Internet Marketing Watch 18 August 2008

Today’s round up includes why you should give up on your SEO efforts to rank higher in Google, how you can encourage people to link to your best posts and improve your chances of a successful link baiting campaign.

Jim Kukral claims Google hates search engine optimisation attempts and that it’s time to face the music and give up. [Jim Kukral]

Evan Gerber lists the strategic mistakes brands must avoid if they are to achieve social networking success. [iMedia Connection]

Jonathan Morrow offers some advice to the problem of nobody linking to your best blog posts. [Conversation Marketing]

Kelvin Newman advises readers on how to imprpve their chances of a successful link baiting campaign. [Site Visibility]

Ali Hale provides 10 steps to creating the perfect “list post” for your blog. [ProBlogger]

Antony Mayfield discusses how to deal with the dreaded “blog clog”. [Open]

Trevor Mauch shows you how to find out the RSS readership of any blog or website. [John Chow]

Tamara Gielen provides seven ways to leverage email as a real-time marketing tool. [B2B Email Marketing]

Simon Abramovich is not at all impressed with Propeller’s new design. [NVI Solutions]

Shawn Collins reveals the results of a Ticketmaster affiliate programme case study. [Affiliate Tip]