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[...] 101 Ways to Build Link Popularity in 2006 40 SEM 2006 Predictions Why that site with 50 backlinks beats your site with 1000 backlinks 10 Mistakes that Will KILL a [...]

Dooney And Bourke Bags... I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you....

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[...] Boykin has a great article on his site about Why that site with 50 backlinks beats your site with 1000 backlinks where he quotes: It’s not always “He with the most links” who wins the game……often, “He [...]

Jamaica? Depends on what you're looking for, but I rather enjoyed the Negril beaches. Your ninjas could basically fill up "country country" - a quaint little place outside of the all-inclusive stupidity. It's the only place I've stayed, as I've only been once, but I would go back without hesitation. The best thing about Jam is the food - so eat local and eat fa reel reel.

Amasterdam is a wonderful city to visit in the spring

Jim, you've chosen the best time of the year to visit Holland. Queen's Day in Amsterdam is like carnival in Rio (but without the brilliant weather and without the thong parade...)

The Bob Marley Bus tour was amazing.

I think you should let me know the finer points of your link building strategies and site buying. I won't tell anyone, promise. I might use the info to sort some stuff out though...

Enjoy Edinburgh - it's a great city. Might be a bit cold and windy but that's all part of the charm!

From Amsterdam to Jamaica...now what do those two wonder-filled countries have in common? The makings of an awesome experience indeed! Enjoy!

In Jamaica Jim? When are you going to plan a trip to paradise Costa Rica? Would love to take the Link Ninja training course...

Hey, just to let you know - your RSS feed is displaying funky characters in Google Reader. It's making your posts very difficult to read...

Queens day is great - the carnival atmoshphere has to be experienced. If you haven't got your otel booked, try and staying the Krasnapolsky and request for a room overlooking the dam square. I was lucky one year and got such a room by luck - Sitting in my room with my friends, chilled out, taking in the sounds and lgiths was a night to remember! Jamaica is absolutely amazing, a real party island.. with great food! If your taking the wife, swimming with dolphins is a must! I've never been to Scotland but hear it's awesome - people are friendly and the cubbing scene is meant to be wild (not sure if you are to old for clubbing Jim? hahaha) Have a great time! I wish I was coming along

I'd love to meet eachother on the 29th in Amsterdam. Is it ok if I contact Martijn and join you guys? Have fun anyway!

Man... I wish I was in that area. Have fun but don't get too crazy! ~Brett

[...] I’ve seen a lot of talk about “Supplemental Result Index Hell” and, as Michael points out, links from supplemental pages don’t pass value, but since last summer Google have stopped labeling which results in the SERPs come from the supplemental index and have claimed that the distinctions between the supplemental and main index are “continuing to narrow.”  I’ve done a bit of hunting around and the clearest explanation I’ve been able to find is a post by Jim Boykin about How to Find if a Page is in Google’s Secret Supplemental Results.  Jim’s post is from around the same time last year when Google made the change and I’m still wondering whether anyone’s come up with a more precise method to find a definitive answer to the index status of a page. [...]

SEO is THE hot topic in today's online marketing world, I mean, everyone wants their site to be top spot in the search engine rankings, don't they? But curiously enough, there is only ever that one top spot! Just talking about securing the top ranking or even a top twenty ranking is food for thought, but this... Buying Websites for SEO - does that imply that you go out and pick a website that looks like a surefire website to quickly top the rankings? Or that you can link your current websites to it for more "authority" clout? I don't personally see the need to buy a website: I believe ANY website can be improved and tweaked for maximum search engine optimization, and that it is really high quality relevant content that gets your website to climb the rankings. I think it is vital to first be totally focussed on exactly what you want to achieve: what exactly are you promoting? What keywords or phrases do you want SEO in? Are these relevant mainly to your website or one particular product/service you offer? What do you want from your website visitors? Their repeat visits? Their email address? And what exactly can or should you be offering them? Who are they? What age? What interests? What income range? The more you can target just who your website visitors are, and what they want, what they seek, the better you can tailor your offer to them. SEO can provide high rankings for competitive keywords: this brings high visitor volumes to your website. What will they find when they arrive? What do you give them? If you attract 10,000 visitors daily only for them to click away without reading your content or acting on your command (such as opting in to your email offer) then you may as well go for a walk in the park. Give your visitors a reason to return, a reason to recommend, a reason to opt in, a reason to purchase. SEO is only one link in the chain which is building your online business successfully. Your marketing may shine, but if your offer bombs, what good the SEO? Only YOU can create a truly unique website geared up to SEO and high sales so start today, from scratch! No need to pay inflated prices for someone else's innovations. Be original, be daring, be observant, be inspirational!

Staying under the radar is wise these days. Too much of face forward and people seem to want to bash it. As far as linkbait goes, keep up the good work -- it is something that I work on frequently myself.