Btw, I’d love just #2 OR #3 – that’s worth it.

I held off for so long because of the price but I like the fact that I’ll always be updated for free.

At least I’m not the only one put off by the constant emailing, lol. Once a week I could stomach but almost ever day, gah!

I was going to review a software app (Snapz Pro X) it lets you take record movies while you are on the computer. That’s perfect for ow to tutorials I do for my client. I had been eagerly awaiting for the MacBook Pro they give you a 30 day trial but every time my MacBook wakes up in the morning I get this pop up box reminding me that it’s the trial, and I have x amount of days left. Well, Duh! I think I knew that.

That would not bother some people, but I frankly find it annoying. I’m currently looking for something similar. That really turned me off. I’ve always purchased software that gave me a free trial; however, I highly doubt that I’ll purchasing this one. I haven’t even tried the software out yet.

I’ll still review it, but I’ll also include that aspect as well.
I mainly do reviews, and tutorials on my Apple Mac website.

@Opal: I don’t know who thought e-mailing somebody daily would make them buy something, but it certainly doesn’t work on me. When you are done with the book, be sure to give a review since I’ve come across that book often, but the price is so steep for me since I’m not really making any money these days.

@Ryan: I feel that this form of linkbaiting is not a bad idea if the keywords are relevant to the website. It turns evil to me if they want me to use a keyword that has nothing to do with their website and that to me is abusing search engines. There are several forms of linkbaiting out there, this one is not sugar coated/hidden linkbaiting which a lot of other websites attempt to do. Anytime linkbait is put out there it is to gain something for the website. It comes in the form of free templates, free scripts, free anything really that requires a linkback :c). Do you think free templates or scripts are better or the same form of linkbaiting?

@Dee: I will let you know if I find another really good writing contest to enter!

@shaun: It seems like a pretty good contest. I would be happy for any blogger that gets the prize and fun to follow along with their blog to see what improvements they come up with.

A few months ago there was a website that started ranking higher than mine upon closer inspection I found they were link baiting.

I was on the first page but shortly after that I was bumped. Talk about frustrating….

You said link-baiting, not me. But really, this blog is just trying to get ranked highly for “make money blogging” by getting a lot of people to link to them with those words. It’s pretty much the definition of abusing search engines. Don’t you think?

I’m a little surprised you would want to participate in this contest, since it sounds like it is things like this that hurt search engines in the long run. Bloggers need to be in the fight for using links/search engines/blogs correctly. Produce content, be linked naturally, etc. Avoid schemes and bad practices. Thoughts?

I’m not sure who Chris Garrett is, but judging by the later two I guess he has something to do with SEO?

I was thinking about joining Blog Mastermind, but I kept getting emails about it joining almost every day so that really turned me off. I hear it’s an excellent program I just don’t like getting those types of reminders.

I finally ordered SEO Book early this morning. After reading so many reviews about the ebook I felt I might as well give it a try. I had a chance to read a few chapters I really like his writing style. I should have purchased it months ago.

However, these tips along with the advice I received from a buddy (pro blogger who makes over six figures) this past weekend I think will help me dramatically.

Thanks again for entering and I hope you enjoy the rest of the blog!