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Just lately I’ve been busy with a part of my online business that is not just probably the most important part, but also the most tedious and boring.  You see, I have many websites, blogs , Squidoo lenses, Hub Pages and lord-knows-what-else pages out there in cyberspace all with their own reason for existing and all with a need that must be fulfilled if any of them want to see any decent traffic.

I am, of course talking about getting links.

Specifically, high octane, lazer targeted, keyword anchored, one-way backlinks from sources that have lots of authority. And it’s not an easy task, nor a straightforward one.

The major problem with getting links to your site has always been one of time. Having the time to seek out the best places to obtain those links from and going aout getting them any way you can. Now we probably all know the usual suspects when it comes to getting links, so I won’t bore you with those details. You’ll find them in a truckload of articles submitted to every article directory on the planet by people trying to get links from those very articles. Ok that’s one way I said I wasn’t going to mention!

The holy grail of backlinks is finding a good, Google-friendly source that has lots of keyword authority for the niche in which your site occupies, that is to be the recipient of the links. High PR sites in your niche are tough to crack as they don’t want you as competition! Sites with the same PR as yours will also be reluctant to give you links in case you overtake them and steal off with their traffic. The good part about that is that your immediate competition can’t get the backlinks that are eluding you either. So stalemate?

No. There is a way.

Here is one way right here. Writing articles in someone else’s blog that has authority in your niche. That’s fine if you want to bang your head against the MMO brickwall along with all the other marketers, but even this can be manipulated just enough to make it stretch into a related niche where there is not so much competition. The only problem with a blog post is that the link is only good for the tine your post stays on the front page. After that it sinks into the PR-less abyss with all the other archived posts. You can bolster your own post and give it’s page more authority by sending links to it from some of your own sites. That keep’s the link juice strong and authority rich.

Other ways of getting links that most people don’t write about so much is of course from your own sites. You just have to own lots of them and they have to be related in some way niche-wise and you have to make sure you don’t cross-link, as you are after one-way links with the most juice.

Then you might try creating a load of Squidoo lenses and Hub Pages to send links to your mainn sites. Did I mention at the start of this article that I have… mmm, lots of Squidoo lenses and hub pages…

That’s all well and good if you have 36 hours a day to work on them all, because they don’t create themselves and they don’t populate themselves with good unique content. Guess who has to do all that? Blogs are even worse because they constantly deman fresh content. So ok, I personally now have a rather large menagerie of sites of all descriptions and they do provide links for each other, but I struggle to keep up with them all.

So how else do you get links without paying for them, spamming them, or spending your every waking hour building ever more sites to keep your main sites sufficiently gassed up?

Taks another look at Squidoo. Not your own lenses, but other people’s.

There are now over 550,000 squidoo lenses covering just about every niche imaginable. If there is a product for sale, there are probably a dozen or more lenses promoting it. Here’s what you can do.

Pick a niche that you want to work. Select your keywords and build your own main money making site. Build free blogs and lenses etc to back that site up with links. Then go to Squidoo and do a search on your keywords. you’ll probably find many lenses on the subject. Well, go visit each of them and loot at their guestbooks if they have them. Look at the comments closely.

What are you looking for? Links!

With Squidoo guestbooks, the lensmaster has the option to either leave comments HTML set to ON (the default) or switch it OFF. Now most lensmasters are not aware of this so they leave the HTML set to ON, which means you can leave a comment containing a keyword anchored link back to either your free blogs or lenses supporting your money site, in order to boost their authority and the authority of the links they’ll give your main site, or direct to your main site if the lens is legit and has authority itself.

And the way to tell if a lensmaster has left HTML ON is by looking to see if someone else has left a link in their comment. If not, simply move on to the next lens and don’t waste time commenting in a lens that may not allow your link.

This is a fast way of getting links and some of those lenses will have PR…

Aren’t you glad some of us still write in other people’s blogs to procure backlinks?

Terry Didcott
Author of The Honest Way

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Well, it was bound to happen. This is why I tell people not to depend on other sites for your livelihood.

In case you were not aware of this, this blog was missing in action for a few days. This was the result of a bureaucracy that doesn’t know It’s rear end from a hole in the ground.

I find it interesting that we put our fates in the hands of idiots. And then we expect things to go well. When they don’t, we look up in the surprise, shake our heads, and wonder what the hell just happened.

What I find most amusing, is that when some bureaucracy decides that our content is not suitable for their site, in many cases they actually contradict their own rules. I am not going to mention any names, but you can pretty much guess who I am talking about.

This is why I tell people, you get your own sites. Do not rely on others for your well-being. When you do this, you leave yourself open to all kinds of disaster. Trust me when I say this-I am speaking from experience.

Today, I am getting back to a normal routine. I kind of missed this place. It’s funny how you can take things for granted, because one day you look up, and it’s gone. And then you realize how lucky you were to have it.

So I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank Trent for allowing me the honor of writing for his blog. He has been a very good friend, and one of the nicest people I have met online. I know that after this incident. He is never going to put his faith in the hands of idiots. Because let’s face it, there are plenty of idiots to go around.

So that this blog post does not become a big kiss up, I feel it is only right that I tell you about a great product. Unfortunately, I don’t have one to tell you about. At least not right now. So what you might want to do is check the link in my signature and see if you can find something there that interests you.

Well, I guess I have rambled on enough today. You may not know this, but this entire blog post was created using speech recognition software. I am currently using Dragon naturally speaking version 9. It’s not perfect, but it is pretty darn good. And I can dictate articles, much faster than I can write them. So for me, this was a good investment. You might want to check it out yourself someday… especially if you do a lot of writing.

Okay, I’m really done now.

In a few days, I’ll have another great article on some wonderful Internet marketing tips. So make sure you check back and get all great hot juicy stuff.

To your success,

Steven Wagenheim

The Real Truth About Making Money Online Videos

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iPhone iPod Blackberry Bluetooth Laptop Wireless Gadgets are what this post is all about. I decided to take a break from my free money making advice to talk about the iPhone, iPod, Blackberry, Bluetooth, Laptop, and other Wireless Gadgets. Many of these cool wireless gadgets are made from Apple, Verizon, LG, Dell, T-Mobile, Motorola, and Sony.

Before I get too far with this post I want to let all my regular readers know that there is a reason for this post. No, I didn’t just go crazy and start posting about iPhone iPod Blackberry Bluetooth Laptop Wireless Gadgets. I will explain why I posted this later on in a different post. Just bear with me for now. Thanks!

Everyday our lives are changed with more and more wireless gadgets. Most of us don’t even remember what we did before cellphones, laptops, and internet became a normal part of our existence. And it seems nowadays you buy a cool wireless gadget and the next day it is already outdated because there is a better one out.

This is especially true with things like the Apple iPhone and Laptop computers. As soon as you buy a new iPhone there are upgrades available for it that you need so you have to spend more time and money on them. Also with laptops you won’t have it for more than a few months before there is a better one available. Of course you don’t really have to upgrade your laptop as much unless you want to stay on the cutting edge of technology.

Another big problem with the iPhone is that you can only use it if you have the AT&T network so that limits most people because the majority of people use Verizon, T-Mobile, or one of the other major wireless networks. Personally I like LG and Motorola because they make lots of different cell phones and cool gadgets that can be used in our daily lives.

With all of us talking on our cell phones and using our other wireless devices so much throughout the day, it’s great that we have gadgets like the Bluetooth to make it much easier on us. You can use your bluetooth with all sorts of things like cell phones, laptops, computers, printers, digital cameras, video game consoles, and much more.

Then you have the Blackberry so you can virtually take your entire office with you and run your business from anywhere in the world. You can e-mail, call, text, fax, and browse the web right from your blackberry. With the blackberry you have all the wireless devices you need right in the palm of your hand.

And how many of us could get through our day without listening to music? Most of us would go crazy if we had to sit in silence all day. That is where the Apple iPod comes in. The ipod is a lifesaver of the music industry. We now have all of our music stored in one place that can be easily taken with us everywhere we go. I love my ipod, I listen to it all the time when I am writing my free home business tips!

The mobile wireless industry is getting bigger every day and it is amazing to see how many new cool wireless gadgets are being invented all the time. Think about how convenient it is to use iPhone iPod Blackberry Bluetooth Laptop Cell Phone and other Wireless Gadgets. Our lives have been changed forever by these products and if they were all taken away right now we wouldn’t know what to do.

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Hi All:

Well, even the pros like me get conned. I knew I should have checked this guy out before I asked for his services.

Check these links out…

http://ponziscams.com/smf/index.php?action=post;topic=461.0;num_replies=8

http://richarddriver.blogspot.com/

His name is Richard Driver and he’s been preying on others for a long time it seems. I usually do my homework, but he was a fellow Warrior and I trusted him…plain and simple and very stupid.

Make sure that you have nothing to do with this guy…EVER!

This ends your public service announcement.

No sales pitch today.

Just a day to reflect on some of the slime that’s running around the Internet and how you have to be VERY careful.

Sincerely,
Steven Wagenheim

Creator Niche Research Revolution
30 Niches Fully Researched…Handed To YOU On A Silver Platter http://www.nicheresearchrevolution.com

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When I say, “I hate spammers” I mean that in the deepest sense of the word. We’re talking HATRED beyond what I can even say in this post without sounding like a completely crazed psychotic!

So what brought this post on?

Well, first of all I have always hated spam as much as anyone else. Maybe even more since I’ve been an internet marketer for quite a while and I get more of it than the average person. Nobody likes seeing their email filled with a bunch of crap everyday.

Plus, spammers ruin it for us legitimate internet marketers who build true double opt-in email lists, follow all the rules, and send out information to people who actually asked to receive it. And never spam!

But the reason I am writing this post right now is because some asshole has been spamming people like crazy with ads pointing them to one of my websites.

I’ve had my domain provider threaten to shut down my account and my webhost suspended my account twice today. Both were resolved once I explained to them what was going on but it still pissed me off! And now I have complaints noted on those accounts so if someone complains in the future they will see that it has happened before and I will have a harder time getting myself cleared of it.

Plus, I have had a ton of people write to me to complain and some of them have called me every name under the sun… none of them were nice either. I try explaining to them that it wasn’t me but most of them don’t believe me. And why should they? I don’t blame them.

My name, reputation, and business are all getting ruined because some stupid spammer doesn’t care about anyone but himself.

I’ve tried blocking him and taking other actions to stop this from happening but so far none of it has worked. He just keeps on sending out the mass spam emails without even caring that it is doing nothing for him, and it is hurting me and deceiving the people he is emailing.

If I could get my hands on whoever it is doing this it would not be a pretty site. In fact, I would probably be thrown in jail when it was all said and done. I don’t care, it would be worth it! That’s how pissed I am.

Anyway, that is enough of my rant. I just had to get this off my chest and I figured a good way to do that would be to write up a blog post about it.

Let this be a lesson folks - You need to be careful because stuff like this can happen to anyone at any time for no good reason.

Now I am heading off to try to figure out more ways to stop this spammer.

If you have any tips to help me I would love to hear them.

Dedicated to your success,
Trent Brownrigg

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