Over the past twelve months I have had the privilege of connecting with some amazing people online, people a lot smarter than your average bear. This is just my way of saying thank you for the recommends and tools. Your sharing made my job easier. So a recap of some of the best of the year, in links of course, here is a taster of what it was all about.

Twitter

How to Create a Useful Twitter Retweet Bot
http://level343.com/article_archive/2010/05/17/100-twitter-apps-part-3-monitor-analyze-manage-and-monetize/
Listorious: Discover the Best Twitter Lists
ManageFlitter – Fast & Easy Unfollowing for Twitter
Drew McLellan – The Marketing Minute: How to make time for social media: Twitter
Reader2Twitter – Sync Your Google Reader Shared Items to Twitter
Tweepi :: a geekier, faster way to bulk add quality followers
Display your tweets without a plugin — kristarella.com

Links

BuzzStream
Drop My Link
Link Building Queries: Create Link Building Queries for Your Link Building Campaign : Ontolo
Merge Words – Combine keywords tool for SEO, PPC and link building
12 Videos: the Ontolo Link Building Toolset Demo Tour! | Ontolo
Link Building Tools
Get the code – Referring Links widget for your site
21 Link Builders Share Advanced Link Building Queries
The Most Effective Approach to Contacting Link Partners for Authoritative Links
Sency – Popular Links for Websites and Blogs
My Link Baiting Idea Generation Process | Wiep.net
Does Backlink Quality Matter?
Link Building – Ethical Link Building at ContentNow.co.uk
SEO First Link Checking Tool – First Link Checker – BusinessOnLine
Online SEO Guide: Google Stop Words – A Comprehensive List Of Words Google Ignores
Link Building Blog – Link Building Services & Tools
Link Building Strategies: Checklist | Search Engine Journal
SEOmoz Content Tagged: Link Development Sources
Link Building Pro
Link Search Tool | SoloSEO
Top 100+ Link Building Resources | Vertical Measures
Five SEO Link-Building Experts, Eight Questions | WordStream
List Your Business on Google Maps, Qype, Yelp, and More | GetListed.org | UK
Local Citation Finder

Analytics

Real Bounce Rate in Google Analytics | PadiCode | PadiCode
Analytics and Conversion websites – A twtPickin List
AddThis – My Analytics
Google Analytics Hacks | Measuring Success with Google Analytics
web analytics « E-Nor Blog – Marketing Optimization and Google Analytics
SEO Theory – SEO Theory and Analysis Blog — Algorithm analysis, Web community relationship analysis, SEO practices and techniques, industry news, etc.
Web Analytics Blog – Online, Mobile & Social Media Strategy in Canada by Manoj Jasra
Woopra Web Analytics
http://www.footprintlive.com/
Semantic Analysis for SEO: Going Beyond LDA | WordStream

RSS

Feed Informer: Mix, convert, and republish feeds

Monitoring Tools

SEO Rank Monitor
Web Hosting Reviews & Comparison
Reverse IP Lookup – Find Other Web Sites Hosted on a Web Server
Pingdom Web site monitoring for 100% uptime. Measure your downtime.
myIPneighbors.com Reverse IP Lookup & Domain Check DNS Tool

Keywords

Free Google Keyword Suggestion Tool
Google Suggest Keyword Tool
How to Optimize the page
SEOmoz | Keyword Difficulty Tool
Wordpot – Free Keyword Tool
The Ultimate Guide to Keyword Competition: Tips from 35 Keyword Experts | WordStream
The Free Keyword Niche Finder – WordStream’s Niche Keyword Research Tool
The Free Keyword Tool from WordStream

Create or Generate

ViewLikeUs – Check Sites in Various Resolutions!
GeoMaker – get your map and microformats code
Listify – Convert Text to li / option Elements
Make a thank you movie!
Create a mobile version of the site
Pipes: Social Media Firehose
How to Make a Pivot Table in Excel [Includes Pivot Chart]
Fast flash maker for you to create flash movies without programming
Create A Graph
Prototip 2 – Create beautiful tooltips with ease
Free Applications to Record Your Computer Screen | V3 Kansas City Integrated Marketing and Social Media Agency
Super Conversion Button
Frank Kern’s Flycatcher Pages: Using FAQ-Tastic As A Flycatcher Page «
amCharts: Pie & Donut (Doughnut) chart
Color Wizard – Color Scheme Generator – Color Theory for web designers
Lightworks
Free Logo Design Logo Ease
Logo Designers – Start A Logo Design Contest at LogoMyWay.com
ebook creator
glassy buttons
Lat – Long Finder: This page helps you find Latitude and Longitude
Project Bubble (Invoice Generation)
SurveyMonkey – Powerful tool for creating web surveys. Online survey software made easy!
Pagetest – where web sites go to get FAST!
XML Sitemaps Generator
Xtranormal | Text-to-Movie

Going Social

20 Social Media Best Practice Tips
The Ultimate List of Niche Social Networks « Internet Marketing Blog
SocialNetwork.in : A Social Profile Aggregator and Social Web Directory – manage your Profiles, and rate the sites you use
Blog & Social Media Marketing and Blog Ads :: SocialSpark
33 Hot Social Media and Digital Marketing Tips (and 8 Killer Quotes) | | Social Media Consulting – Convince & Convert
SEOmoz | Social Media Marketing Guide, Directory, & Resources
Social Media Explorer – Exploring The World Of Social Media
Social Media Networks and Social Media Websites – Free lists | Super Carly

Syndication

My Blog Guest
The latest seeds planted and ready to be buzzed | SeededBuzz
Free Press Release Distribution Service – PR Log.Org
PR Leap
PR Hub – Submit Press Release
PR Urgent News – Submit a Press Release FREE
» 500+ Places to Syndicate Your Content
Press Release Writing Tips for Maximum Effectiveness

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)

YouTube – Webinar: The 7 Deadly Sins of Landing Page Design with Tim Ash
AttentionWizard.com
http://sitetuners.wordpress.com/
The A to Z of Landing Pages – 26 Facts Every Marketer Should Know | unbounce
Conversation Agent: PR and Media, from Begging for to Earning Attention
Jing | Add visuals to your online conversations
Detecting Online Commercial Intention: Audience Intelligence: adCenter Labs

Scripts

Automatic Infinite Carousel | jQuery for Designers – Tutorials and screencasts
JavaScript & AJAX – Nettuts+
15 Javascript Plugins and Tutorials for Adding Ratings :Speckyboy Design Magazine
SiteMap XML – Dynamic SiteMap Generator « Search Engines « PHP Scripts :: Hot PHP Scripts
Lightbox JS

Blogging Bits and Bobs

Web content and headline ideas
50 Beautiful Free WordPress Themes
WordPress Visual Cheat Sheet – woorkup.com
101 Great Posting Ideas That Will Make Your Blog Sizzle — I Help You Blog
Andrew Warner interviews Matt Mullenweg and Chris Pearson « WordPress.tv
WordPress Themes and Templates. FREE Premium WordPress Themes. More than 5000 Free WordPress themes – Part 8
List of 700 Do Follow Edu Blogs | WebTraffic2Night.com Blog
20 Essential Blog Directories to Submit Your Blog To | Search Engine Journal

Search Differently

Blekko
Followtopia
Soovle – Let the web help.
Clusty the clustering search engine
Spezify
Quintura – visual search engine
Creative Commons Search
KartOO : The First Interface Mapping Metasearch Engine
Deep Web Research 2010 | LLRX.com
The Comms Corner: 50 Alternate Ways To Consume News in 2010 (No Papers Experiment, Day 50)

SEO Reading and Tools

http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/seo-101-common-mistakes.html
A Tactical Guide To Becoming An SEO Ubergeek
SEO Wolf | Tools for SEO and Internet Marketing
SEOgadget Anchor Text API Query Tool powered by SEOmoz
SEO Best Practice Checklist – Search Engine Optimisation – The SEOgrail.org
RelExtensions – WHATWG Wiki
10 Simple (but Important) Things to Check Before Optimizing an Existing Site | 10e20
Best SEO Blog » Blog Archive » A concise list of SEO black hat tactics
beu blog
18+ SEO Excel Functions | Blind Five Year Old
69 Free (or low cost) Tools to Improve Your Website
Cornwallseo.com
Downloads | SEO Worksheets
malcolm coles – Newspapers, SEO, reviews, wordpress, how to do things …
Internet Marketing News | Marketing Pilgrim
Jonathan Mendez’s Blog
Pandia Powersearch, all-in-one list of search engines and directories
7 Best Things (Good) SEO’s Do – Search Engine Guide Blog
Quick and Easy Ecommerce Site Optimization Tips | Search Engine Journal
Search Engine People Blog
SEO Scientist – Applying the scientific method to SEO
SEO Consulting: How To Construct Great Proposals | SEO Book.com
SEO Horror Story
Google Local Business Listings Rankings Checker : SEO Maps
SEOmoz | On-Page Issues Posts from the Blog
SEO Tools | SEOmoz
Establishing Web Credibility | SEOptimise
Eric Enge interviews Matt Cutts
The Definitive Guide to Web Spam for SEOs | WordStream

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