may sound like a no-brainer. However, it's the most basic step when it comes to optimizing your brand on Facebook, and is also the most important.
There is always the temptation to stuff your fan page name with tons of keywords, like "Bob's Bakery - Muffins, Bagels, Cookies, Breads - Catering & Events." In actuality, having a name like this can hurt your viral growth rate inside Facebook. If you appear too spammy, your fans will be less likely to engage with your page, let alone share posts and updates with their friends. In fact, people can even hide your updates from their news feed - imagine the horror!
Don't be too generic either, though. Facebook's intent behind fan pages is that they represent real businesses, brands, personalities, etc. By choosing something too generic, like Travel, Sports, Fishing, etc., you run the risk of Facebook shutting down your ability to post updates and reach out to new fans.
Quick Tip: The first word in your fan page title is given the most weight (importance) by Google.
2. Create a custom fan page vanity URL
After your fan page has 25 Likes, Facebook gives your you the ability to create a unique URL (or usernames as Facebook calls them) for the page. Because URLs are heavily weighted by search engines, it is vital that your fan page URL reflects an aspect of your business.
If, by some misalignment in the stars, you find that another fan page has claimed your business' name already, make sure to include what your business is about in the URL.
You can check out some different username options Facebook offers before selecting your one for your fan page.
3. Use keywords in strategic locations on your fan page
Just like traditional websites, keyword optimization is the most fundamental form of on-site SEO. The most important pieces to pay attention to are the About section, Mission, and Company Description, since these areas are actually pulled from your fan page as SEO elements.
Here is an example of how a search engine would index your page:
SEO Title = Your fan page name
Meta Description = Fan page name + the About section of your page
H1 = Your fan page name
To optimize your page for local searches, it is very important to include your Address, City, State, and Zip. For product-related searches, the Company Overview, Mission, and Products fields should be filled in with your appropriate information.
Quick Tip: Just like your website's meta data, you may want to consider using a brief, 140- character description for your fan page so your whole message displays in the search engine's snippet.
4. Include your phone number and address
As surprising as it sounds, there are a good amount of businesses out there that don't include this type of info on their fan page. As a majority of your sales may be from online traffic, it can appear to be not quite so important for you to include. But remember, indexing your brand for local search results is crucial to growing your Facebook fan page.
In addition, Google places higher importance on pages with specific information like your business's phone number and address. So, pages that include this type of data can effectively increase your brand's overall SEO.
5. Backlink to your fan page on existing channels
The more inbound links to your page, the more authoritative your page is according to Google, and you will be ranked higher. That is why it is very important to bloggers when they have their content linked to from other websites, blogs, etc.
This same principle applies to your Facebook fan page. So, where it is appropriate, include a link to your fan page from your other digital channels, like your website, blog, and Twitter profile.
6. Optimize Facebook fan page status updates
When posting updates to your Facebook wall, remember that the first 18 characters of a Facebook post serve as the meta description. So, take advantage of the option when Facebook prompts you to "Write something..." since that text will be considered the SEO title for that update. Including direct links to your small business website in your updates is also a good practice to follow.
Quick Tip: Just like your fan page's name, Google places a higher importance on the first word of your update, so you may want to consider making that a keyword.
7. SEO for Facebook Notes
Facebook Notes is something that is very under-utilized. When used appropriately, Facebook Notes can provide your fan page with an effective way at increasing your overall SEO. The SEO elements pulled in from Facebook Notes are:
SEO Title = the title of your note
Meta data = Your fan page name wrote a note titled, your note's title
Facebook Notes gives your page the ability to create multiple "pages" underneath the main fan page. Notes are also a good way to expand on special offers or events that your business is hosting and have them indexed in search engines.
Monday, 4 February 2013
TopRank’s BIGLIST of Search Engine Marketing & Optimization Blogs
Welcome to the BIGLIST of SEM and SEO blogs!
Below is a collection of over 400 SEO and Online Marketing related blogs assembled by the staff at TopRank Online Marketing. This excellent list includes blogs that cover a range of internet marketing topics ranging from SEO (search engine optimization) and PPC (pay per click) to blog marketing, marketing with social media, content marketing and online public relations.
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How do you get on the list?
You can’t. We’re not adding any new blogs at this time. When we were adding new blogs, we’d find most reading blogrolls of other BIGLIST inductees or SEM social news sites. Rarely do we add a blog based on a direct request. Two fundamental requirements: Blogs must cover search marketing and must post 4-5 times per month at a bare minimum. Other considerations include, blog design, usability, writing style and quality.
How do you get off the list?
No one has ever asked how to get off this list, in fact, many have gone out of their way to get ON the list. However, we do drop anywhere from 70-100 blogs off the list every quarter due to a variety of reasons ranging from infrequent blog postings, off topic postings, site not longer working or on occasion, sites that get bought and turned into splogs.
Making Changes
Our goal is to provide a useful and accurate list of actively SEO. Managing such a large list over time means we may not catch every change. Common changes include moving from a third party hosting service to a domain name or sub-domain address, writer changes and topics covered. If you have changes that need to be made in your BIGLIST entry, then contact TopRank using the web form.
BIGLIST
123 Social Media – Barry Hurd promises to educate business professionals on how to maximize the best in online marketing and technology.
5 Star Affiliate Programs Blog – Linda Buquet blogs about affiliate marketing, contextual advertising and marketing online.
About: Web Search – Wendy Boswell covers the search engines for About.com.
Accessible Web Design – Minnesota based Joe Dolson on accessibiliy.
Actionable Insights – Covario isn’t just a leading San Diego company in the interactive marketing analytics space, it’s full of Covarians. What do those Covarians do when they’re not using their clever software to automate and analyze SEO and PPC? Why, they’re writing about industry news and updates, indepth analyses, strategic and tactical advice on a blog good enough to make it on the BIGLIST.
Adam Sherk Blog – Adam Sherk works as a Search/PR Strategist for Define Search Strategies, part of The New York Times Company and writes about the publishing industry, enterprise SEO and social media.
Advanced Web Metrics – The now ex-Googler web analytics guru Brian Clifton is the author of Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics and this is his blog. Note the blogroll for analytics bloggers.
AimClear Search Marketing Blog – Another Minnesota based blogger makes the list with Marty Weintraub blogging about paid search marketing and organic SEO with the purpose of demystifying common topics that come up in his interactions with clients.
Amplify Interactive Blog – Ben Lloyd, Christian Bullock and Kristin Wall write about fundamental search marketing tips, SEO, PPC as well as industry events.
Andrew RH Girdwood – A self titled blog and self described blogger, “digital marketing, search, gaming geek” works for a SEM agency and blogs about Google, SEO, social media and many other SEM related topics.
An Internet Consultant Speaks -Scott Hendison covers a range of topics rooted in SEO but including general web marketing topics to PR to blog marketing tactics.
Apple Pie & Custard Blog– Originally added to BIGLIST 2 years ago, this blog is written mostly by Kelvin Newman, John McElborough and someone named “Jennie” from Site Visibility about SEM, social media and PPC topics.
Ask Kalena – Kalena Jordan offers search engine tips and advice.
Audette Media Blog – Adam Audette has a new blog for his internet marketing consulting business and while it’s a new blog, we’re adding it to the BIGLIST because if it evolves into anything like what Adam does on LED Digest, it’s sure to be a hit. Check out the link building primer.
Beanstalk SEO Blog – Dave Davies blogs about news in the search engine and online marketing industry.
Being Peter Kim – Previously with Forrester Research, Peter Kim now works with an Austin based strategic consulting practice that is developing an enterprise class Social Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) suite. He continues to blog about social computing, social media marketing and insights of high value to internet marketers and business leaders.
Best Rank Blog – Mike Shannon, Zac Heisey, Guillermo Bravo & Ryan Frank post to this agency blog focusing on quality of posts over quantity, which is a good practice I think. Topics cover the gamut of tips, news, events and agency news.
Beyond the Paid – Melissa Mackey who is a Search Marketing Director for MagazineLine and recent winner of a free pass to Search Marketing Expo blogs about search engine marketing.
BIG marketing for small business – Rajan Sodhi’s fairly new blog on common and uncommon marketing tactics for small businesses.
Bill Hartzer – Bill has redone his site and blogs about a wide variety of topics ranging from the search marketing industry to linking to monetizing web site content.
Biznology - Former IBM Distinguished Engineer Mike Moran’s blog on search and digital marketing.
Blizzard Internet Marketing – Group blog and newsletter from the team at Blizzard Internet Marketing.
BlogStorm – Popular UK blogger Patrick Altoft offers an abundance of tips on internet marketing and SEO.
BlueGlass Blog – Internet marketing veterans Chris Winfield, Dave Snyder and Brent Csutoras dish out the search and social media marketing smarts on this new agency blog.
Britopian – Michael Brito, formerly with HP then Yahoo and now with Intel, writes about social media and marketing online.
Bruce Clay Blog – Virginia Nussey performs her blog magic covering the search marketing industry.
Bryan & Jeffrey Eisenberg – Best selling author of multiple books, Bryan Eisenberg begged me for months to add his new blog to the BIGLIST. I challenged Bryan to write another best selling book, start a new company, become a keynote speaker at several popular industry conferences and lose at least 30 pounds. (Hey, we set the bar high for the BIGLIST). Of course, I’m kidding about the challenge (and the begging). Bryan has accomplished all of those things and much more while writing an excellent blog on conversion optimization and internet marketing strategy with his brother Jeffrey, who is also a best selling author, keynote speaker and online marketing strategist for major brands.
BuzzMaven – Scott Clark, a web marketer from Kentucky blogs about a variet of personal and professional interests including SEO.
CanuckSEO – Long time internet marketing veteran Jim Rudnick writes with passion and flair about “Canadian SEO for Google Success!” as well as small business, local SEM and plenty of flavorful opinion posts on a variety of search marketing industry topics. Go for the tips, stay for the story telling and enthusiasm.
Capture the Conversation – Internet Marketing Methodologies from Room 214, Inc co-founders James Clark & Jason Cormier.
Cartoon Barry – Barry Schwartz’s pseudo personal blog. Also includes links to posts from his work at Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Land.
Charlene Li’s Blog – Previously a Forrester Analyst, this blog that also covers social computing and digital marketing topics.
ClickRain Blog – Based in Sioux Falls, Paul Ten Haken blogs about his agency, online marketing tips/how to’s and personal observations. There isn’t a slant towards SEO tactics dujour or limited to agency chest beating, you get a mix of everything which is good for an agency blog.
Clicky Media Blog – This UK Agency blog uses cool images with each post, something that does a great job of attracting your attention. Topics range from agency and industry news to internet marketing tactics.
ClickZ News Blog and ClickZ Experts – The newly designed ClickZ web site continues to offer first class coverage of the search and interactive marketing industry as well as insight from leading industry experts.
Compete Blog – Online trends and insightful findings from the team at Compete.com.
comScore Networks – Feed for comScore press releases.
Conversation Marketing – Long time internet marketer Ian Lurie pulls together search, design, development and more with this compliment blog to the free online book, Conversation Marketing.
Conversion Rater – Pat McCarthy shows you how to make the web convert for your goals.
Copyblogger – Brian Clark’s most excellent blog on copywriting and marketing.
Cornwall SEO blog – Lyndon Antcliff’s SEO & social media blog.
Cre8pc – The lovely and super smart Kim Krause’s blog on usability and holistic search marketing.
Cruces – Michael Myers, COO of FreshCurrent, blogs smart about social media and marketing online.
Daggle – The man, the legend, Mr. Danny Sullivan: Hero of search marketing.
Daily Blog Tips – As it’s name implies, this blog with a huge number of subscribers is about blogging but also has a robust category for SEO and internet marketing related topics.
Daily SEO Tip – Search Marketing blog guru Loren Baker and SEO smartie, Ann Smarty have partnered to deliver practical, usefuland often creative SEO tips that are good for new pracitioners as well as experienced online marketers.
Dan Zarrella – Dan is a self described, “Social Media and Viral Marketing Scientst”, and a web developer who blogs about the social media, viral marketing and SEO focused research he does and tools he’s created like the Link Attraction Factors tools and the recent Tweetbacks blog plugin.
Dave Fleet – Dave says he’s exploring the intersection of communications, marketing and social media with this blog and that’s exactly what he does with a nice mix of opinion and tips with a decidedly social media flavor.
David Naylor – DaveN, a favorite UK based search marketer who isn’t afraid of wearing a black hat from time to time.
DigiTales Blog – Microsoft’s UK man in the know, Mel Carson blogs for BrandRepublic on all things related to digital marketing. Unfortunately, Brand Republic has decided you must login to see the full posts.
Direct Marketing Observations – Tech blogger Marc Meyer writes an interesting mix of social media marketing and direct marketing, or “digital response marketing” as he likes to describe it, for Emerson Direct.
Distilled Blog-Will Critchlow and the team at Distilled, a London based SEO/PPC agency write this blog on search and online reputation management issues along with geo location, mobile and web design topics.
Diva Marketing Blog – Toby Bloomberg’s blog on marketing with blogs.
Dream Systems Media Blog - Mat Siltala, David Mink and Andrew Melchior “blog” in the true sense of the word, about their experiences as an internet marketing agency as well as a range of web marketing topics and tips ranging from SEO to social media marketing.
eCommerce Blog – Ethan from Baltimore based Groove eCommerce posts on this newer blog about industry and company news followed by topics ranging from SEO to analytics.
eConsultancy Internet Marketing & News – Group blog from the team at eConsultancy.
Efficient Frontier Insights -For a large agency that has been providing SEM services since 2002 to have a blog less than a year old in 2010 might seem off, but as the name implies, you’ll find plenty of insights and best practices on search marketing here with posts written by a mix of agency staff.
E-Marketing Performance – Stoney deGeyter and the team from Pole Position Marketing offer up search marketing information to render your competition powerless.
Epiphany Digital Marketing Blog – This UK agency offers a mix of internet marketing posts from agency staffers on search, social and industry topics. Many of the posts go into detail about insights, testing and general observations from solving digital marketing problems.
Expand2Web Blog – The design winner for this BIGLIST Update Local SEM Blog Edition goes to Expand3Web by Don Campbell. This blog offers a rich mix of WordPress and Local search marketing advice as well as how to screencasts & videos as well as a podcast.
FantomNews – A long time blog written by Ralph Tagtmeir who’s known to have some serious black hat, ip delivery (cloaking) skills, also includes a weekly fantOon or cartoon about search marketing.
Fathom SEO Blog – SEO news, trends & analysis from Mike Murray and the team at Fathom SEO.
Flyte Blog – Rich Brooks writes about web marketing for small business.
Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing – Excellent group blog from Forrester on various aspects of interactive marketing from B2B social media to search marketing to research and industry news.
Fresh Egg Blog – This cleverly designed agency blog is written by a team of contributors primarily about SEO, Social Media and Web Design.
Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog – The team at Vancouver BC based Elastic Path, an ecommerce platform, blog all angles of conducting tansactional business online ranging from general marketing to usability to social media. There’s are also a series of podcasts from last summer worth checking out.
Google Code Blog – Google API’s and more.
Google Operating System – Ionut Alex Chitu offers uUnofficial news and tips about Google.
Google Watch – Steve Bryant from Ziff Davis watches Google.
Google Webmaster Central blog – Posts from the Google Webmaster Central team.
Google’s Blogs ‘n More – Mix of official Google feeds from Google Blogscoped.
Googling Google ZDNet – Garett Rogers from ZDNet blogs about what Google is up to.
Gordon Choi’s PPC Blog – If you need to know about Google AdWords, Baidu or any Chinese internet marketing and PPC topics, this is the blog to read (in English). Gordon’s been blogging since 2006 and has covered a variety of SEO and SEM topics and has assembled his own list of SEM Blogs.
Graywolf’s SEO Blog – Michael Gray blogs about social media and grayhat SEO.
Great Finds – iCrossing company blog about marketing online.
Grokdotcom – Group blog from Future Now. Also includes a nifty search marketing blogs aggregator feed.
Hallam Internet Marketing BlogThis blog out of Knottingham is a mix of posts about industry news & observations, training programs offered by Susan Hallam and aggregated Tweets. Making all of one’s tweets for the day into a blog post is automatic and therefore easy for the blogger to create an entry, but the real question is whether it offers useful info to blog readers? In this case I think sometimes yes and sometimes no.
High Rankings Advisor Archives – SEO legend Jill Whalen’s newsletter available via RSS.
Hitwise Intelligence – The HitWise team posts tasty insights about search trends.
Holistic Search Blog – UK based Peter Young blogs mostly about internet marketing topics with an emphasis on tips, commentary and insights related to SEO, PPC and online marketing.
Hubspot Marketing Blog – The team at HubSpot writes about internet marketing and online lead generation for small business.
I – Com Blog – Searched, designed and developed. That about sums up this Manchester based internet marketing agency blog that covers design, development, copywriting and search marketing.
Ignite Social Media – Ignite is a social media consultancy with the company web site running as a blog. Topics logically emphasize social media with some optimization flavorings. More information on the post authors and a fix to the 404 on the job openings page would be nice.
Industrial Search Engine Marketing Blog – Minnesota based Ecreativeworks blogs about search engine marketing from a B2B, industrial and manufacturing perspective.
Influential Interactive Marketing – Rohit Bhargava, VP Interactive Marketing for Ogilvy Public Relations on marketing online.
Inside AdSense – Official blog for Google AdSense.
Inside AdWords – Official blog for Google AdWords.
Inside the Marketers Studio – David Berkowitz’s blog on internet marketing.
Internet Marketing Blog – Chris Garrett of Performancing fame.
Internet News – A general internet marketing and search news blog by Gwen Harris.
IR Thoughts – Dr E. Garcia offers an array of posts covering news, papers, and theses on information retrieval, data mining, and search engine technology with a penchant for dispelling myths about Latent Semantic Indexing promoted by sinister SEOs.
Jacob Morgan – A nice mix of social, viral, SEO and marketing strategy from the founder of the SF Search Marketing Salon.
Jeff Bullas’s Blog – Jeff works as a sales and marketing manager at Infinity Technologies and his self-titled blog flavors towards social media – offering examples, case studies, lists of tips posts and insights from setting aside his traditional marketing roots and current focus on building trust and relationships with customers through social media, permission and inbound marketing.
John Battelle’s Searchblog – Famous co-founder of Wired magazine posts about the search engine industry. I just wish he’d write about search marketing once in a while.
John W. Ellis SEM Blog – John writes mostly about PPC, analytics, SEO and social media marketing with a bit of sports, travel and Nashville sneaking in from time to time.
Johnon.com – John Andrews on competitive webmastering and SEO.
Junta42 Blog – Joe Pulizzi takes his own advice and provides great tips and advice on marketing and retaining customers with content which is really spot on if you subscribe to the “give to get” principles of social media marketing.
Karl Ribas – Blogs mostly about search engine news, pay per click and tools.
Kelsey Group Blog – For all things related to local search marketing and online yellow pages, this blog is an excellent resource on industry news and observations from the team at Kelsey Group.
KoMarketing Associates SEM Blog – A group/company blog covering SEO, PPC, events, industry news/trends, tips and a lot of personal insight. These folks are clearly involved in, and have an opinion on, what goes on in the industry.
Latitude Group – This UK based search marketing agency blog posts the gamut of internet marketing topics including Affiliate, Email, PPC, SEO, Social Media and Analytics. Company news and case studies can be found as well.
Level 343 Articles – Most of the posts on this SEO and content centric blog are written by Gabriella Sannino who offers her opinions on a mix of topics ranging from industry trends to social media.
Liberate Media Blog – This UK based agency blog with Andy Merchant, Tim Greenhalgh, Lloyd Gofton and Antony Mayfield covers emerging trends, industry observations, social media and digital PR topics.
Live Search Webmaster Center Blog – Official blog of the Live Search Webmaster Center team with just a little bit of a bias with SEOmoz and Search Engine Land as the only other blogs they link to.
LocalMN Blog – Paul Jahn writes about local search marketing from Minnesota.
Local SEO Guide – With Andrew Shotland it’s all about local internet marketing and he blogs it well.
Manhattan Marketing Maven – Danny Flamberg blogs about all aspects of marketing including marketing online.
Mannix Marketing Blog – This agency blog focuses mostly on SEO, web design & Internet marketing as well as agency news and involvement with industry events.
Marketer Insight – This is an agency blog from the team at WebSiteBiz covering “current thinking and strategies related to improving online marketing” with search, social media and analytics focused posts from Eric Dudley, Kyle Bumgardner and Tom Dressler.
Marketing Experiments Blog – Real-time data, insights, answers, and advice from Flint McGlaughlin’s team at MEC
Marketing Land – A true nod to social media, Danny Sullivan’s search marketing community resource on topics and discussions related to search and online marketing. This Digg style site based on the Pligg platform, allows readers to register and create profiles, submit, comment and vote on stories.
Marketing Pilgrim - Andy Beal’s super stupendous blog on search engine industry news.
Marketing Profs Daily Fix – With managing editor, Ann Handley, this group blog posts on all things marketing with participants ranging from Eric Ward to Stephan Spencer to BL Ochman.
Marketingsherpa Blog – The famous Marketing Sherpa site publishes this well written & cross referenced blog on a range of internet marketing topics from email to search engine optimization by reporters Natalie Myers, Sean Donahue and Adam T. Sutton.
MarketingVOX – Previously Marketing Wonk, this post I-Search publication founded by Tig Tillinghast.
Matt Cutts – Google’s famous engineer and search spam fighter dispels wisdom, insight and squashes SEO myths.
Media Buyer Planner – Online media publication from the same folks that bring you MarketingVox.
Mediadonis – Germany based Marcus Tandler writes about his search engine industry and often hilarious personal experiences – mostly in English but sometimes in German.
Mediatrust Blog – Peter Bordes, Trip Foster, Scott Parent and Christopher Smith combine to write this agency blog about everything from performance marketing to industry news to company news. The best part of the blog is the video series, “Relevantly Speaking”, which is nicely produced and informative.
MediaVision Blog – This is an agency blog with numerous contributors writing about online marketing and search engine industry news, observations and malarkey.
Microsoft Advertising Community Blogs – This is Microsoft”s official support blog for AdCenter advertisers.
Mihmorandum – David Mihm is a well known local search marketer and designer out of Portland that blogs about his involvement in the search marketing industry and offers opinions and observations of what small businesses should know about local SEO. This blog is well worth adding to your RSS reader.
Modern B2B Marketing – Staff from Marketo blogs about a range of BtoB marketing marketing topics.
MoreVisibility SEM Blog – The team at MoreVisibility cover industry news & events, online advertising, CPC, analytics and updates on the Search Engines.
MSN Sandbox – Where MSN posts beta applications for testing.
Multilingual Search – Andy Atkins Kruger and friends around the world blog about search engines and search marketing news happening outside North America.
Natural Search and Mobile SEO Blog – Get your mobile SEO on with Bryson Meunier from Resolution Media and his Mobile SEO blog.
Neoformix – Jeff Clark does some really interesting work with graphing and illustrating patterns in data. This whole topic presents some very interesting insights, especially if you study the social nature of how language, words (keyword phrases to all you SEOs) and document analysis can be used in social marketing.
NewspaperGrl – Janet Meiners writes about internet and affiliate marketing.
Occam’s Razor – Avinash Kaushik offers quantitative and qualitative insights into online marketing.
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog – Official blog from Google’s Webmasters.
Online Marketing Blog – Lee Odden and TopRank team members blog about search marketing, social media as well as interviews, reader polls, SEO blog reviews, marketing tips, guest posts from industry leaders and SEM conference coverage.
Original Signal – Transmitting Marketing – A little bit of everything from Peter van der Noord, Patrick Huisinga, Tako Steinz and Gert Goet.
Original Signal Transmitting SEO – Aggregation of the 15 most popular SEO blogs and web sites ranging from Search Engine Watch to Search Engine Land and TopRank’s Online Marketing Blog.
Outspoken Media Blog – New blog for a new consortium of SEOs (Rhea Drysdale, Rae Hoffmann, Lisa Barone) that have no problem saying or writing what’s on their minds. Still new, most posts are announcements or live blogging from SMX West but hopes should be high for a range of internet marketing topics .
Own Page One SEV Blog – Ann Arbor, Michigan based search marketing agency Pure Visibility runs the gamut of search marketing topics on this company blog ranging from PPC to local to SEO and even has a category just for Twitter.
Pandia – Internet searching blog from Per & Susanne Koch of Norway.
Performancing.com – Community site/blog about making money through blogging.
Phil Bradley’s Blog – Internet searching, web design & search engine developments for librarians.
Post-Click Marketing Blog -This is the official agency blog for ion interactive (doesn’t anyone capitalize anymore?) and covers very detailed information about landing pages, optimizing and converting.
Practical Blogging – Adsense, affiliate advertising & general blogging help from Robyn Tippins.
Proactive Report – Sally Falkow blogs about online PR and social media
ProBlogger Blog Tips – Darren Rowse helps bloggers add income to their blogs.
PushONline Marketing – Great blog from the UK doing the full social media thing: images, videos, MySpace and some nods to Twitter. Not without a dose of good humor, check out the videos, “Number One on the Google”, or even better, “Bitch Got Wide Feed”. Brilliant.
Ramblings About SEO – I was very suprised to see that Eric Enge’s blog, which covers a wide range of topics related to search engine optimization, was not on our list yet, but that’s fixed now.
Raven SEO Tools Blog – Jon Henshaw and Lee Smith-Bryan of Nashville based Sitening blog mostly about SEO tactics along with the ususal fare of search industry topics and commentary.
Read/WriteWeb – Next generation web technology from Richard MacManus.
Receptional – Added on November 2007, we’re happy to see this UK based blog re-added to BIGLIST. Dixon Jones and the team at UK internet marketing agency Receptional blog the gamut of web marketing topics including affiliate and search marketing, usability, analytics and social media.
Reel Video SEO and SEM – Need to know about optimizing video for search? This is the place to find tips, tactics and information on all things related to optimizing and marketing video online written by Mark Robertson.
ResourceShelf – Gary Price & Shirl Kennedy’s observations on news in the information & web industry.
ReveNews – Publisher Jim Kukral and friends blog about the affiliate marketing industry covering topics from ecommerce to analytics to blogging.
RKG Blog – Alan Rimm-Kaufman of the Rimm-Kaufman Group blogs about various online marketing news items and tips along with his own commentary.
Sazbean Blog – Sarah and Aaron Worsham post about a wide range of internet marketing topics including strategy, marketing, design, and technology in this well written blog that also includes a nice “Morning Edition” collection of links post.
Search Agents-The November winner for the best looking Search Marketing blog. Not only does it offer a clever theme, but content and usability to boot. There are more contributors listed than most SEM agencies have in their employ. Content is balanced between SEO and SEM followed by everybody’s friend, Social Media. The Search Agents is the official corporate blog of The Search Agency, an integrated online marketing firm headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.
Search Brains – Excellent “river of news” site on SEO offered by the good people at WebProNews.
SearchCap: Daily Search Engine News Recap – Search is completely covered by Danny Sullivan, Barry Schwartz, Chris Sherman and Bill Slawski.
Search Cowboys – Bas van den Beld has assembled an impressive crew of internet marketing experts to write for this online newspaper style blog with regular columns, tools, book reviews, video and events info emphasizing the search and internet marketing industry in Europe.
Search Engine Guide Blog – Group blog about search engine optimization.
Search Engine Journal – Excellent search engine news site by Loren Baker and friends.
Search Engine Land – Danny Sullivan group blog about search engines and the search marketing industry.
Search Engine Optimization Facts – Weekly SEO news from Axandra.
Search Engine Optimization Journal – With roots in old school direct marketing, Nick Stamoulis has been involved with internet marketing for over 10 years and writes specifically about SEO.
Search Engine People Blog – Based near Toronto Ontario, the SEP team blog about a wide range of search marketing topics with an emphasis on SEO, social media and opinion.
Search Engine Roundtable – Barry Schwartz aka RustyBrick and friends cover the search engine forums.
Search Engine Watch blog – Group blog let by Kevin Newcomb posting news from Search Engine Watch and around the web on search engines and marketing online.
Search Engines – Topix.net – Search engine news from all over the net in one place.
SearchQuant – Chris Zaharias writes about the paid search and search engine advertising industry.
Seer Interactive Blog – Wil Reynolds and his team from Seer Interactive blog the gamut of Internet marketing topics ranging from SEO and PPC to branding and social media. Many posts are in-depth and very useful.
SemAngel – Gary Angel, President and CTO of Semphonic, writes about all aspects of web analytics for search marketing. This is a great example of a thought leader and subject matter expert blog.
SEM Blog ineedhits – If you’ve been in the search marketing game for a while, you may remember ineedhits who now online marketing news, releases, industry trends and great DIY tips and advice.
SEM Geek – Besides contributing at SMG, Greg Meyers writes an awful lot about paid search marketing including specific PPC platforms, analytics and overall marketing on the internet.
SEO Book – Aaron Wall’s popular blog that also offers his SEO book for sale.
SEO Bull$#*t – Catches your attention doesn’t it? If you’re not really into SEO, sarcastic humor or expletives, then this blog isn’t for you. Expect an ongoing rant about SEO topics from SEO smarties like theGypsy and Sebastian as well as a promise to “tread the fine line between personal expression and just being a %&#$ !@*&#%”.
SEO by the SEA – William Slawski provides Internet marketing & search engine optimization research & services.
SEO Chicks – Julie Joyce, Lisa Ditlefsen and Anita Chaperon are women, or as they prefer to be called, “chicks” who know SEO and PPC. They decided after a few beers during a London conference that it was time to get some female attitude into the SEO & SEM blogosphere and here they are with lots of great photos from the recent SMX conference.
SEO.com Blog – The team at SEO.com blog definitvely about search engine optimization from some pretty creative angles from “If your SEO skills were a song, what would it be?” to movie references like “Transformers of SEO” and Wall-e. There are also plenty of tips and how to’s.
SEO Copywriting – Let’s celebrate the launch of SEO and wordsmith guru Heather Lloyd-Martin’s snappy new blog about the magic of writing for users and search engines.
SEO Design Solutions Blog – You don’t see too many practical tips blogs these days and that’s why it’s nice to see Jeffrey Smith blogging all manner of tips on SEO from WordPress optimization to organic vs PPC.
SEOptimise PPC & SEO Blog – Patrick Altof blogs his observations on the major search engines as well as topics related to search engine optimization, social media and PPC.
SEO ROI Blog – Gabriel Goldenberg wears his opinions on his blog sleeve and that makes for some interesting and informative reading on all things SEO from keyword research to “greyhat SEO”.
SEO Scoop – Donna Fontenot, aka DazzlinDonna, discusses everything seo.
SEO Smarty – SEO Smarty, aka Ann Smarty, whips up a froth of SEO, viral and branding goodness.
SEO Theory – Michael Martinez focuses on search engine optimization theory.
seoTunes – Internet marketing pro, Matt Davies gives us a blog title that pretty much explains the content in a nutshell: SEO and Music.
seogadget- London based Richard Baxter’s Ubuntu, SEO and geek stuff blog with plenty of screen shots and how to posts.
SEOmoz – News, tips & highlights from the search marketing industry.
SEOptimize – Kevin Gibbons offers a well rounded blog about pay per click and natural search optimization.
SEOspace – Jody Nimetz of Enquiro thoughts on organic search engine marketing with a B2B twist
SEO Speedwagon – Intrapromote company blog about search engine optimization.
SEO Writer - David Leonhardt of the Happy Guy Marketing blogs tips for better SEO , social media, marketing and of course, a bit about Google.
Seth’s Blog – Seth Godin’s blog about marketing.
Shoemoney – Jeremy Shoemaker’s very popular blog about making money online.
Shoestring Branding – Mario Sanchez blogs about internet branding through blogging and social networking.
Shop.org Blog – Group Blog from Shop.org
SitePoint’s Search Engine Marketing Blog – company blog for SitePoint.
Single Grain Blog – This agency blog is written by Sujan Patel and Ross Hudgens on SEO, PPC, Design, Link Building and some social media.
Small Business SEM – Matt McGee offers insight about search engine marketing for the smaller businesses.
Sochable – Another new blog on social media. This one is from James Rucker covering the gamut of Digg, MySpace, YouTube, Reddit, Facebook and more.
Social Media Club – Official blog for Social Media Club written primarily by Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells for the social media community and those seeking to learn more about social media. Promotes sharing best practices, establishing ethics and standards, and media literacy.
Social Media Podcast and Blog – JD Lasica blogs about new media, social networks and computing.
Social Media Group – Maggie Fox blogs about everything from social media optimization to advertising.
Stay on Search – This update of the BIGLIST gives design recognition to Mark Thompson for his Stay on Search Blog. Besides offering a consistent post format with images and template, Mark blogs a lot of how-to and tips posts along with a much better than average effort at being truly useful. Great design plus great content = a blog worth subscribing to.
State of Search – What’s going on in the search and social media marketing space? This new blog from Dutch internet marketer, Bas van den Beld of Search Cowboys fame, and friends promises to be a source for what’s happening in the world of search and social. It also compliments a weekly radio show on WebmasterRadio.fm of the same name.
Stepforth SEO News Blog – Since 2003 the Stepforth blog has covered a range of search marketing industry news and sets a great standard for SEM blog writing. Kudos to Ross Dunn for a great job.
Straight North - Brad Shorr and Jeanne Dininni write this insightful company blog about search engine marketing topics, especially SEO.
Straightupsearch – OneUpWeb’s company blog for anyone in advertising, marketing and pr.
Tamar Search Blog – This isn’t the superwoman blogger Tamar you’re probably thinking of, it’s the Tamar Search Conversion Agency based in London and Capetown with blog topics ranging from search and social media marketing to usability and conversion analytics.
TechCrunch – Michael Arrington’s popular web 2.0 blog.
techipedia: anything tech. – Posts about internet marketing, seo, social networking & more from self-appointed tech geek, Tamar Weinberg
Techmeme – Gabe Rivera’s software agent that covers all the news in technology in one location.
The Acquisio Blog – Naoise Osborne writes this “Canadian Flavoured Marketing Soup” blog mostly on PPC but a little Foo makes it interesting.
The Agency Blog – The personal blog of Giovanni Gallucci.
The Future Buzz – Adam Singer of TopRank Online Marketing blogs about blogging, social media and internet marketing.
The Internet Marketing Driver – Glenn Gabe covers the gamut of internet marketing topics in this blog and makes up for infrequent posting by going deep on a lot of posts with detialed how to’s and insights into tools, SEO and media.
The Jungle Map – Charlotte, NC based Hippo Internet Marketing guy Corey Creed writes this agency blog with a fun design about SEO, PPC and business in Charlotte.
The Search Insider – Not to be confused with MediaPost’s “Search Insider”, this blog from Wpromote’s Mike Mothner provides insight into pay per click and the business of search marketing.
The Social Media Marketing Blog – Scott Monty’s perspectives on B2B & social media.
THINKing – With trends toward media creation, optimization and promotion the thoughts that Harry Hoover, Mark Harrison and Brant Waldeck publish about advertising, creativity, marketing & PR become very relevant for the next generation of search marketing.
Think Traffic – This blog by internet entreprenuer Corbett Barr makes some serious promises: “…teach you the techniques, tools and knowledge you need to build real, sustainable web traffic without a big budget.” Sounds pretty good to me. Corbett relates his experiences with past projects and growing an audience for Think Traffic to the benefit of readers. This very new blog offers practical tips and is well designed enough to get our top listing for this week’s review.
Three Minds on Digital Marketing – Two heads are better than one and in this case, three is better yet. The folks at Organic blog about digital marketing topics and according to the tag cloud, “exceptional experiences” are the emphasis along with design, social web, user experience and marketing strategy.
Traffick – Andrew Goodman writes one of the oldest blogs on search marketing.
Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search – The title of this blog by Mike Blumenthal says it all.
Unofficial Google Analytics Blog – ROI Revolution’s take on Google Analytics.
Unofficial SEO Blog – Navneet Kaushal posts news about the SEO industry.
Vertical Leap Blog – This UK agency blog covers practical search marketing tips, insights specific to UK search engines and industry news. Comments are turned off, which is a disappointment.
Vertical Measures Blog – This Phoenix, AZ agency blog focuses on SEO, link building, agency events and industry observations, Posts are written mostly by Social Media Architect, Kaila Strong.
VIZION Blog – Search Engine Watch columnist Mark Jackson and his team at VIZION blog about a wide range of SEO topics, worth subscribing to for sure.
Volusion’s eCommerce Blog – Articles and resources to boost your online business.
Web Analytics World – Manoj Jasra from Enquiro shares his wisdom and observations about analytics and search marketing.
Web Ink Now – David Meerman Scott helps innovative marketers use digital information effectively.
WebmasterWorld – News and discussions for the Web professional.
Web Metrics Guru – Marshall Sponder of IBM writes about web analytics and the search marketing industry.
Website Magazine Blog – A group blog from the publishers of Website Magazine which covers the search engine industry as well as general topics related to online marketing.
Web Strategy by Jeremiah – Jeremiah Owyang provides web tools to help connect with customers.
We Build Pages Blog – As the search marketing industry has evolved, so has We Build Pages with a new blog that includes posts from WBP staff, CEO Jim Boykin and the excellent writing style of Lisa Barone.
What’s Next – BL Ochman’s blog about marketing online and life in NYC.
Yahoo! Search blog – Official blog about the Yahoo search engine.
Yahoo! Search Marketing blog – Official blog for Yahoo Search Marketing.
Yodel Anecdotal – Yahoo! company blog.
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123 Social Media – Barry Hurd promises to educate business professionals on how to maximize the best in online marketing and technology.
5 Star Affiliate Programs Blog – Linda Buquet blogs about affiliate marketing, contextual advertising and marketing online.
About: Web Search – Wendy Boswell covers the search engines for About.com.
Accessible Web Design – Minnesota based Joe Dolson on accessibiliy.
Actionable Insights – Covario isn’t just a leading San Diego company in the interactive marketing analytics space, it’s full of Covarians. What do those Covarians do when they’re not using their clever software to automate and analyze SEO and PPC? Why, they’re writing about industry news and updates, indepth analyses, strategic and tactical advice on a blog good enough to make it on the BIGLIST.
Adam Sherk Blog – Adam Sherk works as a Search/PR Strategist for Define Search Strategies, part of The New York Times Company and writes about the publishing industry, enterprise SEO and social media.
Advanced Web Metrics – The now ex-Googler web analytics guru Brian Clifton is the author of Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics and this is his blog. Note the blogroll for analytics bloggers.
AimClear Search Marketing Blog – Another Minnesota based blogger makes the list with Marty Weintraub blogging about paid search marketing and organic SEO with the purpose of demystifying common topics that come up in his interactions with clients.
Amplify Interactive Blog – Ben Lloyd, Christian Bullock and Kristin Wall write about fundamental search marketing tips, SEO, PPC as well as industry events.
Andrew RH Girdwood – A self titled blog and self described blogger, “digital marketing, search, gaming geek” works for a SEM agency and blogs about Google, SEO, social media and many other SEM related topics.
An Internet Consultant Speaks -Scott Hendison covers a range of topics rooted in SEO but including general web marketing topics to PR to blog marketing tactics.
Apple Pie & Custard Blog– Originally added to BIGLIST 2 years ago, this blog is written mostly by Kelvin Newman, John McElborough and someone named “Jennie” from Site Visibility about SEM, social media and PPC topics.
Ask Kalena – Kalena Jordan offers search engine tips and advice.
Audette Media Blog – Adam Audette has a new blog for his internet marketing consulting business and while it’s a new blog, we’re adding it to the BIGLIST because if it evolves into anything like what Adam does on LED Digest, it’s sure to be a hit. Check out the link building primer.
Beanstalk SEO Blog – Dave Davies blogs about news in the search engine and online marketing industry.
Being Peter Kim – Previously with Forrester Research, Peter Kim now works with an Austin based strategic consulting practice that is developing an enterprise class Social Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) suite. He continues to blog about social computing, social media marketing and insights of high value to internet marketers and business leaders.
Best Rank Blog – Mike Shannon, Zac Heisey, Guillermo Bravo & Ryan Frank post to this agency blog focusing on quality of posts over quantity, which is a good practice I think. Topics cover the gamut of tips, news, events and agency news.
Beyond the Paid – Melissa Mackey who is a Search Marketing Director for MagazineLine and recent winner of a free pass to Search Marketing Expo blogs about search engine marketing.
BIG marketing for small business – Rajan Sodhi’s fairly new blog on common and uncommon marketing tactics for small businesses.
Bill Hartzer – Bill has redone his site and blogs about a wide variety of topics ranging from the search marketing industry to linking to monetizing web site content.
Biznology - Former IBM Distinguished Engineer Mike Moran’s blog on search and digital marketing.
Blizzard Internet Marketing – Group blog and newsletter from the team at Blizzard Internet Marketing.
BlogStorm – Popular UK blogger Patrick Altoft offers an abundance of tips on internet marketing and SEO.
BlueGlass Blog – Internet marketing veterans Chris Winfield, Dave Snyder and Brent Csutoras dish out the search and social media marketing smarts on this new agency blog.
Britopian – Michael Brito, formerly with HP then Yahoo and now with Intel, writes about social media and marketing online.
Bruce Clay Blog – Virginia Nussey performs her blog magic covering the search marketing industry.
Bryan & Jeffrey Eisenberg – Best selling author of multiple books, Bryan Eisenberg begged me for months to add his new blog to the BIGLIST. I challenged Bryan to write another best selling book, start a new company, become a keynote speaker at several popular industry conferences and lose at least 30 pounds. (Hey, we set the bar high for the BIGLIST). Of course, I’m kidding about the challenge (and the begging). Bryan has accomplished all of those things and much more while writing an excellent blog on conversion optimization and internet marketing strategy with his brother Jeffrey, who is also a best selling author, keynote speaker and online marketing strategist for major brands.
BuzzMaven – Scott Clark, a web marketer from Kentucky blogs about a variet of personal and professional interests including SEO.
CanuckSEO – Long time internet marketing veteran Jim Rudnick writes with passion and flair about “Canadian SEO for Google Success!” as well as small business, local SEM and plenty of flavorful opinion posts on a variety of search marketing industry topics. Go for the tips, stay for the story telling and enthusiasm.
Capture the Conversation – Internet Marketing Methodologies from Room 214, Inc co-founders James Clark & Jason Cormier.
Cartoon Barry – Barry Schwartz’s pseudo personal blog. Also includes links to posts from his work at Search Engine Roundtable and Search Engine Land.
Charlene Li’s Blog – Previously a Forrester Analyst, this blog that also covers social computing and digital marketing topics.
ClickRain Blog – Based in Sioux Falls, Paul Ten Haken blogs about his agency, online marketing tips/how to’s and personal observations. There isn’t a slant towards SEO tactics dujour or limited to agency chest beating, you get a mix of everything which is good for an agency blog.
Clicky Media Blog – This UK Agency blog uses cool images with each post, something that does a great job of attracting your attention. Topics range from agency and industry news to internet marketing tactics.
ClickZ News Blog and ClickZ Experts – The newly designed ClickZ web site continues to offer first class coverage of the search and interactive marketing industry as well as insight from leading industry experts.
Compete Blog – Online trends and insightful findings from the team at Compete.com.
comScore Networks – Feed for comScore press releases.
Conversation Marketing – Long time internet marketer Ian Lurie pulls together search, design, development and more with this compliment blog to the free online book, Conversation Marketing.
Conversion Rater – Pat McCarthy shows you how to make the web convert for your goals.
Copyblogger – Brian Clark’s most excellent blog on copywriting and marketing.
Cornwall SEO blog – Lyndon Antcliff’s SEO & social media blog.
Cre8pc – The lovely and super smart Kim Krause’s blog on usability and holistic search marketing.
Cruces – Michael Myers, COO of FreshCurrent, blogs smart about social media and marketing online.
Daggle – The man, the legend, Mr. Danny Sullivan: Hero of search marketing.
Daily Blog Tips – As it’s name implies, this blog with a huge number of subscribers is about blogging but also has a robust category for SEO and internet marketing related topics.
Daily SEO Tip – Search Marketing blog guru Loren Baker and SEO smartie, Ann Smarty have partnered to deliver practical, usefuland often creative SEO tips that are good for new pracitioners as well as experienced online marketers.
Dan Zarrella – Dan is a self described, “Social Media and Viral Marketing Scientst”, and a web developer who blogs about the social media, viral marketing and SEO focused research he does and tools he’s created like the Link Attraction Factors tools and the recent Tweetbacks blog plugin.
Dave Fleet – Dave says he’s exploring the intersection of communications, marketing and social media with this blog and that’s exactly what he does with a nice mix of opinion and tips with a decidedly social media flavor.
David Naylor – DaveN, a favorite UK based search marketer who isn’t afraid of wearing a black hat from time to time.
DigiTales Blog – Microsoft’s UK man in the know, Mel Carson blogs for BrandRepublic on all things related to digital marketing. Unfortunately, Brand Republic has decided you must login to see the full posts.
Direct Marketing Observations – Tech blogger Marc Meyer writes an interesting mix of social media marketing and direct marketing, or “digital response marketing” as he likes to describe it, for Emerson Direct.
Distilled Blog-Will Critchlow and the team at Distilled, a London based SEO/PPC agency write this blog on search and online reputation management issues along with geo location, mobile and web design topics.
Diva Marketing Blog – Toby Bloomberg’s blog on marketing with blogs.
Dream Systems Media Blog - Mat Siltala, David Mink and Andrew Melchior “blog” in the true sense of the word, about their experiences as an internet marketing agency as well as a range of web marketing topics and tips ranging from SEO to social media marketing.
eCommerce Blog – Ethan from Baltimore based Groove eCommerce posts on this newer blog about industry and company news followed by topics ranging from SEO to analytics.
eConsultancy Internet Marketing & News – Group blog from the team at eConsultancy.
Efficient Frontier Insights -For a large agency that has been providing SEM services since 2002 to have a blog less than a year old in 2010 might seem off, but as the name implies, you’ll find plenty of insights and best practices on search marketing here with posts written by a mix of agency staff.
E-Marketing Performance – Stoney deGeyter and the team from Pole Position Marketing offer up search marketing information to render your competition powerless.
Epiphany Digital Marketing Blog – This UK agency offers a mix of internet marketing posts from agency staffers on search, social and industry topics. Many of the posts go into detail about insights, testing and general observations from solving digital marketing problems.
Expand2Web Blog – The design winner for this BIGLIST Update Local SEM Blog Edition goes to Expand3Web by Don Campbell. This blog offers a rich mix of WordPress and Local search marketing advice as well as how to screencasts & videos as well as a podcast.
FantomNews – A long time blog written by Ralph Tagtmeir who’s known to have some serious black hat, ip delivery (cloaking) skills, also includes a weekly fantOon or cartoon about search marketing.
Fathom SEO Blog – SEO news, trends & analysis from Mike Murray and the team at Fathom SEO.
Flyte Blog – Rich Brooks writes about web marketing for small business.
Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing – Excellent group blog from Forrester on various aspects of interactive marketing from B2B social media to search marketing to research and industry news.
Fresh Egg Blog – This cleverly designed agency blog is written by a team of contributors primarily about SEO, Social Media and Web Design.
Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog – The team at Vancouver BC based Elastic Path, an ecommerce platform, blog all angles of conducting tansactional business online ranging from general marketing to usability to social media. There’s are also a series of podcasts from last summer worth checking out.
Google Code Blog – Google API’s and more.
Google Operating System – Ionut Alex Chitu offers uUnofficial news and tips about Google.
Google Watch – Steve Bryant from Ziff Davis watches Google.
Google Webmaster Central blog – Posts from the Google Webmaster Central team.
Google’s Blogs ‘n More – Mix of official Google feeds from Google Blogscoped.
Googling Google ZDNet – Garett Rogers from ZDNet blogs about what Google is up to.
Gordon Choi’s PPC Blog – If you need to know about Google AdWords, Baidu or any Chinese internet marketing and PPC topics, this is the blog to read (in English). Gordon’s been blogging since 2006 and has covered a variety of SEO and SEM topics and has assembled his own list of SEM Blogs.
Graywolf’s SEO Blog – Michael Gray blogs about social media and grayhat SEO.
Great Finds – iCrossing company blog about marketing online.
Grokdotcom – Group blog from Future Now. Also includes a nifty search marketing blogs aggregator feed.
Hallam Internet Marketing BlogThis blog out of Knottingham is a mix of posts about industry news & observations, training programs offered by Susan Hallam and aggregated Tweets. Making all of one’s tweets for the day into a blog post is automatic and therefore easy for the blogger to create an entry, but the real question is whether it offers useful info to blog readers? In this case I think sometimes yes and sometimes no.
High Rankings Advisor Archives – SEO legend Jill Whalen’s newsletter available via RSS.
Hitwise Intelligence – The HitWise team posts tasty insights about search trends.
Holistic Search Blog – UK based Peter Young blogs mostly about internet marketing topics with an emphasis on tips, commentary and insights related to SEO, PPC and online marketing.
Hubspot Marketing Blog – The team at HubSpot writes about internet marketing and online lead generation for small business.
I – Com Blog – Searched, designed and developed. That about sums up this Manchester based internet marketing agency blog that covers design, development, copywriting and search marketing.
Ignite Social Media – Ignite is a social media consultancy with the company web site running as a blog. Topics logically emphasize social media with some optimization flavorings. More information on the post authors and a fix to the 404 on the job openings page would be nice.
Industrial Search Engine Marketing Blog – Minnesota based Ecreativeworks blogs about search engine marketing from a B2B, industrial and manufacturing perspective.
Influential Interactive Marketing – Rohit Bhargava, VP Interactive Marketing for Ogilvy Public Relations on marketing online.
Inside AdSense – Official blog for Google AdSense.
Inside AdWords – Official blog for Google AdWords.
Inside the Marketers Studio – David Berkowitz’s blog on internet marketing.
Internet Marketing Blog – Chris Garrett of Performancing fame.
Internet News – A general internet marketing and search news blog by Gwen Harris.
IR Thoughts – Dr E. Garcia offers an array of posts covering news, papers, and theses on information retrieval, data mining, and search engine technology with a penchant for dispelling myths about Latent Semantic Indexing promoted by sinister SEOs.
Jacob Morgan – A nice mix of social, viral, SEO and marketing strategy from the founder of the SF Search Marketing Salon.
Jeff Bullas’s Blog – Jeff works as a sales and marketing manager at Infinity Technologies and his self-titled blog flavors towards social media – offering examples, case studies, lists of tips posts and insights from setting aside his traditional marketing roots and current focus on building trust and relationships with customers through social media, permission and inbound marketing.
John Battelle’s Searchblog – Famous co-founder of Wired magazine posts about the search engine industry. I just wish he’d write about search marketing once in a while.
John W. Ellis SEM Blog – John writes mostly about PPC, analytics, SEO and social media marketing with a bit of sports, travel and Nashville sneaking in from time to time.
Johnon.com – John Andrews on competitive webmastering and SEO.
Junta42 Blog – Joe Pulizzi takes his own advice and provides great tips and advice on marketing and retaining customers with content which is really spot on if you subscribe to the “give to get” principles of social media marketing.
Karl Ribas – Blogs mostly about search engine news, pay per click and tools.
Kelsey Group Blog – For all things related to local search marketing and online yellow pages, this blog is an excellent resource on industry news and observations from the team at Kelsey Group.
KoMarketing Associates SEM Blog – A group/company blog covering SEO, PPC, events, industry news/trends, tips and a lot of personal insight. These folks are clearly involved in, and have an opinion on, what goes on in the industry.
Latitude Group – This UK based search marketing agency blog posts the gamut of internet marketing topics including Affiliate, Email, PPC, SEO, Social Media and Analytics. Company news and case studies can be found as well.
Level 343 Articles – Most of the posts on this SEO and content centric blog are written by Gabriella Sannino who offers her opinions on a mix of topics ranging from industry trends to social media.
Liberate Media Blog – This UK based agency blog with Andy Merchant, Tim Greenhalgh, Lloyd Gofton and Antony Mayfield covers emerging trends, industry observations, social media and digital PR topics.
Live Search Webmaster Center Blog – Official blog of the Live Search Webmaster Center team with just a little bit of a bias with SEOmoz and Search Engine Land as the only other blogs they link to.
LocalMN Blog – Paul Jahn writes about local search marketing from Minnesota.
Local SEO Guide – With Andrew Shotland it’s all about local internet marketing and he blogs it well.
Manhattan Marketing Maven – Danny Flamberg blogs about all aspects of marketing including marketing online.
Mannix Marketing Blog – This agency blog focuses mostly on SEO, web design & Internet marketing as well as agency news and involvement with industry events.
Marketer Insight – This is an agency blog from the team at WebSiteBiz covering “current thinking and strategies related to improving online marketing” with search, social media and analytics focused posts from Eric Dudley, Kyle Bumgardner and Tom Dressler.
Marketing Experiments Blog – Real-time data, insights, answers, and advice from Flint McGlaughlin’s team at MEC
Marketing Land – A true nod to social media, Danny Sullivan’s search marketing community resource on topics and discussions related to search and online marketing. This Digg style site based on the Pligg platform, allows readers to register and create profiles, submit, comment and vote on stories.
Marketing Pilgrim - Andy Beal’s super stupendous blog on search engine industry news.
Marketing Profs Daily Fix – With managing editor, Ann Handley, this group blog posts on all things marketing with participants ranging from Eric Ward to Stephan Spencer to BL Ochman.
Marketingsherpa Blog – The famous Marketing Sherpa site publishes this well written & cross referenced blog on a range of internet marketing topics from email to search engine optimization by reporters Natalie Myers, Sean Donahue and Adam T. Sutton.
MarketingVOX – Previously Marketing Wonk, this post I-Search publication founded by Tig Tillinghast.
Matt Cutts – Google’s famous engineer and search spam fighter dispels wisdom, insight and squashes SEO myths.
Media Buyer Planner – Online media publication from the same folks that bring you MarketingVox.
Mediadonis – Germany based Marcus Tandler writes about his search engine industry and often hilarious personal experiences – mostly in English but sometimes in German.
Mediatrust Blog – Peter Bordes, Trip Foster, Scott Parent and Christopher Smith combine to write this agency blog about everything from performance marketing to industry news to company news. The best part of the blog is the video series, “Relevantly Speaking”, which is nicely produced and informative.
MediaVision Blog – This is an agency blog with numerous contributors writing about online marketing and search engine industry news, observations and malarkey.
Microsoft Advertising Community Blogs – This is Microsoft”s official support blog for AdCenter advertisers.
Mihmorandum – David Mihm is a well known local search marketer and designer out of Portland that blogs about his involvement in the search marketing industry and offers opinions and observations of what small businesses should know about local SEO. This blog is well worth adding to your RSS reader.
Modern B2B Marketing – Staff from Marketo blogs about a range of BtoB marketing marketing topics.
MoreVisibility SEM Blog – The team at MoreVisibility cover industry news & events, online advertising, CPC, analytics and updates on the Search Engines.
MSN Sandbox – Where MSN posts beta applications for testing.
Multilingual Search – Andy Atkins Kruger and friends around the world blog about search engines and search marketing news happening outside North America.
Natural Search and Mobile SEO Blog – Get your mobile SEO on with Bryson Meunier from Resolution Media and his Mobile SEO blog.
Neoformix – Jeff Clark does some really interesting work with graphing and illustrating patterns in data. This whole topic presents some very interesting insights, especially if you study the social nature of how language, words (keyword phrases to all you SEOs) and document analysis can be used in social marketing.
NewspaperGrl – Janet Meiners writes about internet and affiliate marketing.
Occam’s Razor – Avinash Kaushik offers quantitative and qualitative insights into online marketing.
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog – Official blog from Google’s Webmasters.
Online Marketing Blog – Lee Odden and TopRank team members blog about search marketing, social media as well as interviews, reader polls, SEO blog reviews, marketing tips, guest posts from industry leaders and SEM conference coverage.
Original Signal – Transmitting Marketing – A little bit of everything from Peter van der Noord, Patrick Huisinga, Tako Steinz and Gert Goet.
Original Signal Transmitting SEO – Aggregation of the 15 most popular SEO blogs and web sites ranging from Search Engine Watch to Search Engine Land and TopRank’s Online Marketing Blog.
Outspoken Media Blog – New blog for a new consortium of SEOs (Rhea Drysdale, Rae Hoffmann, Lisa Barone) that have no problem saying or writing what’s on their minds. Still new, most posts are announcements or live blogging from SMX West but hopes should be high for a range of internet marketing topics .
Own Page One SEV Blog – Ann Arbor, Michigan based search marketing agency Pure Visibility runs the gamut of search marketing topics on this company blog ranging from PPC to local to SEO and even has a category just for Twitter.
Pandia – Internet searching blog from Per & Susanne Koch of Norway.
Performancing.com – Community site/blog about making money through blogging.
Phil Bradley’s Blog – Internet searching, web design & search engine developments for librarians.
Post-Click Marketing Blog -This is the official agency blog for ion interactive (doesn’t anyone capitalize anymore?) and covers very detailed information about landing pages, optimizing and converting.
Practical Blogging – Adsense, affiliate advertising & general blogging help from Robyn Tippins.
Proactive Report – Sally Falkow blogs about online PR and social media
ProBlogger Blog Tips – Darren Rowse helps bloggers add income to their blogs.
PushONline Marketing – Great blog from the UK doing the full social media thing: images, videos, MySpace and some nods to Twitter. Not without a dose of good humor, check out the videos, “Number One on the Google”, or even better, “Bitch Got Wide Feed”. Brilliant.
Ramblings About SEO – I was very suprised to see that Eric Enge’s blog, which covers a wide range of topics related to search engine optimization, was not on our list yet, but that’s fixed now.
Raven SEO Tools Blog – Jon Henshaw and Lee Smith-Bryan of Nashville based Sitening blog mostly about SEO tactics along with the ususal fare of search industry topics and commentary.
Read/WriteWeb – Next generation web technology from Richard MacManus.
Receptional – Added on November 2007, we’re happy to see this UK based blog re-added to BIGLIST. Dixon Jones and the team at UK internet marketing agency Receptional blog the gamut of web marketing topics including affiliate and search marketing, usability, analytics and social media.
Reel Video SEO and SEM – Need to know about optimizing video for search? This is the place to find tips, tactics and information on all things related to optimizing and marketing video online written by Mark Robertson.
ResourceShelf – Gary Price & Shirl Kennedy’s observations on news in the information & web industry.
ReveNews – Publisher Jim Kukral and friends blog about the affiliate marketing industry covering topics from ecommerce to analytics to blogging.
RKG Blog – Alan Rimm-Kaufman of the Rimm-Kaufman Group blogs about various online marketing news items and tips along with his own commentary.
Sazbean Blog – Sarah and Aaron Worsham post about a wide range of internet marketing topics including strategy, marketing, design, and technology in this well written blog that also includes a nice “Morning Edition” collection of links post.
Search Agents-The November winner for the best looking Search Marketing blog. Not only does it offer a clever theme, but content and usability to boot. There are more contributors listed than most SEM agencies have in their employ. Content is balanced between SEO and SEM followed by everybody’s friend, Social Media. The Search Agents is the official corporate blog of The Search Agency, an integrated online marketing firm headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.
Search Brains – Excellent “river of news” site on SEO offered by the good people at WebProNews.
SearchCap: Daily Search Engine News Recap – Search is completely covered by Danny Sullivan, Barry Schwartz, Chris Sherman and Bill Slawski.
Search Cowboys – Bas van den Beld has assembled an impressive crew of internet marketing experts to write for this online newspaper style blog with regular columns, tools, book reviews, video and events info emphasizing the search and internet marketing industry in Europe.
Search Engine Guide Blog – Group blog about search engine optimization.
Search Engine Journal – Excellent search engine news site by Loren Baker and friends.
Search Engine Land – Danny Sullivan group blog about search engines and the search marketing industry.
Search Engine Optimization Facts – Weekly SEO news from Axandra.
Search Engine Optimization Journal – With roots in old school direct marketing, Nick Stamoulis has been involved with internet marketing for over 10 years and writes specifically about SEO.
Search Engine People Blog – Based near Toronto Ontario, the SEP team blog about a wide range of search marketing topics with an emphasis on SEO, social media and opinion.
Search Engine Roundtable – Barry Schwartz aka RustyBrick and friends cover the search engine forums.
Search Engine Watch blog – Group blog let by Kevin Newcomb posting news from Search Engine Watch and around the web on search engines and marketing online.
Search Engines – Topix.net – Search engine news from all over the net in one place.
SearchQuant – Chris Zaharias writes about the paid search and search engine advertising industry.
Seer Interactive Blog – Wil Reynolds and his team from Seer Interactive blog the gamut of Internet marketing topics ranging from SEO and PPC to branding and social media. Many posts are in-depth and very useful.
SemAngel – Gary Angel, President and CTO of Semphonic, writes about all aspects of web analytics for search marketing. This is a great example of a thought leader and subject matter expert blog.
SEM Blog ineedhits – If you’ve been in the search marketing game for a while, you may remember ineedhits who now online marketing news, releases, industry trends and great DIY tips and advice.
SEM Geek – Besides contributing at SMG, Greg Meyers writes an awful lot about paid search marketing including specific PPC platforms, analytics and overall marketing on the internet.
SEO Book – Aaron Wall’s popular blog that also offers his SEO book for sale.
SEO Bull$#*t – Catches your attention doesn’t it? If you’re not really into SEO, sarcastic humor or expletives, then this blog isn’t for you. Expect an ongoing rant about SEO topics from SEO smarties like theGypsy and Sebastian as well as a promise to “tread the fine line between personal expression and just being a %&#$ !@*&#%”.
SEO by the SEA – William Slawski provides Internet marketing & search engine optimization research & services.
SEO Chicks – Julie Joyce, Lisa Ditlefsen and Anita Chaperon are women, or as they prefer to be called, “chicks” who know SEO and PPC. They decided after a few beers during a London conference that it was time to get some female attitude into the SEO & SEM blogosphere and here they are with lots of great photos from the recent SMX conference.
SEO.com Blog – The team at SEO.com blog definitvely about search engine optimization from some pretty creative angles from “If your SEO skills were a song, what would it be?” to movie references like “Transformers of SEO” and Wall-e. There are also plenty of tips and how to’s.
SEO Copywriting – Let’s celebrate the launch of SEO and wordsmith guru Heather Lloyd-Martin’s snappy new blog about the magic of writing for users and search engines.
SEO Design Solutions Blog – You don’t see too many practical tips blogs these days and that’s why it’s nice to see Jeffrey Smith blogging all manner of tips on SEO from WordPress optimization to organic vs PPC.
SEOptimise PPC & SEO Blog – Patrick Altof blogs his observations on the major search engines as well as topics related to search engine optimization, social media and PPC.
SEO ROI Blog – Gabriel Goldenberg wears his opinions on his blog sleeve and that makes for some interesting and informative reading on all things SEO from keyword research to “greyhat SEO”.
SEO Scoop – Donna Fontenot, aka DazzlinDonna, discusses everything seo.
SEO Smarty – SEO Smarty, aka Ann Smarty, whips up a froth of SEO, viral and branding goodness.
SEO Theory – Michael Martinez focuses on search engine optimization theory.
seoTunes – Internet marketing pro, Matt Davies gives us a blog title that pretty much explains the content in a nutshell: SEO and Music.
seogadget- London based Richard Baxter’s Ubuntu, SEO and geek stuff blog with plenty of screen shots and how to posts.
SEOmoz – News, tips & highlights from the search marketing industry.
SEOptimize – Kevin Gibbons offers a well rounded blog about pay per click and natural search optimization.
SEOspace – Jody Nimetz of Enquiro thoughts on organic search engine marketing with a B2B twist
SEO Speedwagon – Intrapromote company blog about search engine optimization.
SEO Writer - David Leonhardt of the Happy Guy Marketing blogs tips for better SEO , social media, marketing and of course, a bit about Google.
Seth’s Blog – Seth Godin’s blog about marketing.
Shoemoney – Jeremy Shoemaker’s very popular blog about making money online.
Shoestring Branding – Mario Sanchez blogs about internet branding through blogging and social networking.
Shop.org Blog – Group Blog from Shop.org
SitePoint’s Search Engine Marketing Blog – company blog for SitePoint.
Single Grain Blog – This agency blog is written by Sujan Patel and Ross Hudgens on SEO, PPC, Design, Link Building and some social media.
Small Business SEM – Matt McGee offers insight about search engine marketing for the smaller businesses.
Sochable – Another new blog on social media. This one is from James Rucker covering the gamut of Digg, MySpace, YouTube, Reddit, Facebook and more.
Social Media Club – Official blog for Social Media Club written primarily by Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells for the social media community and those seeking to learn more about social media. Promotes sharing best practices, establishing ethics and standards, and media literacy.
Social Media Podcast and Blog – JD Lasica blogs about new media, social networks and computing.
Social Media Group – Maggie Fox blogs about everything from social media optimization to advertising.
Stay on Search – This update of the BIGLIST gives design recognition to Mark Thompson for his Stay on Search Blog. Besides offering a consistent post format with images and template, Mark blogs a lot of how-to and tips posts along with a much better than average effort at being truly useful. Great design plus great content = a blog worth subscribing to.
State of Search – What’s going on in the search and social media marketing space? This new blog from Dutch internet marketer, Bas van den Beld of Search Cowboys fame, and friends promises to be a source for what’s happening in the world of search and social. It also compliments a weekly radio show on WebmasterRadio.fm of the same name.
Stepforth SEO News Blog – Since 2003 the Stepforth blog has covered a range of search marketing industry news and sets a great standard for SEM blog writing. Kudos to Ross Dunn for a great job.
Straight North - Brad Shorr and Jeanne Dininni write this insightful company blog about search engine marketing topics, especially SEO.
Straightupsearch – OneUpWeb’s company blog for anyone in advertising, marketing and pr.
Tamar Search Blog – This isn’t the superwoman blogger Tamar you’re probably thinking of, it’s the Tamar Search Conversion Agency based in London and Capetown with blog topics ranging from search and social media marketing to usability and conversion analytics.
TechCrunch – Michael Arrington’s popular web 2.0 blog.
techipedia: anything tech. – Posts about internet marketing, seo, social networking & more from self-appointed tech geek, Tamar Weinberg
Techmeme – Gabe Rivera’s software agent that covers all the news in technology in one location.
The Acquisio Blog – Naoise Osborne writes this “Canadian Flavoured Marketing Soup” blog mostly on PPC but a little Foo makes it interesting.
The Agency Blog – The personal blog of Giovanni Gallucci.
The Future Buzz – Adam Singer of TopRank Online Marketing blogs about blogging, social media and internet marketing.
The Internet Marketing Driver – Glenn Gabe covers the gamut of internet marketing topics in this blog and makes up for infrequent posting by going deep on a lot of posts with detialed how to’s and insights into tools, SEO and media.
The Jungle Map – Charlotte, NC based Hippo Internet Marketing guy Corey Creed writes this agency blog with a fun design about SEO, PPC and business in Charlotte.
The Search Insider – Not to be confused with MediaPost’s “Search Insider”, this blog from Wpromote’s Mike Mothner provides insight into pay per click and the business of search marketing.
The Social Media Marketing Blog – Scott Monty’s perspectives on B2B & social media.
THINKing – With trends toward media creation, optimization and promotion the thoughts that Harry Hoover, Mark Harrison and Brant Waldeck publish about advertising, creativity, marketing & PR become very relevant for the next generation of search marketing.
Think Traffic – This blog by internet entreprenuer Corbett Barr makes some serious promises: “…teach you the techniques, tools and knowledge you need to build real, sustainable web traffic without a big budget.” Sounds pretty good to me. Corbett relates his experiences with past projects and growing an audience for Think Traffic to the benefit of readers. This very new blog offers practical tips and is well designed enough to get our top listing for this week’s review.
Three Minds on Digital Marketing – Two heads are better than one and in this case, three is better yet. The folks at Organic blog about digital marketing topics and according to the tag cloud, “exceptional experiences” are the emphasis along with design, social web, user experience and marketing strategy.
Traffick – Andrew Goodman writes one of the oldest blogs on search marketing.
Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search – The title of this blog by Mike Blumenthal says it all.
Unofficial Google Analytics Blog – ROI Revolution’s take on Google Analytics.
Unofficial SEO Blog – Navneet Kaushal posts news about the SEO industry.
Vertical Leap Blog – This UK agency blog covers practical search marketing tips, insights specific to UK search engines and industry news. Comments are turned off, which is a disappointment.
Vertical Measures Blog – This Phoenix, AZ agency blog focuses on SEO, link building, agency events and industry observations, Posts are written mostly by Social Media Architect, Kaila Strong.
VIZION Blog – Search Engine Watch columnist Mark Jackson and his team at VIZION blog about a wide range of SEO topics, worth subscribing to for sure.
Volusion’s eCommerce Blog – Articles and resources to boost your online business.
Web Analytics World – Manoj Jasra from Enquiro shares his wisdom and observations about analytics and search marketing.
Web Ink Now – David Meerman Scott helps innovative marketers use digital information effectively.
WebmasterWorld – News and discussions for the Web professional.
Web Metrics Guru – Marshall Sponder of IBM writes about web analytics and the search marketing industry.
Website Magazine Blog – A group blog from the publishers of Website Magazine which covers the search engine industry as well as general topics related to online marketing.
Web Strategy by Jeremiah – Jeremiah Owyang provides web tools to help connect with customers.
We Build Pages Blog – As the search marketing industry has evolved, so has We Build Pages with a new blog that includes posts from WBP staff, CEO Jim Boykin and the excellent writing style of Lisa Barone.
What’s Next – BL Ochman’s blog about marketing online and life in NYC.
Yahoo! Search blog – Official blog about the Yahoo search engine.
Yahoo! Search Marketing blog – Official blog for Yahoo Search Marketing.
Yodel Anecdotal – Yahoo! company blog.
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