2009 SEMMYs Archive
Google – 2009 Winner
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Let’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2009 SEMMY Award in the Google category is … drum-roll, please …
Google Sitelinks Research, Examples, Theories and Best Practices [Project Big Water]
Eric Lander | 10/16/08
Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:
We need to realize that Sitelinks uses an entirely independent algorithm than the traditional organic search results. Early indications were that order of Sitelinks was determined by the internal page strength of the pages included in the program. While I certainly believe that internal page strength is a factor involved, it’s certainly not alone.
Runners-Up
The top two runners-up in public voting were:
- What is a #1 Google Ranking Worth?
Aaron Wall, SEO Book | 5/1/08 - How Google Universal Search and Blended Results May Work
Bill Slawski, SEO by the Sea | 6/12/08
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How the Voting Ended
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Posts Judged by Jeff Quipp and Barry Schwartz
Search Tech – 2009 Winner
2 Comments »Let’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2009 SEMMY Award in the Search Tech category is … drum-roll, please …
Getting URLs outta Google – the good, the popular, and the definitive way
Sebastian X | 1/14/08
Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:
First of all, if you really want that search engines don’t index your stuff, you must allow them to crawl it. And no, that’s not an oxymoron. At the moment there’s no such thing as an indexer directive on site-level. You can’t forbid indexing in robots.txt. All indexer directives require crawling of the URLs that you want to keep out of the SERPs. Of course that doesn’t mean you should serve search engine crawlers a book from each forbidden URL.
Runners-Up
The top two runners-up in public voting were:
- SEM Basics: How to Use a Proxy IP in Firefox
Nick Wilsdon | 11/1/08 - Managing Robot’s Access To Your Website
Vanessa Fox, Jane and Robot | 6/4/08
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How the Voting Ended
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Posts Judged by John Andrews and Todd Mintz
Design & Usability – 2009 Winner
No Comments »Let’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2009 SEMMY Award in the Design & Usability category is … drum-roll, please …
Three Reasons Your Visitors Don’t Convert to Leads
Bryan Eisenberg, ClickZ | 4/25/08
Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:
Visitors must trust you. If they don’t, they don’t become leads or often they become bad leads. Visitors may even fill out a lead form if they mistrust you. Sometimes they are just going through the motion of getting proposals and pricing and are planning on buying from your competitor. You might have the better solution for them but the site or the lead process doesn’t instill enough confidence to take you seriously.
Runners-Up
The top two runners-up in public voting were:
- 25 Design Best Practices for Your Small Business Web Site
Carrie Hill, Search Engine Watch | 11/25/08 - Let’s Talk Landing Pages
Rebecca Kelley, SEOmoz | 4/29/08
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Posts Judged by Christine Churchill and David Mihm
Online Marketing / General – 2009 Winner
1 Comment »Let’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2009 SEMMY Award in the Online Marketing / General category is … drum-roll, please …
The Best Damn Web Marketing Checklist, Period!
Stoney deGeyter, Search Engine Guide | 9/2/08
Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:
Below is my master website marketing checklist covering over 400 specific items over 23 topics. These topics include things such as website development, SEO, usability, accessibility, etc. This list doesn’t cover any “how tos,” which are essential ingredients to successful online marketing, but sometimes you need to first know what to do so you can then discover how to do it.
Runners-Up
The top two runners-up in public voting were:
- Making Money Online With Local Affiliate Programs
Jeremy Schoemaker, Shoemoney | 11/4/08 - Better Than Free (tie)
Kevin Kelly, The Technium | 1/31/08 - Ten Recipes for Persuasive Content (tie)
Colleen Jones, UXMatters | 12/1/08
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How the Voting Ended
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Posts Judged by Lisa Barone, Brad Geddes, and Simon Heseltine
Industry – 2009 Winner
No Comments »Let’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2009 SEMMY Award in the Industry category is … drum-roll, please …
Search Without SERPs: The Future of SEO?
Pete Meyers, User Effect | 9/9/08
Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:
As search marketers, it’s hard not to be a little worried by these recent changes – as a group, these advancements are undeniably game-changers and represent a significant learning curve. The important thing to remember, though, is that this evolution is not only good for users, it can be good for clients if we’re willing to adapt. SEO is a young field that is destined to break into niches and specialties, and how you best guide searchers to information will depend more and more on your clients and target industries.
Runners-Up
The top two runners-up in public voting were:
- The Fallacy of SEO Celebrity
Lee Odden, Online Marketing Blog | 2/18/08 - Tough Love For Microsoft Search
Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Land | 12/30/08
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How the Voting Ended
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Posts Judged by Adam Audette, Andy Beal, and Donna Fontenot
LOL Funny! – 2009 Winner
No Comments »Let’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2009 SEMMY Award in the LOL Funny! category is … drum-roll, please …
You Oughta Know Inbound Marketing
Rebecca Corliss, HubSpot | 12/8/08
Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:
I want leads
To come to me.
Fix our SEO
Get some inbound links.
RSS
Let’s get blogging.
Why don’t we just use inbound marketing?
You. You. You. Oughta know.
Runners-Up
The top two runners-up in public voting were:
- 17 Internet Marketing Things I Will Not Write About
Ian Lurie, Conversation Marketing | 4/24/08 - Digg Users Hate Everything; Bury Internet
Free-Ass. Press | 7/7/08
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How the Voting Ended
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Posts Judged by Debra Mastaler and Jeff Quipp
Rants – 2009 Winner
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Social Media Cash Grab
David Harry, Huomah | 7/16/08
Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:
I feel an personal dilemma in supporting social media in a world where the management of such locales seem unappreciative to those that have a major role in the building process. When a website is built with user generated content, showing some love to the users generating the content, might be a good idea now and again.
Runners-Up
The top two runners-up in public voting were:
- Ranting: Google & Online Reputation Management
Eric Lander | 9/9/08 - The SEMMYS Launch, The Whineys TBA
Rae Hoffman | 1/16/08
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How the Voting Ended
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Posts Judged by Todd Mintz and Tamar Weinberg
SEO – 2009 Finalists
5 Comments »The judges have made their choices, and the finalists in the SEO category for the 2009 SEMMY Awards are:
The Finalists
- SEO Tips for Public Relations
Lee Odden, Online Marketing Blog | 2/13/08 - 12 Steps to Complete Search Engine Domination – From Zero to Hero in Just 6 Months
Gyutae Park, Search Engine Journal | 4/22/08 - The Beginner’s Checklist for Small Business SEO
Danny Dover, SEOmoz | 4/22/08 - PageRank Sculpting – Ok Or Penalty Material? 10 SEO Experts Respond
Ben Welch-bolen, UK Search Engine Marketing | 6/3/08 - How To Get New Web Sites To Rank Quickly
Aaron Wall, Search Engine Land | 7/31/08
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Posts Judged by Andy Beal, Donna Fontenot, and Michael Gray
PPC – 2009 Finalists
No Comments »The judges have made their choices, and the finalists in the PPC category for the 2009 SEMMY Awards are:
The Finalists
- AdWords Quality Score FAQ
Jeremy Mayes, PPC Discussions | 3/6/08 - Make Your Ads Better: Three Powerful Techniques
Andrew Goodman, Search Engine Land | 5/5/08 - Split Testing Adwords: You’re Doing It Wrong
Dan Thies, SEO Fast Start | 5/6/08 - PPC Copywriting: The Evolution of a PPC Split Test
Linda Bustos, Get Elastic | 5/21/08 - AdWords 911: The 4 Step Emergency Fix for Dying AdWords Accounts
Brian Carter, Fuel Interactive | 6/7/08
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Posts Judged by Adam Audette, Jennifer Laycock, and David Wallace
Social Media – 2009 Finalists
No Comments »The judges have made their choices, and the finalists in the Social Media category for the 2009 SEMMY Awards are:
The Finalists
- How To Create Compelling Social Media Profiles
Brent Csutoras, Search Engine Land | 1/29/08 - Link Attraction Factors: Getting Dugg and Going Viral
Dan Zarrella, ReadWriteWeb | 2/20/08 - How a Good Title and Description Can Make or Break Your Social Media Submission
Rebecca Kelley, SEOmoz | 4/9/08 - Top 10 Ways to Get Attention on Flickr
Thomas Hawk (on Flickr) | 7/28/08 - Introducing The Conversation Prism
Brian Solis | 8/5/08
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Posts Judged by Lisa Barone, Michael Jensen, and Todd Malicoat
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