Back in the day you could buy your way to the top of Google by purchasing text links on various high-ranking websites. Then came paying bloggers to write about your company or product with a few in-content text links to boost your rankings. About 1 1/2 ago Google came with the smack-down and punishe...

Text link advertising is a form of promotion which for a price provides a highlighted hyperlink from the purchased key word to your website. What seems like a positive however, has a huge downside that could lead to the impression that your company is a purveyor of false and misleading advertising. ...

As you might know (or not know) some of the private label content clubs provide "announce blog networks" that allow you to post some content including your links to your sites for a relative low fee (or included)... and there your links are - among the neighbourhood of the other 500 member...

This blog will be turning 3 in April. In biological years, or human years, it's a toddler, but in terms of blog years, it's almost a geriatric. 937 posts is a huge collection, one that adds many thoughts. I'm not going to do a 'blogversary' type post, as I don't think it a huge milestone to write bl...

The practice of accepting money for links is longstanding and has always been controversial. Services exist to broker and facilitate paid links between buyers and sellers, taking their cut off the top. The most famous of these is Text Link Ads. Some new ones have appeared, recently, but I’ll g...

People spend too much damn time trying to tweak, manipulate and trick search engine systems when it is clearly not needed. These same people also spend too much time spreading their propaganda throughout the Internet, which then leads other bloggers into doing the same stupid and shady things on the...

Good design draws a reader in instead of repelling them. Good design makes your web site appear more credible. Design is secondary to content, but it’s an important cornerstone of your web site’s foundation. Since design is subjective, mastering the design that works for your web site is...

Readers, if you or anyone you know is interested in working in downtown NYC with the TLA team please let me know!  (see map and picture of office)  We are currently looking to hire two web developers and also a publisher specialist.  We are looking for on site full time workers only, ...