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What a Good Link Request E-Mail Looks Like

I got the e-mail I've copied below today. It's probably the best link request example I've ever gotten. Even after realizing that it was probably an auto-generated and mass-sent e-mail, I considered responding to let him know I appreciated the kind words. People are always asking how to phrase their link request letters, so here's a sample: ...

At a Hotel Bar in Boston

Rebecca Leaf Homepage - I'm teaching a cousin how search engines work while I'm in Boston. So here's her website, and shockingly, by next week, her site will be #1 for "Rebecca Leaf Homepage". Just watch......

The Changing Role of an SEO/SEM

A fantastic thread at Cre8asite focuses on the new role played by SEO/SEMs in website development and management. Although we have a very tight-knit and well organized online community (between all the popu...

Politics, SEO & the Forums

As most of you who see me in the forums know, I'm a Jon Stewart kinda guy. This can also lead people to make natural assumptions about my personal politics, which is certainly justifiable. Tod...

Link Vault - A Tool for Link Building

As 3-way, 4-way and more-way linking has grown popular, particularly with the advent and overwhelming popularity of Shawn's Digitalpoint Co-Op Advertising Tool, other systems have popped up to attempt to create ...

An Average Conversion Rate

While conducting some research, I came across a brilliant website on the specific subject of conversion rates. Conversion Chronicles details a remarkable amount and depth of information on the subject of e-commerce conversi...

Ethics & SEO

I'm an exceptionally open-minded person and I like to look at everything in my professional life from as wide a vantage point as I can obtain. Recently, there have been several threads, posts & topics on the subject of ethics in the field of Search Engine Optimization (...

Integration of Craigslist & Google Maps

Craigslist's directory of real estate for rent and sale has long been the very best the Internet has to offer for those searching for housing in metropolitan areas. Now, Paul Rademacher has combined Craigslist's RSS...

An Achievement Worthy of Celebration

Bill Slawski, bragadocchio on Cre8asite forums, celebrates his 10,00th post today. A milestone by any stretch of the imagination, Bill has contributed literally 10,000 useful, creative, thoughtfu...

Gerunding & the Progression of Language

Today's International Herald Tribune has an article on the bastardization of English words into strange pseudo-related meanings in other languages. The piece, Meanwhile: The world is Englishing, den...

Google Maps - Now with Satellite Images

Google's Maps - a very functional, often inaccurate mapping program is now using the satellite images from Keyhole, acquired last year by Google, to supplement their offerings. To the right, I've added a map of the Lake Uni...

Infamous Fantomaster Blogs on SEO

Among the field of ip delivery, spamming, cloaking and generally violating the search engines' TOS (terms of service), there is one name that stands out from the crowd - Fantomaster. His fame is nearly legendary in the circle of...