Lately I've been full of excuses as to why I haven't been posting as frequently. Well, today I have a cool one, and it's that later on I'll be heading over to DemoCamp Montreal to rub elbows with the geekly famous. Since I'll be stepping out of the office a bit earlier, I have other things to get out of the way between then and now other than blogging, so a linkup might be all that you get today. I hope you enjoy these reads as much as I have.

In any case, I've tried to make it as interesting as possible. I've found you some info on meta tags in SEO, a few tips on how to be as popular as an A-list blogger, something on using images for SEO, something else on how Google's algorithm is changing, and a think piece on how you should approach marketing from the user's stand point.

Top Rank Blog
Meta Tag Optimization: Baloney or Good SEO? -- In the wake of personalized search, universal search, and social media, SEO doesn't get the same attention that it used to. Well, in this post, Lee Odden revisits one of the SEO textbook basics, reminding webmasters that they shouldn't ever hedge their bets when it comes to search ranking.

Pronet Advertising
Pronet Advertising's 4 Steps to Success -- Ever wonder why two blogs with similar topics have such different search ranks and audience sizes? There are reasons, of course, and Muhammad is sharing four of the secrets that have made Pronet Advertising the success that it is today.

Natural Search Blog
Image Sharing Sites & Search Engine Optimization -- Universal search is going to mean a lot of things. For one, it means that you have to employ multimedia for the sake of your reputation management. Well, images are not just one of the available forms of media out there, they are the most common. Well, Chris of Natural Search has an overview of all the different resources out ther on how you can use image sharing sites to help manage your profile in the SERPs.

Search Light Blog (on CNET)
Underscores are now word separators, proclaims Google -- Having recently started to blog for CNET, Stephan Spencer is watching SEO for them. In this post, he scoops how Matt Cutts recently explained that Google will finally start recognizing underscores as word separators. There are couple of other interesting SEO tidbits related to URL structure, so you might want to check this one out.

Dawud Miracle
Do You Make This Marketing (and Blogging) Mistake? -- In the wake of e-Consultancy releasing a list of the world's top 10 user experience professionals, it seems that everyone should be taking time to pu themselves in the user's (not developer's) shoes. Well, Dawud is helping just about everyone do that for the context of marketing in general. If the first three sentences don't sell you on this piece, you have no business in online marketing.