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Over at Copyblogger, Brian Clark had some fun this week with list headlines. Seems every story featured on the cover of a recent issue of PC World featured a list headline. Brian’s a big fan of the technique and has a little exercise for anyone who wants to take part.

Anyway, it just so happens that this week’s Stumbling was jam-packed with sites that feature — you guessed it — list headlines. Let’s get counting, from the most to the fewest:

1. Writing at The Future Buzz, Adam Singer offers “65 Bite-Sized Web Marketing Tips.” The sheer number might seem intimidating, but Adam stays true to his word and keeps his suggestions to single sentences (for the most part), and short ones at that. Lots of useful links.
2. The folks at The Bootstrapping Blog came up with “50 Guerrilla Marketing Tactics You Should Be Using.” Some are a little off the wall — Temporary Tattoos? Sponsor the Homeless? — but most are brilliant. Great suggestions for businesses where cash is at a premium.
3. We all want to know what our competitors are up to, right? But short of breaking in at night or hacking their network, what can you do to get the real goods? FutureNow’s Bryan Eisenberg says there are several strategies, all perfectly legal, to spy on your competition. If you’re comfortable with some esoteric web tools, these look like they could be a lot of fun to play with.
4. Anyone who has read this blog knows I’m a big fan of Google and the awesome tools its provides. Gil’s Method offers “11 Obscure Google Tricks You Didn’t Know Existed.” You can track a UPS package on Google? I didn’t know that!
5. I still admit it: I don’t get Twitter. I’ve looked at it from every direction and just fail to see its usefulness as a marketing tool. But that doesn’t mean other people aren’t taking advantage. Jeff Woelker has come up with “7 Habits of Successful Twitterers.” My mind remains open…

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I’m still learning when it comes to Search Engine Optimization. I’m smart enough to know it’s an important function for sales and marketing but not so smart that I know the difference between backlinks and cufflinks. Give me time.

Anyway, I’m searching the web the other day and I came across SEONoobs.com. I thought it said Boobs, which sounded perfect for me, so I clicked on it. No, I wasn’t searching for porn.

Ryan, the site’s founder, has built a tremendous following in just a month. He has more than 360 RSS subscribers and more than 40,000 unique visitors in his FIRST MONTH! The secret seems to be his ability to explain dense, complex topics in easy-to-understand concepts.

Take his piece on getting better rankings in Google: 5 Ways To Get a New Site Indexed In Google In 48 Hours Or Less. Four of his suggestions were pretty technical, so for now I’ll leave them for my SEO guru son to figure out. For me, the important idea was this: to get a higher ranking in Google searches, post good comments (emphasis on good) on popular blogs and include your website in the URL box. Concentrate on “DoFollow” blogs for maximum link popularity benefit.

Yeah, even a guy who thinks SERP is something you put on pancakes can do that!

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