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It cannot work, because HTML doesn't know a LINK element in BODY. LINK is for HEAD and A is for BODY. - Sebastian

Maybe, but think of the troubles you run into with other user agents than Googlebot. Are you dealing with a crappy input-only-4-body-CMS? - Sebastian

Sounds reasonable to me! - Jill Whalen

Great site for monitoring your reputation and brand on most of the major social media and news sites. - Jill Whalen

SEOing big brand sites is *not* the same as SEOing other sites. Learn more in this article. - Jill Whalen

We've all met this potential client! - Jill Whalen

We've all met this potential client! - Jill Whalen

Awesome, thanks! - Jill Whalen

Awesome, thanks! - Jill Whalen

been there - Jill Whalen

From the page: "When the term "linkbait" first appeared on the search marketing scene a few years ago, I wasn't too keen on it because it has a lot of negative connotations. In fishing, bait is not really a good thing (to the fish). One minute the fish thinks he's going to have a tasty meal, and the next minute he IS the tasty meal! Works out nicely for the fisherman, however." - Jill Whalen

So true, so true! I bought my kids' names many years ago. - Jill Whalen

Search engine guidelines are for sheep. I couldn't agree more. - Jill Whalen

Last night was our third SEMNE event (Search Engine Marketing New England), and we were humbled to have Dan Crow, director of crawl systems at Google, spilling the beans about how to get your site into Google. He talked for a half hour or so, and then proceeded to answer audience questions for at least another hour. As I sat there listening to him (yes, I actually listened to this one!), I was struck by what an awesome opportunity it was for everyone in that room to be provided with such important information -- straight from Google. It was clear that the 100 or so people in the room agreed. In fact, at 7:30 on the dot, everyone spontaneously stopped their networking activities and simply took their seats without being asked to. These folks definitely came to hear Google! - Jill Whalen

From the page: "Among clients, forum members, newsletter subscribers, and seminar attendees, many hours of my day are spent answering questions about organic SEO. One thing I've noticed is that newbies and oldies alike are paralyzed when it comes to optimizing their websites because they have an irrational fear of doing something wrong." - Jill Whalen

From the page: "If you read SEO articles and forums, you've surely read over and over again how important "good content" is for your SEO efforts. You've heard how you need to write lots of informative articles about whatever it is you offer. Some SEO types even say to write an article a month or a week or even a dayâ€"all for the sake of the search engines. They'll often tell you to start a blog, and encourage you to post in it often. "Become an expert!" they'll advise with glee. "Or at least make it look like you're one."" - Jill Whalen

One common mistake I've seen SEOs make since the dawn of search engines is tweaking their pages every time a change in ranking occurs. This is partially due to the fact that SEOs are notorious for mixing up cause and effect. - Jill Whalen