And here we are, the last in our series wrapping up the SEO world for 2009. In this installment we're going to go through some of the more interesting Videos from the last 12 months. Some are funny, REAL funny, while others are more technically inclined. And of course we have a good helping of ol Matt Cutts too (loves the camera these days)…

Anyhoo… here’s some interesting tidbits from the past 12

SEO on Video 2009

Are you still hanging in there? If so… WOW, yer a real trooper! Have faith, only two more to go! This round we’re looking at some of the stragglers in the form of Local SEO, Social Search and SEO Tools… the notable and entertaining from ’09.

If you’ve been living under a rock you might have missed that Local SEO is getting more and more important… We actually added it as a standalone category in the newsletter during the year. Social search is another area we added as it is heating up as well…

Anyhoo… here’s some interesting tidbits from the past 12

Ok, so are we enjoying the ride so far? We’re taking this week to wrap up all of the notable goodies from 2009. As you may know we publish a weekly (SEO Geeks) newsletter which has the top stories/posts each week. This series is simply some of what I felt were the more notable entries from ’09.

So far we’ve covered;

Top SEO posts from 2009
Google Search Patents 2009
Yahoo Search Patents
Microsoft Search Patents 2009

Today we’re looking at the top News items as well as Local/Social Search and tools items. Once more, there is no science here, I am simply putting forth those that were either informative, entertaining or otherwise notable from the past 12 months.

The News of SEO 2009

While there’s always a TON of news out there… I am going to limit it to those we felt worth talking about. Once more, they’re in no particular order, chronological if anything. Enjoy!

SEO Geeks Picks 09; Yahoo Search Patents

Last but not least… ok, well maybe so.. is Yahoo. Once upon a time they were #2 in the big swim but with the prospect of BingHoo, they’ve taken somewhat of a back seat in my patent watching. If you’re somewhat new to the world of SEO geekdom, it is worth noting that Yahoo has some of the foremost talent in the ‘query analysis’ world. I’d at least recommend digging into those.

Beyond that, Yahoo does put out more social media/networking related patents than G and MS combined. I haven’t included social patents that were non-search related here though. I will be posting a round up of social patents in the near future… so watch for that…

Yahoo Search Patents 2009

Ok, so are you getting into the swing of things here? In this, our third instalment of our ‘Top Picks 09’ we’re getting into more patents. Cause yea, I know ya’ll just LOVE this stuff right? Well, hey, the next time you’re researching a given aspect of search, these lists can be very useful reading… Just sayin’

The folks at MS are easily the most active when it comes to search patents… actually, they’re also far more active than Google and Yahoo when it comes to research papers as well. While it hasn’t translated into a better engine or greater market share, they have proven themselves to be capable search engineers.

Once more there are a lot of patents on behavioural data (implicit/explicit user feedback) which is followed by an interest in semantic and query analysis. It does seem search engines are seeking methods outside of the traditional link model… Kudos for that!

Microsoft Patents 2009