Happy New Year 2010 Here I Come
I’d just like to take a second to say a Happy New year to everyone who’s supported me over the past 12 months and to tell 2010 to watch out because I have big plans for next year :) 2009 was a year of excess for me with my new years resolution to be ‘to [...]
Reciprocal Directory Owners and Unfair Link Exchanges
I’ve been getting back to my roots lately with some directory submission and have noticed how unfair many websites submission criteria are. Several directories require a reciprocal link in order to be listed (not that I’d condone exchanging links with a directory) whats worse is that in exchange for a link burried deep on a [...]
I’m in a Top 50 SEO Posts 2009
Some dude named Evan Carmichael has featured my post on squeezing more than 1000 back links out of Yahoo Site Explorer as one of his top 50 SEO posts of 2009. /evancarmichael.com/Tools/Top-50-SEO-Posts-Of-The-Year-2009.htm Thanks Evan – It’s nice to get some fame and glory at last lol.
Link Building Tip – People Who Pinch Your Images
As part of my general link building activities I’ve been cataloging sites that have stolen our photography for their own use. More often than not these are blog owners or worse magazine writers who need something quick to drop into a post to support the content. As ive developed a sizeable list ive decided to [...]
Why I Don’t Get Google Personalised Search
I understand the need to show people relevant results. I understand the need for this to reflect relevant new materials, but I just dont get Google Perosnalised search and its for one reason only. Bookmarks. If I like a site I Bookmark it, If I want to shop at Amazon, I go to amazon.co.uk or [...]
Rage Against the Machine Vs Xfactors Joe McElderry for Christmas Number 1
Well, I have to say that the Xfactor final was a foregone conclusion and I for one think that Olly Murs had a close escape from the curse that is Xfactor rubbish singles/albums, you know that Joe McElderry is going to tank after the first album… but good luck to the guy. If like me [...]
Combat Paid Links the Easy Way
Further to my post about being careful when thanking bloggers about giving you an unsolicited link from their blogs I’ve thought of rather a devious little technique that you can use to help nullify any paid links your competitors are using to rank. Simply comment on any paid links using the target href as your [...]