Relevance and Link Popularity are two main things we take into account when building links to our website. This means that we are looking for web pages that are relevant to the theme of our site and have high link popularity. Where is the best place to find those pages? Social Networks.

"Content is King" – you probably heard this saying with regards to search engine optimization. There is a common sense really. Your website content is a representation of your business and your personality. Your content determines whether you'll get more traffic and links and, what is most important, whether your visitors will become your customers. Why do you write new content?

This is a guest post by Terry Mickelson founder of Page Views, Inc.

For years, you have probably had a daily routine for shaving. But have you developed a system of building links?

No one pops out of bed each morning and races to the sink to shave. It is a tedious and potentially dangerous daily necessity. But without a daily shave, our appearance begins to get a little shabby. Linking is the same way.

In this article I'd like to share with you a couple of tips and tricks on how you can protect your affiliate links and skip the merchant's opt-in page (and even replace the merchant's sales page with your own sales page) when marketing as an affiliate.

The majority of Internet marketers believe that the success is in getting the website ranked high for one or two primary keywords, and they put all the efforts to achieve this goal. This works, but not always.

If your market niche is too popular on the Internet and you have many competitors, it's very difficult to rank well for 1-2 best keywords. And even if you do this, your success is less likely to be long-lived. Expenses are maximal, output is minimal. Thus, it simply doesn't worth your effort and time.

Sometimes to achieve better results and convert your website visitors into customers, you need to think outside of the box, be original and unique.

I’ve recently been looking through my Google Alerts for any new stories about link building and came across an article that took my attention. The author is talking about Google Notebook pages.

What is interesting is that all public Google Notebook pages are indexed. So, it seems we have one more link building opportunity. Arjan Snaterse did a test to see whether Google really values those links.

Well, inspired by Arjan’s story, I decided to do my own research in this area and scrutinize the case myself.

Joining a wonderful affiliate program that promises big money rewards can sound like winning the lottery. Many affiliates just put their referral links on their websites, send the links to a few sources of potential buyers and wait for the gold rain to start falling on them. This can work but not likely as expected.