Yakiji (Yah-key-jee)

It’s only hours before the decade is over and 2009 was a great year for me. It was a year of outstanding innovation in the web and with that came great content as social media really took off. Sadly there wasn’t enough time in the day to read all the great content from blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc…and of course I have a life too. I really dove into Twitter this last year and it opened up my eyes to some great resources and articles. While I probably missed many great posts, I decided to list some of my favorite (must-read) blog posts from 2009. Enjoy.

• 50 Tools that can Improve Your Writing Skills (Dumb Little Man)
• HOW TO: Measure Social Media ROI (Mashable)
• Things to ask before you redo your website (Seth Godin)
• 10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines (Smashing Magazine)
• Six Social Media Trends for 2010 (Harvard Business Review)
• 73 Ways to Become a Better Writer (Copyblogger)
• The Three Spheres of Web Strategy (Jeremiah Owyang)
• The five pillars of success (Seth Godin)
• 10 Things to Consider when Writing for the Web (Carsonified)
• Social Media, Web 2.0 and Internet Stats (FutureBuzz)
• 10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites (Smashing Magazine)
• 8 Predictions for SEO in 2010 (SEOmoz)
• Top 5 Web Trends of 2009 (RWW)
• 5 Ways to Get Your Blog Indexed by Google in 24 hours (ProBlogger)
• Best and Worst Practices Social Media Marketing (Online Marketing Blog)
• Social Media Analytics: Twitter – Quantitative & Qualitative Metrics (Occam’s Razor)
• 11 Ways to Influence People Online and Make Them Take Action (Dosh Dosh)
• Write Better Blog Posts Today (Chris Brogan)
• Framing the Future of Analytics: Top Five Trends (Web Analytics World)

Did I miss anything? What were your favorite posts?