links for 2008-04-30

Make that four rather than two. Richard Underwood at the Telegraph and David Black for The Mirror have both left comments saying that their papers do have an XML sitemap tucked away somewhere away from the root of their domain...

"Gadgets and feeds are ranked in the directory according to popularity, so make sure to feature your gadget or feed prominently on your site". Gadget promotion tips direct from Google.

Tens of thousands of subscribers in the top slots - that is a lot of SEO interest out there

"Conducting a redirect audit is important for SEO. Oftentimes, you'll discover redirects occurring on your Web site that need to be fixed (for example, places where you could change a 302 temporary redirect to a 301 permanent redirect)".

Includes a couple of useful tools for doing a deeper analysis of what has been bookmarked from your site on del.icio.us, and how.

"Things now break on Twitter before they break on the blogs. If you have a brand, you need to be monitoring and/or engaging Twitter. You may be able to put out a public relations fire or better retain your most vocal customers" amongst some funny stuff.

"For one day only, Monday 5 May, music download service Cliq will let you download any music played on 5 selected radio stations over 24 hours for free (usual cost £1.25 per song)". Interesting promotional tactic but requires some jigging with your phone