2nd february 2010

Whew. The 3rd annual SEMMY Awards are finally in the books. The winners in all 17 categories were announced this morning, and it’s a really great collection of articles. I’m proud to say that there are several first-time winners on this list, from several blogs/sites that were never even nominated before. That makes me happy, and suggests to me that the SEMMYS are on the right track. (I’m also proud to see my guest post on Small Biz Trends from last year win — it’s the one in the Small Business category below.)

Here’s the full list of winners:

• SEO: Surviving and Thriving as an Ecommerce SEO
• PPC: ...
  
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Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts I found and read during January. If you’re new to this blog, this is a monthly feature that began way back in 2007. You can find earlier “Best Of”s for each month in the Link Roundups category archive. I never include my own posts in these end-of-month recaps.

• Bill Slawski/SEO by the Sea: Web Self-Help for Small Business

• Rob Ousbey/SEOmoz: Explaining SEO, Role by Role

• Andrew Goodman/ClickZ: Five Quality Score Myths Busted
• Giovanna Wall/PPC Blog: PPC Copywriting
• Glenn Gabe/SEJ: Will Your CMS Cause Paid Search Problems?
• George Michie/RKMG: How Important is the “Tail”? An Emperical Study

• Russ ...
  
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