http://thelinkninja.com Internet Marketing With Brutal Efficiency Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:36:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just Googled the keyword "link ninja" and found that this domain is the 4th result. Not too shabby. For "the link ninja" I'm #2. I haven't been SEO'ing this keyword or anything, but it's kinda cool. Show's what relevant content, URL's and title tags can do. http://thelinkninja.com/link-ninja-in-the-serps   1. Registration Where is the domain registered? - It costs a good deal of money to transfer between different hosting companies (i.e. Namecheap to GoDaddy), so make sure you have an account with the company where the domain is currently parked. When does it expire? - If it's right around the corner, you'll have ... http://thelinkninja.com/how-to-buy-a-quality-page-ranked-dropped-domain Goodness...it seems that doing SEO is taking up all of my time to write about SEO. But, here's a great post about how (we think) Google ranks websites for keywords. I feel like my linkbuilding efforts have been in line with randfish's suggestions, but there were certainly things I could do ... http://thelinkninja.com/rankings-in-a-nutshell-special-thanks-to-randfish Sorry ladies and gents, the Link Ninja had a bit of a hiatus for vacation and other matters. But SEO never sleeps, so there's much to catch up on. I've learned a lot recently and I'm excited to share it with y'all. http://thelinkninja.com/haitus Work in progress...coming soon! http://thelinkninja.com/seo-awesomeness I registered a little while back for a Pay-Per-Post account that I hadn't really used until today. Apparently they noticed, because in my inbox I got a nice letter informing me that they were adding $100 dollars to my account to get me started. A nice gesture, and one that ... http://thelinkninja.com/internet-marketing-ppp-style When people ask me what I do for a living, it's tempting not to say something like: "Well, I manage SEM, SEO, PPC...and...well, other things with three-letter acronyms." Seriously. I have to bite my tongue not to have conversations like this with clients: "Yes, sir. That's right. We are fully prepared to ... http://thelinkninja.com/attack-of-the-3-letter-acronyms So the blogosphere has been abuzz with reports of Google dealing a hefty blow to Squidoo. The charges against Seth Godin's web-baby is that it's too susceptible to spamming. While that might be the case, I can't help but love this site. It's addicting, it's enjoyable and it's a great ... http://thelinkninja.com/still-a-squidoo-fan I have a few friends that are trying their hand at starting businesses. It's a really scary thing. Recently, my co-worker gave me a great little book called the The E-Myth by Michael Gerber. It chronicles "why most small businesses don't work and what to do about it." Pretty ... http://thelinkninja.com/seo-and-small-business I'm no prophet, but the credibility of Google’s Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) might just experience a fall of Biblical proportions. Forgive the allusion, but if Google is Goliath and David is SEO, then paid links might just be the stone that fells the giant. Impossible, you say? Let’s begin at ... http://thelinkninja.com/the-impending-demise-of-googles-first-page-credibilty