I’ve been meaning to do this for quite some time now, but Lee’s fantastic list of sites made it all the easier. I thought it’d be useful for research for posts and such to have a custom search based on those SEO sites. You can check it out here. It’ll also be on the right hand site under search for future use.
Jim (who has been on a well deserved hiatus - taking care of some important priorities) has hired a really fantastic programmer back at WeBuildPages - and has a whole slew of new SEO tools with some very cool stuff. My favorite is the strongest subpages tool - very cool stuff guys - Mr. Ploppy would be proud.
SoloSEO is a very nice suite of tools for the DIY SEO’er. The only problem I see it having is scalability due to all the one man shops that will find high value from it. Online SEO Project management for any site.
CrazyEgg.com has just recently launched their really promising looking service. You can follow their progress on their blog, or signup with them to try it out. I’ve met the gentleman behind this service, and in addition to being extremely smart, they’re nice guys as well. I expect nothing but the best from this service in the long run, and it’s pretty damn cool.
Ever since I’ve heard the flashy million dollar college term: “transactive memory system”, which I first read in The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell, I’ve been fascinated by the concept. My interpretation of a transactive memory system (TMS) is something that is used to retain larger amounts of information, by using a simple to remember trigger of where the information is stored.
transactive knowledge means knowledge that is somehow available or possible because of transactions that take place between people. Transactive Memory theory examines the process by which individuals determine who knows what and who knows who knows what. - according to Manoj Sati
One of the main reasons I started this site was to have a point of reference
for things, and my own sort of public bookmarks for discussion. I often go back
through and read some of the posts, and several I reference more often than
others. I thought I’d do a list of my favorite posts that took the longest time,
and hopefully came away with some of the best information available here. I’m
a big fan of meta-aggregation. So here’s your one bookmark for the SD gold when
you have time to sit down and dig in. Link donations are welcomed:)
I did some competitive tools a while back with competitive analysis and keyword tools, but I think the idea of competitive analysis is key to the natural search engine optimization space and is worth revisiting. Understanding your industry from an online perspective is critical to the success of an SEO campaign. There are a lot of tools to better understand your competitors available, and it is definitely worthwhile to use them to your advantage.
