Not long after my SEO Link Monster case study, there were rumors that Build my Rank had a mass deindexing of sites in its network. High PR Society also closed its doors to new members.

Did Google finally come up with an algorithm to detect and deindex our favorite blog networks?

That’s the question I wanted to answer, so I spent this past weekend looking at my data to see if I could reach a read more...

A random approach to link building - always look on the dark side! - who would have thought you could use Goth and Link Building in the same sentence! Great post by Julie Joyce read more...

What is it about ‘commenting on a blog’? Interestingly, the bottom line of commenting on a blog is so magnetic in nature, since opinions always differ humanistically. read more...

How to get links from awards, sponsorships, and public recognition of your business. read more...

Looking for a link building service. This post shows how you can use Fiverr.com as the ultimate place to get backlinks for your niche site read more...

How to protect your brand name from disgruntled site owners during outreach. read more...

This is a long and comprehensive list (5k+ words) of the best link building strategies for 2012 onwards. Search is changing and so is link building. This list covers all the tried and tested white hat, long-term stable link building techniques there are. read more...

The pros and cons of using a freebie to encourage blog visitors to subscribe to newsletter/join the list. Find out what you can do! read more...

I have put together a detailed, curated list of the best link building blogs from the authorities in the link world. You could call em linkerati if you want. read more...

Scrapebox Link Building & time saving Techniques for White Hat SEO practitioners. This article is not about using Scrapebox as a mass blog commenting tool but using Scrapebox to build relationships with Malware infected web owners read more...

Paid links and link farms are violations of Google TOS, yet is Realtor.com doing just that in deep links to geo-specific pages on their website? I've seen Realtor.com and Trulia advance in recent months, taking page one places from competitors, but are they cheating by violating Google standards for links? You decide. The question: Is Realtor.com violating Google's guidelines, standards and terms read more...

Manual link building and link attraction are the only two ways to build backlinks. A perfect link building campaign would utilize both strategies. read more...

Subscribers are the life blood of every blogger. For a multi-niche blog, organizing the list is highly important to make email newsletters more useful to subscribers. read more...

A good link builder has to be many things, it’s a diverse role which requires a creative mind, with a logical approach and superior communication skills. To be a great link builder you have to fulfill many roles at once: Art director, coder, copywriter, researcher, salesman, analyst, PR guru, advertising exec, marketer, networker, organiser etc. etc. Outstanding link builders can be recognised by read more...

Was my presentation from Affiliate Summit West. Intermediate/beginner level. This is the presentation that you send to someone when they ask "how to get started building links". :) read more...

A step-by-step guide into doing guest blogging (and doing it right!) read more...

We all use social networks, and we can create great connections through Twitter and Google+ that can lead to a great number of marketing opportunities, StumbleUpon on the other hand can give you great link opportunities in just a few minutes. read more...

Yahoo! Site Explorer Alternative backlink checker tools are numerous, yet few of them lived up to my expectations. See which ones did in this post. read more...

A popular debate in the world of SEO is over the quality and significance of forum link building. Here's an article about how to use forum link building to build the authority of your site. read more...

Do local search results make or break your business? Learn how to increase your geospecific rankings with these link building tips. read more...