Happy belated birthday, America! We hope everyone had a wonderful and safe 4th of July. We’ve rounded up our favorite SEO and social media optimization (SMO) articles of the week, complete with a brand new Pinterest infograph.

Pinterest Infographic from ZOG Digital- Top 10 Pinterest best practices.

Via Digital Visibility – ZOG Digital’s CommPRO.biz channel
“YouTube Optimization Series: Part 1- Content Gap Analysis”
“YouTube Optimization Series: Part 2 – Asset Development and Popularity Optimization”
“YouTube Optimization Series: Part 3 – Technical Optimization”

Via Mashable:
“Facebook Users Hijack Walmart Campaign to Exile Pitbull to Remote Island” – The Alaskan air might do Pitbull some good.
“Here’s What Facebook’s Want Button Will Probably Look Like”

Via TechCrunch:
“There Goes the Weekend! Pinterest, Instagram and Netflix Down Due to AWS Outage” – The world literally ended for a few hours.

Via Search Engine Land:
“Are You A Strategic SEO Thinker?”

Honorable Mention: “NERDIST DOES STAR WARS” – For all you Star Wars lovers out there, Course of the Force kicks off July 7 and ends July 12 at San Diego Comic Con!