Here is the latest set of social media and social networking articles to help us all. Apologies for the delay in posting your little buzz networker has had a few days in the sun :)

Tim presents 20 Steps To Sniff Out An SEO Scammer posted at Search Engine Optimisation.

Eric Gargiulo presents Who Needs Search Engine Optimization – SEO? posted at CamelClutchBlog.com, saying, “Who needs SEO again? Oh yeah, you do, and anyone else who wants to make their website appear on the top pages of the search engines, and increase their traffic, and wants to make more sales etc. etc.”

Andre …read more

Each Friday Buzz Networker brings together articles to help you understand the web, and get the most out of the web.

Ace presents Easy Search Engine Optimization or Easy (SEO) posted at Internet Marketing Ace.
Anna presents Creating an Innocent Brand posted at The Engaging Brand

deborah davis presents The Challenge of Keeping Your Store Hand-Held Products Secure posted at Anti theft security systems.

Mariano DiFabio presents Support Problem? Twitter to the Rescue posted at The Web and You, saying, “I had a recent experience where using Twitter actually resulted in excellent customer support and getting the answers I needed…all quite by accident. …read more

Social networking is about sharing and providing value to each other. So each week I publish blog articles that readers send in to help us on the web. Here are this weeks

Ace presents Internet Marketing for Beginners: Google Adsense and Adwords posted at Internet Marketing Ace.
Anna presents Social Media Questions for Small Business posted at The Engaging Brand

Ace presents Internet Marketing For Beginners: Offering Expert Advice Online posted at Internet Marketing Ace.

Ace presents Internet Marketing For Beginners: Offering Expert Advice Online Part II posted at Internet Marketing Ace.

Sarah Scrafford presents 100 Professors You Should Follow and Learn from on Twitter …read more

Search engines are in many ways the spine of all web activity. E Consultancy has published their latest report “covering Search Engine Optimisation, Paid Search and Social Media Marketing, is based on an online survey of nearly 900 respondents in February and March 2009″
The key findings that struck me were

“In the social media arena, Facebook continues to dominate, with 65% of companies currently using the social networking site as part of their marketing strategy. Twitter in particular has shown phenomenal growth since last year. Last year only 3% of responding organisations said that they were using Twitter in their marketing …read more

The UK Search Engine Marketing Benchmark Report 2009 is now available with some interesting facts

Search engine optimisation is the area where companies are most likely to be investing more money, with 55% of respondents expecting an increase in their budget.
According to agency respondents, social media marketing is the channel where clients are most likely to be boosting their investment over the course of the next year.
Google remains king, with 85% of responding companies utilising the search engine for paid search.
In the social media arena, Facebook continues to dominate, with 65% of companies currently using the social networking site as …read more