Added October 07; I have created a more detailed post - Link Building Ideas for 2008

 Well.. I have been posting these resources all over the place lately - everytime some one asks me about Link Building. So I figured I would save myself some finger work and post them here for posterity -

101 Ways to Build Link Popularity in 2006;
http://www.seobook.com/archives/001792.shtml

Where to start a Link building Campaign; 
http://www.linkbuildingblog.com/2006/08/order_matters_s.html

Advanced Link Building; 
http://www.seomoz.org/articles/advanced-link-building.php

Link building tactics and relevance;
http://www.seomoz.org/articles/advanced-link-building.php

Link Development vs. Traffic Development and Staying with the Times
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum12/3047.htm

The Right honorable Matt Cutts on Link baiting;
http://mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-linkbait-and-linkbaiting/

Unconventional Link building techniques 
http://www.seobook.com/archives/000895.shtml

Andy Hagans Ultimate Guide to Link Baiting and Social Media Marketing; http://tropicalseo.com/2007/andy-hagans-ultimate-guide-to-link-baiting-and-social-media-marketing/

..and of course let's add my own ramblings on Link Profiles and Link Building Strategy
 

Added October 07; I have created a more detailed post - Link Building Ideas for 2008

Wow… here’s a fun one. Depending on whom you believe the SEO industry is having a bad year… or maybe not. Taken from references in the Marketing Sherpa ‘Search Marketing 2007 Benchmark Guide’, a couple of different take’s on the situation

First the ‘anti-SEO’ view ; http://www.dmnews.com/cms/dm-news/search-marketing/38695.preview

…and then the ‘anti-anti-seo’ view;  http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=50940

I for one have one simple word – Spammers – As long as spammers keep getting more sophisticated so will the SEs. It’s a war of attrition. The more sophisticated the SEs become, the more complex the task of ensuring one’s SEO endeavors are ‘up to speed’ with the latest changes and nuances.

Anyway, I felt that was an interesting little journey, let me know what you think.

Well the ever popular family fun game Google Bowling’ was back in the news it seems. What is Google bowling? If you don’t know, then apparently you’re not ‘very smart’,  at least according to one - Chris Bowers -

“I think Internet users are very smart and most are aware of what a Google bomb is,” he said, “and they will be aware that results can be massaged a bit’

While it is an interesting, if not passé pursuit, GB dark side wanna-bees are always fun to read. Here are some goodies...

Why buying links can be such a waste….

Ok, so here I am.. 11pm and going strong (yawn). Once I get to a certain point of each day, actual productive work, goes out the window. I simply no longer function well enough to make a difference. So I do more mundane stuff and wander the web.

I have been looking/working on Link Profiles a lot lately and as such, as any SEO maniac knows, racked my brain for ways to improve. I figured I hadn’t lurked in any of the Link Brokerages lately… so why not. Why not indeed.