Here's a great article on landing page optimization:

http://www.conversion-rate-experts.com/seomoz-case-study/

Here's a link to a very interesting analysis of the Facebook game FarmVille, which now has more users than Twitter. It discusses the aspects of the game that make it so addictive. I can see how some of these concepts could be applied to other areas:

http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkNewheiser/200912043733/Farmville_Social_Gaming_and_Addiction.php

#important If you know anyone who authors a blog and/or does any kind of affiliate marketing, new FTC rules went into effect today that govern "misleading practices in online endorsements". See http://www.digicontracts.com/articles/website/cliffnotesbloggers.aspx. Fines go up to $11,000.  

(Chip is our attorney and we do some affiliate marketing for one of his services, but not this one.)

If you want to get more traffic from google make sure to check out Google's Webmaster Tools.

There are a number of tools including an analysis of how your site ranks under various search terms.

I've submitted this blog to the Technorati blog index:

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