Blekko , the advanced search engine for power users has so many advantages that it took me quite a while to find out about them. There are plenty of use cases for both search users as well as webmaster and SEO practitioners. Blekko basically replaces a dozen of others tools if you use more than the obvious features. Thus I have compiled a list of 30 ways to use Blekko for search and SEO .

Let's just be clear: Blekko is the best thing since sliced bread. It's the most advanced search engine ever created and every SEO professional or webmaster has to use it. No irony here whatsoever . I've been a beta tester before the public launch on Monday but I mainly used Blekko as a replacement for Yahoo Site Explorer, Open Site Explorer and Majestic SEO. I didn't even get the whole "slashtag" thing.

2010 is the year of the infographic. Infographics are probably the most popular way not only to visualize data but also to get links this year. In modern SEO linkbait is the most common method of "link building". To be more exact: Linkbaiting is not link building as you don't build them manually like say in directory submission but you create content and then get the links by people you do not even contact.

Image: Cleaner by atomicjeep. Half a year ago I compiled a huge list of CRO )conversion rate optimization( resources . I think it was a bit too much for most of you. This time I decided to make it easier for you. This list encompasses 30 conversion optimization techniques that are simple and quickly implemented in most cases but can significantly improve your conversion rate. I focused on six of the most important factors in web design,

Many of us in the SEO industry bemoaned the decision of Sphinn , the only social news community for search marketers , to remove the voting option. This way a community turned to a completely editorial site. That may be not as bad for for the Sphinn team, instead of fighting spammers and voting rings they can focus on seeking out valuable stories now. On the other hand it has been a huge blow to the global SEO village: Where can we convene virtually? On the manifold forums,

Image: Catching up by M.Danys . While working on an extended review of the new social news community for SEO, SERPd I had a realization. Thus the review will have to wait till next week. First I have something more important to say. Listen up SEO people: Stop chasing traffic! On the Web today traffic is a side effect. Traffic can not be your goal. Also once you have the traffic it's just a milestone on your way to conversions and ROI. SEO is complex these days.

Steve Rubel and his ridiculous 'SEO is dead' escapade during the Google Instant presentation is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to articles about SEO from outsiders. Now that SEO has gone mainstream and everbody deals with it many people write about SEO who have barely a clue about it. Others, often web designers who know the basics of SEO from 5 or 10 years ago spread their outdated advice today. Journalists,

Image by Westside Shooter . Google Instant is the talk of the town not only in the SEO industry. While some people still hope SEO will go away most experts agree that SEO is either just changing a bit or now more important than ever due to the recent changes. So I won't list most of the usual "SEO is not dead" posts here as I expect you to know that. I'll focus on what the instant search results will mean for SEO, SEM and analytics in reality.

Typical Digg comment thread. Last week the new Digg version 4 has been released and I have tested it ever since. Back in the days I was a staunch opponent of Digg and an avid supporter of competing services like StumbleUpon and Mixx. That was years ago though. Both Mixx and SU have stagnated over time. So I decided to take a look at the new Digg. Maybe it has been fixed now? Most business people have been either expelled from the first wave of social sites like StumbleUpon,

A few months ago one of my clients has changed platforms. The new platform changed almost everything we've optimized on-site for years. It even messed up the obvious SEO basics like title tags and we're struggling with them to this day as the platform maker insisted that title tags "get assigned automatically" in their system. While title tag optimization is the daily bread of every SEO, for these people,

Web analytics is perhaps the most important discipline for businesses online. In case you don't know who and why visits you, buys your products and talks about you, you are blind on the Web. Web analytics goes beyond simple SEO metrics. It's about usability conversions branding among others. Additionally, with the huge influence of social media, it's more important than ever to monitor social media buzz.

Grumpy Face by ellie . I'm blogging all day. Most of the time at work I spend blogging. I write for four flagship blogs. Plus I have a private Tumblr blog as well. Two of the flagship blogs are about SEO, this one here and my own blog. The other two are client blogs covering two different topics. So basically I have to be up to date about at least three subjects, industries or niches.

Chess by Alejandro Fernandez Everybody seems to agree with the "content is king" mantra. At the same time most articles, blog posts in and outside SEO industry seemed to ignore it. Not anymore: Content SEO and marketing resources are ubiquitous in 2010. SEO blogs used to deal with other aspects of Web strategy. Content has often been taken for granted and thus on page optimization, web design, usability and link building took center stage all the time. Good,