Andy Hagans on search engine optimization.

Step 1. Acquire $X00M worth of premium generic and local domains Step 2. Plan a giant gray hat SEO play which Google is likely to be hostile to

Top 38 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) April 23rd, 2007 | Link Baiting & SMM

Is anyone else sick of link baiting yet? I sure am. It?s dominating talk on all the SEO forums and conferences; it?s gumming up the works of all of my favorite social ...

5 New Niche Social Media Sites, Vegas Updates, a Domainer Sh*tstorm and a Special Surprise. November 13th, 2007 | Domaining, Link Baiting & SMM

Warren Buffet?s Advice to SEOs (Or, Why Your Business Model Is Working Against You) April 24th, 2007 | Competitive Webmastering, SEO

Unfortunately, the Google Sandbox now has two levels. Yes, you still need a lot of trust to get your pages ranking. But before you start worrying about that, you need to worry ...

In my experience the natural motivation to preserve wealth and income is even more powerful than that to increase it. For us SEOs, this means making our sites, rankings, traffic ...

I pledge to strive wholeheartedly to make the most amount of money while doing the least amount of work possible. I pledge to develop passive revenue streams that maintain ...

It takes strategy, tactics, balls, elbow grease, money, and smart planning. Mostly, though, it?s a matter of putting in a lot of time every day to ?block and tackle? (a.k.a ...

If you?re a n00b in the SEO world, you may not know about the Florida Update ?basically, it was the single day in history when Google rolled out a new algo and thousands of ...

I came across this quote at Corante - Future Tense and I absolutely love it. There are only four types of officer. First, there are the lazy, stupid ones.

SEOmoz inspired me today. It?s not just traffic. It?s what you do with it.Yes, we?ve heard it all before? traffic development is just one piece of the puzzle.

Mr. Tropical is back after a short blogging hiatus. After I convincingly won the bet with Scoreboard (first man to 350 bloglines subs got $500 Cleveland Browns tickets), I was ...

Everyone has a dream, right? Different people have different dreams. SEOs have different dreams, too. Some dream about speaking at SES. Some dream of reaching $100/month (I think ...

If you?re a n00b in the SEO world, you may not know about the Florida Update ?basically, it was the single day in history when Google rolled out a new algo and thousands of ...

On the heels of some other guy?s, I give you my own? Linkbaiting will not jump the shark. It?s here to stay. Online and Off-. Forever. Naysayers, please fast forward to 2026 ...

A Festivus Gift for My Readers: 9 New Niche Social Media Sites. January 10th, 2008 | Link Baiting & SMM

Who am I? An independent competitive webmaster / super-affiliate / link baiter. If you read Threadwatch religiously, you probably know my name.

My last post offering to buy readers? sites turned out to be a modest success, so it?s time to self-whore my blog once again. My company DomainDev has an acquisitions budget we ...

From the SEW Blog: Ask.com has developed AskEraser a tool that will allow you to wipe your search history and will be launching it in the near future, according to their press ...

If you regularly browse social media sites, you?ve almost certainly run into Muhammad Saleem?he?s a power user at Digg, and a navigator at Netscape.

Well I just got back from India (24 hrs+ total travel time incl. layovers) and I?m a bit tired, but I can?t go to bed yet without posting about the Delhi SEO Meet.

Can You Compete with Industrial Strength Linkbaiting? (or, Why My Site Will Outrank Yours for [mortgage]) February 25th, 2007 | Competitive Webmastering, Link Baiting & SMM

Can You Make (a LOT) of Money with Premium Content? November 27th, 2007 | Competitive Webmastering

From Rand?s advice to CEO?s: I?ve also found that personally, it?s easy to spot someone who?s just in the business for the money vs. those who really care and want ...

It?s the girth that matters.? ? GoogleBot. Problem: You have an affiliate site in the tried-and-true ?ads as content? (product comparison directory) format, but it?s ...

I?m 10 weeks in here in Houston, and I?ve found myself referring to CitySearch again and again. I check there first for everything: from delicious Thai restaurants, to ...

The Privacy Engine: Ask.com or MSN Live?s Big Comeback Opportunity. April 25th, 2007 | Privacy