I believe its an art. The concepts are simple but it takes a true craftsman to pull it off.
No one will approve any comments that are spammy. Stay on topic and try not to stuff keywords into the links, look at other link building methods...
I agree, link market links are of poor quality in general anyway.
Yep gmail definitely does, I didn't know youtube had been hit too, well its just something that can't be avoided i guess.
Has anyone had any success with social bookmarking sites? I've found that google doesn't take much notice of them.
Try reporting it, it couldn't hurt.
Good article for beginners. Meta title tag is definitely the most important.
Try creating some good unique content, something people will really want, something that will set you apart from the crowd, then do a press...
A few on topic reciprocal links may be useful, try not to use a directory style format or a long list of links on a page. Try to make them look...
I believe the quality of yahoo only really depends on your niche. If you are trying to target high value keywords, then yes a backlink from yahoo...
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