Just bots... They do ban them, but they can't ban as fast as the bots are being created ^^
Good link: related topic, not spammed or filled with more than 50+ external links Bad link: not related to topic at all, spam links
For a credit card processing company? Definitely LinkedIn!
If you do it right it can for sure increase your profits significantly.
Long tail keyword are perfectly legit and you won't get any trouble for trying to rank for it. In most cases it will benefit you
If keyword in domain name is available I would say go for it. Of course if you are trying to build a brand site then it doesn't really matter much.
You should definitely update your xml sitemap. This can cause such issues easily.
It's just a myth that https will get you more traffic.
It's just another of Google's pets...
Well if they would count Web 2.0 as "your site" you could make some money with it, that is if they aren't scam
Don't see much of a difference there but I would go with ABD Party Planner
Just type into Google this footprint inurl:forum + intext:example.com or inurl:blog + intext:example.com P.S. change "example" with your real...
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