Some of the links they've posted are a little out of date, but still loads of juicy tips there for the layperson to get their teeth into...

Agreed. This is a terrific collection of resources and links. Going to move it to the home page for more exposure.

While this is an excellent list it's not really a guide. A guide implies guiding someone through a process not sending you to numerous places to look for yourself.

If I read a guide to the best places to visit in Hawaii, it probably doesn't tell me the process of how to book flights, hotels, a rental car, and provide directions from each point to the next one. It probably just lists for me what the most interesting/popular/recommended spots are. A guide can come in different forms.

The bigger question ... does it really matter, Tad?

Hey Matt, I didn't mean to be overtly nitpicky in this case. Aside from the fact that in SEO a guide means something else than in tourism, just consider the three guides that show up in Google for [guide SEO] my comment has another reason: I've been critized and even downvoted in the past here on Sphinn for my big lists. After Sphinn introduced the new editorial system my hitherto very popular lists have effectively disappeared from the frontpage.

So should I rename my lists to guides and moderators will push them to the fp from now on?