As always, here are our Chicago SEO company’s favorite links this week:

Chris Brogan has fifty ideas on using Twitter for Business (and why don’t you follow SEOGroup here!). There are some more excellent tips in the comments as well.

This week our SEO company is taking a break from examining search engine optimization through the eyes of notable individuals and comparing SEO, online marketing, soccer, and football (hat tip to Jeff Jarvis for the inspiration).

SEM is futbol.

SEO is football.

Allow us to explain.

Our SEO company has learned that there is only element that is absolutely critical for a successful search engine optimization or online marketing campaign - and it is probably one of the aspects that many SEO consultants and their clients are most likely to overlook.

It has got to be pretty good to be Michael Phelps right about now - all those Olympic medals, worldwide game, being at the pinnacle of success in his chosen sport.  Therefore, he is our SEO company’s choice for this week’s “what would ____ do if they were an SEO?” post. 

As always, here are our SEO company’s favorite search engine optimization and internet marketing related links of the week.

Wondering about whether or not having a presence on Twitter would be good for your brand?  SugarRae has performed “an actual non-big-brand” Twitter case study.  The Wall Street Journal also featured an article about Twitter this week.

Since the Bears had their first pre-season game last night, today’s “what would ____ do if they were an SEO?” (our SEO company’s regular Friday feature) post is focused on da coach himself, Chicago icon and football legend Mike Ditka.

As always, here are our SEO company’s favorite blog posts and articles this week.

Search Engine Land has an article by Aaron Wall (of SEO Book) that covers how to get brand-new sites to rank quickly.

It is Friday, so once again the SEOGroup blog is featuring a “what would _____do if they were an SEO?” post, and this time the focus is on Kanye West. Like our SEO company, he is a native Chicagoan and since he is performing this weekend at Lollapalooza, we decided to ask ourselves “what would Kanye West if he was an SEO?” this week.

Our SEO company has a variety of clients, and their understanding of SEO and internet marketing ranges from pretty impressive (especially for a non-SEO professional) to well, not so impressive (hey, that is what they pay us for).  Therefore, we’ve compiled a list of the common questions clients ask about the search engine optimization process, along with some relatively-jargon free answers.

Here our SEO company’s favorite articles and blog posts this week:

Search Engine Guide has begun a series of posts that cover the seven building blocks of a destination website, and they are chock-full of solid advice and tips, especially their first point about great content and expert information.