Will You Be Doing Paid Reviews In 2008?
Good discussion in comments. How can paid reviews evolve, or should they just die, or what? Goes beyond the simple “avoid Google slapping” talk.

apophenia: Who clicks on ads? And what might this mean?
Says the vast majority of ad clickers are lower income people looking for surveys and coupons.

Google [...]

• Will You Be Doing Paid Reviews In 2008?
  Good discussion in comments. How can paid reviews evolve, or should they just die, or what? Goes beyond the simple “avoid Google slapping” talk.
• apophenia: Who clicks on ads? And what might this mean?
  Says the vast majority of ad clickers are lower income people looking for surveys and coupons.
• Google Puts the Smackdown on Sugarrae - Sugarrae
  Sugarrae outlines some search terms she SHOULD be ranking #1 for in Google but isn’t. Excellent case of proving some undeserved penalty was in place… until Matt Cutts shows up, fixes it, and offers no explanation. /rolleyes
  (tags: google seo)

Hardening WordPress « WordPress Codex
Wordpress’ suggestions on keeping your blog secure
(tags: wordpress blog security)

Building My Empire » Blog Archive » Affiliate Link Tracker
Empress reviews a (paid) script that cloaks affiliate links to prevent people removing the affiliate part and cutting out your commission.

Stuck Writing a Post? - Change Your Writing Medium
Sometimes changing your routine shakes [...]

• Hardening WordPress « WordPress Codex
  Wordpress’ suggestions on keeping your blog secure
  (tags: wordpress blog security)
• Building My Empire » Blog Archive » Affiliate Link Tracker
  Empress reviews a (paid) script that cloaks affiliate links to prevent people removing the affiliate part and cutting out your commission.
• Stuck Writing a Post? - Change Your Writing Medium
  Sometimes changing your routine shakes up your brain

Building My Empire » Blog Archive » Oohhhh that’s trippy
Empress’ adventures with Keyword Spy

How Changes To The Way Google Handles Subdomains Impact SEO
Thorough explanation of the changes to subdomain handling, plus suggestions on when to use a subdolder, a subdomain or a whole new domains.
(tags: google marketing subdomains seo)

Discover Hundreds of Post Ideas for Your [...]

• Building My Empire » Blog Archive » Oohhhh that’s trippy
  Empress’ adventures with Keyword Spy
• How Changes To The Way Google Handles Subdomains Impact SEO
  Thorough explanation of the changes to subdomain handling, plus suggestions on when to use a subdolder, a subdomain or a whole new domains.
  (tags: google marketing subdomains seo)
• Discover Hundreds of Post Ideas for Your Blog with Mind Mapping
  Trouble coming up with ideas? Look over your old posts and follow this guide to getting new post ideas out of them.
  (tags: problogger tips writing blog mindmap)
• We Will Not Make Editorial Judgements, But We Desire to Rank Our Content #1 : SEO Book.com
  Aaron Wall highlights some more Google BS
• V7N Search Marketing News » Blog Archive » What Determines Link Juice
  It’s not as simple as paid=no juice or PR0=no juice.

An Unjust Fear of Link Buying : SEO Book.com
Some thoughts on the importance of link buying from a “the world is bigger than Google” perspective
(tags: marketing seo)

Google to Begin Treating Subdomains as Folders: Max 2 Results Per Search
No longer will one site’s urls be results 1-1000 in the SERPS. Unless I’m missing something, that’s just [...]

• An Unjust Fear of Link Buying : SEO Book.com
  Some thoughts on the importance of link buying from a “the world is bigger than Google” perspective
  (tags: marketing seo)
• Google to Begin Treating Subdomains as Folders: Max 2 Results Per Search
  No longer will one site’s urls be results 1-1000 in the SERPS. Unless I’m missing something, that’s just fine by me.
  (tags: seo google)
• Link Value Factors | Wiep.net
  Very nice article summarizing the opinions of some SEO experts on how to figure out a link’s value. This is important stuff!

Upgrade your Bad Behavior plugin - Blogging Expertise - custom WordPress blog design, installation, and consulting
Locked out of your Wordpress admin? When good plugins go bad!
(tags: wordpress)

Google Needs to Stop Being a Crybaby About Paid Links
GreyWolf on how, even if paid links do suck, Google’s going about this all wrong

2007: More Web Design Trends & [...]

• Upgrade your Bad Behavior plugin - Blogging Expertise - custom WordPress blog design, installation, and consulting
  Locked out of your Wordpress admin? When good plugins go bad!
  (tags: wordpress)
• Google Needs to Stop Being a Crybaby About Paid Links
  GreyWolf on how, even if paid links do suck, Google’s going about this all wrong
• 2007: More Web Design Trends & Cliches
  The new trends in website design: web 2.0 is so, like, 2006 and a half
  (tags: webdesign trends design web2.0)

11 Ways to Spring Clean Your Blog
Some very good links to posts on rejuvenating your blog

Is Result Diversity Enough? Search Offers a Reflection of What? : SEO Book.com
The net is full of crap. But so is everything else. If you want to change that, there’s a lot more to do than stop the evilz of [...]

• 11 Ways to Spring Clean Your Blog
  Some very good links to posts on rejuvenating your blog
• Is Result Diversity Enough? Search Offers a Reflection of What? : SEO Book.com
  The net is full of crap. But so is everything else. If you want to change that, there’s a lot more to do than stop the evilz of paid posting!
• Tricky Blog Spam Ramping Up » SuperAff.com
  Alert - New kind of spam. I don’t think I’ve seen this one yet, but we probably all will soon.