If you’ve ever tried building links to your site , you’ll have some idea how difficult they can be to acquire.  People are always trying to find quick, easier ways to build links.  People are creating services to save you and them time when building links.  But this is not the way to go about acquiring relevant, high-quality inbound links.  You want to be using a professional link building company, rather than a lazy link builder . Supplied by Barrie Smith of Receptional Ltd, here are some traits of the Lazy Link Builder: Same Email Request

This past week, NY State Democrats held their first ever Interactive Ethics Forum. In it, they took questions from twitter users, Facebook fans, as well as questions via email in order to get the every day citizen’s concerns on the topic of Ethics Reform in NY State.  While I’m not normally a political person, I found the idea of this kind of forum as a welcome step forward in the Democratic process as well as government transparency as a whole.  I sincerely hope it’s something they (and others in government) continue to do and perhaps even expand upon

For the last year or so, I have done some very simple optimization for a local electrician with the goal in mind that he could get a couple more leads in this tough economic time.  This client never had a website and was the typical “yellow page” advertising tradesman.    One day when discussing the economy and gas prices we talked about SEO and the value that organic search can bring to small businesses. This electrician was not new to the “miracle technique” that brings you a thousand new clients for $19.99 a month.  In fact he has several sleazy sales people calling him a month about such tactics.  How did I get him to talk to me? Easy, he’s my father in law! Ok, I’ll admit it I offered my services for free but it was to prove that organic search traffic brings (when targeted properly) qualified traffic.    I was absolutely set on changing his opinion on a service that so many people have ruined by fake promises.

Google Instant Previews will now include Adobe Flash objects and other rich content. Previously, Flash components were represented as a little icon in the shape of a puzzle piece.

Well, there was a surprise. A Mr Men logo on Google, and another, and another! Little Miss logos, too.

If you’re looking for one of the most influential and “wicked smart” voices in online marketing, Ann Handley is an easy conclusion. Add a sense of humor and brilliant writing skills and she’s easily #1 in my book

The keynotes at Google I/O — Google’s developer conference — are always filled with such promise. Google TV, Google Wave, music in the cloud! But the products themselves haven’t always gone on to meet expectations. With Google I/O 2011 beginning on Tuesday, here’s a…

Posted by MikeCP On Friday, Google posted an update on its Webmaster Central blog entitled ” Providing More Guidance on Building High-Quality Sites “. The piece expands on much of what Google has said about the Panda update since its original release on February 24th. In public statements about the Panda update, Google has referenced a number of questions that they’re attempting to answer algorithmically.

At the risk of a backlash from the web community, what follows is a simple guide to Facebook for Moms.

Happy Mother’s day! You might be have a special day planned for your Mom, or, if not, today is the day you absolutely have to call her. No excuses. Yet, the obligatory phone-call might seem a little odd in this age of video-calling with Skype and always-on social updates of Facebook