I haven’t done one of these round-up posts in awhile but there’s just too much good stuff lately to not share it:
Social: Lyndon illustrates the Tao of Linkbait Method – the art of hitting your target audience by aiming at a completely different audience. This post is inspired by a great movie and a really good idea.
Links: Joe Whyte shows you how to get hundreds of free links from .edu’s ethically and for free (you will rarely ever see .edu links | ethically | free together in the same sentence).
SEO: Eric Enge gives us 17 poor quality signals that your site might be sending. Some might be obvious (too large a percentage of your links are reciprocal) but others not so obvious (web server downtime too high).
Productivity: Something that always plagues me in my over-crowded inbox, luckily there were two great posts recently to help me out. First we had Stoney DeGyter’s post showing me how to manage my “inbox tasks” and then this quick video interview with Robert Scoble showing how he absorbs 10,000+ emails.
Creativity: Before he left for his Disney World vacation, Graywolf showed a quick example of why its important to experiment with new things. In the brave new Google world – this is extremely important.
Competition: Basically anytime Todd has time to write a complete post, it’s a must read. The Competitive Webmaster’s Guide to Understanding the Dynamics of Top Rankings is no exception.
Usability: Even though I couldn’t submit this to Digg because of the increased scrutiny lately, Kim’s post on 10 reminders for usability web design was still a must read.
Simplicity: Sometimes it’s the shortest posts that smack you in the face….
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