If last year was as busy for you as it was for us here at SearchEngineNews.com then it was a blur of Panda/Penguin updates, traffic ups and downs, Google Plus Local crashing onto the scene, a mass of link pruning and oh yeah all that other stuff that didn't revolve around your Internet Marketing!

Because of all the noise we live with daily, I know the importance of stepping back and quietly reviewing the year that has past. While I was doing that reflection (as the Chief Editor of SearchEngineNews.com) I went into our analytics and looked at the articles that our members - YOU - voted as most popular by reads and return visits. I've gone ahead and listed then below for your review. They are not numbered in any specific order because I felt that by being in the top 12 that was priority enough.

And before you get lost in the list below, I want to personally thank you for your continued loyalty over the years. The newly released site is a big milestone for us and is proof to you that there is so much more to come.

• Entrepreneurial Thoughts on the so-called Financial Meltdown
• Six Steps to Quickly and Expertly Optimize Your Site's Images
• A Pro's Cheat Sheet to Navigating the *Biggest* Problems within Google Places
• Is your Anchor Text Profile Setting you up for Failure?
• 8 Traffic Boosting Tips that Take 15 min or Less
• 7 Kick-Ass Wordpress Plug-ins Tricks, & Tips to Combat Spam!
• 7 apps your Facebook business page NEEDS to have in 2012
• 7 Link Building Best Practices in a Post-Penguin World
• 10 Strategies the Pros Use to Grow their Site's Authoritative Links for Free
• Your 6-Step Link Building Task Planner for 2012
• The Top Social Media Tools You Can’t Afford to be Without!
• How To Create A Successful Blogger Outreach Program—And Why It Matters