Earlier today a friend recommended I check out SEO Digger which is a totally free to use competitive analysis tool, which displays keywords your website ranks for. With a massive database of 44 million unique keywords and keyphrases you can see where you rank for your most popular keyphrases in an instant.

I had been using SEO Elite for all my keyword analysis but I feel that SEO Digger deserves a chance, seeing as their interface allows you to conduct analysis from any internet browser, without the need for an external program.

In terms of tracking SEODigger uses Overture and Wordtracker to show keyword popularity, alongside with google to show your current ranking. Other similar sites that achieve this are SpyFu (AdWords & Organic), KeyCompete (AdWords), and URL Trends (Organic).

So what exactly is winzy.com you ask? Well, it is a search engine with an ingenious twist.. whether or not that twist will help with the longevity of the site remains to be seen.

Basically there are 3 ways you can win prizes, by seasrching and winning instantly, inviting friends, and earning points to enter into monthly draws. If you are a winner you will see a notification on your screen telling you what you need to do to redeem your prize.

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So the more you use them to search, the higher the chance that you will win something. As to the depth and reach of their search engine… that remains to be seen as well.

So a friend of mine decided that he would come to me of all the humble logo creators out there, and ask me to whip up a logo for his social network relevant to cars… anyway this is the logo design I came up with..

I often get sidetracked with the multitude of projects I undertake and forget about the real earners that made me most of my money so im going to take a second to reflect on blackhat SEO.

Simplified, Blackhat is valid usable content generation, usually automated.

There are generally two methods you can go about doing blackhat seo, first is spamming other sites with links or generated content… And the second is to generate content, and tons of it. Autoblog’s, comment spam, email marketing, message boards, and social networks (myspace, facebook, youtube etc.)

However if you spam sites with your chosen keywords in order to rank higher in google, you will see a short term jump in rankings, but this will be gone in less than a month due to google’s algorithm picking up on those spammish links you’ve been dropping or automating… which leaves you back at square one. Your not gonna keep buying the bitch drinks if she aint going to put out. So the best method for doing this, which has been tried and tested, is to generate comedy/humor websites based off of feeds and databases that have several entries so that the output is relevant to the keywords for titles and meta tags. I setup a site similar to this and spent less than $50 and in about 2 month’s time I had earned almost $2000, blackhat at its finest.

Personally I don’t think people should sell SEO, but practice it on their own and learn. SEO is an ever developing realm, with the algorithms constantly being updated and changed.. The top blackhats stay ahead of the algorithm either by getting the code or by guessing which methods would go undetected. There are many outdated methods (keyword stuffing, invisible text, doorway pages etc.) that used to make a lot of money, and in order to stay ahead you have to constantly be on top of what works.

While blackhat SEO is unethical, if used properly in moderation (key word here) you can make a pretty penny, and at the same time not get penalized by the search engines as long as you stay within some very specific boundaries, and dont get greedy.

TNX.net is a marketplace for webmasters both looking for publishing tools as well as advertising. Webmasters are able to choose their advertisers themselves while placing links that are relevant to pages on their site.   The price of the links is very reasonable and you are given the ability to promote hundreds of keywords with just a few clicks.  TNX pays out on a monthly basis for their publishers network in a very convenient fashion through either paypal, check, wire or bank transfer.

They also have a variety of advertiser tools to make your paid links look natural for Google, with a link generator and a simple cloak script you can accomplish a very easy affiliate link.   They offer an affiliate program for which you can also make a pretty penny off of referrals to their network.

In terms of ease of use, the site is very easy to navigate and the admin panel makes it extremely easy for both advertisers and publishers. You can automatically place tons of non-recip links to your site as well all through their system.  As an advertiser you can get some of the lowest prices on links anywhere.  I think it was around $10 a month for about 10,000 static links to your website, which may or may not be accurate, but even still it is a good deal.

For SEO consultants and specialists, you can apply for their program and get discounts up to 50% off which goes well beyond any other text links marketplace out there.  There are minimum requirements for joining the TNX marketplace, however they arent that stringent and you should be able to meet the standards.

Overall TNX is a great system to assist website owners in attracting visitors and clients from search engines and relevant websites.  It helps to reduce the dependency on search engines, as well as improve quality of the search results for those websites that join the TNX system.