My Watchlist
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The best way to keep yourself on the edge of industry trend is to read blogs, forums, and news. Books are good but quickly outdated. Most important, books are cooked meals and blogs/news/forums are raw material. I personally follow many blogs and forums and benefit a lot. I don't mind to share my reading list with you. If you are too lazy, just read my blog. :)
BTW, I just list most valuable sources here. My own reading list is much longer than the list here and I am sure there are a lot more such sites. I just don't want to waste your time before I am fully confident on a source's quality. Read my blog. If I find anything interesting from other sources, I will talk about it there.
Top SEO Watchlist
No.1: Matt Cutts's Blog
This blog is important because who Matt Cutt is. Most people read this blog to try to read Google's mind. No doubt, Matt often addresses some very important issues here. But I find it is also fun to read his blog. There was an article about how he sent a bait to a spammer and the spammer bite the bait. LOL!
SEOmoz is a very professional SEO service institute. It has a daily official blog and a user generated blog. Both of them are worth reading. It also provides many useful online tools for SEM and SEO. Not all of them are free. I will cover some of them in 'SEO Toolkits' section.
Reason to read is simple: It's Google's. Do you use Google Webmaster? If not, you are definitely a beginner.
Another SEO service institute. I personally don't like SEOChat's website. It's ugly, but well optimized for keyword 'SEO'. There is gold in their news feed, but you have to dig into it.
Top SEM Watchlist
Top SEM Watchlist
Again, it's Google's.
When talking about SEO, it's OK to totally ignore Yahoo! and other search engines. Get one done, get all done. However, no one will tell you not to use Yahoo! SM when you want SEM. Although I don't like Yahoo! SM's interface and prepaid method.
Note: At this point, I don't have a long list for SEM because I am more focused on SEO. After all, SEM is not so complicated as SEO. I am not saying it's simple, but it's easier.
Top Affiliate Marketing Watchlist
I think most reliable sources about affiliate marketing is major affiliate networks official blogs. Unfortunately, those networks are lazy and not updating blogs frequently.
* Google Affiliate Network Blog
* Amazon Assoicates Blog
* Linkshare Blog
* ShareASale Blog
There is also an ABestWeb Affiliate Marketing Forum where content is well organized by affiliate networks and I see some good threads on it. Beside those, a lot of blogs by affiliate marketers are out there. I don't fully trust what they say. Remember, they are publishers and you are their potential leads.
Top Web 2.0 Watchlist
My only recommendation is Webware's Blog. Webware used to be an independent Web 2.0 focused startup. It has a great blog and operated 'Webware 100' competition in past. But now the company has been acquired by CBS and its blog are integrated into CNet news. It might be a good thing for both the company and subscribers. I would be happy to see this company keep standing alive during such a recession period.It doesn't have a clear business model, but represents the whole Web 2.0 trend somehow.
Note: At this point, I don't have a long list for SEM because I am more focused on SEO. After all, SEM is not so complicated as SEO. I am not saying it's simple, but it's easier.
Top Affiliate Marketing Watchlist
I think most reliable sources about affiliate marketing is major affiliate networks official blogs. Unfortunately, those networks are lazy and not updating blogs frequently.
* Google Affiliate Network Blog
* Amazon Assoicates Blog
* Linkshare Blog
* ShareASale Blog
There is also an ABestWeb Affiliate Marketing Forum where content is well organized by affiliate networks and I see some good threads on it. Beside those, a lot of blogs by affiliate marketers are out there. I don't fully trust what they say. Remember, they are publishers and you are their potential leads.
Top Web 2.0 Watchlist
My only recommendation is Webware's Blog. Webware used to be an independent Web 2.0 focused startup. It has a great blog and operated 'Webware 100' competition in past. But now the company has been acquired by CBS and its blog are integrated into CNet news. It might be a good thing for both the company and subscribers. I would be happy to see this company keep standing alive during such a recession period.It doesn't have a clear business model, but represents the whole Web 2.0 trend somehow.
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