Probably the theme is set to do so. Check the sidebar.php file of your theme and look for the blogroll block. You should see a conditional like...
Can't you simply "include" the footer.php and the header.php files into the header and footer files of your blog theme?...
Use mod_rewrite (google it) to rewrite urls in any way you want. You can also "include" the cgis within the html files via SSI...
From a copyright point of view, each source will have a different policy. Some sites will allow you to copy all the article as long as you mention...
Good PR doesn't mean necessarily much (unless you study how the site got that PR). Bad PR has more meaning. You should check traffic estimations...
There's no way to "optimize" image-based pages for Google general search. If you just look at the code (what Googlebot reads) there's only a bunch...
They are pages designed only to link to certain sites (without giving any real value). They don't use to be so noticiable. Of course search...
It's not cloaking. You can check the cached page and see there is no mention to "ghd". Probably the site is receiving links with that text, check...
- Highly trafficked "general" sites (most mentioned: Digg, etc.) - Highly trafficked niche sites: authority blogs that could talk about you, niche...
Lot of blank "web real estate" in the header (maybe you could re-arrange the logo?). Too "cold" colors. Proportions are kind of messy (you should...
Separate names with a comma.
