Since 2006 I’ve written-up a review of the SEOptimise blog in terms of stats and analytics. As it’s an interesting time to look back on how the site has progressed, I’ve continued this by listing some similar stats for comparison during the last 12 months:

Top 10 SEOptimise posts of 2009

1. 10 LinkedIn Tips to Optimise your Profile
2. 30 Twitter Tools for Business
3. 7 Reasons Why You Need to Deal With Search Engine Marketing Change
4. 21 On-Site SEO Tips You Can Give to Your Online Copywriter
5. 30 Web Trends to Watch in 2010
6. 30+ Advanced SEO Tactics, Techniques and Resources (55+ Links)
7. 10 Tips to Boost your Flickr Profile
8. 10 Free Google SEO Tools Everybody Should Use
9. 30 Resources on Google, Search & SEO Changes in 2010
10. Social Media Marketing – PR vs SEO – Where Does it Fit?

Total number of SEOptimise blog posts
2006: 293
2007: 518
2008: 723
2009: 877

RSS subscribers
2006: 70
2007: 634
2008: 1,679
2009: 6,798

Technorati Rank
2006: 94,938 – 283 blog reactions
2007: 20,691 – 1,192 blog reactions (Authority 255)
2008: 18,853 – 601 blog reactions (Authority 197)
2009: N/A (trying to fix this!)

Alexa Rating
2006: 82,395
2007: 56,658
2008: 154,688
2009: 25,524

Yahoo Site Explorer external links
2006: 2,758 links
2007: 29,100
2008: 45,445
2009: 51,694

Google SEOptimise query
2006: 9,630
2007: 23,400
2008: 36,900
2009: 41,300

AdAge Power 150 List
2008: 221 Global / 22 UK 2009: 184 Global / 19 UK

Twitter Followers
2008: 959
2009: 10,103

Compete Stats
2008: 63,219
2009: 48,422

There’s a few interesting results in there, the RSS and Twitter count improvements are definitely good to see! More importantly we’ve had a very successful year from a business perspective, achieving amazing results for our clients and some excellent new business wins. Plus we’ve grown and developed our great team and can look forward to an exciting 2010 ahead!

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Kevin Gibbons is Founder/Director of Strategy at SEOptimise. Kevin is well known within the search industry as a blogger for sites such as Search Engine Land, Econsultancy and Search Engine Watch. Kevin is also a frequent SEO speaker at a number of conferences including Search Marketing Expo (SMX), Search Engine Strategies (SES), a4uexpo, SAScon and BrightonSEO.