## email lists

[Guy LeCharles Gonzalez: "A cautionary tale about buildi…" - NAS](https://noauthority.social/@glecharles@zirk.us/112450709811111783)
[The Double-Edged Sword of List Building Promotions | Jane Friedman](https://janefriedman.com/the-double-edged-sword-of-list-building-promotions/)

## going viral

[My Youtube earnings | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34225192)
[My Youtube earnings | Brick Experiment Channel](https://brickexperimentchannel.wordpress.com/2022/11/19/my-youtube-earnings/)

[How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1k users | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23290154)
[How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 users](https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-the-biggest-consumer-apps-got)

## making a demo

[An Unbelievable Demo | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27390512)
[An Unbelievable Demo](https://brendangregg.com/blog/2021-06-04/an-unbelievable-demo.html)

## marketing is scary

[Marketing is scary for a solo developer | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29538355)
DEAD LINK

## marketing to tech people

[Nerds don't respond to marketing; try technical documentation instead | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28182181)
[Nerds Don't Respond To Marketing; Try Technical Documentation Instead | HackerNoon](https://hackernoon.com/nerds-dont-respond-to-marketing-try-technical-documentation-instead)

[Misbrands | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29672388)
[mkrl/misbrands: The world's most hated IT stickers](https://github.com/mkrl/misbrands)

## SEO

[Content Marketing Hub](https://backlinko.com/hub/content)
[The Complete SEO Checklist For 2024](https://backlinko.com/seo-checklist)
[backlinko.com/content-study](https://backlinko.com/content-study)
[SEO Trends in 2024 and How to Adapt](https://backlinko.com/seo-this-year)
(mandatory)

[Ahrefs Blog | Get Better at SEO & Marketing](https://ahrefs.com/blog/)
(great SEO insight)

[Detailed](https://detailed.com/)
Get the SEO secrets our industry-leading clients pay us to find. SEOs at companies like Amazon, IBM and Cisco get our findings before we share them in public.

[Search Engine Forums SEO Tools, Communities, Blogs, Podcasts and Conferences](https://www.searchengineforums.com/)

[Home | BlackHatWorld](https://www.blackhatworld.com/)

[Almost all searches on my independent search engine are now from SEO spam bots | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31395231)
[Almost all searches on my independent search engine are now from SEO spam bots](https://blog.searchmysite.net/posts/almost-all-searches-on-my-independent-search-engine-are-now-from-seo-spam-bots/)

## certifications

[Technical SEO Certification | Blue Array Academy](https://www.bluearrayacademy.com/courses/technical-seo-certification)

## content marketing

[Blogging for business](https://ahrefs.com/academy/blogging-for-business/lesson-1-1)
[Ahrefs Academy: Blogging for business](https://ahrefs.com/academy/blogging-for-business)
(a free - for now - $800 value course from Ahrefs)
(mandatory)

[Content Marketing](https://ahrefs.com/blog/content-marketing/)
a comprehensive guide from Ahrefs

[Content strategy for startups](https://www.robbierichards.com/seo/seo-for-startups/)

## email marketing

[GitHub - cemhurturk/the-best-email-marketing-services-and-tools-for-marketers: The best email marketing services and tools help marketers save time and improve their results.](https://github.com/cemhurturk/the-best-email-marketing-services-and-tools-for-marketers)

## keyword optimization

[Google E-A-T SEO: How to Create Content Google Wants - Moz](https://moz.com/blog/google-e-a-t)

## lsi keywords

[VieoDesign What are LSI keywords](https://www.vieodesign.com/blog/what-are-lsi-keywords-and-do-they-matter)

## product marketing

[Product Marketing for Engineers | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23289185)
[goabstract/Marketing-for-Engineers[ARCHIVED]: A curated collection of marketing articles & tools to grow your product.](https://github.com/goabstract/Marketing-for-Engineers)

## selling to developers

[How to advertise to developers: deep dive into paid developer marketing | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32191615)
[How to advertise to developers: deep dive into paid developer marketing](https://www.developermarkepear.com/blog/developer-advertising)

## semantic search

[Why Semantic Search is important](https://ahrefs.com/blog/semantic-search/)
from Ahrefs (NEW)

## SEO

[SEO for Startups: 8 Steps to Grow on a Budget](https://ahrefs.com/blog/seo-for-startups/)

[How to Learn SEO (Complete Roadmap)](https://ahrefs.com/blog/learn-seo/)

[SEO: The Complete Guide for Beginners](https://ahrefs.com/seo)
(mandatory)

[Complete SEO Training Course: Learn SEO Free](https://ahrefs.com/academy/seo-training-course)

[PPC University | WordStream Learn PPC | Wordstream](https://www.wordstream.com/learn)
[SEO Basics: A Beginner's Guide to SEO | WordStream](https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2015/04/30/seo-basics)
[The Ultimate Brand Messaging Guide (+Free Framework Template!)](https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2023/10/27/brand-messaging)

[Learn SEO with a Free Roadmap of Reliable Guides & Tools](https://learningseo.io/)

[fili: SEO expert, ex-Google engineer & speaker](https://fili.com/#learn-seo)

[GitHub - thospfuller/awesome-search-engine-optimization: A curated list of backlink, social signal opportunities, link building strategies and tactics, along with educational opportunities to help improve search engine results and ranking.](https://github.com/thospfuller/awesome-search-engine-optimization)

[GitHub - flowforfrank/seo-checklist: A comprehensive list of SEO requirements to rank your page higher](https://github.com/flowforfrank/seo-checklist)

[GitHub - eliquid/awesome-local-seo: A curated list of amazingly awesome local seo resources.](https://github.com/eliquid/awesome-local-seo)

[GitHub - madawei2699/awesome-seo: Google SEO Research and Web Traffic Monetization](https://github.com/madawei2699/awesome-seo)

[Google Arts & Culture](https://artsandculture.google.com/)

[Google Search Essentials (formerly Webmaster Guidelines) | Google Search Central  |  Documentation  |  Google for Developers](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/essentials)

[GitHub - marcobiedermann/search-engine-optimization: A helpful checklist/collection of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tips and techniques.](https://github.com/marcobiedermann/search-engine-optimization)

[SearchEngineJournal Best SEO Resources](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-101/best-seo-resources/)
[SearchEngineJournal Become an SEO Expert](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-become-seo-expert/234841/)
[How Bing Ranks Search Results: Core Algorithm & Blue Links](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-bing-ranks-search-results/357804)
[How Google Search Ranking Works - Darwinism in Search](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-google-search-ranking-works/307591)

[Yahoo Developer Network](https://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html)
Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site

[Ian Lurie](https://www.portent.com/blog/user-experience/code-coverage-page-speed.htm)
(2017) Code Coverage Analysis for Better Page Speed

[Addy Osmani](https://speakerdeck.com/addyosmani/the-browser-hackers-guide-to-instant-loading)
(2017) The Browser Hacker's Guide To Instant Loading

[SEO'Brien](https://seobrien.com/writing-search-optimized-blog-posts)
(2011) Writing Search Optimized Blog Posts

[How to check Google search results for different locations - Search Engine Watch](https://www.searchenginewatch.com/2019/08/29/check-google-search-results-for-locations/)

[CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37068464)
[CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23826342/cnet-content-pruning-deleting-articles-google-seo)

## website marketing

[SaaS Website Best Practices You Need to Close Sales [Data]](https://www.mikesonders.com/saas-website-best-practices)

[Inside a viral website | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26645813)
[Inside a viral website - by Tom - Not Fun at Parties](https://notfunatparties.substack.com/p/inside-a-viral-website)

## semantic layer

[Semantic layer - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_layer)
- technically, the entire domain of marketing analytics is just a big subdomain of [databases]