MFRB – Made For Review Blog.
I thought I’d try naming a new acronym for a new type of site I’ve been seeing a lot of recently. MFRB – Made For Reviews Blog. I’m seeing them everywhere…..not a 1 natural backlink to these sites….just a bunch of backlinks are from other MFRB’s. That’s all I’ve got to say. What do you think?
- 10-05-2007
- Jim Boykin's Blog
SMX NYC Oct 16-17 and Charity Party 15th.
I’ll be in NYC Oct 15-17 for the SMX Social Media conference. On Oct 15 the’s an Internet Marketers of New York IMNY Charity Party. Info on the Party: IMNY Charity Party sponsored by Best of the Web We are happy to welcome the attendees of the SMX Social Media Expo to New York with […]
- 10-05-2007
- Jim Boykin's Blog
How much would you pay to be #1?
I’m seeking to test a pricing experiment. What if I said I wouldn’t charge you dime unless you reached your ranking goals? I’m asking everyone out there (who would consider hiring us), how much would you pay (monthly) to be #1? to be in the top 10? How much for rankings between 1 and 10? for how […]
- 10-03-2007
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Google Punished My Site For Selling Links – NOT!
The Cool Aid is running thick, and the Google FUD Campaign is doing a great job at letting SEO’s and bloggers spread the paranoia. In a post by Graphic Designer David Airey originally titled "Google Search Ranking Penalty" (title has since been changed to "Google Search Rank Drop: Advice Needed") David shows how his site […]
- 09-27-2007
- Jim Boykin's Blog
More Yahoo Test SERP Layouts – Screenshots.
Back in June I noted this Yahoo SERP Layout Test, and a few days ago I found these (see below) new Yahoo test SERPS layouts. Of note in the first screenshot is #6…see the "Quick links" In my second screenshot, I had clicked on the down arrow below the search box, which gives a dropdown. I’m actually […]
- 09-27-2007
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Sugarrae’s “Face of Evil” and Doug Smackdown.
Grab your popcorn! – Sugarrae found the face of evil, and then Doug get’s Bitchslapped. Sugarrae has a wonderful post that was also Sphinn’d about a parenting blogger who was seeking to sell a review to Rae. In the email , the blogger wrote "Girl’s got to feed the family.". Rae (although she didn’t buy the blog […]
- 09-27-2007
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Backlink & Anchor Text SEO Tool Updated – Ninja Style.
Our backlink anchor text tool was semi-broke for a while there, but today we got the new bugs worked out. I also figured that so long as we were doing work on that tool that I might as well add some updates to the tool. Here is what the new We Build Pages Backlink Text Analysis […]
- 09-20-2007
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Google Pay Per Action Ads – Fooled me!
I was just at a website where I saw an ad that blended in so well, that it appeared to be a nav bar. It was actually a banner that was the size of an adsense ad…but it did not state "Ads By Google". Adsense has always included the tag "Ads by Google" – (and Google […]
- 09-11-2007
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Forward Link SEO Tool – Improved and Free Today.
I know in the past I’ve talked about Forward Links – Because who you link to matters. We’ve recently been working on tweeking some of our SEO Tools, and I thought I’d show you one addition we’ve added to Forward Link tool. I came up with the idea to add another column that flags possible […]
- 09-06-2007
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Cat Post 3: Bedless in Atlanta Airport Overnight.
On Friday there was a big ole storm in Atlanta (think Chicago too). Know I wasn’t alone that Friday. Poor Kim too (as Bary says you got the short end coming and going). At 11:40 am I boarded a flight from San Jose to Atlanta. When we reached Atlanta, they were covered with a storm. We ended […]
- 08-28-2007
- Jim Boykin's Blog
