Gadgets & SEO
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My SEO Reads for 2011
Aug 13th
While traveling home on a packed train journey, had an interesting chat with a past work colleague, was surprisingly asked what books I read and which ones would I recommend. Well my short answer was none, I actually haven’t read any type of book since graduating in 2008. Amazingly he had covered 3 books over the course of 6 months and recommended that I also read those books.
So I decided to search and list books that I will dedicate my spare time to read throughout this year. (Not to mention this is my first post for 2011 after a busy first half)
Here is a list of books i discovered along the way:
A nice mix of books here, but should you have any other suggestions please share 
Thanks,
Turgay
Welcoming 2011
Dec 30th
We leave a long hard 2010 for 2011, firstly I wish you all a Happy New Year, hope that the New Year brings joy of health, wealth and happiness to everyone.
So what presents did you receive this year? Well the main present for me was the new Sony BRAVIA LCD TV, it’s a huge 42″ Sony LCD TV it has amazing picture quality with its 1080p Full HD display. I always wondered what the main difference between Full HD and HD Ready was till i noticed the picture quality, as HD Ready operates around 720 while full HD operates around 1080p. Here is a quick snap shot of my new lcd tv:
Please share your presents here.
Thanks,
Turgay
Top SEO blogs
Sep 14th
Today I am going to share you my favorite SEO blogs that I follow, these are great places to keep yourself updated with the developments in SEO. You may find to be of an interest to you, here is my top 5
1) SEOmoz blog – notability one of the best resources in SEO industry always sharing new ideas and techniques discovered. Above all I really like the white board Friday always enjoyed watching Rand and his team share their views
2) SEO by the sea – the name says it all, one of the most naturally laid back approach to SEO, some interesting research into how SEO is progressing
3) Search engine land – Good source of latest developments in search marketing
4) SEO chat forums – Great place to view, share and discuss latest SEO developments and great place to meet professionals
5) Search engine watch – provides great analysis on search marketing, worth reading if you care about PPC/SEO
Hope it comes handy
Advanced link building tactics
Sep 6th
Here is a quick “how to” guide on building links to your website
- Ask for reviews! – ones of the most effective way is to ask publishers, webmasters to review your product/service in return for them to reference back to your site
- Build relationships with news journalists, contact them ask them if they need content around your industry niche, most journalists would love to have data to seed out (in return they will link to your website as the original source)
- Partnerships – you may have had a deal with a business partner or sponsored a particular campaign, you can ask for them to write about you and link to your website
- Organise events – this does not need to be a an expensive event, could well be a simple “webinar” which you can get people to sign up, provide decks after and most cases they will write about the event and link to your website.
More will be covered later… Hope this helps!
