Links from Thursday, December 17, 2009 to Wednesday, December 30, 2009

by Adam Kuban

  • 13 Tutorials to Help You Grow Your Blog Readership Next Year [Problogger]
    1. The Myth of Great Content Marketing Itself
    2. Nine Things to Do to Make Sure Your Next Blog Post is Read by More Than Your Mom
    3. Five Ways to Get Your Blog Indexed by Google in 24 Hours
    4. SEO Tips for Bloggers
    5. How Not to Promote Your Blog: Top 10 Broken Blog Promotion Strategies
  • The End of the 00s: The Hunt for lonelygirl15 [The Awl]
    "…At that pre-dawn meeting, followed by a round of interviews with dozens of reporters from around the world, it became very clear that what lay ahead of us all was one of the most confused, misguided—one might even say retarded—chapters of human history. The internet age had brought forth episodes of buffoonery the likes of which our forefathers could only have dreamed…."
  • Times-ers: "We’re Scared" [the nytpicker]
    "It's a far cry from the NYT culture that once gave new hires the confidence that they had been given a job for life. In decades past, a reporter past his prime might be sent to cover New Jersey, or assigned to real estate—and there they would linger until they were either old or bored enough to retire. Those days are over."