http://wiep.net 100% Sugar Free Fri, 16 May 2008 11:36:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In stead of listing the most interesting topics of the past week, this is the first time that I'll post the most interesting image of last week. Masterbaiter Lyndon Antcliff caused quite a lot of stir when he published that the news item about a boy ordering hookers with a stolen ... http://wiep.net/talk/link-building-week/link-building-this-week-202008/ I knew that Google stopped allowing ads for search phrases like 'buy links' and 'text link ads' a while ago, but apparently, Google stopped accepting ads for 'link building' as well. After doing some research, I noticed that a member at WMW noticed this too, around a month ago. According to ... http://wiep.net/talk/link-building/google-doesnt-allow-link-building-ads/ Planning is a skill that every marketer should have, but only a few are actually good at this. I certainly am not, but Debra Mastaler apparently sure is. How on earth can you work on a new design, write three excellent posts (Is traffic the new Pagerank? No!, It's hip ... http://wiep.net/talk/link-building-week/link-building-this-week-192008/ This is the second part of a three posts counting guide to building link targeted content. Part one was titled Researching for Inspiration & Brainstorming for Ideas. The first part of this series was a selection of tips on how to use your surroundings to come up with interesting ideas that ... http://wiep.net/talk/link-building/building-link-targeted-content-that-works-step-2-of-3-creating-content-preparation/ I'm pretty sure that I've never seen 'David Hasselhoff' and 'how to get more links' in the same blog post, but Debra managed to do this. While that (and the examples she lists) may may sound funny, Debra's main point --"the hardest part of my job is telling someone you ... http://wiep.net/talk/link-building-week/link-building-this-week-182008/ Brian Turner published a few great posts during the past few weeks at InternetBusiness.co.uk, including one titled 'Google was a links-driven search engine'. This post not only shows a bit of Google's history (and how links were -and still are- Google's Achilles heel), but also shows Brian's view on the ... http://wiep.net/talk/link-building-week/link-building-this-week-172008/ I've seen several SEO job interview related posts pass by, but I haven't seen a link building related one yet. If you're looking for a somewhat experienced link builder (I'm not talking about hiring a newbie that you'll be training intensively here), there are a few questions I'd suggest asking ... http://wiep.net/talk/link-building/link-building-job-interview-heres-5-questions-to-ask/ The discussion about relevant and/ or irrelevant linkbaiting got fired up again last week thanks to Matt Inman's post at SEOmoz about his JustSayHi widgetbaits. Google's current stance in this situation (In Matthew's words "adding a keyword-rich link from a widget to our own site was an ultra-mega-Google-NO-NO") is just ... http://wiep.net/talk/link-building-week/link-building-this-week-162008/ Apparently, the beta version of Internet Explorer 8 has difficulties counting. Every page on social media website Sphinn has a numbered list of the ten most Sphunn upcoming news items. This feature of the internet marketing news portal looks perfectly normal if you use Firefox (or any other version of IE), ... http://wiep.net/talk/other/counting-isnt-as-easy-as-1-2-3-for-ie8/ There's no doubt that creating a valuable piece of content is a great way -and maybe even the best way- to attract links. However, when I mention link baiting (or link targeted content), I often get reactions like 'it sounds nice, but link baiting probably isn't the way to go ... http://wiep.net/talk/link-building/building-link-targeted-content-that-works-step-1-of-3-researching-for-inspiration-brainstorming-for-ideas/