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SEO - 2009 Winner

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2009 SEMMY WinnerLet’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 SEO category is … drum-roll, please …

12 Steps to Complete Search Engine Domination - From Zero to Hero in Just 6 Months
Gyutae Park, Search Engine Journal | 4/22/08

Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:

In order to stand out from the crowd, you must be remarkable (as Seth Godin puts it). Demonstrate your knowledge of the industry and strive to improve the lives of your target audience. This could come in the form of detailed how-to guides (like this one), a resource list linking out to the top content in your industry, a great tool that helps users find what they need, or anything else that tickles your readers’ fancies. Market research is key here and social media is a great way to obtain that information (we’ll discuss this later).

Runners-Up

The top two runners-up in public voting were:

  1. How To Get New Web Sites To Rank Quickly
    Aaron Wall, Search Engine Land | 7/31/08
  2. SEO Tips for Public Relations
    Lee Odden, Online Marketing Blog | 2/13/08

The winner and runners-up are welcome to grab the appropriate badge — we have a badge for both winners and runners-up.

How the Voting Ended

Here’s a look at how each finalist fared in the public voting:

Thanks to all who voted, and congrats again to the winner, runners-up, finalists, and all nominees. We look forward to reading your acceptance speech soon!

Posts Judged by Andy Beal, Donna Fontenot, and Michael Gray


SEO - 2009 Finalists

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The judges have made their choices, and the finalists in the SEO category for the 2009 SEMMY Awards are:

The Finalists

Congratulations to each finalist! Please grab a finalist badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists has begun. (Feel free to encourage them to vote for you.)

Here’s How to Vote

Now it’s your turn to choose a winner! Please read each article above and decide which one you feel is the best. When you click below, you’ll be able to vote in this category only. To vote in other categories, please visit the pages listing those finalists. Voting is open now, and will close at end-of-day on February 2, 2008.

VOTE NOW IN THIS CATEGORY

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Posts Judged by Andy Beal, Donna Fontenot, and Michael Gray


SEO - All 2009 Nominees

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Congratulations to the following nominees in the SEO category for the 2009 SEMMY Awards! Our judge(s) will narrow this group down to 5-6 finalists. Please grab a nominee badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists is just around the corner.

Posts Judged by Andy Beal, Donna Fontenot, and Michael Gray


SEO - 2008 Winner

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2008 SEMMY WinnerLet’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 2008 SEMMY Award in the SEO category is … drum-roll, please …

Search Engine Ranking Factors Version 2
Rand Fishkin, SEOmoz | 4/3/07

Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:

Internal Link Popularity of Linking Page within Host Site/Domain

Eric Ward
I’ve seen instances where one link from one internal page from one site resulted in page one rankings for the site being linked to.

Michael Gray
properly focused internal anchor text is very helpful once domain trust has been established.

Chris Boggs
This can backfire if gamed too ehavily and if the site has too few IBLs from other domains.

Runners-Up

The top two runners-up in public voting were:

  1. Sculpting Your PageRank For Maximum SEO Impact
    Stephan Spencer, Search Engine Land | 12/20/07
  2. SEO Linking Gotchas Even The Pros Make
    Andy Beard | 11/27/07
The winner and runners-up are welcome to grab the appropriate badge — we have a badge for both winners and runners-up.

How the Voting Ended

Here’s a look at how each finalist fared in the public voting:

SEO - 2008 winner

Thanks to all who voted, and congrats again to the winner, runners-up, finalists, and all nominees. We look forward to reading your acceptance speech soon!

Posts Judged by Andy Beal, Eric Enge, and Deb Mastaler


SEO - 2008 Finalists

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The judges have made their choices, and the finalists in the SEO category for the 2008 SEMMY Awards are:

The Finalists

Congratulations to each finalist! Please grab a finalist badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists has begun.

Here’s How to Vote

Now it’s your turn to choose a winner! Please read each article above and decide which one you feel is the best. When you click below, you’ll be able to vote in this category only. To vote in other categories, please visit the pages listing those finalists. Voting is open now, and will close at end-of-day on January 30, 2008.

VOTE NOW IN THIS CATEGORY (link will open in a new window)

Posts Judged by Andy Beal, Eric Enge, and Deb Mastaler


SEO - All 2008 Nominees

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The following are the nominees in the SEO category for the 2008 SEMMY Awards. Our judge(s) will narrow this group down to 5-6 finalists. Congratulations to all nominees! Please grab a nominee badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists is just around the corner.

Posts Judged by Andy Beal, Eric Enge, and Deb Mastaler