Internet Marketing

As 2006 comes to a close, several bloggers feel compelled to reflect on the last year and either list some of their best posts or the best posts on a particular subject like I did with the previous post on “The Best Blog Traffic & Monetization Posts of 2006“.

So here are the some of the posts that I’ve found so far.

Seth Godin has a post called “Your Favorite Seth Posts, 2006” where his readers can vote for the best post. He has some real gems in there. Most of the posts are focused on the topic of marketing in general but 99% of his posts on the list will change your mind about how you conduct business. One of my favorites that didn’t make the list is a video of him at Google.

Copyblogger has a post called “The Best of Copyblogger (According to Time Magazine’s Person of the Year)” You. I can’t say enough great things about this blog. The advice is extremely actionable. I have several of these pages bookmarked and read them over and over.

Darren Rowse of ProBlogger has a very long post called “Best of ProBlogger - 2006” where he reconstructs the entire year month-by-month.

Local SEO, Mike Belasco, has a post called “Top 10 Local Search Engine Optimization Blog Posts for 2006“. In my opinion this is an extremely relevant topic for most businesses in Hawaii. (The vast majority of business and services related queries will usually have a city or state in front of the query to keep the results relevant.)

The Official Google blog, Inside AdSense has a post called “Best of 2006” where they narrow down the Top 10 highlights, not listed in any particular order. It’s always good to get the story directly from the source.

Chris Boggs who covers the search news posted links to the “Top SEM Stories of 2006” on his new blog.

Lee Odden posts his “Top TopRank Blog Posts for 2006” as well as some other year end stats for his blog.

Eric Goldman and John Ottaviani posted on the Technology & Marketing Law Blog the “Top Cyberlaw Developments for 2006” as a two part post.

Update: I was just over at Todd Malicoat’s blog and found a few more worth mentioning in his post about his 2006 Predictions & Review.

Techipedia created a huge post called Internet Marketing Best [Blog] Posts of 2006: The Year in Review. All I can say is WOW! It will take me a while to digest this one. I’n sure I’ll find a few new blogs worth reading in the process as well.

Andy Beal posted the Marketing Pilgrim’s Top 10 Posts of 2006

Chris at 10e20 posted the 101 Biggest Stories in Search 2006. It’s a huge list. Wow! It’s a real walk down memory lane.

John chow is asking people to review his blog and then he’ll post links to the reviews so everyone can read them. He’s also offering some sort of electronic devise as a prize for the best review.

I’m not interested in the winning anything but I honestly do like John Chow’s blog.

I subscribe to about 100 blogs on the subjects of internet marketing and advertising. There are so many daily posts that it would be impossible for me to read everything so I usually just look at the titles and only read the ones that promise something new and interesting. However there are a few blogs that I make a point of reading every single post. John Chow Dot Com is one of these blogs.

Topics vary greatly from day to day so you never know what you’ll get. The quality of the posts also varies greatly. Some days are much better than others. He also posts a lot of off topic stuff about his personal life which would be cool if he had a strange life or twisted sense of humor, but he’s just a normal Asian guy. I already know a lot of normal Asian people so those posts aren’t very interesting to me.

Here are some of his favorite topics:

• Monetizing website traffic - Excellent
• Food - Boring
• Internet & Blog Marketing - Excellent
• His personal life - Nice guy but Boring
• Blogging - Excellent
• Credit & Credit Cards - Lame
• Social Media - Excellent

In all fairness, I’m only interested in internet marketing. The other posts about credit cards, food, etc are probably pure gold to someone.

What I like the most about John Chow is that he likes to try new stuff. In many cases, he will post about the new idea that he’s trying today and then post an update to let us all know what happened and what he learned. It’s great stuff. Most people just pose a general idea or what the best practices are but don’t get too specific. John seems comfortable giving us details and the numbers. I love that kind of stuff. If you don’t read his blog, you should.