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The Link Wheel Exposed

Posted by Alex | March 10, 2010.

Link Wheels as SEO strategy certainly are not a new concept, yet there seems to be quite a bit of mystery about how they work and if they work.

Part of the mystery is created by software developers that have product on the line and want to push software that will create a Wheel in minutes. So, they are like the late night infomercial hawks who yell Blam! and then collect your cash.

I have no Link Wheel software to push, the fact is, I won't pony up to anything that auto generates content in the form of spun articles. I strongly believe in the practice of generating unique and honest content that is developed by thorough research.

Research breeds passion in my little Pollyanna world. ...CONTINUE READING =>


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The Bold and the Spammy ~ Watch Those Header and Bold Tags

Posted by Alex | March 8, 2010.

bad seo practicesUp until very recently, I used to jump on every piece of  SEO advice that came down the pike. Especially when it was delivered by people I trusted. What's worse, I used to preach these practices as solid, because so many people were doing it.

Then, as if mom had reached up from her grave and grabbed my collar, "Would you jump off a bridge if your friends told you to?"

In truth, what happened was I was getting tired of all the confusing expert opinion and decided to study the king itself, Google. More to the point, the Webmaster Blog and Matt Cutts (head of Google's anti-spam team). What I found, and continue to find, is that the best SEO practice is the one targeting the visitor first.

This is not saying that SEO is dead. Not by any means.

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I Want To Fail In My Blogging Efforts

Posted by Alex | February 28, 2010.

I welcome failure in any effort I make, even at the effort to make money blogging. That's right, I want to fail.

There was a small machine shop, where I was a foreman,  that was owned by a man who knew nothing about metal removal techniques and processes. He was a Bean Counter for Chist's sake.

That man's favorite past time was to stick his nose into the machining and say, "Turn those feeds and speeds dials up until the tool breaks. Then back it down until it doesn't break the tool."

What the hell did he know about machining? ...CONTINUE READING =>


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