I’m off to London for a much belated honeymoon, so hope everyone has a wonderful remainder of 2006 and here’s to a happy, healthy, and successful 2007!

Here’s a video to another highlight of 2006: Guy Goma, a “cabbie,” was mistaken for Guy Kewney, an expert on IT, in May and was interviewed about a legal battle pertaining to Apple Computer Corp. on BBC Live.

The background story is discussed better than I could summarize on Wikipedia, newspapers, and numerous blogs. This was the “real” Guy’s reaction.

The story even was redone for a nice dramatic effect.

Given that I’ve only recently become involved in Internet Marketing, it still is something that I am learning more and more about, and there are a lot of blog posts and books that have helped me along the way. In light of my anti-Digg post, I wanted to take this moment to appreciate the best [blog] posts in the Internet Marketing world of the year — those that have significantly increased my awareness of this exciting field. That said, these are mostly how-to and tips/secrets posts, where some come from a beginner’s level and others are more advanced. I’ve done a lot of digging (this was mostly by hand rather than from existing bookmarks!) and am hoping I have included a huge chunk of them, though I realize that this has been a tremendous undertaking and there are simply too many blog posts out there (thanks, guys!). Since I started reading SEO blogs mid-year (and I can’t possibly read all of them on a regular basis), I know I’m missing more! If anyone has any essential posts to add, please feel free to leave them in the comments.

Without further ado, here are some of my favorite posts of 2006.

The SEO community is becoming increasingly frustrated with Digg, and it’s no wonder why. I have the domain www.diggworthy.com under my ownership. I understand that Kevin has asked us nicely to not use the Digg name, and I’ve respected his wishes thus far, but I’m curious to know if it takes a “clone” site (that is not affiliated with the Digg at all) to get the true quality content where it belongs.

Why am I sharing this information with you? I’m as frustrated as Kim and I want something done about the quality of Digg’s service.

Despite my dissatisfaction with Digg, I’ve been using it more often recently. As much as I don’t want to, it seems to be the leading social news site. However, I think that needs to change. I’ve been observing the Digg user base from a comments, blog submissions, and burial perspective and have my own opinion on Digg users. Here’s how I’ve categorized them:

• Diggoodytwoshoes: The Digg patriots, the brown nosers, the kiss-ups, the sycophants. You get the idea. This group consists of anyone who disagrees with any anti-Digg content despite the truth in whatever anti-Digg statements are made. These individuals may also be working for the company and want only for their company to be viewed in a positive light. Anything negative would hurt their self-pride, and therefore, they are quick to bury or remove such posts.

It seems so routine (and often a burden) that it is often easily forgotten. But the end result evokes emotions that are priceless.

I signed up for a popular service several months ago and didn’t expect to hear from the company after I had signed up. Within two months, however, someone in customer relations touched base with me simply to see how I’m enjoying the service. I didn’t think much of it but followed up with them and thanked them for their concern.

Months later, this same service provider sent me a handwritten holiday card. Considering their popularity and knowing that they have a lot of customers to attend to, this had a considerable impact on me. It goes above and beyond what is necessary or expected. It shows that it’s not about meeting the minimum requirements. They care about their customers.

I’ve been extremely satisfied with this company and they didn’t have to prove it to me by sending me a card. Their services were always highly recommended.

But going that extra step makes me, the recipient, understand how much more important it is when you are told you’re appreciated. It reinforces my faith in them and leaves long lasting effects.

I remember back in the 90s when using Windows 3.1 and “multimedia” meant sound and graphics. Now, with substantial upgrades, that definition has changed. Just about everything today that categorizes a “multimedia experience” is video and audio — but not those 200kb WAVs you used to play (and complained that they were taking up too much space on your 1GB hard drive). Our online world has changed in the last decade to something much greater: online television and radio — and then some.

I am the kind of girl who likes novelty: AOL was a favorite of mine when Tom Clancy chatted in the Lobby among normal people (the service cost $5.95/hour back then). I had my father buy a 2GB hard drive for nearly $400 back in the day to store more .wav files. I caught onto MP3s before the Napster era. I enjoyed online video — about two years ago.

Suffice to say, except for MP3s on an occasional basis, I’m really not using the computer anymore for these intensive multimedia experiences. When I was into video, I’d only watch a small percentage on-demand; the others, I’d save on my computer with the intention to “watch later.” Later still hasn’t come.