With all of the recent talk about “linkbaiting” and this mention of several excellent ways to bring traffic and natural links to your site, I’m reminded of the old days (OK, it wasn’t that long ago) way back in 2000 when my first online business, Surreal Web Design, was in it’s prime.

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Earlier this month Jim Boykin and the We Build Pages team announced that their first-ever Link Ninjas training classes (January 18-19th) would actually be their last.

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I meant to write about this earlier, but I actually wanted to make sure I could include all of the news in one large post.

Continuing where things left off with my earlier post about Google’s Bigdaddy datacenter, Matt Cutts recently provided a plethora of great information in a very short period of time. The most important update was that in order to check out results from the new datacenter, you’ll need to hit this address instead of the address he previously posted. Many other hot topics were covered, including:

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When speaking with clients, I often find myself using the phrase “It’s no different online” to explain the similarities and common characteristics of traditional brick-and-mortar businesses with online business. The majority of my current clients have never developed a website nor run a successful online business (usually their first online endeavor) so it’s important for me to communicate online marketing information in ways that can be easily digested.

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