Monthly Archives: June 2008

‘Commenting’ as a Marketing Tool – my #1 ‘No-Brainer’ Tip

June 30, 2008 – 9:20 am

‘Commenting’ on blogs and forums can be a free, easy, and effective way to gain relevant, targeted ‘traffic links’ and traffic to a website.
We’ve all seen blog and forum comments that were obviously done to promote a website, a product, another blog, etc.  When done thoughtfully, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.
But in [...]

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Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz Takes Blow to Head!

June 20, 2008 – 1:36 pm

Ok, ok, so it was self-inflicted – a headsmack IS still a ‘blow to the head’.
I read Rand Fishkins “Headsmacking Tip #1: Link Requests in Order Confirmation Emails” at SEOmoz.org, and I can’t say that I blame him – all this ‘link‘ stuff can induce headbashing. ;P
It’s a great tip! I too [...]

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A ‘WhiteHat’ Formula for Purchasing Links

June 7, 2008 – 1:06 pm

I’ve been up to my eyeballs in articles and blog posts about Purchasing Links and Google PageRank, and I’m getting a headache. It seems there is much debate over whether Purchasing Links is a Good Thing, or a Bad Thing – but – doesn’t the real issue lie in the ‘PURPOSE’ of a Paid [...]

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