TopRank Polls Archive

What are your 3 favorite books on SEO?

Art of SEO - Eric Enge, Stephan Spencer, Rand Fishkin, Jessie C. Stricchiola (27%, 48 Votes)
Search Engine Optimization: Your Visual Blueprint for Effective Internet Marketing - Kristopher B. Jones (27%, 47 Votes)
Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day - Jennifer Grappone & Gradiva Couzin (24%, 42 Votes)
Landing Page Optimization - Tim Ash (21%, 37 Votes)
Search Engine Marketing Inc, 2nd Edition - Mike Moran & Bill Hunt (14%, 24 Votes)
The Truth about Search Engine Optimization - Rebecca Lieb (11%, 20 Votes)
Inbound Marketing - Brian Halligan & Dharmesh Shah (10%, 17 Votes)
Search Engine Visibility, 2nd Edition - Shari Thurow (8%, 14 Votes)
The Findability Formula: Easy, Non-Technical Approach to SEM - Heather F. Lutze (7%, 12 Votes)
Website Optimization: Speed, Search Engine & Conversion Rate Secrets - Andrew King (6%, 10 Votes)
Building Findable Websites: Web Standards SEO and Beyond - Aarron Walter (6%, 10 Votes)
SEO Warrior - John I. Jerkovic (4%, 7 Votes)
SEO: Search Engine Optimization Bible - Jerri L. Ledford (3%, 5 Votes)
SEO Made Simple - Michael H. Fleischner (2%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 176

Start Date: December 14, 2009 @ 11:23 am
End Date: No Expiry

Which TopRank team member has the best costume.

Dana (39%, 28 Votes)
Amie & Audrey (24%, 17 Votes)
Thomas (11%, 8 Votes)
Mike (8%, 6 Votes)
Michelle (8%, 6 Votes)
Sue (7%, 5 Votes)
Julie (3%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 72

Start Date: October 30, 2009 @ 11:36 am
End Date: October 30, 2009 @ 4:00 pm

What is the best subscription based SEM community?

Total Voters: 220

Start Date: October 27, 2009 @ 11:18 am
End Date: No Expiry

What 3 things most influence you to follow someone on Twitter?

Their Tweets (81%, 225 Votes)
Bio (47%, 130 Votes)
Industry Reputation (31%, 87 Votes)
Connected Elsewhere Online or Offline (30%, 83 Votes)
Follower Count or Follower/Following Ratio (21%, 59 Votes)
Others that @reply the person (18%, 49 Votes)
Web site Link (18%, 49 Votes)
Photo or Avatar (11%, 31 Votes)
Location (10%, 27 Votes)
Other - please explain in comments (3%, 9 Votes)
Background Design (2%, 5 Votes)
Gender (1%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 278

Start Date: September 30, 2009 @ 8:53 am
End Date: No Expiry

What are your top 3 methods of staying current in Search Marketing?

SEM Blogs (See the BIGLIST) (63%, 169 Votes)
Testing tactics on your own web sites (34%, 90 Votes)
Forums (WebmasterWorld, Search Engine Watch, High Rankings)) (22%, 58 Votes)
Observations & analysis of implemented SEM programs (21%, 57 Votes)
Community subscription (SEOmoz, SEOBook, etc) (20%, 53 Votes)
White papers, research, special reports (17%, 46 Votes)
Online groups (Facebook, LinkedIn) (17%, 45 Votes)
Webinars (16%, 44 Votes)
Email newsletter(s) (16%, 43 Votes)
The big conferences (16%, 43 Votes)
Personal network (15%, 41 Votes)
SEM Consultant/Agency Advice (7%, 20 Votes)
Books on SEM (4%, 12 Votes)
Print magazines (SES, Search Marketing Standard, Website Magazine, etc) (4%, 12 Votes)
Offline networking groups or meetups (4%, 11 Votes)
Industry specific (vertical) publications (3%, 7 Votes)
Niche or regional workshops (2%, 5 Votes)