the average genius

Penguin Slapped and Google Shy: Moving Beyond SEO Traffic

James Hussey — Fri, 04 May 2012 05:59:43 +0000

Wow. A lot happens when you decide to get a life beyond the QWERTY board and actually, oh…I dunno – enjoy your family and XBox 360 (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has held a bit too much of my attention, and I still stink at it). So here’s the down-low: I’ve been offline and not working for the better part of 2012. It’s May 3rd as I write this. I had no idea what...

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Is Link Building Dead? Is SEO Dead? Is Elvis Dead?

James Hussey — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:03:32 +0000

Yes. Elvis is dead. I don’t care who you saw in Las Vegas. He’s still in his blue suede casket, no disrespect to the King of whatever it was he presided over. A bit before my time. Now onto other matters… What about link-building? In light of how Google has been slip-slapping the SERPs like a newborn baby’s bottom (why do they do that?! Hands off, doc!)…sometimes it’s easier to say, “The gig’s up and...

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Blog Networks Drop Like Flies and Building Empires of Sand Castles

James Hussey — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:49:07 +0000

OK really now. I got this email from Maulana T of Authority Link Network, a competitor to BMR and a place where I’d syndicate some links (and yes I mentioned them in CJ Tactics but now the jury’s out again)…the email is as follows: Hi, Due to the recent google de-indexing problem, we have made some changes in ALN 2.0 to help lowering the current de-indexing rate, however it was not enough. We have come...

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The Closing of BuildMyRank and Link-Building News

James Hussey — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:38:12 +0000

In case you haven’t read it yet, BuildMyRank has closed it doors: http://www.buildmyrank.com/news/its-been-a-great-run Lately I’ve been offline, enjoying book sales and painting my house (my wife can’t stand plain white walls, I used to be a remodeler with skills in painting)…so haven’t been building links lately. It was news to me. Actually, I’d heard about it through LinkAuthority – another network that was competing with BMR…at first I didn’t believe my eyes. The other thought...

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Launching CJ Tactics March 6 2012 in the Warrior Forum

James Hussey — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:13:14 +0000

I’ve had more changes in this book than I care to number – it’s already made sales at the official sales page at the full price of $67, but I’m asking everyone to hold off. Not that I don’t want to sell it at $67, but I’m launching in the Warrior Forum at a crazy discount (and that price is officially “dirt cheap” if you must know). I did want to address it since I’ve...

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