Of Course Not! 
We all know and listen to the very useful advice of Matt Cutts from the Google WebSpam team. I recently wrote a post about how thin affiliate websites are dead and as I was doing so, I noticed something a bit different on one of Matts blog posts.
Why did Matt write the url permalink the way he did?
www.mattcutts. com/blog/free-search-seo-videos/
It looks more like keywords than the actual title of the post!
The post itself mentions nothing about FREE Search Videos, FREE SEO Videos, nothing. Granted, url structure is important, but does …

We all have them… Build a Niche Store websites that we put together with the hopes of earning passive income for years to come. We have built our sites for the visitors, based on what they were looking for in search engines and presented that information in a much easier to view and navigate structure. Guess what – Google cares not!
In a recent Q&A at the SMX Advanced, Matt Cutts gave some interesting insight into what the quality team at Google looks at when they consider the worthiness of a website. …

According to Matt Cutts, The leader of WebSpam for Google – We should see a Google PageRank Update over the next few days!
New Toolbar PageRanks coming
Hmmm… I felt it was near!
Matt also mentions that Google will be expiring some older penalties on websites – I wonder what that means!
Mark

Meet the Newest BANS WordPress Template!
I have to say… of all the templates I have worked on thus far, this newest BANS Template takes the cake! I am sure you will agree… Step over and see Meet the Cure
I had received several requests from other theme users to build a BANS Template around the Chimera Theme for WordPress. While it IS a commercial theme, it contains many of the features several have asked about.
Take a look at the site and see what you find… any errors you may see etc.
I …

I got an email this morning talking this GoDaddy and IndyCar promotion… Of course, there are newsletters to sign up for, email communications you MUST opt-in to etc, but as along as you don’t mind the rush of email, you get a FREE Domain Name for 1 year!
The ad states:
By opting into IndyCar Series and GoDaddy.com email communications you will instantly receive:

10% Off Coupon on everything at the IndyCar.com online shop!
15% Off Coupon Code for GoDaddy.com.
(1) FREE GoDaddy.com Domain Name – your own personal address on the Web (for example, …

Amazing what just a few minutes of code searching can do when you know where to look! In a nutshell, the website of the aLinks developer, www.headzoo.com, is down. (as of the time of this post)
When your site admin loads, it checks to see which of your plugins are up to date and shows messages in your browser of those which may need to be updated. Well, if the host website is down, your site admin will not get through the entire load process and your admin pages will never …

First – Thanks to everyone for their patience in my response time over the past several days! We had several fun days at the beach and got home late Sunday night… I am still catching up on email, so if I have not replied to yours yet, it will be answered soon.
My intent today, was to talk about a little contest I am getting ready to start here on the site, but lo and behold, I could not login to my WordPress admin ALL DAY! I mean, I had depleted …

I wanted to produce a post where I can keep track of all bugs you may experience with the SimpleCSS BANS Template for WordPress. If you find a bug, please post a comment to the bottom of this post, or use the contact form to send it to me directly.
After bugs are corrected, the newest set of files is uploaded to the download manager. You should be able to revisit the download link that was sent to you via email, and download the latest version. If you do not have the …

Quick video post today on how to use the aLinks plugin to minimize the amount of time it takes in writing posts!
Links in today’s video:

BANS Flex Theme for WordPress
Casual Dinnerwareusing the Plugin and Theme
aLinks Plugin Homepage
Pretty Link Pro – Replaces the no longer supported ALinks

I should also mention that while I have not done so myself, I have read that aLinks can be used with your eBay partner ID! :-)
One other notable I forgot to mention… When preparing phrases for aLinks, try to stick with long tail phrases. It will …

I don’t know about the rest of you, but lately, Google has gotten quite a bit of my own attention! Whether it’s from several of my own BANS sites being delisted last month, the dispute over Privacy, Street View, or several other recent Google happenings… they are getting alot of attention!
The one thing that has me reading more than ever though, is the way Google serp’s have been all over the place! If you read the BANS forum, ePN Forum, Webmaster Forums, DigitalPoint, or just about ANYWHERE people talk about …